Ireland to give €284m support to global food programmes 

Tanaiste Micheál Martin. A further €4.2m is being pledged to support the UN’s Food Systems Hub.

Ireland will provide at least €284m this year in support for food, agriculture, and nutrition programmes around the world, the Tánaiste has announced.

Irish-pledged support includes €2m to the ‘Grain from Ukraine’ initiative announced by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to help counter the impact of the Russian war on developing countries and the suspension of the Black Grain Sea Initiative.