WORLD TRADE G/AG/N/AUS/5
25September 1996
ORGANIZATION(96-3800)
Committee onAgriculture Original: English
NOTIFICATION
Theattached notification inthecontext ofactions taken within theframework ofthe
Decision onMeasures Concerning thePossible Negative Effects oftheReform Programme on
Least-Developed andNetFood-Importing Developing Countries (Table NF:1) wasreceived from
thedelegation ofAustralia on11September 1996.
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Inaccordance with notification requirements within theframework oftheDecision on
Measures Concerning thePossible Negative Effects oftheReform Programme onLeast-Developed
andNetFood-Importing Countries (Table NF:1), thefollowing provides details ofAustralia 's
programmes inrespect oftheDecision.G/AG/N/AUS/5
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Notification under Article 16:2oftheAgreement:
Monitoring oftheFollow-Up totheDecision on
Measures Concerning thePossible Negative Effects of
theReform Programme onLeast-Developed andNet
Food-Importing Developing Countries: AUSTRALIA
REPORTING PERIOD: Financial year1995/96 (AUSD)
(1) Quantity offood aidprovided toleast-developed andnetfood-importing developing
countries:
Australia fullymetitsFood AidConvention (FAC) commitment toprovide 300000tonnes
offoodaidorwheat equivalent in1995/96. Ofthisamount, awheat equivalent tonnage of255280,
representing nearly allAustralia 'scommitment under theFAC, wasprovided toLeast- Developed and
NetFood-Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs). Thisamounted toatotalof$91189596in
foodaid1in1995/96.
(2) Indication oftheproportions infully grant form orappropriate concessional terms:
AllAustralian foodaidisprovided onfullygrant terms.
(3) Technical andfinancial assistance under paragraph 3(iii) oftheDecision:
Theagency primarily responsible fordelivering Australia 'saidprogramme istheAustralian
Agency forInternational Development (AusAID). AusAID provides funding totheAustralian Centre
forInternational Agricultural Research (ACIAR) which alsofunds projects atbothabilateral level
andinternationally. ACIAR delivers programmes incollaboration with Australian research
institutions andtheircounterparts indeveloping countries. Amajor focus ofallprojects ispoverty
alleviation through increased foodsecurity.
Inthefinancial year1995/96, AusAID provided atotalof$318 025616onprogrammes
within theambit oftheDecision andrelated tocountries developing theirfoodsecurity: $227 000000
inmultilateral corefunding; $11401197inregional funding; $24214519inbilateral assistance;
$13409900onhumanitarian relief; and$42000000inscholarships.
Allfinancial assistance provided through AusAID isinwholly grant form. Details of
assistance provided inthefinancial yearending 30June1996 follows below.
(i)AusAID
Multilateral Core Funding
Aproportion ofAustralia 'scorecontributions tothemultilateral development banks andother
relevant multilateral organisations isusedforfoodsecurity related development activities inLDCs
andNFIDCs. Thefigures reflected here, however, refertoAustralia 'stotalcontribution torelevant
agencies. Clearly, onlyapartofthisfunding should berecognised asfunding forfoodsecurity in
LDCs andNFIDCs.
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International Agency Expenditure AUSD 1995/96
Asian Development Fund 77700000.0
International Development Association 109900000.0
International Fund forAgricultural Development 200000.0
United Nations Environment Program 1100000.0
United Nations High Commission forRefugees 7700000.0
United Nations Relief andWorks Agency 2900000.0
United Nations Development Program 18600000.0
International Environment programmes 8900000.0
Multilateral Fund oftheMontreal Protocol/Global
Environment Facility
Total 227000000.0
Regional Funding (includes South Pacific andSouth EastAsian LDCs)2
Region Expenditure AUSD 1995/96
South Pacific 6253207.0
South EastAsia 4928090.0
Southern Africa 220000.0
Total 11401197.0
Bilateral
Most ofAustralia 'saidisdelivered inthecontext ofcountry programmes based oncountry strategies.
These strategies reflect recipient government priorities aswellasAustralia 'scapacity toassist.
