WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/AG/N/USA/20
17 November 1998
(98-4600)
Committee on Agriculture
NOTIFICATION
The attached notification in the context of 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 Count ries (Table NF:1) was received from the
delegation of the United States  on 16 November 1998.G/AG/N/USA/20
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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 PROGRAM ON LEAST-DEVELOPED AND NET
 FOOD-IMPORTING DEVELOPING COUNTRIES:  United States of America
REPORTING PERIOD:
1 July 1996 – 30 June 1997 for Items (1) and (2)
1 October 1996 – 31 September 1997 for item (3)
(1) Quantity of food aid provided to least-developed and net food-importing developing
countries:
The United States provided 1,123,350 tonnes (on a product weight basis) of food aid to least
developed and net food-importing developing countries in the reporting period.  The commoditybreakdown of this aid was as follows:
Tonnage Product
426,459 Wheat
143,252 Coarse Grains
116,616 Soy/Grain Blends
116,865 Vegetable Oil
72,917 Rice
67,457 Corn Meal66,485 Pulses
62,834 Bulgur
50,461 Wheat Flour
Total 1,123,350
(2) Indication of the proportion in fully gr ant form or appropriate concessional terms:
The aid listed above was provided under the P.L. 480 and Food for Progress Programs.  The
allocations to the various food aid programmes were as follows:
74,508 MT Title I  Government-to-Government concessional sales
864,092 MT Title II Emergency & development assistance in partnership 
with PVOs, NGOs and World Food Program (WFP) in fully 
grant form
184,541 MT Title III Government-to-Government commodity donations 
to developing countries in fully grant form
209 MT Food for Progress/CCC purchases grant through private 
voluntary organizations
Title I aid is provided on long term concessional terms in accordance with the guidelines of the Food
Aid Convention.  Aid under Title II, Title III, and Food for Progress Programs is provided in fullygrant form.G/AG/N/USA/20
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(3) Technical and financial assistance under paragraph 3(iii) of the Decision:
The principal source of US financial assistance and funding for technical assistance for developing
countries is the US Agency for International Deve lopment (USAID) w ithin the Department of State.
All of the figures reported below represent budgetary obligations or estimates for the reporting period.
USAID Global Assistance to Agriculture Not Allocated to Specific Countries:
Crop Production $1,614,000
Livestock Production 4,454,000
Fisheries Production 4,170,000Resource Management 5,534,000
Pest Management 5,534,000
Infrastructure 5,534,000
Policies and Planning 2,133,000
Training and Extension 2,522,000Agribusiness Credit 5,634,000
Total $37,129,000Contributions to Multilateral Organizations with an Agricultural Emphasis:
International Development Association $700,000,000
UN Development Programme 76,000,000
World Food Programme 3,000,000
Food and Agriculture Organization 67,400,000
Total $846,400,000Some AID funds are used to support agricultural technical assistance to least developed and net
food-importing developing countries by other US Government agencies, including the International
Cooperation and Development (ICD) Program area of USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service.  For
example, ICD provides technical assistance and tr aining programs focused on: agricultural policy
formulation; marketing; agribusiness development; promotion of inter-regional and international
trade; development of market news and statistical systems; famine early warning and mitigation;
grasshopper/locust eradication efforts; and natural resource management.  The funding for these
agencies’ programmes come primarily from USAID and is included in the figures above.
In addition, ICD maintains the Cochran Fellowship Program which provides short-term training in the
United States designed to assist participating countries to develop agricultural systems necessary to
meet the food needs of their populations.  During the reporting period $286,000 was allocated for
Cochran Fellowships for participants from net food-importing developing countries.
Additional development programmes in least developed and net food-importing developing countries
are provided by the US Peace Corps.  The Peace Corps sponsors volunteers who provided technical
assistance to:  produce agricultural products and by-products;  increase agricultural productivity;
safely use agricultural chemicals’ and process, store or market agricultural goods and by-products.G/AG/N/USA/20
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Peace Corps Funds to Support Agricultural Volunteers
Least Developed Countries $3,540,800
NFIDCs $1,706,100
Total $5,246,900
(4) Other relevant information with respect to actions taken within the framework of the
Decision:
Not applicable.
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