G/AG/N/GBR/10  
8 March  2022 
(22-2094) Page: 1/3 
Committee on Agriculture  Original: English  
 
 
NOTIFICATION  
The following submission, dated  4 March  2022, is being circulated at the request of the delegation 
of the  United Kingdom . 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 
Calendar  Year 2021 . 
 
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The data provided in this NF:1 notification is provisional as the United Kingdom  (UK) is awaiting the 
finalised publication of the official Statistics on International Development data later in 2022.  
 
The data supplied in this notification includes relevant aid provided by the UK Crown Dependencies 
(the Bailiwick of Guernsey, the Isle of Man and the Bailiwick of Jersey).  General information can be 
found in the General Council communication from the United Kingdom dated 31  December  2020 
(WT/GC/226) . 
 
 
 
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  Table NF:1  
NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLE 16.2 OF THE AGREEMENT: MONITORING 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 KINGDOM  
REPORTING PERIOD:  CALENDAR YEAR  2021 
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1  QUANTITY OF FOOD ASSISTANCE  PROVIDED TO LEAST -DEVELOPED AND NET FOOD -
IMPORTI NG DEVELOPING COUNTRIES  
 
The UK primarily provides food aid assistance through grant form and does n ot donate actual food 
products.   
2  INDICATION OF THE PROPORTION IN FULLY GRANT FORM OR APPROPRIATE 
CONCESSIONAL TERMS  
 
All UK funding for food assistance is provided as untied cash -based support to the UN  World Food 
Programme  (WFP) and other partners. Fundin g is provided fully in grant form.  
 
The UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) is responsible for administering 
the majority of the UK Overseas Development Aid (ODA) budget. The FCDO aims to reduce poverty, 
limit the impact of humanitarian crises and lead in the fight against climate change.  
 
The WFP was the top partner used for Food Aid programming by FCDO with a total of 
GBP 104,000,000 in the 2021 calendar year. Other partners used to deliver food aid programming 
included United Nations D evelopment Programme, CARE International, International Committee of 
the Red Cross and the United Nations Children’s Fund.  
 
Food assistance provided by the Government of Jersey is channeled through Jersey Overseas 
Aid (JOA). The Overseas Aid & Development Commission (part of the States of Guernsey) funds 
agricultural projects in the developing world through Grant Aid Awards to charities (registered with 
one of the Charity Commissions of Great Britain) working overseas.   
3  TECHNICAL AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE UN DER PARAGRAPH 3(III) OF THE DECISION  
 
All financial assistance provided by the UK is in grant form.  
 
Total emergency food aid spend for LDCs and NFIDCs was GBP  119,097,959 in the 2021 calendar 
year. This spend covers provision and distribution of food; logistical costs; cash and vouchers for 
the purchase of food; non -medical nutritional interventions for the benefit of crisis -affected people, 
including refugees and internally displaced people in developing countries in emergency situations.  
 
In add ition to this amount, GBP  8,706,334 of spend was provided for Food Aid and Food Security 
Programmes. This spend covers supply of edible human food under national or international 
programmes including transport costs, cash payments made for food supplies; p roject food 
assistance aid and food assistance aid for market sales.  
 
The proportion of these amounts that were spent for food and nutrition purposes cannot be 
calculated with certainty due to the broad remit of UK food aid partners.  
 
For total UK funds allocated for Food aid and food security programmes and Emergency food aid to 
LDC and NFIDCs in 2021 by beneficiary country please see the Annex below.  
4  OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION WITH RESPECT TO ACTIONS TAKEN WITHIN THE 
FRAMEWORK OF THE DECISION  
 
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  ANNEX  
Funds allocated in 2021 for LDCs and NFIDCs for Food aid and security programmes and 
Emergency food aid by beneficiary country (GBP)  
Country Name  Emergency Food Aid Spend  Food Aid and Food Security 
Programmes Spend  
Afghanista n  18,583,770  0 
Bangladesh  2,560,294  50,000  
Burkina Faso  0 48,199  
Ethiopia  8,313,712  867,510  
Haiti  30,000  0 
Kenya  0 32,358  
Malawi  1,000  506,185  
Mozambique  1,761,741  0 
Myanmar  7,207,776  2,747,636  
Nepal 0 20,410  
Niger  0 50,000  
Pakistan  1,950,000  0 
Rwanda  0 1,809,078  
Sierra Leone  0 26,000  
Somalia  4,206,266  0 
South Sudan, Republic of  9,926,005  2,470,855  
Sudan  7,146,232  0 
Uganda  9,319,500  0 
Yemen  48,091,663  0 
Zambia  0 77,923  
Total  119,097,959  8,706,334  
 
 
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