Specific projects aredeveloped withpartner countries which provide technical andfinancial assistance
to:improve agricultural productivity andsustainability, agricultural storage, forestry andfisheries,
environmental management, management ofwater resources, theprovision ofinfrastructure related
tofoodsecurity andtoassist countries adjust tothenewtrading environment. Country expenditures
arelisted below.
Country Expenditure AUSD 1995/96
Bangladesh 658702.0
Cambodia 7955828.0
Ethiopia 1175.0
Kiribati 139787.0
Laos PDR 3544443.0
Malawi 213400.0
Mozambique 1119518.0
Nepal 2654746.0
Western Samoa 2558416.0
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Solomon Islands 1907874.0
SriLanka 1695451.0
Tuvalu 231907.0
Tanzania 289121.0
Vanuatu 1244151.0
Total 24214519.0
Scholarships
InLDC andidentified NFIDCs, AusAID isfunding atotalof1400scholarship places for
tertiary levelstudy inAustralia, valued atapproximately $42million. Aproportion ofthese awards
isforstudy inagricultural andenvironmental sciences andother foodsecurity-related disciplines.
Humanitarian Relief (inaddition tofoodaid)
Australia undertook anumber ofprojects inrelation tohumanitarian relief impacting directly
onagricultural production inanumber ofcountries foratotal of$13409900. Examples of
programmes, include tornado devastation relief inBangladesh andagricultural rehabilitation in
Ethiopia3.
(ii)ACIAR
TheAustralian Centre forAgricultural Research (ACIAR) allocated $36million directly
impacting ontheagricultural productivity ofrecipient countries inthe1995/96 financial year: $24
million inbilateral programmes and$9.75 million onmultilateral agencies.
ACIAR hascommissioned over300major bilateral projects sinceitwasfounded in1982, and
around 80arecurrently inprogress in24countries. Much support isalsochannelled into
international agricultural research centres whose mandate isalsotoincrease global foodsecurity.
Multilateral programmes
Oneofthemajor criteria onwhich ACIAR bases itsallocation ofAustralia 'sfunds tothe
agricultural research centres (IARCs) isthecontribution ofacentre 'sresearch toeconomic
development, poverty alleviation andequity, andsustainability4.
Bilateral programmes
Theprojects funded under ACIAR 'sbilateral programme comprise research targeting the
following foodsecurity issues: animal sciences ,leading tohealthier more productive livestock for
small farmers through improved animal nutrition andcontrol ofparasites; cropsciences ,byhigher
yielding horticultural crops through theuseofgenetically superior cultivars, control ofdiseases, and
development ofenvironmentally safemethods tocombat pests andweeds; fisheries ,through
conservation andresponsible utilisation ofwildfisheries, developing superior breedstock andbreeding
3Seeattachment Cforadisaggregation ofthefunds allocated andprogramme type.
4Seeattachment Dforadisaggregation ofthefunds allocated toIARCs in1995/96.G/AG/N/AUS/5
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techniques, sourcing suitable foods andcontrolling disease toensure more productive andsustainable
aquaculture; forestry ,through identification ofsuitable fast-growing treespecies foruseincommunity
forestry toprovide, amongst other uses, fuelwood forcooking; landandwater resources ,bycrop
production improvements through better methods ofimproving soilfertility andstructure,
ameliorating salinity insoilandwater, andconserving agricultural landthrough better cultivation
practices; post-harvest technology ,through reduction offoodwastage afterharvest byensuring that
grain, fruit, vegetables, andfishcanbehandled, stored, processed andtransported safely and
economically between harvest anddisposal toconsumers; andeconomics ,through economic research
tounderpin thedevelopment ofgovernment policy aimed atencouraging efficient andsustainable use
andmanagement ofagriculture andnatural resources, including land,water, fishandforest resources.
(4) Other relevant information withrespect toactions taken within theframework ofthe
Decision:
Anumber ofAustralian non-Government organisations undertake assistance programmes with
adirect impact oncountries 'foodsecurity. Themore wellknown include Community AidAbroad,
World Vision, andCareAustralia. AusAID alsofunds projects delivered byNGOs tothevalue of
$2098902. Examples ofprojects undertaken, include asmall-scale dairy programme inUganda and
well-digging inLaos5.
