WORLD TRADE G/AG/N/AUS/13
27October 1997
ORGANIZATION(97-4699)
Committee onAgriculture Original: English
NOTIFICATION
Theattached notification inthecontext ofactions taken within theframework oftheDecision
onMeasures Concerning thePossible Negative Effects oftheReform Programme onLeast-Developed
andNetFood-Importing Developing Countries forthefinancial year1996/97 (Table NF:1) was
received from thedelegation ofAustralia on15October 1997.
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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/13
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Table NF:1
NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLE 16:2OFTHE AGREEMENT:
MONITORING OFTHE FOLLOW-UP TOTHE DECISION ON
MEASURES CONCERNING THE POSSIBLE NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF
THE REFORM PROGRAMME ONLEAST-DEVELOPED AND NET
FOOD-IMPORTING DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: Australia
REPORTING PERIOD: Financial year1995/96 (AUSD)
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(1) Quantity offoodaidprovided toleast-developed andnetfood-importing developing
countries:
Australia fullymetitsFood AidConvention (FAC) commitment toprovide 300,000 tonnes
offoodaidorwheat equivalent in1996/97. Ofthisamount, awheat equivalent tonnage of217,000,
representing some seventy twopercent ofAustralia 'sFAC commitment, wasprovided to
Least-Developed andNetFood-Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs). Thisamounted toatotal
ofA$82 million in1996/97. (Seeattachment A)
(2) Indication oftheproportions infullygrant 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 bothbilateral andmultilateral
projects. ACIAR delivers programmes incollaboration withAustralian research institutions andtheir
counterparts indeveloping countries. Amajor focus ofallprojects ispoverty alleviation through
increased foodsecurity.
Inthefinancial year1996/97, AusAID provided atotalofA$306.35 million forprogrammes
within theambit oftheDecision andrelated tocountries developing their food security.
A$230.46 million wasprovided asmultilateral corefunding, A$9.69 million asregional funding,
A$21.71 million inbilateral/development food aid, A$26.41 million onbilateral
humanitarian/emergency assistance andA$18.08 million inscholarships torelevant LDCs/NFIDCs.
Allfinancial assistance provided through AusAID isinwholly grant form. Details of
assistance provided inthefinancial yearending 30June1997 follows.
(i)AusAID
Multilateral Core Funding
Aproportion ofAustralia 'scorecontributions tothemultilateral development banks andother
relevant multilateral organisations isusedforfoodsecurity related development activities inLDCs
andNFIDCs. Thefigures reflected here, however, refertoAustralia 'stotalcontribution torelevant
agencies. Clearly, onlyapartofthisfunding should berecognised asfunding forfoodsecurity in
LDCs andNFIDCs.G/AG/N/AUS/13
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International Agency Expenditure A$million 1996/97
Asian Development Fund 75.70
International Development Association 121.41
International Fund forAgricultural Development 1.58
United Nations Environment Programme 1.02
United Nations High Commissioner forRefugees 13.50
United Nations Relief andWorks Agency 2.65
United Nations Development Programme 9.00
International Environment programmes
Multilateral Fund oftheMontreal Protocol
Global Environment Facility1.30
4.30
230.46 Total
Regional Funding (includes South Pacific andSouth EastAsian LDCs) (Seeattachment B)
Region Expenditure A$million 1996/97
South Pacific 5.077033
South EastAsia 3.868774
Southern Africa 0.75
Total 9.695807
Bilateral
Most ofAustralia 'saidisdelivered inthecontext ofcountry programmes based oncountry
strategies. These strategies reflect recipient government priorities aswellasAustralia 'scapacity to
assist. Specific projects aredeveloped withpartner countries which provide technical andfinancial
assistance to:improve agricultural productivity andsustainability, agricultural storage, forestry and
fisheries, environmental management, management ofwater resources, theprovision ofinfrastructure
related tofoodsecurity andtoassist countries adjust tothenewtrading environment. Bilateral
country foodaidandemergency expenditures arelisted below.
