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<p>DFID gathers information on agriculture and food aid expenditure at an aggregate
organisational level and does not routinely analyse these expenditures by country.</p><p>
</p><p>Table 1 shows DFID expenditure to support food aid programmes through the World
Food Programme over the last five years. This includes both food delivery and cash-based
transfers; the modality is chosen based on markets availability and needs.</p><p>
</p><p><strong>Table 1 Food Aid Expenditure by DFID</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total
contribution (£m)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>247,752m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>267,184m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>261,752m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>455,604m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>460,541m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019
(<em>as of October 13</em>)</p></td><td><p>371,234m</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>Table 2 shows DFID expenditure to support agricultural development through
bilateral programmes and multilateral channels for the period 2013–2016. Data for
later years is not currently available.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 2 Agricultural
Development Expenditure by DFID</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total
contribution (£m)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>617m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>663m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>705m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>718m</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>In 2018 DFID conducted a review of its commercial agriculture portfolio which
analyses information about 49 current agriculture programmes, including geography,
and can be found <a href="https://beamexchange.org/resources/1222/" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p>
</p><p>DFID’s annual publication ‘Statistics on International Development’ contains
detailed information on aid spending by the UK Government, including a breakdown of
funding by destination country, and can be found <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Forganisations%2Fdepartment-for-international-development%2Fabout%2Fstatistics&data=02%7C01%7CS-Calvert%40dfid.gov.uk%7Cf6edf385835849cb759308d75604a7a6%7Ccdf709af1a184c74bd936d14a64d73b3%7C0%7C0%7C637072450304965092&sdata=5xFARrPZVDpU%2B2W7tPm1rBW5Hl4mS9H8HpMyxfP9v5M%3D&reserved=0"
target="_blank">here</a>.</p>
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