WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/AG/N/NZL/30
11 December 2001
(01-6291)
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-Importin g Developing Countries ( Table NF:1 ) for the financial year
2000/2001  was received from the delegation of New Zealand  on 5 December 2001.G/AG/N/NZL/30
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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:  2000/2001 Financial Year ($NZ)
(1) Quantity of food aid provided to least-developed and net food-importing developing
countries:
New Zealand does not make in-kind food aid don ations.  All New Zealand food aid assistance
is provided in monetary form.
(2) Indication of the proportion in full gr ant form or appropriate concessional terms:
100% grant
(3) Technical and financial assistance under paragraph 3(iii) of the Decision:
All financial assistance provided by New Zealand's Official Development Assistance (ODA)
is in grant form.  Assistance provided in the year to June 2001 includes:
Multilateral Core Funding ($NZ )
WFP 845,000
IFAD 900,000
CGIAR 1,100,000
Emergency Food Aid ($NZ )
Mongolia FAO 100,000
India World Vision 80,000
Regional ($NZ )
Pacific Regional
SPACNET Programme 55,000
FAO Roundtable on WTO (approx.) 55,500
Horticulture needs assessment (approx.) 59,500
FAO/Codex Workshops (approx.) 20,000Conservation of Taro Stock (approx.) 78,000
Forum Fisheries Agency 900,000
South Pacific Commission
Plant Protection Service 450,000
Community Fisheries:  Women 185,000
Fisheries Training 130,000
Seafood Business Training for Women 95,000G/AG/N/NZL/30
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($NZ)
Oceanic Fisheries:  Enhanced information 105,000
Regional Pacific Ocean Policy 130,000
Apiculture:  market development aid 150,000
Other Regional
Uzbekistan/Pakistan agriculture 133,685
Bilateral
NZODA develops projects with bilateral partner countries which provide technical and
financial assistance to improve their agricultural productivity and sustainability, enhance food
security, develop infrastructure and create greater revenue-earning opportunities.  Current projects
include (to the year ending June 2001):
($NZ)
Kiribati
Seaweed farming 70,000
Niue
Forestry development (approx.) 200,000Land titling/land survey strengthening (approx.) 90,000
Agriculture and fisheries development (approx.) 60,000
Papua New Guinea
Women in agriculture/training institutions 450,000Agricultural institutional strengthening 380,000
Fresh produce development assistance 200,000
Fisheries management 75,000
Tonga
Technical agriculture assistance 66,514
Fisheries:  outer islands ice plant 79,243Forestry plantation project 103,905
Cook Islands
Totokoitu agricultural research 30,000
Outer islands seaweed farming 100,000Technical assistance/oyster disease 35,080
Vanuatu
Agriculture quarantine service 200,000
Forestry erosion control 200,000
Indonesia
Aquaculture development 50,000
Vietnam
Banana production and marketing 38,000
Quarantine barriers work 89,498G/AG/N/NZL/30
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Bhutan
Malt barley production 129,379
Sri Lanka
Asia Pear industry development 30,000Dairy smallholder poverty reduction 98,628
India
District coastal management plan 253,504
China
Pasture-based livestock development 183,492International standard pastoral systems 167,292
Organic training for farmers 38,504
East Timor
Coffee production and certification 50,000
Cambodia
Baseline study on sustainable livelihood 201,317
South Africa
FTFA permaculture project 15,000
Botswana
Animal health training 17,000
Kenya
UNICEF drought relief 51,100
Tanzania
Post harvest handling 60,000
Sango water project 31,200
Mbulu fish farming 10,650
Zimbabwe
Forage production 26,400
Manicaland bee-keeping 12,100
(4) Other relevant information with respect to actions taken within the framework of the
Decision:
New Zealand's grant to the World Food Programme has been allocated at $NZ845,000 in the
2001/2002 financial year.
The NZODA scholarship scheme provides financial assistance to students from developing
countries who wish to study at New Zealand institutions.  A number of these students attend
agriculture-related courses at Lincoln and Massey Universities, and are able to utilise their new skills
on return to their home country.  NZODA also provides support to the University of the South Pacificin Suva, Fiji.G/AG/N/NZL/30
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New Zealand diplomatic posts supply informa tion 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.
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