G/AG/N/CAN/132  
 
25 March 2020  
(20-2441) Page: 1/6 
Committee on Agriculture  Original: English/French  
 
NOTIFICATION  
The following submission, 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 the calendar  year 2015 . 
 
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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.  
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  Table NF:1  
NOTIFICATION UNDER A RTICLE 16:2 OF THE A GREEMENT: MO NITORING 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: 
CANADA  
REPORTING PERIOD: CA LENDAR YEAR 201 5 
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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 annua l 
food assistance level of CAD  $250 million. Total food assistance i n 2015 totalled CAD  $331 million  
of which approximately CAD  $252 million went to NFIDCs and LDCs.  
 
Food assistance incorporates a mix of tools, including provision of eligible products, cash, vouchers, 
and nutritional interventions. Consistent with FAC requirements, all of Canada 's food assistance is 
expressed in value terms.  
TABLE A - Canadian Food Ass istance to LDCs and NFIDCs, 20151 
Country  Value 
Disbursed  
CAD Food Assistance Partner(s ) 
Africa      
Angola  $394,076  Micronutrient Initiative  
Benin  $426,253  Micronutrient Initiative, UNICEF  
Burkina Faso  $4,000,862  Helen Keller International,  International Food Policy and 
Research Institute ( IFPRI ), Micronutrient Initiative, 
World Food Program ( WFP) 
Burundi  $2,837,896  Canadian Food Grains Bank, Micronutrient Initiative, 
UNICEF, WFP  
Central African Republic  $9,214,244  Action Against Hunger, Food and Agriculture 
Organization  (FAO), UNICEF, Micronutrient Initiative,  
Médecins sans frontières ( MSF), UNICEF, World Vision 
Canada, WFP  
Chad $2,137,245  Micronutrient Initiative, Oxfam -Québec,  UNICEF, WFP  
Democratic Republic of 
Congo  $13,793,067  Canadian Food Grains Bank, Helen Keller International, 
Micronutrient Initiative, Oxfam -Québec, MSF, 
Samaritan's Purse Canada, UNICEF, World Vision 
Canada, WFP  
Djibouti  $915,607  Micronutrient Initiative, WFP  
Eritrea  $566,416  Development and Peace, Micronutrient Initiative  
Ethiopia  $42,175,300  Canadian Food Grains Bank, Concern Worldwide, 
Micronutrient Initiative, MSF, Oxfam Canada, UNICEF, 
WFP 
The Gambia  $26,856  Micronutrient Initiative, WFP  
Guinea  $1,878,029  Action Against Hunger, Helen Keller International, 
Micronutrient Initiative, WFP  
Guinea -Bissau  $16,038  Micronutrient Initiative  
Lesotho  $12,329  Micronutrient Initiative  
Liberia  $35,567  Micronutrient Initiative  
Madagascar  $3,290,128  Canadian Food Grains Bank, Micronutrient Initiative WFP  
Malawi  $1,683,346  Micronutrient Initiative, WFP  
Mali $5,720,945  Helen Keller International, Oxfam -Québec,  Micronutrient 
Initiative, WFP  
Mozambique  $429,702  Helen Keller International, Micronutrient Initiative  
Niger  $4,412,464  Helen Keller International, Micronutrient Initiative, WFP  
Rwanda  $315,319  Canadian Food Grains Bank, Micronutrient Initiative  
Sao Tome and Principe  $1,101  Micronutrient Initiative  G/AG/N/CAN/132  
 
