G/AG/N/USA/113  
 
30 March 2017  
(17-1763) Page: 1/4 
Committee on Agriculture  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION  
The following submission, dated  24 March  2017, 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 Possib le Negative Effects of the Reform 
Programme on Least -Developed and Net Food -Importing Developing Countries ( Table NF:1 ) 
during the fiscal year  2014 . 
 
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  Table NF:1  
NOTIFICATION UNDER A RTICLE 16.2 OF THE A GREEMENT: MONITORING  OF THE  
FOLL OW-UP TO THE DECISION O N MEASURES CONCERNIN G THE POSSIBLE  
NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF THE REFORM PROGRAMME  ON LEAST -DEVELOPED  
AND NET FOOD -IMPORTING DEVELOPING  COUNTRIES:  
UNITED STATES OF AME RICA  
REPORTING PERIOD:  1 OCTOBER 2013 – 30 SEPTEMBER 2014  
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1  QUANTITY OF FOOD AID PROVIDED TO LEAST -DEVELOPED AND NET FO OD-
IMPORTING DEVELOPING  COUNTRIES1 
  
 Tonnage  Product  
 6,690  Beans  
 17,300  Bulgur  
 1,300  Corn 
 32,400  Cornmeal  
 57,440  Corn-Soy Blen d 
 7,850  Emergency Food Product Meal Replacement  
 20,270  Lentils  
 55,870  Peas 
 760 Potatoes  
 69,830  Rice 
 326,520  Sorghum  
 2,800  Soy-fortified Bulgur  
 500 Soy-fortified Cornmeal  
 64,090  Soybean Meal  
 60,261  Vegetable Oils2 
 383,750  Wheat  
 19,860  Wheat Flou r 
 1,720  Wheat -Soy Blend  
 
Total  1,129,211  tonnes 
 
2  INDICATION OF THE PR OPORTION IN FULLY GR ANT FORM OR APPROPRI ATE 
CONCESSIONAL TERMS  
 
Food assistance under Title II, Food for Progress, and Food for Education programs is provided in 
fully grant form.  
3  TECHNI CAL AND FINANCIAL AS SISTANCE UNDER PARAG RAPH 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 ass istance to 
agriculture are programmed through the State Department’s U.S. Agency for Inte rnational 
Development (USAID).  All of the figures reported below represent budgetary obligations or 
estimates for the reporting period:  
a. U.S. Department of State assist ance to agriculture ( Total:  $1,014,200,000 : 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 dev eloping countries by 
other U.S.  Government agencies, including the Office of Capacity Building and 
                                                
1 Includes some regional groups, within which is a least -developed or net food -importing country.  
2 Includes soybean and safflower oils.  G/AG/N/USA/113  
 
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  Development (OCBD) program area of USDA's Foreign A gricultural Service (FAS).  For 
example, OCBD provides technical assistance and training programs focused on: 
agricultural policy formulation; marketing; agribusiness development; enhancing 
sanitary/phytosanitary capacity; promotion of inter -regional and in ternational trade; 
development of market news and statistical systems; famine early warning and 
mitigation; grasshopper/locust eradication efforts; and natural resource management.    
b. Millennium Challenge Corporation ( Total:  $10,249,000 ) 
The Millennium Chal lenge 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; tec hnical assistance and agricultural technology transfer; rural finance; 
land/property rights; and agricultural research.  
c. U.S. Department of Agriculture Programs  
 Borlaug Fellowship Program (Total: $1,065,216):  
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: $4,014,449):  
FAS administers the Cochran Fellowship Pro gram, 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: $8,158,295):  
The Emerging Mark ets Program was authorized by the Food, Agriculture, 
Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990, as amended. In fiscal year 2014, $8.16 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 multilateral organizations with an agricultural emphasis  
International Development Association  $1,355,000,000  
UN Development Program  $146,367,675  
World Food Program  $835,140,3083 
International Fund for Agricultural Development  $30,000,000  
Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture  $16,359,998  
Food and Agriculture Organization  $112,204,394  
Consultative Group on Internationa l Agricultural Research  $132,100,000  
Global Agriculture and Food Security Program  $133,000,000  
African Development Fund  $176,336,000  
Asian Development Fund  $109,854,000  
Inter-American Development Bank Group4 $122,000,000  
 
Total  $3,168,362,375  
 
                                                
3 This v alue represents total U.S. Government contributions to the World Food Program; only a small 
fraction of this total contribution goes toward agriculture development.  
4 This value includes funding for the Inter -American Development Bank, Multilateral Investm ent Fund, 
and Inter -American Investment Corporation.  G/AG/N/USA/113  
 
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  e. Peace Corps funds to support agricultural volunteers ( Total:  $4,905,400 ) 
Least developed countries  $3,456,300  
NFIDCs  $1,449,100  
 
Additional development programs in least -developed and net food -importing developing 
countries are provided by the U.S. Peace Corps.  The Pe ace Corps sponsors volunteers 
who provided 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.  
f. Value  of food assistance used in development programs ( Total:  $548,884,200 ) 
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 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 administrative costs for the 
program.  Typically, the proceeds are used for water management/irrigation programs, 
farm credit, agr icultural infrastructure, health programs, or to purchase local foods that 
will provide a nutritionally complete diet to recipients.  
The total includes $257 million of Title II funds.  In fiscal year 2014, 93 percent of Title II 
development programs were i n least -developed and net food -importing developing 
countries.  
4  OTHER RELEVANT INFOR MATION WITH RESPECT TO ACTIONS TAKEN WIT HIN THE 
FRAMEWORK OF THE DEC ISION  
 
WTO developing countries, least -developed countries and net food -importing developing countries 
used U.S. Government officially -supported export credit guarantee programs.  
(Total:  $2,039,524,019)  
 
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