Inaddition, anumber ofState andCommonwealth Government agencies sponsor officials
exchanges withanumber ofcountries, including inAustralia 'simmediate region. Outcomes from
these programmes would haveincidental effects onparticipating countries 'agriculture.
Australian diplomatic posts areinaposition toprovide interested parties withmore details
ontheinformation andprogrammes contained above.
5Seeattachment Eforadisaggregation ofcountry, project andNGO delivering theprogramme.G/AG/N/AUS/5
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ATTACHMENT A
(1) Quantity offood aidprovided toleast-developed andnetfood-importing developing
countries: Breakdown bychannel ofassistance andindividual countries.
Recipient Commodity Quantity
tonnesValue
A$
Bilateral development
Bangladesh wheat 50,440 13,802,724
Cambodia rice 5210.00 3,400,000
Mozambique wheat 11,250 4,499,893
SriLanka wheat 5,010 1,686,053
Emergency/Relief/
Refugees
Angola maize/pulses 2,500 1,515,578
Eritrea sugar/dried milk
powder895.00 600,000
Ethiopia wheat 12,525 5,284,340
Mozambique maize 2,500 1,376,768
Mozambique wheat 2,500 1,376,768
Sierra Leone maize 1,708 1,000,000
SriLanka wheat 2,000 673,720
Cambodia rice 12,775 5,634,164
Laos rice 1,877 1,200,000
Myanmar/Bangladesh rice 1,985 830,000
Myanmar/Bangladesh pulses 222 220,000
Myanmar/Bangladesh oil 115 200,000
TBA highenergy biscuits 79.00 287,000
Afghanistan wheat 6,000 1,000,000
Afghanistan rice 2,000 1,000,000
Multilateral
Development (through
WFP)
Benin rice 1483.00 623,070
Burkina Faso rice 279.00 117,390
Burundi rice 731.00 307,020
Cape Verde rice 258.00 108,360
Coted'Ivoire rice 5009.00 2,103,990
Egypt flour 147.00 56,720G/AG/N/AUS/5
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Eritrea wheat 2,000 512,880
Ethiopia wheat 27,589 7,159,419
Guinea rice 1,720 722,400
Guinea Bissau rice 1634.00 686,280
Mauritania rice 925.00 388,290
SaoTome rice 237.00 99,330
SaoTome flour 105.00 39,821
Sudan flour 4126.00 1,562,928
Bangladesh wheat 40,590 10,419,453
Bangladesh vegetable oil 1,000 1,693,818
Yemen flour 10,642 4,147,154
WFP cash* 14,000,000
Misc Expenditure cash 381,330
TOTAL 220,066 91,189,596
wheat equivalent 255,280
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ATTACHMENT B
(3) Technical and financial assistance under paragraph 3(iii) ofthe Decision:
Disaggregation byprogramme expenditure andtotalproject value.
Regional Funding (includes South Pacific andSouth EastAsian LDCs)
Region -project Expenditure
$1995/96 FYTotal
project
value
South Pacific
South Pacific Commission
plant protection inMicronesia 334,197 970,052
South Pacific Regional Trade andEconomic Cooperation
Agreement (SPARTECA)768,210 1,247,836
Forum Fisheries Agency (core andextra budgetary) 1,700,000
South Pacific Trade Commission 1,115,000 4,806,945
Regional fruitflyproject phase II 412,700 1,099,525
Community resource management conservation 14,000 108,411
Fodder treelegumes short course 224,000 224,000
Pacificland Phase II 750,000 1,350,000
FAO Pacific regional workshop 275,000 275,000
UNICEF regional family nutrition project 330,000 1,560,000
Family foodproduction andNutrition project 330,000
South EastAsia
FAO forestry research support FORSPA II 59,187 184,119
SEARegional environment initiative 23,164 2,601,934
Integrated pestcontrol 911,767 3,577214
Vietnam FAO Vitamin Aproject 900,000 2,372,264
Footandmouth disease eradication 600,000 1,200,000
Forages forsmallholders project 1,019,540 4,299,540
AAECP Phase IIIquality assurance project 151,756 179,956
Mekong Basin
Improvement ofhydrometeorological network 1,285,840 1,683,840
Southern Africa
Africa program tocombat desertification 220,000 570,000G/AG/N/AUS/5
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ATTACHMENT C
Humanitarian Relief (inaddition tofood aid): Disaggregation ofthefunds allocated and
programme type.
