G/AG/N/NZL/114  
 
31 October 201 9 
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Committee on Agriculture  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION  
The following submission, dated  12 October  2018, 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 Negative Effects of the Reform Programme on Least -Developed 
and Net Food -Importing Developing Countries ( Table NF:1 ) during the financial year  2017/2018 . 
 
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  Table NF:1  
NOTIFICATION UNDER A RTICLE 16.2 OF THE A GREEMENT: MONITORING  OF THE  
FOLLOW -UP TO THE DECISI ON ON MEASURES CONCE RNING THE POSSIBLE  
NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF THE REFORM PROGRAMME  ON LEAST -DEVELOPED  
AND NET FOOD -IMPORTI NG DEVELOPING COUNTR IES: NEW ZEALAND  
REPORTING PERIOD:  FINANCIAL YEAR FROM 1 JULY 2017 TO 30  JUNE 2018 
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1  QUANTITY OF FOOD ASSISTANCE  PROVIDED TO LEAST -DEVELOPED AND NET FOO D-
IMPORTING DEVELOPING  COUNTRIES  
1.1.  New Zealand primarily provides food aid assistance through grants. A summary of programmes 
that included monetary food aid for the 2017/18 financial year is provided below.  
2  INDICATION OF THE PR OPORTION IN FULLY GR ANT FORM OR APPROPRI ATE 
CONCESSIONAL TERMS  
2.1.  All financial support for food aid is in full grant form.  
FOOD AID  
2.2.  Please  note this report includes assistance provided to Least -Developed or Net Food -Importing 
Developing Countries (LDCs or NFIDCs) only.  
2.3.  The Pacific and Development Group of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) is 
responsible for managing the New Zeala nd Aid Programme.  
2.4.  MFAT leads the offshore New Zealand government’s response to humanitarian emergencies 
such as cyclones, earthquakes, tsunami and drought. New Zealand provides humanitarian support 
through many channels, including grants (including unearm arked core funding and funding 
earmarked at the country level), deployable technical assistance, relief supplies, and early recovery 
projects through in -country partners such as non -government organisations. In the Pacific, MFAT’s 
approach to humanitarian relief is to work with the affected Government to respond to specific 
requests for assistance. MFAT’s response will primarily be through technical assistance, non -food 
item (NFI) relief supplies and grants. Additionally, some grants may be attributed to pr ojects related 
to food security (food distribution and/or early recovery such as crop restoration).  
CORE FUNDING TO MULTILATERAL AGENCIES  
AGENCY  $NZ 
2017/18  
World Food Programme (WFP)   $6,000,000   
CGIAR - Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research   $5,500,000   
International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)   $1,500,000   
Global Crop Diversity Trust   $1,000,000   
Total  $14,000,000   G/AG/N/NZL/114  
 
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  EMERGENCY FOOD AID IN RESPONSE TO APPEALS  
International Organisations (grant contributions that may have included food aid)  
COUNTRY / INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES  $NZ 
2017/18  
Ethiopia – World Food Programme  $1,550,000  
Myanmar - International Committee of the Red Cross  $750,000  
Myanmar - International Federation of the Red Cross  $750,000  
Myanmar – World Food Programme  $500,000  
Somalia - International Committee of the Red Cross  $1,550,000  
Somalia - World Food Programme  $750,000  
South Sudan - International Committee of the Red Cross  $2,100,000  
South Sudan - World Food Programme  $750,000  
Nigeria - International Committee of the Red Cross  $750,000  
Yemen - International Committee of the Red Cross  $5,750,000  
Total   $15,200,000   
Non-Governmental Organisations (interventions that may have included food aid)  
COUNTRY OR REGION  $NZ 
2017/18  
Myanmar – Rakhine crisis response  $1,391,274  
Horn of Africa (South Sudan, Somalia, Ethiopia, Kenya)  
contestable NGO funding round  $1,846,272  
Total   $3,237,546   
3  TECHNICAL AND FINANC IAL ASSISTANCE UNDER  PARAGRAPH 3(III) OF  THE DECISION  
3.1.  All financial assistance provided by the New Zealand Aid Programme is in grant form. Assistance 
provided in the last financial year includes (all expressed in New Zealand dollars):  
3.1  Global/Regional  
Pacific Regional  
ACTIVITY  $NZ 
2017/18  
Secretariat of the Pacif ic Community (SPC)   $6,600,992   
Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA)   $3,600,000   
Pacific Horticulture and Agriculture Market Access   $100,000   
Pacific Pest identification   $418,522   
Regional Biosecurity support   $103,135   
Fisheries: Improve South Pacific longline management   $1,709,404   
Fisheries: Effective Coastal Fisheries Management   $1,552,134   
Fisheries: Pacific Island Port State Measures   $920,256   
Tuna Fisheries Development   $1,242,490   
Sustainable Aquaculture Development   $1,131,200   
Fisheries: Catch monitoring, documentation and compliance   $1,000,000   
Fisheries: Improving Information Effectiveness   $808,594   
Pacific Fisheries Training Programme   $1,662,654   
Pacific Fisheries Development Programme   $820,431   
Agricultural and Fisheries Consultancy   $15,330   
Total   $21,685,142   G/AG/N/NZL/114  
 
