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G/AG/N/NOR/68 
7 November 2012 
 (12-6123) 
Committee on Agriculture Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION  
 
 
 The following submission, dated 2 November 2012, is being circulated at the request of the Delegation of Norway .  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 ) for the calendar 
year 2011 . G/AG/N/NOR/68 
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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-Dev eloped and Net Food-Importing Developing 
Countries:  NORWAY 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 2011 
 (1) Quantity of food aid provided to least-developed and net food-importing developing 
countries:  
 
1. Norway's commitment under the Food Aid Convention (FAC) amounted in 2011 to 
30,000 tonnes of food aid in wheat equivalents.  This contribution is pr ovided as cash in lieu of 
commodities (CLC) and is made available for the World Food Programme (WFP) to procure grains 
from developing countries. 
 2. Norwegian assistance furthermore includes l ong-term development programmes as well as 
emergency relief aid.  Please refer to (3) below . 
 
(2) Indication of the proportion in fully grant or appropriate concessional terms:  
 
3. All Norwegian food aid is provided fully on grant terms. 
 
(3) Technical and financial assistance under paragraph 3(iii) of the Decision:  
 (i) Aid provided under the World Food Programme 2011 
 
Table 1: Norwegian multilateral grant to World Food Programme, 2011 
 
 Expenditure 
NKr '000 
Total 145,000 
 
(ii) Long-term development programmes  
Table 2: Norwegian bilateral aid by DAC sectors 311, 312 and 313  
 
DAC Main sector 2011 
(NKr '000) 
311 Agriculture 469,724 
312 Forestry 1,996,002 
313 Fisheries 152,150 
Grand Total  2,617,8761 
 
                                                      
1 Please see Annex A for further details.  G/AG/N/NOR/68 
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  (iii) Emergency relief aid 
 
Table 3: Bilateral food-related emerg ency relief aid (DAC 720.40) to LDCs 
 
Type of assistance 2011 Value '000 NKr 
Bilateral 17,343 
Multi-bilateral 5,732 
Grand Total 23,0762 
 
 
                                                      
2 Please see Annex B for further details. G/AG/N/NOR/68 
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  ANNEX A 
 
Long-Term Development Programmes
 
 
 This annex lists Norwegian long-term development programmes classified according to 
OECD's DAC-sector coding.  
Norwegian bilateral aid coded as sector 311 – agriculture – by recipient country 
Main Region Recipient country 2011 
(NKr '000) 
Africa Africa Regional 12,790 
 Democratic Republic of Congo 687 
  Eritrea 1,743 
  Ethiopia 2,623 
  Madagascar 1,262 
 Malawi 143,897 
 Mali 19,840 
 Mauritania 2,700 
  Mozambique 30,687 
 Somalia 2,400 
 South Africa 336 
 South of Sahara Regional 33,268 
  Sudan 938 
 Swaziland 6,118 
  Tanzania 20,916 
  Uganda 5,055 
 Zambia 83,369 
Africa Total   368,631 
America America Regional 305 
 Plurinational State of Bolivia 3,281 
 Brazil 1,034 
  Haiti 414 
  Honduras 680 
 Nicaragua 19,387 
North and Central America Regional 2,600 
 South America Regional -4,693 
America Total   23,007 
Asia Afghanistan 8,709 
  Azerbaijan 632 
 Bangladesh 1,035 
 Bhutan 120 
 Cambodia 439 
  China 33 
 India 1,808 
 Kyrgyz Republic 97 
 Lao People's Democratic Republic 80 
 Nepal 11,458 
 Sri Lanka 5,656  G/AG/N/NOR/68 
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  Norwegian bilateral aid coded as sector 311 – agriculture – by recipient country 
Main Region Recipient country 2011 
(NKr '000) 
 Thailand 240 
Asia Total   30,309 
Europe Bosnia and Herzegovina 1,782 
Europe Total   1,782 
Not geographically allocated Global unspecified 30,995 
Not geographically allocated Total  30,995 
The Middle East Palestinian Admin. Areas 15,000 
The Middle East Total   15,000 
Grand Total  469,724 
 
Norwegian bilateral aid coded as sector  312 – forestry – by recipient country 
Main Region Recipient country 2011 
(NKr '000) 
Africa Democratic Republic of Congo 31 
 Eritrea 9,180 
  Ethiopia 2,000 
 Ghana 3,733 
 Liberia 4,922 
  Madagascar 3,915 
 Mozambique 2,850 
  South Sudan 7,235 
 Tanzania 648 
 Uganda 13,868 
Africa Total   48,383 
America Brazil 1,001,400 
 Guyana 213,000 
 Mexico 45,000 
  Nicaragua 1,415 
  Peru 3,500 
America Total   1,264,315 
Asia Armenia 400 
 Asia Regional 8,018 
  Indonesia 13,621 
 Kyrgyz Republic 1,500 
  Malaysia 1,370 
 Nepal 3,490 
  Tajikistan 2,000 
Asia Total   30,399 
Europe Kosovo 4,089 
  Ukraine 3,000 
Europe Total   7,089 
Not geographically allocated Global unspecified 645,817 
Not geographically allocated Total  645,817 
Grand Total   1,996,002 
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Norwegian bilateral aid coded as sector  313 – fishing – by  recipient country 
Main Region Recipient country 2011 
(NKr '000) 
Africa Africa Regional 735 
  Angola 5,093 
 Kenya 693 
  Madagascar 5,664 
  Mauritius 4,000 
  Mozambique 33,366 
 Nigeria 3,676 
  South Africa 373 
  South of Sahara Regional 8,951 
  Sudan 374 
 Tanzania 1,643 
 Uganda 0 
Africa Total   64,569 
America Brazil 863 
  Cuba 717 
 Nicaragua 1,620 
 Uruguay 125 
America Total   3,326 
Asia Asia Regional 5,744 
 Bangladesh 0 
  China 940 
  Indonesia 3,011 
  Malaysia 1,155 
 Nepal 2,171 
  Philippines 640 
  Sri Lanka 509 
  Thailand 3,089 
  Viet Nam 6,222 
Asia Total   23,481 
Europe Bosnia and Herzegovina -6 
Europe Total  -6 
Not geographically allocated Global unspecified 60,780 
Not geographically allocated Total 60,780 
Grand Total  152,150 
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  ANNEX B 
 
 
Bilateral food-related emergency re lief aid (DAC 720.40) to LDCs 
Main region Recipient country 2011 
(NKr '000) 
Africa Eritrea 5,000 
  Malawi -3,299 
  Somalia 15,000 
  Uganda -58 
Africa Total   16,643 
Asia Afghanistan 5,700 
 Nepal 732 
Asia Total  6,432 
Grand Total   23,076 
 
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