WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/AG/N/NZL/40 
8 November 2004 
 (04-4735) 
Committee on Agriculture Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
 
 The following submission, dated 4 November 2004, 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-Importing Developing Countries ( Table NF:1 ) for the financial year 
2003/2004.   
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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: 2003/2004 Financial Year ($NZ)  
 
 (1) Quantity of food aid provided to least-developed and net food-importing developing countries:  
 New Zealand does not normally make in-kind f ood aid donations.  All New Zealand food aid 
assistance is provided in cash fully grant form. Detail s of monetary food aid provided in the financial 
year July 2003 to June 2004 are provided below. 
  
(2) Indication of the proportion in full gr ant form or appropriate concessional terms: 
 
 100% grant 
 
 
FOOD AID 
 
 The New Zealand Agency for Internationa l Development (NZAID) is responsible for 
administering food (and other) aid in New Zeala nd.  NZAID provides emergency relief through two 
Emergency and Disaster Relief Funds, one for the Pacific and one for the rest of the world. Outside the Pacific, grant funding is provided in res ponse to emergency appeals from multilateral relief 
agencies, 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 f ood aid did form part of the overall assistance are 
listed under ”NGOs" below. 
 In the Pacific, NZAID provides 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 1,000,000 (see below also) IFAD 720,000 CGIAR 800,000 
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 Emergency Food Aid in response to appeals  ($NZ)  
 
International Organisations 
World Food Programme  
DPRK 398,000 
Darfur (Sudan)  1,000,000 
Myanmar  300,000 
East Timor  100,000 
Iraq 1,500,000  
NGOs  
ASIA/MIDDLE-EAST Iraq (Christian World Service – CWS) 148,571 
Vietnam Flood Relief 100,000 
 
AFRICA 
DRC     (CWS) 80,000 
Malawi  (World Vision) 67,269 
Sudan 
NZ Red Cross 500,000 
Medecins Sans Frontieres 500,000  
Zambia  (World Vision) 80,000 
Zimbabwe  (Oxfam & CWS) 160,000 
 
(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.  Assistance provided in the year to June 2004 includes:      Pacific Regional
 ($NZ)  
 
Forum Fisheries Agency 900,000 G/AG/N/NZL/40 
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 Secretariat for Pacific Communities (SPC) 3,800,000 plus… 
SPC Plant Protection project 350,000 SPC Maritime training centre 210,000 SPC Paravetinary project 105,000  
South Pacific Agricultural Chemistry 54,000 
Laboratory Network (SPACNET) 
 
Pacific Biosecurity project 115,000 
 Asia Regional
 
 
Phytosanitary capacity building for 247,000 Plant protection agencies in Mekong  
  
  
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.  Current projects include (to the year 
ending June 2004): 
   ($NZ) 
PACIFIC 
 
Kiribati 
Marine Training Centre 274,000 
 
Vanuatu 
Plantation forestry development 5,000 
 ASIA 
  
Bhutan 
Malt barley production, Bhutan 12,000 
 
Cambodia 
Siem Reap fruit & veg development 52,000 
Food security initiative 84,000   
East Timor 
National Organic Certification Program 60,000    for coffee 
UNDP Trust Fund 404,000 Water policy advisor (MAF) 81,000 
 
Pakistan  
R&D Co-operative Agricultural  95,000 
   Development, Uzbekistan/Pakistan 
 
Sri Lanka 
Pear industry development, Sri Lanka 42,000  G/AG/N/NZL/40 
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 New Zealand  NGO Funding 
Core-funding for Trade Aid  624,000 
(assistance to farmers of tea, coffee etc) 
   
AFRICA 
 
Kenya 
Lake Victoria Fisheries Management 67,000  
 
Mozambique 
Oxfam Food, cattle and crops project 100,000 
    
Tanzania 
Mati Tengeru Farm, dairy rehabilitation 7,500 
Meru Diocese tree nursery 30,000 
 
 
LATIN AMERICA 
 
Peru 
Agricultural Information & Dvpt 289,000 
 
 
(4) Other relevant information with respect to  actions taken within the framework of the 
Decision:  
 The NZAID scholarship scheme provides financial assistance to students from developing 
countries who wish to study at New Zealand in stitutions.  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.  NZAID also provides support to the University of the South Pacific in Suva, Fiji.  
 New Zealand diplomatic posts supply inform ation relevant to accessing the New Zealand 
market to developing country exporters and prov ide 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 Projects 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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