G/AG/N/CAN/133  
 
25 March 2020  
(20-2444) Page: 1/5 
Committee on Agriculture  Original: English/French  
 
NOTIFICATION  
The following su bmission, dated 24 March  2020, is being circulated at the request of the delegation 
of Canada . 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 calendar  year 2016. 
 
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Note that with the entering into force of the Food Assistance Convention on 1 January 2013, Canada 
reports Food Assistance Operations relevant to the NFIDC decision based on a calendar year basis. 
Data from the IDRC are reported on a fiscal -year basis.  G/AG/N/CAN/133  
 
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  Table NF:1  
NOTIFICATION UNDER A RTICLE 16:2 OF THE A GREEMENT: MONITORING  OF THE 
FOLLOW -UP TO THE DECI SION ON MEASURES CON CERNING THE POSSIBLE  
NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF THE REFORM PROGRAMME  ON LEAST -DEVELOPED  
AND NET FOOD -IMPORTI NG DEVELOPING COUNTR IES: 
CANADA  
REPORTING PERIOD: CA LENDAR YEAR 201 6 
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QUANTITY OF FOOD AID  PROVIDED TO LEAST -DEVELOPED AND NET FOO D-IMPORTING 
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES  
As a signatory to the 2013 Food Assistance Convention  (FAC) , Canada established a minimum annual 
food assistance level of CAD $250 million . Total food assistance  reported under the FAC exceeded 
that target, with more than CAD  $351 million  disbursed . Approximately CAD  $263 million  went to 
NFIDCs and LDCs.   
 
Food assistance incorporates a mix of tools, including provision of eligible products, cash, vouchers, 
nutritional interventions , and livelihood protection in emergency and early recovery situations . 
Consistent with FAC Requirements, all of Canada 's food a ssistance is expressed in value terms.  
 
TABLE A - Canadian Food As sistance to LDCs and NFIDCs 20161 
Country  Value 
Disbursed  
$CAD  Food Assistance Partner(s)  
Africa    
Angola  $300,170  Micronutrient Initiative, World Vision Canada  
Benin  $50,029  Micronutrient Initiative  
Burkina Faso  $1,022,742  World Food Program ( WFP), Micronutrient Initiative, 
UNICEF  
Burundi  $508,236  Micronutrient Initiative, International Committee of the 
Red Cross ( ICRC), WFP  
Central African Republic  $5,680,943  Action Against Hunger, Micronutrient Initiative, ICRC, 
UNICEF, Food and Agriculture Organization ( FAO), WFP  
Chad $2,499,631  Micronutrient Initiative , Oxfam -Québec, WFP  
Democratic Republic of 
Congo  $10,111,538  Action Against Hunger, ICRC,  MSF, Micronutrient 
Initiative  Oxfam -Québec, WFP 
Djibouti  $888,979  Micronutrient Initiative , WFP  
Eritrea  $566,722  Development and Peace  
Ethiopia  $30,900,567  Action Against Hunger , CARE, Concern Worldwide, FAO, 
ICRC, Médecins sans frontières ( MSF), Micronutrient 
Initiative, Oxfam Canada, Plan international, World 
Vision Canada , WFP 
The Gambia  $5,288  Micronutrient Initiative  
Guinea  $36,602  ICRC, Micronutrient Initiative  
Guinea -Bissau  $4,708  Micronutrient Initiative  
Lesotho  $1,335,651  Micronutrient Initiative, WFP  
Liberia  $17,317  Micronutrient Initiative  
Madagascar  $1,251,910  Micronutrient Initiative, WFP  
Malawi  $6,243,514  FAO, Micronutrient Initiative, Oxfam Canada, WFP  
Mali $8,914,424  ICRC, O xfam-Québec, WFP  
Mozambique  $1,560,972  Micronutrient Initiative, WFP  
Namibia  $4,765  Micronutrient Initiative  
Niger  $5,159,355  CARE,  Development and Peace,  ICRC, Micronutrient 
Initiative , WFP  
Rwanda  $1,056,690  Micronutrient Initiative, WFP 
Sao Tome and Principe  $319 Micronutrient Initiative  
Senegal  $2,744,915  Micronutrient Initiative  
Sierra Leone  $22,996  Micronutrient Initiative  G/AG/N/CAN/133  
 