Country -Project Expenditure
$1995/96
Afghanistan
Rehabilitation ofwater andsanitation 627,746
Bangladesh
Flood relief 400,000
Tornado devastation relief 50,000
Feeding andrehabilitation program (Bangladesh/Myanmar) 1,250,000
Ethiopia
Agricultural rehabilitation 2,500,000
Hand dugwells project 500,000
Eritrea
Supplementary feeding forreturnees 685,850
Laos
Flood forecasting consultancy 54,533
Famine mitigation program 580,000
Malawi
Malawi/Zambia Southern Africa drought 315,000
Mozambique
NCCA emergency drought relief program 200,000
WVIntegrated relief andrehabilitation 2,059,790
Myanmar
Flood assistance 50,000
South Pacific
Disaster management 47,931
Forecaster training 117,858
Regional disaster training strategy 39,247
Disaster preparedness training 93,715
Disaster management framework 20,871
APTA disaster mitigation project 72,196
Disaster management services 61,200G/AG/N/AUS/5
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Rwanda
Returnee resettlement 630,000
Emergency rural water project 900,000
Technical andsocial rehabilitation andrural water supplies 1,000,000
Sudan
Review ofOperation Lifeline 34,500
WFP foodmonitors 350,000
Community based animal health care 269,463
Assistance toSouthern Sudan 500,000G/AG/N/AUS/5
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ATTACHMENT D
ACIAR
Disaggregation ofthefunds allocated toIARCs in1995/96.
Acronym Fullname andcountry oflocation AUSD
AVRDC6Asian Vegetable Research andDevelopment Centre,
Taiwan280040.0
CABI Centre forAgriculture andBiosciences International, UK 273092.0
CIFOR Centre forInternational Forestry Research, Indonesia 450000.0
CIAT International Centre forTropical Agriculture, Columbia 376582.0
CIMMYT International Maize andWheat Improvement Centre,
Mexico938000.0
CIP International Potato Centre, Peru 755000.0
IBSRAM International Board forSoilResearch andManagement,
Thailand535000.0
ICARDA International Centre forAgricultural Research intheDry
Areas, Syria482000.0
ICIMOD International Centre forIntegrated Mountain Development,
Nepal125000.0
ICIPE International Centre forInsect Physiology andEcology,
Kenya71000.0
ICLARM International Centre forLiving Aquatic Resources
Management, Philippines593980.0
ICRAF International Centre forResearch inAgroforestry, Kenya 315000.0
ICRISAT International Crops Research Institute fortheSemi Arid
Tropics, India1217000.0
IFPRI International Food Policy Research Institute, USA 357000.0
IFS International Foundation forScience, Sweden 150000.0
IIMI International Irrigation Management Institute, SriLanka 180000.0
IITA International Institute ofTropical Agriculture, Nigeria 44000.0
ILRI International Livestock Research Institute, Ethiopia 604991.0
IPGRI International Plant Genetic Resources Institute, Italy 686525.0
IRRI International RiceResearch Institute, Philippines 938000.0
ISNAR International Service forNational Agricultural Research,
Netherlands250000.0
6Acronyms inboldcharacters denote centres notassociated withtheCGIARG/AG/N/AUS/5
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ATTACHMENT E
(4) Other relevant information withrespect toactions taken within theframework ofthe
Decision: Disaggregation bycountry, project andNGO delivering theprogramme.
