G/AG/N/USA/167  
 
16 November  2022 
(22-8519) Page: 1/4 
Committee on Agriculture  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION  
The following submission, dated  14 November  2022, 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 2020/2021 . 
 
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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:  
UNITED STATES OF  AMERICA  
REPORTING PERIOD:  FISCAL YEAR  FROM 01 -10-2020 TO 30 -09-2021 
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1  QUANTITY OF FOOD AID PROVIDED TO LEAST -DEVELOPED AND NET FOOD -IMPORTI NG 
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES  
 
Tonnage   Product  
   
1,380   Beans  
2,660   Bulgur  
540  Corn 
46,440   Cornmeal  
24,400   Corn-Soy Blend Plus  
9,510   Lentils  
127,070   Peas  
130,110   Rice 
460  Salmon, Pink Canned  
211,050   Sorghum  
37,880   Soybean Oil  
24,610   Soybean Meal  
68,950   Soybean  
200  Sunflower Seed Oil  
50,290   Vegetable Oils  
1,448,640   Wheat  
500  Wheat Flour  
23,831   Ready -to-Use Supplementary and Therapeutic Foods  
Total1: 2,208,521 tonnes    
 
2  INDICATION OF THE PROPORTION IN FULLY GRANT FORM OR APPROPRIATE 
CONCESSIONAL TERMS  
 
Food assistance under Title II, Food for Progress, and Food for Education programs is provided in 
fully grant form.  
3  TECHNICAL AND FINANCIAL 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 figures reported below represent budgetary obligations or 
estimates for the reporting period:  
a. U.S. Department of State assistance to agriculture ( Total:  USD 848,309,000 : 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 suppor t agricultural technical 
assistance to least -developed and net food -importing developing countries by other U.S. 
Government agencies, including the Office of Global Programs program area of USDA's 
Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS). For example, the Office  of Global Programs provides 
technical assistance and training programs focused on: agricultural policy formulation; 
 
1 Includes some regional groups, within which is a least -developed or net food -importing country.  G/AG/N/USA/167  
 
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  marketing; agribusiness development; enhancing sanitary/phytosanitary capacity; 
promotion of inter -regional and international trade; develo pment of market news and 
statistical systems; famine early warning and mitigation; grasshopper/locust eradication 
efforts; and natural resource management.  
b. Millennium Challenge Corporation ( Total: USD 72,040,000 ) 
The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC)  has been actively investing in sustainable, 
market -based solutions for food security since 2005. 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 development. 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 research.  
c. U.S. Department of Agriculture Programs : 
• Borlaug Fellowship Program (Total: USD 2,608,663):  
FAS administers  the Borlaug Fellowship Program, which provides sci entific training and 
collaborative research opportunities to visiting researchers, policymakers, and 
university faculty from developing countries.  
• Cochran  Fellowship Program (Total: USD 4,723,234):  
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: USD  5,112,244):  
The Emerging Markets Progra m was authorized by the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, 
and Trade Act of 1990, as amended. In fiscal year 2021, USD  5.1 million in funding 
was provided to assist public and private organizations in providing technical 
assistance to promote market developm ent, to improve market access, or to assist in 
the development of emerging market economies.  
d. U.S. contributions to multilateral organizations with an agricultural emphasis:  
International Development Association  USD 1,001,400,000  
UN Development Programme  USD 196,739,928  
World Food Programme  USD 3,189,976,9462 
International Fund for Agricultural Development  USD 32,605,000  
Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture  USD 17,010,506  
Food and Agriculture Organization  USD 256,883,625  
Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research  USD 89,600,0003 
African Development Fund  USD 171,300,000  
Asian Development Fund  USD 47,395,000  
Total  USD 5,002,911,005  
  
 
2 This value represents total U.S. Government contributions to the World Food Programme; only a small 
fraction of this total contribution goes toward agriculture development.  
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  e. Peace Corps  funds to support agricultural volunteers (Total: USD 0)  
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 assistan ce to: produce agricultural products and by -products; increase 
agricultural productivity; safely use agricultural chemicals; and process, store or market 
agricultural goods and by -products. The Peace Corps had no volunteers in the field in fiscal 
year 2021  due to the COVID -19 pandemic but did complete some staff activities in lieu of 
sending Volunteers across Peace Corps posts.  
f. Value of food assistance used in development programs (Total: USD 821,603,822)  
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, some of which was 
monetized. 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 
programs, farm credit, agricultural infrastructure, health programs, or to purchase local 
foods that will provide a nutritionally complete d iet to recipients.  
The total includes USD 293 million of Title II funds. In fiscal year 2021, 85% of Title  II 
development programs were in least -developed and net food -importing developing 
countries.  
4  OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION WITH RESPECT TO ACTIONS TAKEN WITHIN THE 
FRAMEWORK OF THE DECISION  
 
WTO developing countries, least -developed countries, and net food -importing developing countries 
used U.S. Government officially supported export credit guarantee programs. 
(Total:  USD 2,038,137,604)  
 
 
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