G/AG/N/USA/145  
 
1 March  2021 
(21-1720) Page: 1/4 
Committee on Agriculture  Original: English  
 
 
NOTIFICATION  
The following submission, dated  26 February  2021, 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  2018 . 
 
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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 -10-2017 TO 30 -09-2018 
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1  QUANTITY OF FOOD ASSISTANCE  PROVIDED TO LEAST -DEVELOPED AND 
NET FOOD -IMPORTI NG DEVELOPING COUNTRIES  
Tonnage   Product  
   
2,530   Beans  
9,560   Bulgur  
500  Corn 
14,260   Cornmeal  
26,210   Corn-Soy Blend  
3,060   Corn-Soy Blend Super Cereal Plus  
26,790   Lentils  
91,430   Peas 
79,530   Rice 
305,210   Sorghum  
18,000   Soybean Oil  
38,200   Soybean Meal  
63,660   Vegetable Oils  
651,130   Wheat  
420  Wheat Flour  
7,871   Ready -to-Use Supplementary and Therapeutic Foods  
  
Total1: 1,338,361 ton nes. 
 
 
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 repres ent budgetary obligations or estimates 
for the reporting period:  
  
a. U.S. Department of State assistance to agriculture ( Total:  USD 992,381,000 : 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 countries by other 
U.S. Government agencie s, including the Office of Global Programs program area of 
USDA's Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS). For example, Global Programs provides 
technical assistance and training programs focused on: agricultural policy formulation; 
marketing; agribusiness deve lopment; enhancing sanitary/phytosanitary capacity; 
promotion of inter -regional and international trade; development of market news and 
 
1 Includes some regional groups, within which is a least -developed or net food -importing country.  G/AG/N/USA/145  
 
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  statistical systems; famine early warning and mitigation; grasshopper/locust eradication 
efforts; and natural resource m anagement.  
b. Millennium Challenge  Corporation ( Total: USD 333,858,000 ) 
The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) has been actively investing in sustainable, 
market -based solutions to 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 Progr ams 
• Borlaug Fellowship Program (Total: USD 2,545,000):  
FAS administers  the Borlaug Fellowship Program, which provides scientific training and 
collaborative research opportunities to visiting researchers, policymakers, and university 
faculty from developing  countries.  
• Cochran  Fellowship Program (Total: USD 6,267,000):  
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: USD 6,431,575):  
The Emerging Markets Program was authorized by the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, 
and Trade Act of 1990, as amended. In fiscal year 2018, USD 6.4 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. contributions to multilater al organizations with an agricultural emphasis:  
International Development Association  USD 1,097,010,000  
UN Development Program  USD 352,879,120  
World Food Program  USD 2,285,843,4182 
International Fund for Agricultural Development  USD 32,300,000  
Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture  USD 17,844,547  
Food and Agriculture Organization  USD 275,449,136  
Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research  USD 88,700,0003 
African Development Fund  USD 171,300,000  
Asian Development Fund  USD 43,395,000  
Total  USD 4,364,721,221  
  
e. Peace Corps funds to support agricultural volunteers (Total: USD 13,530,500)  
Least developed countries  USD 11,395,600  
NFIDCs  USD 2,134,900  
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 pro ductivity; safely use agricultural chemicals; and process, store or market 
agricultural goods and by -products.  
 
2 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.  
3 This is for calendar year 2018.  G/AG/N/USA/145  
 
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  f. Value of food assistance used in development programs (Total: USD 663,649,704)  
This figure represents the U.S. dollar value of the commodities do nated under Title  II, 
Food for Progress, and Food for Education food aid programs that were 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 administra tive 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 diet to recipients.  
The total includes USD 350 million of Title II funds. In fiscal year 2018, 82% 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 
FRAMEWOR K 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 1,936,047,906)  
 
 
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