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  Country  Value 
Disbursed  
CAD Food Assistance Partner(s ) 
Senegal  $2,419,284  Helen Keller International, IFPRI, Micronutrient Initiative, 
UNICEF   
Sierra Leone  $1,901,718  Helen Keller International, Micronutrient Initiative, 
UNICEF, WFP  
Somalia  $10,427,474  Save the Children Canada, Canadian Food Grains Bank, 
FAO, Micronutrient Initiative, WFP, UNICEF, Oxfam 
Canada, World Vision Canada  
South Sudan  $22,916,113  Canadian Food Grains Bank, FAO, MSF, Micronutrient 
Initative, Samaritan's Purse Canada, Save the Children 
Canada, UNICEF, World Vision Canada, WFP  
Sudan  $8,128,075  Canadian Food Grains Bank, FAO, Micronutrient 
Initiative, Oxfam Canada, WFP  
Togo $111,409  Micronutrient Initiative  
Tanzania  $1,583,327  Helen Keller International, Micronutrient Initiative, 
UNICEF  
Uganda  $2,550,028  Canadian Food Grains Bank, Micronutrient Initiative, 
Oxfam Canada, WFP  
Zambia  $712,151  Canadian Food Grains Bank, Micronutrient Initiative, 
UNICEF  
Africa LDCs  $145,032,370    
Côte d'Ivoire  $2,964,332  Helen Keller International, Micronutrient Initiative,  WFP 
Kenya  $8,591,283  Canadian Food Grains Bank, Helen Keller International, 
Micronutrient Initiative, WFP  
Namibia  $16,414  Micronutrient Initiative  
Eswatini  $7,273  Micronutrient Initiative  
Africa NFIDCs  $11,579,302    
Total Africa LDCs and 
NFIDCs  $156,611,672    
Americas      
Haiti $7,405,099  Médecins du Monde, Micronutrient Initiative, WFP  
Americas LDC  $7,405,099    
El Salvador  $832,598  WFP 
Honduras  $1,040,235  Canadian Food Grains Bank, WFP  
Peru $187  Micronutrient Initiative  
Americas NFIDCs  $1,873,020    
Total Americas LDCs and 
NFIDCs  $9,278,119    
Asia and Pacific      
Afghanistan  $5,669,704  Action Against Hunger, CARE, Micronutrient Initiative, 
World Vision Canada, WFP  
Bangladesh  $3,662,779  Canadian Food Grains Bank, Micronutrient Initiative, 
UNICEF, WFP  
Cambodia  $537,506  Canadian Food Grains Bank, Micronutrient Initiative  
Lao People's Democratic 
Republic  $300,760  Canadian Food Grains Bank, Micronutrient Initiative  
Myanmar  $3,587,863  Adventist Development and Relief Agency ( ADRA ), HOPE 
International Development Agency  (HIDA) , Micronutrient 
Initiative, Oxfam -Québec, Save the Children Canada, 
WFP 
Nepal  $3,780,847  Action Against Hunger, Canadian Food Grains Bank, 
FAO, Micronutrient Initiative, WFP  
Timor -Leste  $4,969  Micronutrient Initiative  
Asia and Pacific LDCs  $17,544,428    
Pakistan  $9,490,574  Canadian Food Grains Bank, CARE, Micronutrient 
Initiative, WFP, World Vision Canada  
Sri Lanka  $2,015,636  Canadian Food Grains Bank, Micronutrient Initiative, 
WFP 
Asia and Pacific NFIDCs  $11,506,210    
Total Asia and Pacific 
LDCs and NFIDCs  $29,050,639    
Europe, Middle East and 
Maghreb      
Mauritania  $568,242  Micronutrient Initiative, UNICEF, WFP  
Yemen  $6,324,457  Micronutrient Initiative, UNICEF, WFP  G/AG/N/CAN/132  
 
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  Country  Value 
Disbursed  
CAD Food Assistance Partner(s ) 
Europe, Middle East and 
Maghreb LDCs  $6,892,699    
Egypt  $900,379  WFP 
Jordan  $18,116,931  Canadian Food Grains Bank, CARE, Micronutrient 
Initiative, World Vision Canada, WFP  
Europe, Middle East and 
Maghreb NFIDCs  $19,017,310    
Total Europe, Middle East 
and Maghreb LDCs and 
NFIDCs  $25,910,009    
Multilateral2 $31,061,139  Helen Keller International , WFP  
Total  $251,911,577    
Note:  
Monetary figures include commodity, transportation and operational 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 De veloping 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 Funding to "multilateral" represents a number of initiatives, implemented by the WFP  and Helen 
Keller International , including voucher transfers, cash transfers and provision of eli gible product. 
Recipient country 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.  
 
TECHNICAL AND FINANC IAL ASSISTANCE UNDER  PARAGRAPH 3(III) OF  THE DECISION  
In 2015, 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 52 countries 
(including conflict, food insecurity and non -recurrent health epidemics). Overall, with  Canada 's 
support, the 20 implementing partners conducted eligible activities and provided eligible products 
under the FAC that benefited populations in 76 countries.  
 
Consistent with 2013 and 2014, countries experiencing conflict, protracted crisis, suffe ring from 
chronic food insecurity, or hosting refugees such as Ethiopia, South Sudan, Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, 
Yemen, and Somalia, are among the top recipient countries of Canada 's food assistance funding, 
receiving more than CAD $136 million (USD $101.5 mi llion) in 2015.  
 