Country -project -NGO 1995-96 Expenditure
Afghanistan
Nangahar forestry project (TEAR) 15,000
Relief anddevelopment project (TEAR) 41,250
Bangladesh
Rural credit training scheme forpoorandlandless women II
(OZCHILD)37,764
Chapra-Mirpur water project (AAO) 11,460
Seedproject (ABWA) 20,250
Aquaculture development program (CARITAS) 86,228
Rural uplift program (CARITAS) 7,568
Tangail environment stabilisation project (SCFA) 72,035
Integrated rural development project (NCAA) 33,750
Emergency preparedness andrehabilitation (NCAA) 7,500
Burkina Faso
Erosion control andreforestation Sammatenga Province
(PLAN)15,990
Cambodia
Integrated domestic andcivictreeplanting, reforestation and
fisheries (APHEDA)76,800
Ethiopia
Food security program (CCFA) 47,249
Bakelo foodsecurity program (CCFA) 54,298
Rural development program (NCCA) 37,500
Mursi integrated development program (SIMAID) 54,082
Tigray soilconservation (WV) 134,640
Small scale environmental rehabilitation andreforestation
(CAA)37,728
Eritrea
Relief anddevelopment program (NCCA) 30,000
Kiribati
Kiribati environmental education program (AFAP) 60,500G/AG/N/AUS/5
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Kenya
Emuhaya Division agricultural extension (AE) 5,838
Meru water supply (AE) 30,000
Makueni areadevelopment program (WV) 64,627
Kenya treeplantations (SA) 28,336
Laos
Soukhouma welldigging phase II(ADRA) 77,423
Hongsa upland resources pilotproject (CARE) 54,380
Integrated village development project (SCFA) 22,172
Baijiang integrated rural development (WV) 61,691
Malawi
Postdrought agriculture andrehabilitation (NCCA) 7,037
Establishment ofwater andsanitation monitoring systems
(UNICEF)37,500
Mozambique
Teterehabilitation anddevelopment (ALWS) 150,000
Agricultural training program (SA) 11,340
Maciene vision agricultural recovery (WV) 32,813
Nepal
West Myadgi integrated development (TEAR) 24,000
Solomon Islands
Buinitusu water supply (ADRA) 18,755
Ferasi water supply (ADRA) 1,096
Nazareth water supply (ADRA) 39,557
Talakali water supply (ADRA) 47,096
Preserving knowledge offorests (WV) 23,943
Southern Africa Regional
Logone community cereal bank(WV) 37,699
Potable water education andtechnology (WV) 44,880
South EastAsian Regional
Strengthening theAsian Association ofagricultural engineers
(SEA)20,000
SriLanka
Emergency andrehabilitation (NCCA) 30,000G/AG/N/AUS/5
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Sudan
Eastern Sudan relief anddevelopment program (NCCA) 11,250
Tanzania
Animal husbandry anddisease prevention (CMS) 28,150
Itundu Agricultural College Phase II(SA) 10,947
Agricultural extension program (SA) 32,616
Uganda
Butemba water supply (ADRA) 51,128
Small scale dairy project (CCFA) 24,756
Liracattle restocking (CCFA) 66,228
Ogur-Lira development program (WV) 32,813
Vanuatu
LiroArea water catchment project (APACE) 9,950
South Santo bushvillage pilotprogram (SCFA) 16,874
Zambia
Drought recovery (NCCA) 25,995
Kopa conservation project (WV) 36,420G/AG/N/AUS/5
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ListofAcronyms
CCDP: Cambodian Community Development program
OZCHILD: OzChild
AAO: Asian AidOrganisation
ABWA: Australian Baptist World Aid
CARITAS:
SCFA: SavetheChildren Fund Australia
NCAA: National Council ofChurches ofAustralia
PLAN: PlanAustralia
APHEDA: Australian people forHealth, Education andDevelopment Abroad
CCFA: Christian Children Fund ofAustralia
SIMAID: Sudan Interior Mission (SIMAID Australia)
UNICEF: UNICEF Committee ofAustralia
ALWS: Australian Lutheran World Service
SA:TheSalvation Army
WV: World Vision Australia
TEAR: TheEvangelical Alliance Relief Fund
ADRA: Adventist Development andRelief Agency
SEA:
CMS: Church Missionary Society
CCFA: Christian Children 'sFund ofAustralia
APACE: Appropriate Technology forCommunity andEnvironment
IFA: Institute ofForesters Australia
IWDA: International Women 'sDevelopment Agency
ACR: Australian Catholic Relief