Country Expenditure A$million 1996/97
Afghanistan 3.0
Bangladesh 13.351559
Burma/Bangladesh 1.0
Cambodia 5.579775
Ethiopia 3.028248
Kenya 1.0
LaoPDR 1.85
Mozambique 6.5
Nepal 2.6
SriLanka 5.628819
Sudan (South) 1.5
Sudan (North) 1.559966
Tanzania 1.0
Uganda 0.52
Total 48.118367G/AG/N/AUS/13
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Scholarships
InLDCs andidentified NFIDCs, during 1996/97, Australia funded 1137 scholarship places
fortertiary levelstudy inAustralia, valued atA$18.08 million. Aproportion ofthese awards isfor
study inagricultural andenvironmental sciences andother foodsecurity-related disciplines.
Humanitarian Relief (inaddition tofoodaid)
In1996/97, Australia undertook anumber ofprojects inrelation tohumanitarian relief which
impacted directly onagricultural production inanumber ofcountries foratotalofA$81.48 million.
Examples ofprogrammes include theCambodia Food ForChange Programme andtheEritrea
Agricultural Recovery Program. (Seeattachment C)
(ii)ACIAR
In1996-97, theAustralian Centre forAgricultural Research (ACIAR) received partner
organisation funding fromAusAID tothevalue ofA$40.002 million, allofwhich supported research
relating directly toagricultural productivity ofrecipient countries.
Multilateral programmes
In1996/97, ACIAR provided A$9.4 million tomultilateral International Agricultural Research
Centres whose mandate istoincrease global foodsecurity. Oneofthemajor criteria onwhich
ACIAR bases itsallocation ofAustralia 'sfunds totheagricultural research centres (IARCs) isthe
contribution ofacentre 'sresearch toeconomic development, poverty alleviation andsustainability.
(Seeattachment D)
Bilateral programmes
Approximately $3.2million ofACIAR funded research wasdirectly provided tobilateral
projects inidentified LDCs/NFIDCs. Projects funded under ACIAR 'sbilateral programme comprise
research targeting thefollowing foodsecurity issues:
animal sciences ,leading tohealthier andmore productive livestock forsmall farmers through
improved animal nutrition andcontrol ofparasites;
cropsciences ,bydeveloping higher yielding horticultural crops through theuseofgenetically
superior cultivars, control ofdiseases, anddevelopment ofenvironmentally safemethods to
combat pests andweeds;
fisheries ,through conservation andresponsible utilisation ofwild fisheries, developing
superior breedstock andbreeding 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 of
improving 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; and
economics ,through economic research tounderpin thedevelopment ofgovernment policy
aimed atencouraging efficient andsustainable useandmanagement ofagriculture andnatural
resources, including land, water, fishandforest resources.G/AG/N/AUS/13
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(4) Other relevant information withrespect toactions taken within theframework ofthe
Decision:
Changed arrangements fortheallocation anddistribution ofAustralian foodaidweretrialled
in1996/97 inamove aimed atimproving theefficiency andeffectiveness oftheprogramme. Under
thenewarrangements thetotalfoodaidcomponent ofAustralia 'sHumanitarian Relief Programme
wasallocated directly totheUnited Nations World Food Programme (whereas intheprevious
financial year, forexample, only80% wasdistributed inthisway). In1996/97 adirect cash
contribution wasprovided toWFP foraselected group ofprotracted andemergency relief operations.
These included operations inCambodia, SriLanka, Ethiopia andSudan. Thisnewarrangement gives
WFP aguaranteed levelofsupport forselected operations. Atthesame time, urgent andunforeseen
requirements forfoodaidwillbeconsidered under theemergency appropriation.
Anumber ofAustralian non-government organisations (NGOs) alsoundertake assistance
programmes which haveadirect impact onrecipient countries 'foodsecurity. Themore wellknown
NGOs include Community AidAbroad, World Vision, andCare Australia. In1996/97, AusAID
funded projects related tofoodsecurity through NGOs tothevalue ofapproximately A$3.823 million.
