G/AG/N/USA/97  
 
15 September 2014  
(14-5125)  Page: 1/4  
Committee on Agriculture  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION 
The following submission, dated 28 August 2014, 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 Fo od-Importing Developing Countries ( Table NF:1 ) 
during the fiscal year 2011 . 
 
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  Table NF:1 
NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLE 16:2 OF THE AGREEMENT: MO NITORING 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: 1 OCTOBER 2010 - 30 SEPTEMBER 2011 
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1  QUANTITY OF FOOD AID PROVIDED TO LEAST-DEVELOPED AND NET 
FOOD-IMPORTING DEVELOPING COUNTRIES1: 
Tonnage Product 
 
 11,410 Beans  22,400 Bulgur 
 6,790 Corn 
 81,330 Cornmeal  105,290 Corn-Soy Blend 
 18,000 Lentils 
 30 Non-fat Dry Milk  144,090 Peas  124,430 Rice 
 40 Salmon 
 290,210 Sorghum  230 Soy Flour 
 23,410 Soy-fortified Bulgur 
 5,940 Soy-fortified Cornmeal  5,000 Soybeans 
 80 Soy Protein Products 
 5,000 Soybean Meal  157,220 Vegetable Oil  639,310 Wheat 
 84,910 Wheat Flour 
 7,940 Wheat-Soy Blend  
Total  1,733,060 tonnes 
 2  INDICATION OF THE PROPORTION IN FULLY GRANT FORM OR APPROPRIATE 
CONCESSIONAL TERMS
2: 
2.1.  Food assistance under Title II, Food fo r Progress, and Food for Education programs is 
provided in fully grant form. 
3  TECHNICAL AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE UNDER PARAGRAPH 3(III) OF THE 
DECISION: 
3.1.  The principal source of U.S. financial as sistance and funding for technical assistance for 
d e v e l o p i n g  c o u n t r i e s  i s  t h e  U . S .  D e p a r t m e n t  o f  S t a t e .  S o m e ,  b u t  n o t  a l l ,  o f  t h i s  f u n d i n g  f o r  
assistance to agriculture is programmed through the State Department’s U.S. Agency for 
International Development (USAID). All of the figures reported below represent budgetary obligations or estimates for the reporting period: 
                                               
1 Includes some regional groups, within which is a least-developed or net food-importing country. 
2 Further food aid information is av ailable at the following websites: 
http://www.fas.usda.gov/excredit s/FoodAid/Report s/reports.html  and 
http://www.fas.usda.gov/topics/food-security/food-assistance  G/AG/N/USA/97 
 
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  a. U.S. Department of State technical and financial assistance for agriculture 
(Total: $1,228,469,000 : includes expenditures on crop production, livestock 
production, resource management, infrastruc ture, 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 developing countries by other U.S. Government agencies, including the Office of Capacity Building and 
Development (OCBD) program area of USDA's  Foreign Agricultural 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 international 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: $247,200,000 ) 
The Millennium Challenge 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; technical assistance and agricultural technology transfer; rural finance; 
land/property rights; and agricultural research. 
c. U.S. Department of Agriculture Programs 
- Borlaug Fellowship Program (Total: $2,000,000) : 
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: $2,585,000) : 
FAS administers the Cochran Fellowship Program, which provides short-term training 
in the United States designed to assist participating countries in developing agricultural systems necessary to meet the food needs of their populations. 
- Emerging Markets Program (Total: $10,000,000) : 
The Emerging Markets Program was authorized by the Food, Agriculture, 
Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990, as amended. The legislation calls for 
$10 million in funding per year to assist pu blic and private organizations in providing 
technical assistance to promote market development, improve market access, or 
assist in the development of emerging market economies. 
d. U.S. contributions to multilateral organizations with an agricultural emphasis 
(Total: $3,231,608,212 ) 
International Development Association $1,232,500,000 
UN Development Program $142,288,999 
World Food Program $1,240,579,917
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International Fund for Agricultural Development $29,500,000 Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture $19,362,457 
Food and Agriculture Organization $112,776,839 
                                               
3 This value represents total U.S.  Government contributions to the World Food Program; only a small 
fraction of this total contribution go es toward agriculture development. G/AG/N/USA/97 
 
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  Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research $92,600,000 
Global Agriculture and Food Security Program $99,800,000 African Development Fund $109,800,000 Asian Development Fund $106,400,000 
Inter-American Development Bank Group
4 $46,000,000 
e. Peace Corps funds to support agricultural volunteers ( Total: $5,062,200 ) 
Least-developed countries $3,803,600 
NFIDCs $1,258,600 
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 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: $619,749,070 ) 
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, agricultural infrastructure, health programs, or to purchase local foods that will provide a nutritionally complete diet to recipients. 
The total includes $430 million of Title II funds. In fiscal year 2011, 89.8% of Title II 
development programmes were in least-deve loped and net food-importing developing 
countries. 
4  OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION WITH RESPECT TO ACTIONS TAKEN WITHIN THE 
FRAMEWORK OF THE DECISION: 
4.1.  WTO developing countries, least-developed countries and net food-importing developing 
countries used U.S. Government officially-supported export credit guarantee 
programmes. ( Total: $4,123,288,076 ) 
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4 This value includes funding for the Inter-American Development, Multilateral Investment Fund, and 
Inter-American Investment Fund.