WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/AG/N/NZL/39 
8 November 2004 
 (04-4730) 
Committee on Agriculture Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
 
 The following submission, dated 17 December 2003,  is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of New Zealand .  The notification concerns actions taken within the framework of the 
Decision on Measures Concerning the Possible Negativ e Effects of the Reform Programme on Least-
Developed and Net Food-Impor ting Developing Countries ( Table NF:1 ) for the financial years 
2001/2002 and 2002/2003.   
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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 :  NEW ZEALAND  
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  2001/2002 Financial Year ($NZ)  
 
 (1) Quantity of food aid provided to least-developed and net food-importing developing countries:  
 New Zealand does not make in-kind food aid do nations.  All New Zealand food aid assistance 
is provided in cash grant form.  Details of the food ai d provided in the financial year July 2001 to June 
2002 are provided below. 
 
(2) Indication of the proportion in full gr ant form or appropriate concessional terms: 
 
 100% grant 
 
 
FOOD AID 
 
New Zealand provides emergency relief through two Emergency and Disaster Relief Funds, one for 
the Pacific and one for the rest of the world. Outs ide the Pacific, grant funding is provided in response 
to emergency appeals from multilateral relief agen cies, particularly the World Food Programme. 
Funding is also provided following appeals from NGOs. Most of this relief is in the form of non-food 
aid (shelter, seeds for crops, immunisations, training etc.).  However, those instances where food aid did form part of the overall assistance are listed under “NGOs” below. 
In the Pacific, New Zealand pr ovides emergency relief during and following the Cyclone season. 
Almost all of this relief is in the form of equipmen t for shelter and medical evacuation. Little, if any, 
food aid is provided.  
 
Core Funding to Multilateral Agencies
 ($NZ)  
  WFP      845,000 (see below also)  CGIAR               925,000 
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Emergency Food Aid in response to appeals  ($NZ)  
 
International Organisations 
World Food Programme  
Zambia: Emergency Feeding Programme  200,000 
NGOs  
ASIA 
India (World Vision, drought relief) 50,000 
AFRICA 
Zambia  (World Vision) 84,000 
 
(3) Technical and financial assistance under paragraph 3(iii) of the Decision:  
All financial assistance provided by New Zealand is in grant form.  Assistance in provided in the year 
to June 2002 includes (all expressed in New Zealand dollars): 
 
Pacific Regional
 ($NZ)  
 
Forum Fisheries Agency 900,000  Secretariat for Pacific Communities (SPC)  3,800,000 plus… 
SPC Plant Protection project 350,000 
SPC Maritime training centre  210,000 SPC Paravetinary project 210,000 
 South Pacific Agricultural Chemistry  
Laboratory Network (SPACNET)  45,000 
 Horticultural development assessment 41,000 
  Asia Regional
 ($NZ)  
 
Phytosanitary capacity building for  Plant protection agencies in Mekong 203,000 
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Bilateral
 
 
 NZAID develops projects with bilateral partner countries that provide technical and financial 
assistance to improve their agricultural productivity and sustainability, enhance food security, develop infrastructure and create greater revenue-earning opportunities.  Projects to the year 
ending June 2002 include: 
   ($NZ) 
PACIFIC 
 
Kiribati 
Marine Training Centre 234,000 
 
Vanuatu 
Plantation forestry development 54,000  
ASIA 
  
Bhutan 
Malt barley production, Bhutan 67,000 
 
East Timor 
National Organic Certification Program 88,000 
for coffee  
Mongolia  
Food Security/Rehabilitation  116,000 
  
Sri Lanka 
Pear industry development, Sri Lanka 67,000 
  
New Zealand  NGO Funding 
Core-funding for Trade Aid  563,000 
(assistance to farmers of tea, coffee etc) 
    
(4) Other relevant information with respect to  actions taken within the framework of the 
Decision: 
 
The New Zealand ODA scholarship scheme provides financial assistance to students from developing 
countries who wish to study at New Zealand tertiary institutions.  A number of these students attend 
agriculture-related courses at Lincoln and Massey Univ ersities, and are able to utilise their new skills 
on return to their home country.  New Zealand also provides support to the University of the South 
Pacific in Suva, Fiji. 
 New Zealand diplomatic posts supply information relevant to accessing the New Zealand market to 
developing country exporters and provide for further contact, where necessary, with the appropriate 
departments in New Zealand for more detailed advice/assistance. Each Head of Mission also has two 
funds: the Head of Mission Fund and the Small Pr ojects Fund, which are used to fund smaller value 
projects, occasionally related to the primary sector. Figures for these funds have not been included here.  G/AG/N/NZL/39 
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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 :  NEW ZEALAND  
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  2002/2003 Financial Year ($NZ)  
 
