G/AG/N/NZL/101  
 
6 September  2017 
(17-4747) Page: 1/5 
Committee on Agriculture  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION  
The following submission, dated  1 September  2017, 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 ) during the financial 
year 2016 /2017 . 
 
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  Table NF:1  
NOTIFICATION UNDER A RTICLE 16.2 OF THE A GREEMENT: MONITORING  OF THE  
FOLLOW -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: NEW ZEALAN D 
REPORTING PERIOD:  2016/17 FINANCIAL YE AR (YEAR ENDING 30 J UNE) 
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1  QUANTITY OF FOOD ASSISTANCE  PROVIDED TO LEAST -DEVELOPED AND NET 
FOOD -IMPORTI NG DEVELOPING COUNTR IES 
1.1.  New Zealand  primarily provides food aid assistance through grants. A summary of 
programmes that included monetary food aid for the 2016/17 financial year is provided below.  
2  INDICATION OF THE PR OPORTION IN FULLY GR ANT FORM OR APPROPRI ATE 
CONCESSIONAL TERMS  
2.1.  All financi al support for food aid is in full grant form.  
FOOD AID  
2.2.  Please note this report includes assistance provided to Least -Developed or Net Food -
Importing Developing Countries (LDCs or NFIDCs) only.  
2.3.  The Pacific and Development Group of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) is 
responsible for managing the New Zealand Aid Programme.  
2.4.  MFAT leads the offshore New Zealand government 's response to humanitarian emergencies 
such as cyclones, earthquakes, tsunami and drought. New Zealand provides humanitarian support 
through many channels, including grants (including unearmarked core funding and funding 
earmarked at the country level), de ployable technical assistance, relief supplies, and early 
recovery projects through in -country partners such as non -government organisations. In the 
Pacific, MFAT 's approach to humanitarian relief is to work with the affected Government to respond 
to speci fic requests for assistance. MFAT 's response will primarily be through technical assistance, 
non-food item (NFI) relief supplies and grants. Additionally, some grants may be attributed to 
projects related to food security (food distribution and/or early re covery such as crop restoration).  
CORE FUNDING TO MULT ILATERAL AGENCIES  
 $NZ 
Agency  2016/17  
World Food Programme (WFP)  $6,000,000  
International Committee of the Red Cross  $2,500,000  
Total  $8,500,000  
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  EMERGENCY FOOD AID I N RESPONSE TO APPEAL S 
International Organisations (grant contributions that may have included food aid)  
 
 $NZ 
International Agencies  2016/17  
Nigeria - International Committee of the Red Cross  $1,500,000  
Yemen - International Committee of the Red Cross  $1,500,000  
Somalia - World Food Programme  $1,500,000  
South Sudan – World Food Programme  $3,000,000  
Iraq - International Committee of the Red Cross  $1,500,000  
Syria - International Committee of the Red Cross  $2,000,000  
Total  $11,000,000  
Non-Governmental Organisations (interventions that may have included food aid)  
 $NZ 
International Agencies  2016/17  
Horn of Africa (South Sudan, Somalia, Ethiopia, Kenya) contestable 
NGO funding round  $1,149,783  
Syria contestable NGO funding round  $2,500,000  
Total  $3,649,783  
3  TECHNICAL AND FINANC IAL ASSISTANCE UNDER  PARAGRAPH 3(III) OF THE 
DECISION  
3.1. All financial assistance provided by the New Zealand Aid Programme is in grant form. 
Assistance provided in the last three financial years includes (all expressed in New Zealand  
dollars):  
a. GLOBAL  / REGIONAL  
 Pacific Regional  
 $NZ 
International Agencies  2016/17  
Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC)  $5,806,825  
Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA)  $3,300,000  
Oxfam Livelihoods programme  $1,757,364  
Pacific Fisheries Training Programme  $1,210,896  
SPC Tuna S cience and Monitoring Services  $1,005,240  
FFA Tuna Investment and Export Facilitation Prog  $833,334  
FFA/SP C Fisheries Observer Programme  $620,805  
Te Vaka Moana F isheries Development Programme  $554,012  
Evaluation of Fisher ies Sector work in the Pacific  $255,350  
Crop Biological Control  $131,257  
Pacific/Caribbean Agricultural Forum  $120,000  
Agricult ural and Fisheries Consultancy  $86,519  
FAO 1 roundtable – Pacific partici pation  $82,593  G/AG/N/NZL/101  
 
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   $NZ 
International Agencies  2016/17  
Biosecurity Flexi -fund $16,597  
Aquaponics Literature Review  $7,736  
Pacific Agribusiness Initiative  $4,528  
Total  $15,793,056  
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 infrastructure and create greater revenue -earning 
opportunities. Projects in the year ending June 2017 include:  
 $NZ 
1. PACIFIC  2016/17  
KIRIBATI   
 Fisheries training  $40,593  
SOLOMON ISLANDS   
 Fisheries sector  $1,278,869  
TUVALU   
 Fisheries Institutional Strengthening Project  $744,242  
VANUATU   
 Agricultural -Based Income Generation  $445,937  
Total  $2,509,641  
 
 
 $NZ 
2. ASIA  2016/17  
AFGHANISTAN   
 Agriculture Support Programme  $2,613,896  
 Bamyan Agricultural Productivity  $341,572  
CAMBODIA   
 CADF 2 $332,139  
 Agricultural Va lue Chain Strengthening  $987,535  
MONGOLIA   
 Family Agricultural Resources  $197,155  
MYANMAR   
 Restoring agricultural livelihoods  $362,777  
 Agricultural  Diplomacy – Dairy Development  $71,459  
NEPAL   
 Agricultural Co -operatives Ente rprise  $227,797  
TIMOR LESTE   
 Coffee Rehabilitation  $1,184,694  
 Bobonaro Food Security  $446,976  
 Aquaculture Development  $22,084  
Total  $6,788,084  
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   $NZ 
3. AFRICA and AMERICAS  2016/17  
ETHIOPIA   
 Ethiopia Seeds Project  $537 
KENYA   
 Strengthened Avocado Value Chain  $1,048  
ZAMBIA   
 Luangwa Agriculture/Food Security  $346,720  
 Urban Agri culture/Food Security Research  $11,285  
Total  $359,590  
 
4  OTHER RELEVANT INFOR MATION WITH RESPECT TO ACTIONS TAKEN WIT HIN THE 
FRAMEWORK OF THE DECISI ON 
4.1. The New Zealand Aid Programme funds scholarships 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 Zealan d 
market to developing country exporters and provide 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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