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<p>The Department for International Development’s (DFID) portfolio of commercial agriculture
programmes includes support which helps promote the development of sustainable fisheries
and aquaculture in developing countries. For example, the Livelihoods and Food Security
Trust Fund (LIFT) programme in Myanmar promotes community management of wild fisheries.
Poor households have better maintained their fish stocks, and adopted new marketing
practices, which has helped improve their income and food and nutrition security.
The new DFID Commercial Agriculture for Smallholders and Agribusiness programme will
provide technical assistance to small local businesses working in the aquaculture
sector in Malawi and will work with investors to promote responsible investment in
this sector. DFID is also supporting sustainable small-scale aquaculture, and our
support has contributed to improving the fish-based livelihoods of 51,235 households
and 72,264 people.</p><p> </p><p>As part of our cross-Government commitment to protecting
the global environment, DFID has provided £150 million and DEFRA £100 million funding
to the Global Environment Facility 7th replenishment (2018-2022), which includes support
for small island developing states in managing their marine territories. We also provide
a core contribution to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO),
which supports countries in sustainable fisheries management. Progress is reported
in the FAO’s flagship State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture.</p>
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