G/AG/N/EU/92  
19 April 2024 
(24-3262) Page: 1/3 
Committee on Agriculture  Original: English  
 
 
NOTIFICATION  
The following submission, dated 17 April  2024, is being circulated at the request of the delegation 
of the  European Union . The notification concerns actions taken within the framework of the 
Decision on Measures Concerning the Possible Negative Effects of the Reform Programme on 
Least -Developed and Net Food -Importing Developing Countries ( Table  NF:1) during 
the Calendar  Year 2023 . 
 
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  Table NF:1  
NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLE 16.2 OF THE AGREEMENT: MONITORING OF THE  
FOLLOW -UP TO THE DECISION ON MEASURES CONCERNING THE POSSIBLE  
NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF THE REFORM PROGRAMME ON LEAST -DEVELOPED  
AND NET FOOD -IMPORTING DEVELOPING COUNTRIES:  
EUROPEAN UNION  
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEAR 2023  
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1  QUANTITY OF FOOD AID PROVIDED TO LEAST -DEVELOPED AND NET FOOD -IMPORTING 
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES  
In 2010, the European Union adopted its Humanitarian Food Assistance Policy, which captures the 
shift from food aid to food assistance to cover the acute food and nutrition needs of the most 
vulnerable populations in the most efficient and effective manner. The broader concept of food 
assistance promotes the use of the most appropriate m ix of tools and transfer modalities (including 
food distribution, cash transfers, vouchers, etc.) to best meet the needs of the most vulnerable 
populations in a specific crisis.  
Total food assistance and nutrition funding allocations for NFIDCs was close t o EUR  427 million 
in 2023. This amount was spent mostly on food products, for -food cash distributions, logistics, 
support operations and transport, flanking measures and measures to monitor the implementation 
of humanitarian food assistance and nutrition p rogrammes, as well as livelihoods protection 
programmes. It also includes 50% of the EU assistance provided in the form of multi -purpose cash 
transfers  (MPCT), an assistance modality consisting in the provision of cash to beneficiaries to cover 
their needs  in the way they consider most appropriate .1 
In total, food and nutrition assistance or multi -purpose cash transfers were provided for vulnerable, 
food and nutrition insecure populations in 63 countries or territories, of which 37 were  NFIDCs.  
For total f unds allocated for food and nutrition assistance and multi -purpose cash transfers in  2023 
to NFIDCs by beneficiary country see Annex  1.  
2  INDICATION OF THE PROPORTION IN FULLY GRANT FORM OR APPROPRIATE 
CONCESSIONAL TERMS  
All food assistance is provided fully in grant form. We encourage our implementing partners to 
provide in -cash assistance whenever possible and, when in -kind assistance is the only viable option, 
we encourage local and regional purchases to avoid harmful effects of the import of  food from 
developed countries on the local markets.  
3  TECHNICAL AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE UNDER PARAGRAPH 3(III) OF THE DECISION  
The European Commission provided the reported food assistance to the most vulnerable victims of 
natural and man -made disasters. T he allocation of assistance was decided firmly based on needs 
and in line with the fundamental humanitarian principles of humanity, neutrality, impartiality and 
independence.   
4  OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION WITH RESPECT TO ACTIONS TAKEN WITHIN THE 
FRAMEWORK OF  THE DECISION  
The implementation of the food assistance funded by the European Commission was carried out by 
UN agencies and other international organisations, international NGOs and the Red Cross/Red 
Crescent family.  
 
 
1 The amount transferred in MPCT programmes is based on a theoretical minimum expenditure 
basket  (MEB), and the amount that is ultimately spent for food and nutrition purposes cannot be known with 
certainty. However, a recent study estimated that at least 50 % of the amount transferred in this type of 
interventions is typically spent on food and nutrition.  G/AG/N/EU/92  
 
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  ANNEX  1 
Funds all ocated in 2023 for NFIDCs for food and nutritional assistance and multi -purpose 
cash transfers (EUR)  
Country name  Food & nutrition assistance (EUR)  
Afghanistan  70,842,560  
Bangladesh  14,794,700  
Benin  184,785  
Burkina Faso  12,779,347  
Burundi  176,536  
Central African Republic  6,122,109  
Chad 14,341,637  
Congo, Democratic Republic Of  31,244,992  
Côte D'Ivoire  496,338  
Dominican Republic  43,627  
Egypt  2,211,157  
El Salvador  1,950  
Eswatini  1,000,000  
Ethiopia  25,509,013  
Haiti 7,660,511  
Honduras  662,351  
Kenya  3,179,326  
Lesotho  222,431  
Madagascar  8,602,779  
Malawi  1,878,308  
Mali 10,648,887  
Mauritania  4,634,604  
Mozambique  8,086,790  
Myanmar  10,117,050  
Niger  9,906,455  
Pakistan  3,704,650  
Peru 1,283,279  
Rwanda  1,067,310  
Somalia  33,632,542  
South Sudan Republic  29,784,372  
Sudan  47,474,180  
Tanzania  2,182,690  
Togo 300,000  
Trinidad And Tobago  44,913  
Uganda  10,429,457  
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of  6,378,675  
Yemen  45,285,690  
TOTAL  426,915,999  
 
 
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