WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/AG/N/NZL/25
17 July 2000
(00-2902)
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
1998/99  was received from the delegation of New Zealand  on 28 June 2000.G/AG/N/NZL/25
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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: 1998/99 Financial Year
(1) Quantity of food aid provided to least-developed and net food-importing developing
countries:
New Zealand does not make in kind food aid donations.  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 1999 includes:
Multilateral Core Funding ($NZ )
WFP 600,000
IFAD 800,000
CGIAR 1,016,962
Emergency Food Aid ($NZ )
Bangladesh 200,000
East Timor 100,000 ICRC
Sudan 197,400 Christian World Service
Tanzania 10,000 VSA (NZ NGO)
Regional (includes some South Pacific LDCs) ($NZ )
South Pacific Commission
Plant Protection Organisation 32,000
Quarantine Project 63,000
Bilateral
NZODA develops projects with bilateral partner countries which provide technical and
financial assistance to improve their agricultural productivity and sustainability, enhance food
security, develop infrastructure and create greater revenue-earning opportunities.  Current projectsinclude (to the year ending June 1999):G/AG/N/NZL/25
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  ($NZ)
Niue
  Vanilla Project 31,217
Papua New Guinea
  Agricultural Institutional Strengthening 189,179
  Fresh Produce Development 300,098
  Fisheries Management 215,680
Solomon Islands
  Agricultural Projects 497,020
Tonga
  Heat Disinfestation technology 28,835
Vanuatu
  Agricultural Quarantine Services 265,146
China
  Apple growing 181,488
Indonesia
Eastern Islands Livestock Devpt 662,095
(4) Other relevant information with respect to actions taken within the framework of the
Decision:
New Zealand’s grant to the World Food Programme remains at NZ$600,000 in the 1999/2000
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.
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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