WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/AG/N/NOR/26
9 March 2000
(00-0934)
Committee on Agriculture Original:  English
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 Developi ng Countries for the calendar year 1998  (Table NF:1 )
was received from the delegation of Norway on 25 February 2000.
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In accordance with notification requirements 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 (Tab le NF:1), the following provides details of
Norway's programmes towards these countries.G/AG/N/NOR/26
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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:  NORWAY
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 1998
(1) Quantity of food aid provided to least-developed and net food-importing developing
countries:
Norway fully met its Food Aid Convention (F AC) commitment of 20,000 tonnes of food aid
or wheat equivalents in 1998.  This contribution is provided as cash in lieu of commodities and is
made available for the World Food Programme (WFP) to procure grains from developing countries.
Table 1 gives information about the composition of the additional Norwegian food aid contributionthrough the WFP.  Over and above the FAC contribution, Norway made in 1998 an amount of
NOK 66.9 million available to WFP to support purchases of food in developing countries to benefit
the development programme.
Norwegian assistance furthermore includes long-term development programmes as well as
emergency relief aid.  Please refer to (3) below.
(2) Indication of the proportion in fully grant or appropriate concessional terms:
All Norwegian food aid is provided fully on grant terms.
(3) Technical and financial assistance under paragraph 3(iii) of the Decision:
(i) Aid provided under the World Food Programme 1998
Table 1: Norwegian Multilateral Grant 1998
Contribution to World Food Programme's Development Activities
Expenditure
NOK millionQuantity
metric tonnes
A. Ordinary contribution
Canned fish 38.4 2,739
Edible fat 20.0 2,155
Non-food items 10.5
Cash contribution for transport, etc. 15.9
CLC 66.9
IEFR/IRA (emergency operations) 15.0
FAC, Total 43.3 20,000
Total 210.0G/AG/N/NOR/26
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(ii) Long-term development programmes
Table 2: Long-term development programmes
DAC-sectors Disbursements all
countries/regions 1998
'000 NOK
30 Agriculture, soil research 117,409
31 Forestry 71,134
32 Livestock, veterinary services 5,281
33 Co-operatives, marketing of agricultural products 10,486
34 Home economics, nutrition 2,557
35 Fishery development 103,485
36 Fishing boat production 181
39 Agriculture, fishery – other 132,261
50 Agricultural development banks 16,293
Total 459,087
(iii) Emergency relief aid
Norway has provided food-related emergency relief on a bilateral and multilateral basis.  In
1998 a total of NOK 321.4 million was provided to least-developed and net food-importing
developing countries.  Further details are listed in Attachment B.
Table 3: Food-related emergency relief aid to least-developed and net food-importing
developing countries, 1998
Value NOK million
Bilateral assistance 202.1
Multilateral assistance 119.3
Total 321.4G/AG/N/NOR/26
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ATTACHMENT A
Long-Term Development Programmes
This attachment lists Norwegian Long-Term Developm ent programmes classified according to OECD's DAC-
sector coding.
Sector 30:  Agriculture, soil research
Country/region Disbursements 1998
'000 NOK
Africa:
Africa unspecified 8,064Botswana 30Congo (Dem Rep) (Zaire) 441
Eritrea 3,823
Ethiopia 18,978Madagascar 2,102Malawi 326Mali 3,055
Mozambique 12
Niger 411Sierra Leone 2,776South of Sahara unspecified 1,729
Tanzania 22,470
Zambia 11,711Zimbabwe 550
Africa, total 76,478
Asia
Asia unspecified 578
India 31
Nepal 317
North Korea (DPRK) 5,000Philippines 908Sri Lanka -236
Asia, total 6,598
Latin America
Central America unspecified 13,413
Bolivia 553
Brazil 501Chile 620Cuba 273
Honduras 1,028
Nicaragua 11,412
Latin America, total 27,800
Europe
Bosnia-Herzegovina 3,153
Europe, total 3,153
Global unspecified 3,511
Total all countries/regions 117,540G/AG/N/NOR/26
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Sector 32:  Livestock, veterinary services
Country/region Disbursements 1998
'000 NOK
Africa:
Botswana -75Eritrea 260Ethiopia 382Madagascar 873
Namibia 60
Zimbabwe 3,066
Africa, total 4,566
Asia
Cambodia 509
Asia, total 509
Global unspecified 206
Total all countri es/regions 5,281
Sector 33:  Co-operatives, marketing of agricultural products
Country/region Disbursements 1998
'000 NOK
Africa:
Africa unspecified 1,145Congo (Dem. rep.) 130
Gambia 369
Mozambique 110Tanzania 1,018
Africa, total 2,772
Asia
Bangladesh 933
Sri Lanka 3
Asia, total 936
Latin America
Brazil 996
Chile 1,085
Guatemala 486Nicaragua 4,108
Latin America, total 6,675
Global unspecified 103
Total all countri es/regions 10,486G/AG/N/NOR/26
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Sector 35:  Fishery development
Country/region Disbursements 1998
'000 NOK
Africa:
Benin 79Ghana 196Mozambique 8,328Namibia 27,479
Republic of South Africa 2,104
South of Sahara unspecified 42,176Tanzania 424Zimbabwe 407
Africa, total 81,193
Asia
Asia, unspecified 83
Bangladesh 689India 649China 1,200Maldives 811