 
(1) Quantity of food aid provided to least-developed and net food-importing developing 
countries:  
 
 New Zealand does not make in-kind food aid do nations.  All New Zealand food aid assistance 
is provided in cash fully grant form.   
 In the 2002/2003 financial year, New Zealand r esponded to World Food Programme (WFP) Appeals 
as set out below:   Southern Africa Emergency   $NZ500,000  
 Eritrea      $NZ500,000 
 
(2) Indication of the proportion in full gran t form or appropriate concessional terms: 
 
 100% grant. 
 
(3) Technical and financial assistance under paragraph 3(iii) of the Decision:  
 
 All financial assistance provided by the New Zealand Agency for International Development 
(NZAID) is in grant form.  New Zealand provides assistance to a range of developing countries, both to LDCs and NFIDCs in accordance with the Marrak esh Decision, and in some cases also to certain 
non-LDC and non-NFIDC developing country partners.  Assistance provided in the year to June 2003 
includes:  Multilateral Core Funding
 ($NZ) 
 
 WFP (see item 4) 845,000  
 IFAD 720,000  CGIAR 1,250,000  Emergency Food Aid
 ($NZ) 
 
 None to LDCs or NFIDCs 
  New Zealand also provided financial assistance to the WFP for emergency programmes in:  
 Democratic People’s Republic of Korea      350,000 
Iraq 1,000,000 
 
In the Pacific, NZAID provides emergency relief during and following the Cyclone season. Almost all 
of this relief is in the form of equipment for she lter and medical evacuation. Little, if any, food aid is 
provided. G/AG/N/NZL/39 
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Pacific Regional
 ($NZ) 
  Forum Fisheries Agency 900,000  Secretariat for Pacific Communities (SPC)  3,800,000  plus…   SPC Plant Protection project 375,000 
  SPC Maritime training centre 420,000  
 South Pacific Agricultural Chemistry         Laboratory Network (SPACNET) 55,000 
International Institute of Fisheries,    
      Economics and Trade 85,000 
 UN Forum on Forestry 30,000 
 Pan Commonwealth Veterinary Conference 25,000  Fishing Vessel Training 130,000   
Asia Regional
 ($NZ) 
 
 ASEAN Programme 
National Phytosanitary database project   
     for Mekong countries 326,000   
  
Bilateral
 
 
NZAID develops projects with bilateral partner countries that provide technical and financial 
assistance to improve their agricultural productivity and sustainability, enhance food security, develop 
infrastructure and create greater revenue-earning opportunities.  Projects for the year ending June 
2003 include:     ($NZ) 
 
 Kiribati 
  Marine Training Centre 250,000 
 
 Vanuatu 
  Plantation forestry development 70,000 
   Bhutan 
  Malt barley production, Bhutan 20,000  
 
 Cambodia 
  WTO Agreement on Agriculture training 1,300 
    East Timor 
  National Organic Certification Program   
      for coffee 23,000   UNDP Trust Fund 404,000   Water policy advisor (MAF) 81,000  
  
 Laos 
  WTO Agreement on Agriculture training  5,000 
  
  
 Pakistan   G/AG/N/NZL/39 
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  R&D Co-operative Agricultural       Development, Uzbekistan/Pakistan 95,000   
 Sri Lanka 
  Pear industry development 40,000     
 Mozambique 
  Maziotela Farm project 52,400 
 
 New Zealand  NGO Funding 
  Core-funding for Trade Aid  605,000 
     (assistance to farmers of tea, coffee, etc)              
 
 4) Other relevant information with respect to  actions taken within the framework of the 
Decision: 
 
The NZAID scholarship scheme provides financial a ssistance to students from developing countries 
who wish to study at New Zealand tertiary institu tions.  A number of these students attend agriculture-
related courses at Lincoln and Massey Universities, a nd are able to utilise their new skills on return to 
their home country.  NZAID also provides support to the University of the South Pacific in Suva, Fiji. 
 
New Zealand diplomatic posts supply information relevant to accessing the New Zealand market to 
developing country exporters and provide for further contact, where necessary, with the appropriate 
departments in New Zealand for more detailed advice/assistance.  Each Head of Mission also has two funds:  the Head of Mission Fund and the Small Pr ojects Fund, which are used to fund smaller value 
projects, occasionally related to the primary sector.  Figures for these funds have not been included 
here.   
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