One example  of Canada 's key responses is the help of  flood victims in Burma. In July and 
August  2015, heavy monsoon rains, exacerbated by Cyclone Komen , caused widespread flooding 
and landslides in many parts of northern and western Burma. In response to the crisis, Canada 
provided CAD $2 million (USD $1.5 million) in humanitarian assistance, which was allocated among 
several partners to contribute to im mediate life -saving needs, including the delivery of critical 
emergency food assistance; coordination of emergency food assistance programming and joint 
assessments on food security; support of livelihoods through cash -for-work activities, unconditional 
cash transfers, and distribution of shelter vouchers; rehabilitation of potable water sources and 
health facilities; and delivery of health care services. Specific to food assistance, Canada allocated 
CAD $500,000 (USD $373,100) to the WFP, CAD $500,000 (USD  $373,100) to the ICRC, as well as 
CAD $160,000 (USD $119,400) through the Emergency Disaster Assistance Fund in support of the 
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) 's emergency relief 
operation in Burma. WFP, ICRC and IFR C's operations all included the provision of essential food 
items for flood -affected population.3 G/AG/N/CAN/132  
 
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  3 More information available in the consolidate Narrative report on Food Assistance by members of the 
Food Assistance Convention – 2015 (https://www.foodassistanceconvention.org/en/reports.aspx ). 
THE INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH CENTRE (IDRC)  
Part of Canada 's foreign affairs and development efforts, 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 an d helps drive large scale positive change.  In FY2014/2015 
its total budget (including administrative costs) was $207.7 million. In FY2014/2015, IDRC 
undertook disbursements in the agriculture sector (including agriculture, fishery and forestry) 
totalling $ 5.93 million, which represented about 2. 9% of its total allocation.  
A review for FY2014/2015 of IDRC identified some 36 projects in agriculture and related sectors, in 
LLDCs and NFIDCs with a value of $2.68 million (about 45. 2% of all disburseme nts in agri culture); 
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, FY201 4/2015  
Country  Number of 
projects4 Value Disburse d  
CAD '000 
AFRICA    
Benin  2 14 
Burkina Faso  1 14 
Ethiopia  6 557 
Malawi  4 339 
Mali 2 63 
Niger  1 14 
Senegal  1 47 
Tanzania  4 392 
Uganda  3 150 
Zambia  2 103 
Africa LDCs  20 1,693  
Botswana  1 2 
Côte d 'Ivoire  1 84 
Kenya  8 635 
Africa NFDICs  9 721 
Total Africa LDCs and NFDICs  1 2,414  
AMERICAS    
Honduras  1 57 
Peru 2 63 
Saint Lucia  1 4 
St. Kitts & Nevis  2 - 
Trinidad & Tobago  3 - 
Total Americas NFDICs  5 124 
Total Americas LDCs and NFDICs  5 124 
ASIA    
Nepal  2 88 
Total Asia LDCs  2 88 
Sri Lanka  4 72 
Total Asia NFDICs  4 72 
Total Asia LDCs and NFDICs  4 160 
MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA    
Morocco  1 -21 
Middle East & North Africa NFIDCs  1 -21 
Total Middle East & North Africa LLDCs and 
NFIDCs  1 -21 
Total IDRC to LDCs  20 1,781  
Total IDRC to NFIDCs  17 896 
GRAND TOTAL IDRC TO LDCs / NFIDCs  36 2,679  
4 Total project counts are "distinct" counts as one project may be active in more than one country.  G/AG/N/CAN/132  
 
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OTHER RELEVANT INFOR MATION WITH RESPECT TO ACTIONS TAKEN WIT HIN THE 
FRAMEWORK OF THE DECISION  
In total, Canada 's food assistance flowed through twenty  different United Nation  agencies and 
non-governmental  organizations.5 The World Food Programme (WFP) received 65% of Canada 's food 
assistance. The Micronutrient Initiative and the Canadian Foodgrains Bank received respectively 11% 
and 8 % of Canada contribution and the balance was given to UNICEF and other  NGOs.  
5 Action Against Hunger, ADRA, the Canadian Foodgrains Bank, CARE C anada, Concern Worldwide, 
Development  and Peace, the FAO, Helen Keller International, HIDA, IDPRI, Médecins du Monde, 
MSF, the Micronutrient Initiative, Oxfam Canada, Oxfam Québec, Samaritan 's Purse Canada, Save 
the Children Canada, UNICEF, the WFP and Wor ld Vision Canada.  
 
 
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