Land Resources Development Centre Mr. Spearing asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs in respect of his observations on the second report of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the House, Session 1984–85, "Famine in Africa", Cmnd. 9566, paragraph (xxviii), what are the specific contracts,-------------------------------------------------------- |Contract/Project/Programme | -------------------------------------------------------- |Pedology and Soil Survey | -------------------------------------------------------- |Drip Irrigation of Sugar Cane | -------------------------------------------------------- |(a) Regional Coordination | -------------------------------------------------------- |(b) Soil and Water Conservation | -------------------------------------------------------- |(c) Forestry | -------------------------------------------------------- |Tabora Land Use Planning | -------------------------------------------------------- |Agriculural Adviser | -------------------------------------------------------- |Soil Conservation | -------------------------------------------------------- |Sundarbans Forest Inventory/Tea Rehabilitation Project| -------------------------------------------------------- |Tea Research Laboratories | -------------------------------------------------------- |Fertiliser Information System | -------------------------------------------------------- |Small-holder cacao development | -------------------------------------------------------- |Forestry Inventory | -------------------------------------------------------- |Environmental study | -------------------------------------------------------- |Land Development Authority | -------------------------------------------------------- |Land Use Adviser | -------------------------------------------------------- |Citrus Development Prefeasibility | -------------------------------------------------------- |Land Resources Study | -------------------------------------------------------- |Tsetse Control, Land Use Survey | -------------------------------------------------------- |Northern Region Irrigation Rehabilitation | -------------------------------------------------------- |Soil Studies | -------------------------------------------------------- |Kosi Hill Area Rural Development Programme | -------------------------------------------------------- |Community Forestry Project | -------------------------------------------------------- |Forest Research Soil Laboratories | -------------------------------------------------------- |Karnataka Social Forestry Project | -------------------------------------------------------- projects or programmes now being undertaken by the Land Resources Development Centre, listing for each respective piece of work now in hand, the name of the commissioning body, the approximate cost in pounds sterling, the expected date for the completion of each item, and the main locations of the work being undertaken. Mr. Raison The following is the information requested: --------------------------------------------------------- |Mysore Paper Mills Project | --------------------------------------------------------- |Institutional Strengthening | --------------------------------------------------------- |Agriculture/Forest Officer | --------------------------------------------------------- |National Agricultural Extension and Research Project | --------------------------------------------------------- |Regional Physical Planning Programme for Transmigration| --------------------------------------------------------- |Project Formulation Mission | --------------------------------------------------------- |Land Use Planning Project Formulation | --------------------------------------------------------- |Rangeland and Livestock Development | --------------------------------------------------------- |Asian Development Bank Irrigation Project | --------------------------------------------------------- |Ah Boun | --------------------------------------------------------- Mr. Spearing asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if, in respect of the Land Resources Development Centre, he will tabulate for each of the scientific disciplines the numbers of personnel employed who possess graduate or broadly equivalent professional qualifications, together with the number of vacancies in each discipline for which funded posts exist and the number of additional posts which will need to be filled for any future approved scheme of expansion, together with the corresponding figures for 1 April 1980. Mr. Raison Details of professional staff employed, and vacancies, at 1 April 1980 and 1 April 1985, are given in the following table. No expansion is planned for the centre.-------------------- | | -------------------- |Discipline | -------------------- |Soils and Land Use| -------------------- |Agriculture | -------------------- |Forestry | -------------------- |Hydrology | -------------------- |Economics | -------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Country |Nature of activity |Timing |Commissioning body|Source of funds | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Gambia |Rural development project |Ended June 1980 |ODA |ODA/IDA/BDDEA | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Kenya |Embu-Meru-Isiolo district | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |1. Soil and water conservation |February 1982 onwards |ODA |ODA | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |2. Forestry development |July 1982 onwards |ODA |ODA | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |3. Livestock development planning |September 1983 |ODA |ODA | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |4. Regional coordinator |From June 1985 |ODA |ODA | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Kenya |Chyulu hills: land use development study |November/December 1983 |ODA |ODA | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Botswana|Planning environment management strategy |November/December 1983 |UNEP |UNDP | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Malawi |Environmental effects of development study |March-October/December 1983 |FAO |FAO | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Namibia |Rapid assessment of land use potential |September 1983 |FAO |FAO | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Somalia |Land use survey: tsetse control project |October 1981 onwards |ODA |ODA/AFSED | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Sudan |1. Imatong mountains forestry project |(1976)-September 1982 |ODA |ODA | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |2. Upper Talanga: sawmill feasibility |November-December 1981 |EDF |EEC | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |3. Qala-en-Nahal refugee settlement scheme |July-August 1983 |Euro-Action Accord|Euro-Action Accord| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |4. Vegetation/landform: Tokar delta |July 1983 |ODA |ODA | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |5. Nile region irrigation rehabilitation (forestry)|June/July 1982 and March/May 1985|ODA |ODA | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Tanzania|1. Tabora region: land use planning |(1977) continuing |ODA |ODA | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |2. Mtwara-Lindi region. Development planning |(1977)–1984 |ODA |ODA | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------- | | ----------- |Chemistry| ----------- |Others* | ----------- |Totals | ----------- Mr. Spearing asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what projects have been undertaken, or what direct assistance has been rendered by the Land Resources Development Centre in respect of areas now subject to famine in Africa in the course of the last five years; and in respect of each project or programme, what was the name of the commissioning body and the source of the funds for the payment of the work, together with particulars of any requests or proposals received from any quarter which have been declined over the same period, together with the dates concerned and reasons for the refusal of any request. Mr. Raison The following is the information requested. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |3. Chief evaluation officer. Planning unit |September 1981-December 1984|IBRD |IBRD | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |4. Lecture in remote sensing. Dar es Salaam |1977-July 1981 |ODA |ODA | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Uganda |Forestry inventory |July/August 1984 |ODA |ODA | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Zimbabwe|1. Support to national soil survey |May 1982 onwards |ODA |ODA | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |2. Community area resource inventory |January 1985-January 1987 |G.O. Zimbabwe |IBRD | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Zimbabwe|SADCC Regional Food Security Study |March/July 1982 |W. S. Atkins (Land and Water) |Commonwealth Secretariat| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Zambia |Integrated rural development (forestry) |January/March 1981 |Bookers Agriculture International|ODA | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |ILCA |Director general to the international livestock centre for Africa (Ethiopia)|November 1977–81 |CGIAR Secretariat |CGIAR | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |January 1981 |Niger |Short consultancy: irrigation agronomy |Crown Agents |IFAD |No suitable staff available| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |January 1982 |Sudan |Two agronomists for two years: Kordofan project|Gitecconsult (West Germany) |CTZ (FRG)|No suitable staff available| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |March 1982 |Sudan |Plan formulation: South Sudan |Bookers Agriculture International|ODA |No suitable staff available| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |March 1982 |Nigeria |Surveys of lower Benue river |Clyde Surveys |Not known|No suitable staff available| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |June 1983 |Burundi |Three man resource survey team |Norskhydro Fertilizers |Not known|No suitable staff available| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |May 1983 |Uganda |Four man development planning team Karamoja |EDF |EDF |Difficult local conditions | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |July 1984 |Botswana|Livestock specialist: tribal grazing |IBRD |IBRD |No suitable staff available| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |July 1984 |Kenya |Investigation of national research stations |ISNAR |ISNAR |No suitable staff available| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |August 1984 |Somalia |Desertification studies |Checchi Consultants (USA) |UNDP |No suitable staff available| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |November 1984|Ethiopia|Two year land use planning |FAO |FAO |No suitable staff available| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |June 1985 |Guinea |Remote sensing (forestry) |FAO |FAO |No suitable staff available| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------