G/AG/N/USA/129  
 
16 December  2019 
(19-8684) Page: 1/4 
Committee on Agriculture  Original: English  
 
 
NOTIFICATION  
The following submission, dated  11 December  2019, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of the United States  of America . 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 fiscal  year from 01 -10-2016  to 30 -09-2017 . 
 
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  Table NF:1  
NOTIFICATION UNDER A RTICLE 16.2 OF THE A GREEMENT: MONITORING  OF THE  
FOLLOW -UP TO THE DEC ISION ON MEASURES CO NCERNING THE POSSIBL E 
NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF THE REFORM PROGRAMME  ON LEAST -DEVELOPED  
AND NET FOOD -IMPORTI NG DEVELOPING COUNTR IES: 
UNITED STA TES OF AMERICA  
REPORTING PERIOD:  FISCAL YEAR  FROM 01 -10-2016 TO 3 0-09-2017 
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1  QUANTITY OF FOOD ASSISTANCE  PROVIDED TO LEAST -DEVELOPED AND NET FOO D-
IMPORTI NG DEVELOPING COUNTR IES1 
 
Tonnage   Product  
   
1,850   Beans  
9,760   Bulgur  
500  Corn 
23,170   Cornmeal  
43,620   Corn-Soy Blend  
1,380   Corn-Soy Blend Super Cereal Plus  
14,670   Lentils  
104,300   Peas  
51,950   Rice 
309,640   Sorghum  
210  Soy Fortified Bulger  
38,200   Soybean Meal  
83,340   Vegetable Oils2 
766,160   Wheat  
1,240   Wheat Flour  
8,290   Ready -to-Use Supplementary and Therapeutic Foods  
 
Total:  1,458,280 tons . 
 
2  INDICATION OF THE PR OPORTION IN FULLY GR ANT FORM OR APPROPRI ATE 
CONCESSIONAL TERMS  
 
Food assistance under Title II, Food for Progress, and Food for Education programs is provided in 
fully grant form.  
 
3  TECHNICAL AND FINANC IAL ASSISTANCE UNDER  PARAGRAPH 3(III) OF  THE DECISION  
 
The principal source of U.S. financial assistance and funding for technical assistance for developing 
countries is the U.S. Department of State. Some, but not all, of this funding for assistance to 
agriculture are programmed through the State Department's U.S. Agency for International 
Development (USAID). All of the figu res reported below represent budgetary obligations or estimates 
for the reporting period:  
  
a. U.S. Department of State assistance to agriculture ( Total:  $1,092,528,000 : includes 
expenditures on crop production, livestock production, resource management, 
infrastructure, policies and planning, training and extension, and agribusiness credit).  
Some  U.S. Department of State and USAID funds are used to support agricultural technical 
assistance to least -developed and net food -importing developing co untries by other U.S. 
Government agencies, including the Office of Capacity Building and Development  (OCBD) 
program area of USDA's Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS). For example, OCBD provides 
technical assistance and training programs focused on: agricul tural policy formulation; 
marketing; agribusiness development; enhancing sanitary/phytosanitary capacity; 
                                                
1 Includes some regional groups, within which is a least -developed or net food -importing country.  
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  promotion of inter -regional and international trade; development of market news and 
statistical systems; famine early warning and mitigation; grasshop per/locust eradication 
efforts; and natural resource management.  
b. Millennium Challenge Corporation ( Total: $41,501,000 ) 
The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) has been actively investing in sustainable, 
market -based solutions to food security since 200 5. MCC funds country -led solutions for 
reducing poverty through sustainable economic growth. Many countries have identified 
agriculture and the rural economy as among their top priorities for funding via an 
MCC grant focused on long -term economic developme nt. MCC investments in agriculture 
and rural development include rural roads and other infrastructure; irrigation and water 
management; technical assistance and agricultural technology transfer; rural finance; 
land/property rights; and agricultural researc h. 
c. U.S. Department  of Agriculture Programs  
• Borlaug Fellowship Program (Total: $2,200,000 ):  
FAS administers the Borlaug Fellowship Program, which provides scientific training and 
collaborative research opportunities to visiting researchers, policymakers, a nd 
university faculty from developing countries.  
• Cochran Fellowship Program (Total: $5,500,000 ):  
FAS administers the Cochran Fellowship Program, which provides short -term training 
in the United States designed to assist participating countries to develop agricultural 
systems necessary to meet the food needs of their populations.  
• Emerging Markets Program (Total: $7,742,591 ):  
The Emerging Markets Program was authorized by the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, 
and Trade Act of 1990, as amended. In fiscal year  2017, $7.7  million in funding was 
provided to assist public and private organizations in providing technical assistance to 
promote market development, to improve market access, or to assist in the 
development of emerging market economies.  
d. U.S. contributio ns to multilateral organizations with an agricultural emphasis  
International Development Association   $1,197,128,000   
UN Development Program   $234,618,733   
World Food Program   $2,471,157,6533 
International Fund for Agricultural Development   $30,000,000   
Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture   $17,815,290   
Food and Agriculture Organization   $244,583,538   
Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research   $48,830,0004 
Global Agriculture and Food Security Program   $23,000,000   
African Development Fund   $214,332,000   
Asian Development Fund   $99,233,000   
Inter-American Development Bank Group5 $21,940,000   
Total   $4,602,638,214   
  
                                                
3 This value represents total U.S. Government contributions to the World Food Program; only a small 
fraction of this total contribution goes toward agriculture development.  
4 This is for calendar year 2017.  
5 This value includes funding for the Inter -American Development Bank, Multilateral Investment Fund, 
and Inter -American Investment Corporation.  G/AG/N/USA/129  
 
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  e. Peace Corps funds to support agricultural volunteers (Total: $10,832,500)  
 
Least developed countries  $8,732,000  
NFIDCs  $2,100,500  
Additional development programs in least -developed and net food -importing developing 
countries are provided by the U.S. Peace Corps. The Peace Corps sponsors volunteers who 
provide technical assistance to: produce agricultural products and by -products; increase 
agricultural productivity; safely use agricultural chemicals; and process, store or market 
agricultural goods and by-products.  
  
f. Value  of food assistance used in development programs (Total: $526,463,661)  
  
This figure represents the U.S. dollar value of the commodities donated under Title II, 
Food for Progress, and Food for Education food aid programs that were monet ized. When 
food aid is monetized, or sold locally, it produces funds that may be used for local 
agricultural development programs and to cover local administrative costs for the 
program. Typically, the proceeds are used for water management/irrigation prog rams, 
farm credit, agricultural infrastructure, health programs, or to purchase local foods that 
will provide a nutritionally complete diet to recipients.  
  
The total includes $385 million of Title II funds. In fiscal year 2017, 91% of Title II 
developmen t programs were in least -developed and net food -importing developing 
countries.  
 
4  OTHER RELEVANT INFOR MATION WITH RESPECT TO ACTIONS TAKEN WIT HIN THE 
FRAMEWORK OF THE DEC ISION  
 
WTO developing countries, least -developed countries and net food-importing developing countries 
used U.S. Government officially supported export credit guarantee programs. 
(Total:  $1,578,800,311 ). 
 
 
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