G/AG/N/GBR/10/Rev.1  
 
20 February  2023 
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Committee on Agriculture  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION  
Revision  
The following submission, dated  16 February  2023, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of the  United Kingdom . The revised 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 2021 . 
 
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The data previously provided in notification G/AG/N/GBR/10 was provisional. This revision notifies 
the final data of the UK 's food aid spending for Calendar Year 2021 following the publication of the 
UK's official Statistics on International Development.  
 
The data supplied in this notification includes relevant aid provided by the UK Crown Dependencies 
(the Bailiwick of Guernsey, the Isle of Man and the Bailiwick of Jersey).  General information can be 
found in the General Council communication from the United K ingdom dated 31  December  2020 
(WT/GC/226) . 
 
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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 KINGDOM  
REPORTING PERIOD:  CALENDAR YEAR  2021 
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1  QUANTITY OF FOOD AID PROVIDED TO LEAST -DEVELOPED AND NET FOOD -IMPORTI NG 
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES  
 
The U nited Kingdom (UK)  provided food aid assistance through grant form and did not donate actual 
food products in Calendar Year 2021.   
2  INDICATION OF THE PROPORTION IN FULLY GRANT FORM OR APPROPRIATE 
CONCESSIONAL TERMS  
 
All UK funding for food assistance was provided as untied c ash-based support to the UN World Food 
Programme (WFP) and other partners. Funding was provided fully in grant form.  
 
The UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) is responsible for administering 
the majority of the UK Overseas Development Aid (ODA) budget. The FCDO aims to reduce poverty, 
limit the impact of humanitarian crises and lead in the fight against climate change.  
 
The WFP was the top partner used for Food Aid programming by FCDO with a total of 
GBP 274,472,000 in the 2 021 calendar year. Other partners used to deliver food aid programming 
included United Nations Development Programme, CARE International, International Committee of 
the Red Cross and the United Nations Children 's Fund.  
 
Food assistance provided by the Gove rnment of Jersey is channeled through Jersey Overseas 
Aid (JOA). The Overseas Aid & Development Commission (part of the States of Guernsey) funds 
agricultural projects in the developing world through Grant Aid Awards to charities (registered with 
one of th e Charity Commissions of Great Britain) working overseas.   
3  TECHNICAL AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE UNDER PARAGRAPH 3(III) OF THE DECISION  
 
All financial assistance provided by the UK was in grant form.  
 
Total emergency food aid spend for LDCs and NFIDCs was GBP  110,474,734 in the 2021 calendar 
year. This spend covers provision and distribution of food; logistical costs; cash and vouchers for 
the purchase of food; non -medical nutritional interventions for the benefit of crisis -affected people, 
including refugees and internally displaced people in developing countries in emergency situations.  
 
In addition to this amount, GBP 8,966,190 of spend was provided for Food Aid Programmes. This 
spend covers supply of edible human food under national or international program mes including 
transport costs, cash payments made for food supplies; project food assistance aid and food 
assistance aid for market sales.  
 
The proportion of these amounts that were spent for food and nutrition purposes cannot be 
calculated with certainty due to the broad remit of UK food aid partners.  
 
For total UK funds allocated for Food aid and food security programmes and Emergency food aid 
to LDC and NFIDCs in 2021 by beneficiary country please see the Annex below.  
4  OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION WITH RESP ECT TO ACTIONS TAKEN WITHIN THE 
FRAMEWORK OF THE DECISION  
 
None.  
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  ANNEX  
Funds allocated in 2021 for LDCs and NFIDCs for Food aid and security programmes and 
Emergency food aid by beneficiary country (GBP)   
Country Name  Emergency Food Aid Spend  Food Aid Programmes Spend  
Afghanistan   26,748,600  0 
Bangladesh   6,477,580  50,000  
Burkina Faso   0 48,199  
Ethiopia   8,313,712  867,510  
Haiti  30,000  0 
Kenya   31,120  32,358  
Malawi   1,000  743,662  
Mozambique   1,537,940  0 
Myanmar   7,207,780  2,747,640  
Nepal   0 20,410  
Niger   0 50,000  
Pakistan   1,250,000  0 
Rwanda   0 1,809,078  
Sierra Leone   0 26,000  
Somalia   4,538,880  0 
South Sudan, Republic of   10,177,030  2,493,410  
Sudan   7,146,232  0 
Uganda   5,494,500  0 
Yemen   31,520,360  0 
Zambia   0 77,923  
Total:  110,474,734  8,966,190  
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