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  Country  Value 
Disbursed  
$CAD  Food Assistance Partner(s)  
Somalia  $13,131,549  CARE, FAO, ICRC,  Micronutrient Initiative, Save the 
Children, WFP, World Vision Canada ,  
South Sudan  $49,298,023  ICRC,  MSF, Samaritan's Purse Canada, Save the 
Children Canada,  UNICEF, WFP, World Vision Canada ,  
Sudan  $7,792,746  FAO, ICRC, Micronutrient Initiative, Oxfam -Canada , 
Save the Children , WFP  
Togo $1,489  Micronutrient Initiative  
Tanzania  $1,078,099  Micronutrient Initiative, Oxfam -Canada, WFP , World 
Vision Canada  
Uganda  $3,762,836  Micronutrient Initiative, WFP 
Africa LDCs  $155,953,725   
Côte d’Ivoire  $134,373  Micronutrient Initiative  
Egypt  $2,336,448  WFP 
Kenya  $7,763,432  Micronutrient Initiative , WFP  
Swaziland  $585,845  FAO, Micronutrient Initiative, WFP  
Africa NFIDCs  $10,820,098   
Total Africa LDCs, NFIDCs  $166,7 73,823  
Americas    
Haiti $14,892,592  Centre for International Studies and Cooperation ( CECI), 
FAO, Médecins du Monde, Micronutrient Initiative, 
Oxfam -Québec , UNICEF , WFP 
Americas LDC  $14,892,592   
El Salvador  $350,468  WFP 
Cuba $280,374  WFP 
Honduras  $5,32 7,104  WFP 
Americas NFIDCs  $5,95 7,946   
Total Americas LDCs, 
NFIDCs  $20,8 50,538   
Asia and Pacific    
Afghanistan  $5,742,671  Action Against Hunger, CARE, ICRC, Micronutrient 
Initiative, WFP, World Vision Canada  
Bangladesh  $1,413,884  Micronutrient Initiative , WFP  
Lao People’s Democratic 
Republic  $14,860  Micronutrient Initiative  
Myanmar  $1,742,406  ADRA, ICRC,  Micronutrient Initiative, Oxfam -Québec,  
WFP 
Nepal  $102,246  Micronutrient Initiative  
Timor -Leste  $2,629  Micronutrient Initiative  
Asia and Pacific LDCs  $9,018,696   
Pakistan  $5,287,937  Micronutrient Initiative, ICRC, UNICEF , WFP  
Sri Lanka  $32,099  ICRC 
Asia and Pacific NFIDCs  $5,320,036   
Other Pacific Island 
Countries2 $130,766  UNICEF  
Total Asia and Pacific 
LDCs, NFIDCs  and "other " $14,469,498   
Europe, Middle East and 
Maghreb    
Mauritania  $477,573  Micronutrient Initiative , WFP  
Yemen  $6,122,477  Action Against Hunger, CARE, ICRC, Micronutrient 
Initiative, Save the Children , WFP  
Europe, Middle East and 
Maghreb LDCs  $6,600,050   
Jordan  $1,118,621  CARE, ICRC, UNICEF  
Tunisia  $15,922  ICRC 
Europe, Middle East and 
Maghreb NFIDCs  $1,134,543   
Other Middle East and North 
Africa Region3 $14,250  UNICEF  G/AG/N/CAN/133  
 
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  Country  Value 
Disbursed  
$CAD  Food Assistance Partner(s)  
Total Europe, Middle East 
and Maghreb DCs,  LDCs, 
NFIDCs  and "other " $7,748,843   
Global support4 $53,006,058   Canadian Foodgrains  Bank, WFP, World Vision Canada  
Total  $262,84 8,760   
Note:  
Monetary figures include commodity, transportation and op erational costs.  
1 Data for the purposes of this notification were gathered for Least Developed Countries (LDCs) as 
recognised by the United Nations and published by the United Nations Office of the High 
Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small 
Island Developing States ( http://unohrlls .org/about -un-ohrlls/ ) and the Development Assistance 
Committee of the OECD plus the Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs outlined in 
G/AG/5/Rev.10 (available at: http://docsonline.wto.org) . 
2 This valu e disbursed represents nutritional interventions implemented by UNICEF in Pacific Island’s 
Countries . Country specific recipient information is not available.  
3 This value disbursed represents nutritional interventions implemented by UNICEF in the Middle E ast 
and North Africa region . Country specific recipient information is not available.  
4 This value represents the unearmarked long term institutional support provided to WFP and the 
Canadian Foodgrains Bank for activities including  voucher transfers, cash transfers and provision of 
in-kind food assistance.  It also includes  a series of three m ultilateral activities implemented by World 
Vision Canada in Bangladesh, Myanmar, Pakistan, Kenya and Tanzania . Country specific recipient 
information is not available.  
INDICATION OF THE PR OPORTION IN FULLY GR ANT FORM OR APPROPRI ATE 
CONCESSIONAL TERMS  
All Canadian food assistance is provided in fully grant form. In 2008, Canada fully untied its food 
assistance budget, opening -up 100% of its food assistance budget to international procurement and 
supporting the purchase of food in developing countries.  
TECH NICAL AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE UNDER PAR AGRAPH 3(III) OF THE  
DECISION5 
In 2013, the Canadian International Development Agency and the then Department of Foreign Affairs 
and International Trade amalgamated into the new Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade a nd 
Development, which has subsequently become Global Affairs Canada (GAC). The department is the 
main coordinator of Canada’s food assistance.  
 
