Developing Countries: Irrigation
International Development
Daniel Poulter (Central Suffolk and North Ipswich, Conservative)
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development
what assessment he has made of the use of drip irrigation systems in
developing countries; and whether his Department is engaged in work with
Israel in this field.
Alan Duncan (Minister of State, International Development; Rutland and Melton, Conservative)
In
a resource constrained and climate challenged world it is imperative to
focus on technologies that produce the best production returns for a
developing country's farmer in terms of cost and resource efficiency.
However DFID has not made a specific assessment of the use of drip irrigation.
DFID
has not had any discussions with Israel on international co-operation
in agriculture technology relating to drip irrigation.