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  Africa Regional  
ACTIVITY  $NZ 
2017/18  
Reducing Malnutrition and Increasing Agriculture   $1,177,928   
Total   $1,177,928   
3.2  Bilateral  
3.2.  The New Zealand Aid Programme supports projects with bilateral partner countries which 
provide technical and financial assistance to improve their agricultural productivity and 
sustainability, enhance food security, develop infrastructure and cre ate greater revenue -earning 
opportunities. Projects in the year ending June 2018 include:  
1. PACIFIC  $NZ 
2017/18  
KIRIBATI     
Sustainable Fisheries Development and Management Programme   $1,094,858   
Kiribati Fisheries Support   $595,656   
Coastal Fisheries Programme   $27,289   
Fisheries training   $77,817   
SOLOMON ISLANDS     
Coconut Pest management   $1,169,760   
Fisheries sector   $1,799 ,647  
TUVALU     
Fisheries Institutional Strengthening Project   $656,077   
Tuvalu Fisheries Building   $812,783   
VANUATU     
Support to Tanna Farmers   $778,184   
Agricultural Development   $351,904   
Strengthening Vanuatu Value Chains   $309,151   
Local Agriculture Produce company   $50,000   
Vanuatu Beef Industry   $1,342,094   
Vanuatu Fisheries Advisory Support   $13,535   
Total   $7,280,908   
2. ASIA $NZ 
2017/18  
AFGHANISTAN     
Agriculture Support Programme   $479,892   
CAMBODIA     
Agriculture Resilience and Economic Development   $406,974   
Livelihoods & Integrated Farming   $102,557   
Resilient Economic and Social Development (Agriculture)   $29,991   
Quality Horticulture   $1,529,228   
Commercial Development of Horticulture   $1,453,306   
LAO PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC    
Quality Beef   $1,159,074   
MYANMAR     
Rural Income and Livelihoods   $1,775,409   
Matupi Rural Economic Development   $614,986   
Winter Crops Production   $2,200,000   G/AG/N/NZL/114  
 
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  2. ASIA $NZ 
2017/18  
Quality Horticulture initiative   $191,473   
Foot and Mouth Disease Control   $2,807,638   
Dairy Development   $1,555,876   
Dairy Industry training   $330,699   
NEPAL     
Cool Season Crop Improvement Programme   $322,466   
SRI LANKA     
Dairy Expansion programme   $731,261   
Dairy Excellence Training initiative   $728,949   
Strengthening agricultural veterinary services   $353,767   
TIMOR LESTE     
Agro Enterprise   $691,530   
Coffee Rehabilitation   $1,331,241   
Rice Intensification   $497,359   
Aquaculture Development   $1,192,869   
Total   $20,486,545   
3. AFRICA and AMERICAS  $NZ 
2017/18  
ETHIOPIA    
Ethiopia Dairy Sector support   $194,732   
KENYA    
Strengthened Avocado Value Chain   $1,416,778   
THE ZAMBIA    
Dairy Value Chain initiative   $1,737,971   
PERU     
Peru Dairy initiative   $1,047,056   
Total   $4,396,537   
 
4  OTHER RELEVANT INFOR MATION WITH RESPECT TO ACTIONS TAKEN WITHIN THE 
FRAMEWORK OF THE DEC ISION  
4.1.  The New Zealand Aid Programme funds scholarships and Short Term Training Awards 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. The New Zealand Aid Programme also 
provides support to the University of the South Pacific in Suva, Fiji.  
4.2.  New Zealand diplomatic posts sup ply information 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. Each Head of Mission 
also ha s 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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