Oral question asked in the House of Lords, by Lord Maxton (Labour). It was answered on Thursday, 16 February 2006.
Africa: Drought and Famine
- Question
- My Lords, does my noble friend agree that in the long term—it would be the long term—one way of dealing with droughts of this nature would be to carry out urgent research into genetically modified crops that could grow in much more arid areas than is the case at present?
- Answer
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My Lords, that is right. In the past, we have funded research into the value added to some crops by, for example, additional vitamins in rice, and we will continue to look at ways in which we can support that research activity.
Secondary information
- Type
- Oral question
- Reference
- 678 c1263
- Session
- 2005-06
- Oral question type
- Supplementary
- Chamber / Committee
- House of Lords chamber
- Subjects
- Disaster relief Droughts Famine Ethiopia Somalia Kenya Horn of Africa
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