G/AG/N/USA/160  
 
1 December 2021  
(21-9036) Page: 1/4 
Committee on Agriculture  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION  
The following submission, dated  29 November  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  2019/2020 . 
 
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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 -10-2019 TO 30 -09-2020 
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1  QUANTITY OF FOOD ASSISTANCE  PROVIDED TO LEAST -DEVELOPED AND NET 
FOOD -IMPORTI NG DEVELOPING COUNTRIES  
Tonnage  Product  
 2,790  Beans  
 3,010  Bulgur  
 30,270  Cornmeal  
 22,150  Corn-Soy Blend Plus  
 32,860  Lentils  
 96,710  Peas  
 96,622  Rice 
 316,360  Sorghum  
 12,900  Soybean Meal  
 71,940  Vegeta ble Oils  
 655,880  Wheat  
 1,400  Wheat Flour  
 18,852  Ready -to-Use Supplementary and Therapeutic Foods  
Total1: 1,361,744 tons  
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 
count ries 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 ob ligations or estimates 
for the reporting period:  
a. U.S. Department of State assistance to agriculture ( Total:  USD 786,096,000 : includes 
expenditures on crop production, livestock production, resource management, 
infrastructure, policies and planning, trainin g 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 agencies, including the O ffice 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 development; enhancing  sanitary/phytosanitary capacity; 
promotion of inter -regional and international trade; development of market news and 
statistical systems; famine early warning and mitigation; grasshopper/locust 
eradication efforts; and natural resource management.  
 
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  b. U.S. D epartment of Agriculture Programs  
• Borlaug Fellowship Program (Total: USD 1,590,000 ):  
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 2,880,000 ):  
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 5,625,979 ):  
The Emerging Markets Program was authorized by the Food, Agriculture, 
Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990, as amended. In fiscal year 2020, 
USD5.6 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.  
c. U.S. contributions to multilateral organizations with an agricultural emphasis  
International Development Association  USD 206,500,000  
UN Development Program  USD 185,321,558  
World Food Program  USD 3,129,507,0432 
International Fund for Agricultural Development  USD 30,155,000  
Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture  USD 17,709,908  
Food and Agriculture Organization  USD 275,412,930  
Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research  USD102,300,0003 
African Development Fund  USD 171,300,000  
Asian Development Fund  USD 47,395,000  
Total  USD4,165,601,439  
d. Peace Corps funds to support agricultural volunteers (Total: USD 10,307,500)  
Least developed countries  USD8,800,500  
NFIDCs  USD1,507,000  
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.  
e. Value of food assistance used in development programs (Total: USD688,614,908)  
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/irrigatio n 
 
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.  
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  programs, farm credit, agricultural infrastructure, health programs, or to purchase local 
foods that will provide a nutritionally complete diet to recipients.  
The total includes USD297 million of Title II funds. In fiscal year 2020, 91% 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:  USD2,117,800,833)  
 
 
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