G/AG/N/NZL/82  
 
7 October 2013  
(13-5415)  Page: 1/4  
Committee on Agriculture  Original: English  
  
NOTIFICATION 
The following submission, dated 2 October 2013, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of New Zealand . 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 financial 
years 2012/2013 . 
 
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Table NF:1 
NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLE 16.2 OF THE AGREEMENT:  
MONITORING OF THE FOLLOW-U P TO THE DECISION ON  
MEASURES CONCERNING THE POSSIBLE NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF  
THE REFORM PROGRAMME ON LEAST-DEVELOPED AND NET  
FOOD-IMPORTING DEVELOPING  COUNTRIES: NEW ZEALAND 
REPORTING PERIOD: 2012/2013 FINANCIAL YEAR (YEAR ENDING 30 JUNE)  
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1  QUANTITY OF FOOD AID PROVIDED  TO LEAST-DEVELOPED AND NET FOOD 
IMPORTING DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: 
1.1.  New Zealand does not make in-kind food aid donations. All New Zealand food aid assistance 
is provided in cash grant form. Details of programmes funded that included monetary food aid in 
the financial year July 2012 to June 2013 are provided below. 
2  INDICATION OF THE PROPORTION IN FULL GRANT FORM OR APPROPRIATE 
CONCESSIONAL TERMS: 
 100% grant FOOD AID 
 Please note this report includes assistance provided to Least-Developed or 
Net Food-Importing Developing Co untries (LDCs or NFIDCs) only. 
 2.1.  The International Development Group of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) is 
responsible for managing the New Zealand Aid Programme. New Zealand provides core funding to 
the budget of several multilateral organisations that address food issues, as well as additional grant funding in response to appeals. 
2.2.  New Zealand provides emergency relief through two Emergency and Disaster Relief Funds, 
one for the Pacific and one for the rest of the wo rld. In the Pacific, MFAT leads the New Zealand 
government's response to humanitarian crises and provides emergency relief. This might be in 
relation to cyclones, earthquakes or tsunami. Almost all of this relief is in the form of funding or 
equipment, such as shelter. Little , if any, food aid is provided. 
2.3.  Outside the Pacific, grant funding is pr ovided in response to emergency appeals from 
multilateral relief agencies, particularly the World Food Programme. Funding is also provided 
following appeals from Non-Governmental Organisations. Most of this relief is in the form of non-
food aid (shelter, seeds for crops, immunisations,  training etc.). Those instances where food aid 
did form part of the overall assistance are list ed under "Non-Governmental Organisations" below. 
Core Funding to Multilateral Agencies 
 World Food Programme $NZ 6,000,000 
 CGIAR Fund $NZ 2,500,000 
 Central Emergency Response Fund $NZ 2,000,000 
 International Fund for Agricultural Development $NZ 1,500,000 G/AG/N/NZL/82 
 
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Emergency Food Aid in response to appeals 
International Organisations 
 
UNICEF 
  Mozambique (Flood relief)  $NZ 200,000 
 
Non-Governmental Organisations (interventio ns that may have included food aid) 
 
Pacific 
 
 Samoa  Adventist Development & Relief 
 Agency NZ: Cyclone Evan relief $NZ 71,163  Samoa  Caritas NZ: Cyclone Evan relief  $NZ 75.000 
 
3  TECHNICAL AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE UNDER PARAGRAPH 3(III) OF THE DECISION: 
3.1.  All financial assistance provided by th e New Zealand Aid Programme is in grant form. 
Assistance provided in the year to June 2013 includes (all expressed in New Zealand dollars): 
a. GLOBAL / REGIONAL 
Pacific Regional 
 
Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC)  $NZ 5,806,825 Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) $NZ 3,300,000 
Oxfam Livelihoods programme $NZ 1,757,364 
Pacific Fisheries Training Programme $NZ 1,210,896 SPC Tuna Science and Monitoring Services $NZ 1,005,240 
FFA Tuna Investment and Export Facilitation Prog. $NZ 833,334 
FFA/SPC Fisheries Observer Programme $NZ 620,805 Te Vaka Moana Fisheries Development Programme $NZ 554,012 Evaluation of Fisheries Sector work in the Pacific $NZ 255,350 
Crop Biological Control $NZ 131,257 
Pacific/Caribbean Agricultural Forum $NZ 120,000 Agricultural and Fisheries Consultancy $NZ 86,519 
FAO
1 roundtable – Pacific participation $NZ 82,593 
Biosecurity Flexi-fund $NZ 16,597 Aquaponics Literature Review $NZ 7,736 
Pacific Agribusiness Initiative $NZ 4,528 
 
b. BILATERAL 
3.2.  The New Zealand Aid Programme supports projects with bilateral partner countries which 
provide technical and financial assistance to improve their agricultural productivity and 
sustainability, enhance food security, develop in frastructure and create greater revenue-earning 
opportunities. Projects in the year ending June 2013 include: 
Pacific 
 
Kiribati 
Fisheries training $NZ 40,593 
 
Solomon Islands 
Fisheries Sector $NZ 1,278,869 
 
                                               
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Tuvalu 
Fisheries Institutional Strengthening Project $NZ 744,242 
 
Vanuatu 
Agricultural-based Income Generation $NZ 445,937 
 
Asia 
 
Afghanistan 
Agriculture Support Programme $NZ 2,613,896 Bamyan Agricultural Productivity $NZ 341,572 
 
Cambodia 
CADF
2 $NZ 332,139 
Agricultural Value Chain Strengthening $NZ 987,535 
 
Mongolia 
Family Agricultural Resources $NZ 197,155 
 
Myanmar 
Restoring agricultural livelihoods $NZ 362,777 
Agricultural Diplomacy – Dairy Development $NZ 71,459 
 
Nepal 
Agricultural Co-operatives Enterprise $NZ 227,797 
 
Timor Leste 
Coffee Rehabilitation $NZ 1,184,694 
Bobonaro Food Security $NZ 446,976 Aquaculture Development $NZ 22,084 
 
Africa 
 
Ethiopia 
Ethiopia Seeds Project $NZ 537 
 
Kenya 
Strengthened Avocado Value Chain $NZ 1,048 
 
Zambia 
Luangwa Agriculture/Food Security $NZ 346,720 
Urban Agriculture/Food Security Research $NZ 11,285 
 4  OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION WITH RESPECT TO ACTIONS TAKEN WITHIN THE 
FRAMEWORK OF THE DECISION: 
4.1.  The New Zealand Aid Programme funds schol arships and Short Term Training Awards to 
students from developing countries who wish to  study at New Zealand institutions. A number of 
these students attend agriculture-related courses at Lincoln and Massey Universities, and are able 
to utilise their new skills on return to their home country. The New Zealand Aid Programme also provides support to the University of the South Pacific in Suva, Fiji. 
4.2.  New Zealand diplomatic posts supply information relevant to accessing the New Zealand 
market to developing country exporters and provid e for further contact, where necessary, with the 
appropriate departments in New Zealand for more detailed advice/assistance. Each Head of Mission also has two funds: the Head of Mission Fund and the Small Projects Fund, which are used 
to fund smaller value projects, occasionally related to the primary sector. Figures for these funds 
have not been included here. 
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