The APPG seeks to bring together Parliamentarians concerned with issues of agricultural development, nutrition and wider food insecurity in the developing world. This cross-party group aims to engender progressive and informed debate within Westminster and beyond by bridging the gap between policy makers and practitioners in the field whilst also giving a voice to the 450 million smallholder farmers in the developing world who feed 2 billion people worldwide.

Welcome

Welcome to the homepage of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Agriculture and Food for Development, a truly cross-party initiative which also draws members from both Houses of the UK Parliament. The Group seeks to bridge the space between Academia, Civil Society, The Private Sector and Policy Makers both in the Developing and Developed World engendering informed, progressive debate in Parliament, but with positive, far reaching effects beyond Westminster. The APPG was established in October 2008 in response to growing concerns over the growing Food Insecurity and Food Price Volatility in the Developing World alongside a steady decline in the funding of Agricultural Development Programmes focusing on the needs of Smallholder Farmers.

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