G/AG/N/USA/119  
 
25 January  2018 
(18-0607) Page: 1/4 
Committee on Agriculture  Original: English  
 
 
NOTIFICATION  
The following submission, dated  24 January  2018, 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 Food -Importing Developing Countries ( Table NF:1 ) 
during the fiscal year  2016 .  
 
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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: UNITED STATES OF AME RICA  
REPORTING PERIOD:  FISCAL YEAR  FROM 1 OCTOBER 2015  TO 30 SEPTEMBER 2016 
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1  QUANTITY OF FOOD ASSISTANCE  PROVIDED TO LEAST -DEVELOPED AND NET 
FOOD -IMPORTI NG DEVELOPING COUNTR IES1 
 
 Tonnage  Product  
 
 7,180  Beans  
 4,800  Bulgur  
 1,970  Corn 
 24,750  Cornmeal  
 36,580  Corn-Soy Blend  
 320 Emergency Food Product Meal Replacement  
 101,440  Peas  
 56,530  Rice 
 352,820  Sorghum  
 2,750  Soy-fortified Bulgur  
 300 Soy-fortified Cornmeal  
 53,620  Soybean Meal  
 48,881  Vegetable Oils2 
 811,300  Wheat  
 1,300  Wheat Flour  
 1,150  Wheat -Soy Blend  
 
Total: 1,505,691 tons  
 
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  TECHNICAL AND FINANC IAL ASSISTANCE UNDER  PARAGRAPH 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 assistance to 
agriculture are programmed through the State Department 's U.S. Agency for Int ernational 
Development (USAID).  All of the figures reported below re present budgetary obligations or 
estimates for the reporting period:  
a. U.S. Department of State assistance to agriculture ( Total:  $ 1,246,934,000 : includes 
expenditures on crop production, livestock production, resource management, 
infrastructure, policies a nd 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 agenc ies, 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; a gribusiness development; enhancing 
                                                
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/119  
 
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  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 na tural resource management.   
b. Millennium Challenge Corporation ( Total:  $ 1,888,000 ) 
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 Prog rams 
 Borlaug Fellowship Program (Total: $  1,749,936 ):  
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: $  5,598,882 ):  
FAS administers the Cochran Fellowship Program, which provides short -term training 
in the United States designed to assist participating countries to develop agricultural 
systems necessary to me et the food needs of their populations.  
 Emerging Markets Program (Total: $  7,007,580 ):  
The Emerging Markets Program was authorized by the Food, Agriculture,  
Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990, as amended. In fiscal year 2016,  $7.0 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  
Intern ational Development Association  $ 1,197,128,000  
UN Development Program  $ 113,642,920  
World Food Program  $ 1,393,973,3283 
International Fu nd for Agricultural Development  $ 31,930,000  
Inter-American Institute  for Coope ration on Agriculture  $ 17,722,713  
Food and Agriculture Organization  $ 161,417,915  
Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research  $133, 799,000  
Global Agricu lture and Food Security Program  $ 43,000,000  
African Development Fund  $ 175,668,000  
Asian Development Fund  $ 104,977,000  
Inter-American Development Bank Group4 $ 102,020,000  
Total  $3,475,278,876  
 
  
                                                
3 This value represents total U.S. Government contributions to the World Food Program; only a small 
fraction of this total contrib ution goes toward agriculture development.  
4 This value includes funding for the Inter -American Development Bank, Multilateral Investment Fund, 
and Inter -American Investment Corporation.  G/AG/N/USA/119  
 
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  e. Peace Corps funds to support agricultural volunteers (Total: $ 10,639,200)  
Least developed countries  $8,316,600  
NFIDCs  $2,322,600  
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 provide 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:  $760,317,844)  
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 cov er 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  $373 million of Title II funds.  In fiscal year 2016, 80%  of Title II 
development programs were in 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 exp ort credit guarantee programs. 
(Total: $2,149,807,286)  
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