Examples ofprojects undertaken through NGOs include Integrated Rural Development Projects in
Bangladesh, Botswana andCambodia, andaLivestock Rehabilitation Project inMozambique. (See
attachment E)
Inaddition, anumber ofStateandCommonwealth Government agencies alsosponsor official
exchanges withanumber ofcountries, including inAustralia 'simmediate region. Outcomes from
these programmes would have incidental effects onparticipating countries 'agriculture andfood
security.G/AG/N/AUS/13
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ATTACHMENT A
(1) Quantity offoodaidprovided toleast-developed andnetfood-importing developing
countries: Breakdown bychannel ofassistance andindividual countries.
Recipient Commodity Quantity
tonnesValue
A$
Bilateral Development
Bangladesh wheat 50,000 13,351,559
Mozambique wheat 19,450 6,500,000
SriLanka wheat 6,064 1,885,792
Bilateral -Emergency/Relief
Afghanistan wheat 5,613 3,000,000
Burma/Bangladesh rice 2,905 1,000,000
Cambodia rice 8,603 5,079,775
Cambodia rice 930 500,000
Ethiopia cereals 2,500 1,028,248
Ethiopia maize 6,759 2,000,000
Kenya maize 1,840 1,000,000
Laos rice 1,900 1,200,000
Laos rice 1,230 650,000
Nepal rice 6,743 2,600,000
SriLanka wheat 2,000 673,720
Sudan (South) cereal 398 500,000
Sudan (South) oil/salt/corn soyabean mix 250 1,000,000
Sudan (North) wheat 4,058 1,559,966
Tanzania maize 2,355 1,000,000
Uganda seeds 572 520,000
Multilateral Development -World Food Programme
Benin rice 3,265 1,436,600
Bangladesh wheat 36,000 8,888,400
Cape Verde rice 1,000 440,000
Gambia rice 1,100 484,000
Gambia rice 325 143,000
Madagascar rice 1,386 609,840
Madagascar flour 1,000 303,600
Mauritania rice 1,063 467,720
Senegal rice 849 373,560
Sudan flour 4,001 1,214,703
SriLanka rice 2,090 919,600
WFP Cash Tranche* 17,432,706
Misc Expenditure cash 1,215,073
TOTAL 182,106 82,047,169
*usedtopayfortransport offoodcommoditiesG/AG/N/AUS/13
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ATTACHMENT B
(3) Technical andfinancial assistance under paragraph 3(iii) oftheDecision:
Disaggregation byprogramme expenditure andtotalproject value.
Regional Funding (includes South Pacific andSouth EastAsian LDCs)
Region -project Expenditure
$1996/97Total project
value
South Pacific
South Pacific Commission
(plant protection inMicronesia)297,928 970,052
Forum Fisheries Agency
(core andextra budgetary)1,700,000
South Pacific Trade Commission 1,047,000 4,806,945
Regional fruitflyproject phase III 597,105 1,200,000
Pacificland Phase II 750,000 1,350,000
UNICEF regional family nutrition project 310,000 1,560,000
South Pacific Forest andTreeSupport Programme 300,000 600,000
Women inFisheries 75,000 220,000
South EastAsia
Forages forSmall Holders 964,411 4,300,000
Integrated PestManagement -Rice 228,235 4,250,000
FAO Integrated PestManagement -Vegetables 437,582 1,300,000
FAO Integrated PestManagement -RicePhase 4 1,575,216 12,500,000
Agriculture Development andSupport Centre Project 385,262 2,000,000
FAO Vitamin AProject 278,068 2,600,000
Regional Southern Africa
Africa programme tocombat desertification 450,000 972,250
COMMYT -Maize Project 300,000 900,000G/AG/N/AUS/13
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ATTACHMENT C
Humanitarian Relief (inaddition tofoodaid): Disaggregation ofthefunds allocated andprogramme
type.