Sri Lanka 534
Vietnam 3,000
Asia, total 6,966
Global unspecified 12,116
Oceania
Papua New Guinea 177
Oceania, total 177
Latin America
Chile 385
Nicaragua 2,648
Latin America, total 3,033
Total all countries/regions 103,485G/AG/N/NOR/26
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Sector 39:  Agricult ure, fishery – other
Country/region Disbursements 1998
'000 NOK
Africa:
Africa unspecified 13,809Botswana 170Burkina Faso 5,400Eritrea 6,834
Ethiopia 44,492
Ghana 96Lesotho 110Malawi 2,250Mali 13,023Mozambique 719
Niger 8,669
Rep. South Africa 1,671Rwanda 3,000Sierra Leone 2,000South of Sahara unspecified 1,237Tanzania 3,020
Uganda 190
Zambia 9,675Zimbabwe 764
Africa, total 117,129
Asia
Bangladesh 468
India 276Indonesia 1,447Laos 636Sri Lanka 1,798
Vietnam 28
Asia, total 4,653
Global unspecified 1,618Latin America
Bolivia 1,119
Costa Rica 1Ecuador 30Nicaragua 7,429
Latin America, total 8,579
Europe
Bosnia-Herzegovina 282
Europe, total 282
Total all countries/regions 132,261G/AG/N/NOR/26
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Sector 50:  Agricultural development banks
Country/region Disbursements 1998
'000 NOK
Africa:
Ethiopia 8,993Namibia 97South of Sahara unspecified 2,080Uganda 85
Africa, total 11,255
Asia
Bangladesh 3,801
Sri Lanka 1,152
Asia, total 4,953
Latin America
Brazil 85
Latin America, total 85
Total all countri es/regions 16,293G/AG/N/NOR/26
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ATTACHMENT B
Emergency Relief Aid 1998
Table B1: Bilateral assistance to least-developed and net food-importing developing countries, 1998
Recipient Commodi ty Value NOK '000
Afghanistan Miscellaneous projects, including food 23,156
Albania Miscellaneous projects, including food 3,088
Africa, region Miscellaneous projects, including food 5,563Armenia Miscellaneous projects, including food 1,392Angola Miscellaneous projects, including food 3,990Burundi Miscellaneous projects, including food 5,048
Bangladesh Miscellaneous projects, including food 2,731
Bosnia-Herzegovina Miscellaneous projects, including food 65Central America,
regionMiscellaneous projects, including food 4,635
Bolivia Miscellaneous projects, including food 2,545
Cambodia Miscellaneous projects, including food 6,534China Miscellaneous projects, including food 978Chechnya, Russia Miscellaneous projects, including food 2,315
Burma Miscellaneous projects, including food 4,698
Ecuador Miscellaneous projects, including food 2,275Congo, D.R. Miscellaneous projects, including food 4,000Eritrea Miscellaneous projects, including food 3,000El Salvador Miscellaneous projects, including food 608FYR, Kosovo Miscellaneous projects, including food 8,500Ethiopia Miscellaneous projects, including food 21,708
Guyana Miscellaneous projects, including food 510
Guatemala Miscellaneous projects, including food 1,159Indonesia Miscellaneous projects, including food 2,582Haiti Miscellaneous projects, including food 798Iraq Miscellaneous projects, including food 8,668India Miscellaneous projects, including food 1,175
Korea, North Miscellaneous projects, including food 7,545
Liberia Miscellaneous projects, including food 4,400Nicaragua Miscellaneous projects, including food 6,438Mexico Miscellaneous projects, including food 920Papua New Guinea Miscellaneous projects, including food 334Mauritania Miscellaneous projects, including food 350
Philippines Miscellaneous projects, including food 202
Rwanda Miscellaneous projects, including food 4,783Sudan Miscellaneous projects, including food 41,454Sierra Leone Miscellaneous projects, including food 8,618Tadjikistan Miscellaneous projects, including food 232Somalia Miscellaneous projects, including food - 1,837Uganda Miscellaneous projects, including food 5,007
Global, unspecified Miscellaneous projects, including food 1,962
Total 202,129G/AG/N/NOR/26
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Table B2: Multi-bilateral assistance to least-d eveloped and net food-importing developing
countries, 1998
Recipient UN organization Commodity Value NOK '000
Africa, regional WFP Miscellaneous projects, including food 4,932
UNICEF Miscellaneous projects, including food 13,000
UNHCR Miscellaneous projects, including food 36,531
Angola UNICEF Miscellaneous projects, including food 2,467
Armenia UNHCR Miscellaneous projects, including food 1,000Asia, regional UNHCR Miscellaneous projects, including food 3,000Ethiopia UNDP Miscellaneous projects, including food 1,125
Development Fund Miscellaneous projects, including food 1,571
Kosovo WFP Miscellaneous projects, including food 2,500
Iraq WFP Miscellaneous projects, including food 6,631
Korea, North UNDP Double Crop Programme 3,000
WFP High protein biscuits 3,000FAO Miscellaneous projects, including food 4,000
Croatia UNICEF Miscellaneous projects, including food 1,000Indonesia UNICEF Miscellaneous projects, including food 1,000
Philippines UNICEF Miscellaneous projects, including food 2,279
Rwanda UNICEF High protein biscuits 1,000Sierra Leone FAO Emergency agricultural supplies 2,000Sudan UNICEF Miscellaneous projects, including food 5,760
WFP Miscellaneous projects, including food 14,500
Uganda UNICEF Miscellaneous projects, including food 4,401
Global,
unspecifiedWFP Miscellaneous projects, including food 4,581
Total 119,278
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