WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/AG/N/NZL/26
7 November 2000
(00-4696)
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
1999/2000  was received from the delegation of New Zealand  on 3 November 2000.G/AG/N/NZL/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 : NEW ZEALAND
REPORTING PERIOD: 1999/2000 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 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 2000 includes:
Multilateral Core Funding ($NZ )
WFP 800,000
IFAD 895,000
CGIAR 1,036,765
Emergency Food Aid ($NZ )
Indonesia WFP 175,000
Afghanistan WFP 225,000
Iraq WFP 100,000
North Korea WFP 225,000
Regional ($NZ )
Pacific Regional
Agricultural Projects 76,649
Forum Fisheries Agency 950,000
South Pacific Commission
Plant Protection Organisation 149,020
Tuna and Billfish Committee 37,500
Africa
Animal Health 37,674
Fisheries Workshop 93,951G/AG/N/NZL/26
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Bilateral
NZODA develops projects with bilateral partner countries which provide technical and
financial assistance to improve their agricultural productivity and sustainability, enhance food
security, develop infrastructure and create greater revenue-earning opportunities.  Current projectsinclude (to the year ending June 2000):
  ($NZ)
Kiribati
Seaweed Commercialisation 28,329
Niue
Vanilla Project 1,419
Papua New Guinea
Agricultural Institutional Strengthening 414,280
Fresh Produce Development 250,785
Fisheries Management 29,479
Solomon Islands
Agricultural Projects 468,299
Tonga
Heat Disinfestation technology 36,880
Organic Farming 11,896
Fisheries Assistance 4,246
Vanuatu
Agricultural Quarantine Services 262,244
Cambodia
Food Security 133,802
China
Apple growing 207,195
Indonesia
Eastern Islands Livestock Devpt 245,043
Mongolia
Vegetable Gardening 90,671
Mozambique
Oil Seed Promotion 71,881
South Africa
Dairy Farming 8,256
Zimbabwe
Beekeeping Training 20,519G/AG/N/NZL/26
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(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
2000/2001 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 Pacific
in 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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