In 2016, Canada provided humanitarian assistance funding, including for food assistance, to help 
meet the needs  of those affected by 34 natural disasters and complex emergencies in 53 countries 
(including conflict, food insecurity, and non -recurrent health epidemics) . Overall, with Canada 's 
support, the twenty -one implementing partners conducted eligible activities  and provided eligible 
products under the Food Assistance Convention that benefited populations in 84 countries and 
regions.   
5 More information available in the consolidate Narrative report on Food Assistance by members of the 
Food Assistance Convention – 2016 ( https://www.foodassistanceconvention.org/en/reports.aspx).  
 
THE INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH CENTRE (IDRC)  
 
Part of Canada 's foreign affairs and development e fforts, the International Development Research 
Centre (IDRC) invests in knowledge, innovation, and solutions to improve lives and livelihoods in 
the developing world.  Bringing together the right partners around opportunities for impact, IDRC 
builds leaders  for today and tomorrow and helps drive large scale positive change.   
In FY2015/2016  its total budget (including administrative costs) was $140.3 million .  
In FY2015/2016 , IDRC undertook disbursements in the agriculture sector (including agriculture, 
fishery and forestry) totalling $7.09 million, which represented about 5.1 per cent of its total 
allocation.  
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  A review for FY2015/2016  of IDRC identified some 23 projects in agriculture and related sectors, in 
LLDCs and NFIDCs with a value of $5.27 million (about 74.3 % of all disburseme nts in agriculture); 
See Table B . 
TABLE B  - IDRC Bilateral Programming Disbursements (by Region and Country), for 
Agriculture and Related Sectors (including agriculture, fishery and forestry), to LDCs 
and NFIDCs, FY2015/2016  
Country  Number of 
projects6 Value Disbursed  
CAD '000 
AFRICA    
Benin  1 48 
Burkina Faso  2 1,845  
Ethiopia  4 257 
Malawi  2 336 
Mali 1 - 
Mozambique  1 1,372  
Rwanda  1 64 
Senegal  1 67 
Tanzania  3 239 
Uganda  2 317 
Zambia  1 145 
Africa LDCs  15 4,690  
Côte d’Ivoire  1 62 
Kenya  7 494 
Africa NFDICs  7 556 
Total Africa LDCs and NFDICs  19 5,246  
AMERICAS    
Haiti 1 -51 
Total Americas LDCs  1 -51 
Trinidad & Tobago  1 - 
Total Americas NFDICs  1 - 
Total Americas LDCs and NFDICs  2 -51 
ASIA    
Nepal  1 49 
Total Asia LDCs  1 49 
Sri Lanka  1 25 
Total Asia NFDICs  1 25 
Total Asia LDCs and NFDICs  2 74 
Europe, Middle East & North Africa    
Morocco  1 1 
Total Europe, Middle East & North Africa NFDICs  1 1 
Total Europe, Middle East & North Africa LDCs 
and NFIDCs  1 1 
Total IDRC to LDCs  18 4,688  
Total IDRC to NFIDCs  10 582 
GRAND TOTAL IDRC TO LDCs / NFIDCs  23 5,268  
6 Total project counts are "distinct" counts as one project may be active in more than one country.  
OTHER RELEVANT INFOR MATION WITH RESPECT TO ACTIONS TAKEN WIT HIN THE 
FRAMEWORK OF THE DEC ISION  
Canada provided food assistance  in 2016  through twenty -one different United Nations agencies and 
non-governmental organizations (NGO)7. The World Food Programme (WFP) continues to receive 
the bulk of Canada 's food assistance funding, which amounted to 74% of Canada 's total food 
assistance allocations in 2016. In 2016, Canad a was WFP 's fifth largest bilateral donor. The Canadian 
Foodgrains Bank and the Micronutrient Initiative received 7% and 4% of Canada 's contribution 
respectively and the balance was provided to UNICEF, the FAO and other Ca nadian and 
international  NGOs.   
7 This includes the World Food Programme, Food and Agriculture Organization, UNICEF, Micronutrient 
Initiative, Canadian Foodgrains Bank, Oxfam -Canada, Oxfam -Quebec, CECI,  CARE,  Concern 
Worldwide , Plan International Canada, World Vision  Canada, Action ag ainst Hunger, Leger 
Foundation, International Canadian Red Cross, Save the Children, Care Canada, Samaritan’s Purse, 
Médecins  du Monde, Médecins  sans frontières, ADRA, Development and Peace.  
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