Country -Project Expenditure A$
1996/97
Afghanistan
Improving access tosafedrinking water 401,690
Bangladesh
Bangladesh Cyclone (emergency relief) 100,000
Burma
Kachin foodrelief 15,000
Cambodia
Cambodia flood relief 75,000
Eritrea
Agricultural recovery programme 412,405
Environmental recovery programme 277,449
Ethiopia
Agricultural rehabilitation 1,000,000
Drylandfarming project 160,626
Rural water supply development programme 960,000
Great Lakes Sub-Region
Emergency water andsanitation 300,000
Relief supplied -Zaire Crisis 300,000
Health, water andsanitation rehabilitation 540,000
Kibungo water rehabilitation project 500,000
Technical andsocial rehabilitation ofrural water supplies 660,350
Laos
Flood relief activities (WPF) 650,000
Flood victims (WPF) 1,200,000
Mozambique
Integrated relief andrehabilitation 944,219
Nepal
Bhutanese refugee project 292,838
Solomon Islands
Bougainville refugees (SIRC) 98,057
Cyclone Fergus relief 35,196
SriLanka
Construction ofwells andlatrines 260,000G/AG/N/AUS/13
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Thai/Burma
Karen refugee relief programme 600,000
Displaced Burmese onThai/Burma border 500,000
Tuvalu
Tuvalu cyclone damage 24,197
Uganda
FAO: supply seeds andagricultural tools 1,200,000
Yemen
Flood relief inYemen 2,000G/AG/N/AUS/13
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ATTACHMENT D
ACIAR
Disaggregation ofthefunds allocated toIARCs in1995/96.
Acronym Fullname andcountry oflocation A$
AVRDC Asian Vegetable Research andDevelopment Centre, Taiwan 223,980
CABI Centre forAgriculture andBiosciences International, UK 212,500
CIAT International Centre forTropical Agriculture, Colombia 382,063
CIFOR Centre forInternational Forestry Research, Indonesia 609,525
CIMMYT International Maize andWheat Improvement Centre, Mexico 1,112,700
CIP International Potato Centre, Peru 200,000
IBSRAM International Board forSoilResearch andManagement,
Thailand878,400
ICARDA International Centre forAgricultural Research intheDry
Areas, Syria398,000
ICIMOD International Centre forIntegrated Mountain Development,
Nepal100,000
ICLARM International Centre forLiving Aquatic Resources
Management, Philippines555,125
ICRAF International Centre forResearch inAgroforestry, Kenya 331,380
ICRISAT International Crops Research Institute fortheSemi Arid
Tropics, India1,010,000
IFDC International Fertilizer Development Centre, USA 74,285
IFPRI International Food Policy Research Institute, USA 482,000
IFS International Foundation forScience, Sweden 150,000
IIMI International Irrigation Management Institute, SriLanka 180,000
ILRI International Livestock Research Institute, Ethiopia 494,794
IPGRI International Plant Genetic Resources Institute, Italy 625,458
IRRI International RiceResearch Institute, Philippines 1,088,000
ISNAR International Service forNational Agricultural Research,
Netherlands300,000
TOTAL 9,408,210G/AG/N/AUS/13
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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 Expenditure 1996/97 A$
Bangladesh
Integrated rural development (Christian Comm. forDevelopment) 37,500
Integrated farming development (Rotary District 3280) 29,325
Botswana
Integrated rural development (Australian Lutheran World Service) 47,214
Cambodia
Kandal integrated Rural development (Australian Lutheran World Service) 66,100
Indo-China permaculture programme (Quaker Service) 46,972
Eritrea
Integrated foodsecurity programme (World Vision) 77,849
Ethiopia
Rural development programme (Ethiopian Orthodox Church) 13,025
Laos
Baijiang integrated rural development (World Vision) 52,509
Mozambique
Maciene vision agricultural recovery (World Vision) 74,262
Cahora Bassa livestock recovery (World Vision) 41,505
Solomon Islands
Lauru Kastom garden project (Appropriate Technology forCommunity and
Environment)29,530
SriLanka
Permaculture training project (Gami SevaSavana) 11,500
Tanzania
Kahama water project (World Vision) 41,831
Uganda
Piggery project forfivecommunities (Christian Children 'sFund Australia) 914
Piggery project forthree villages (Christian Children 'sFund Australia) 56,316
Liracattle restocking (Christian Children 'sFund Australia) 66,228
Yemen
Mahweet Terrace rehabilitation project (CARE International) 72,213
Zambia
Kopa agriculture development project (World Vision) 79,496
Drought recovery anddevelopment programme (Christian Council ofZambia) 30,000
Lamba rural development programme (North Baptists Association ofZambia) 39,345