G/AG/N/USA/116  
 
4 October  2017 
(17-5345) Page: 1/4 
Committee on Agriculture  Original: English  
 
 
NOTIFICATION  
The following submission, dated  29 September  2017, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of 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  2015 . 
 
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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 2014 TO 30 SEPTEMBER 2015  
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1  QUANTITY OF FOOD ASSISTANCE  PROVIDED TO LEAST -DEVELOPED AND NET FO OD-
IMPORTI NG DEVELOPING COUNTR IES1 
  
 Tonnage  Product  
 1,360  Beans  
 6,780  Bulgur  
 5,330  Corn 
 8,060  Cornmeal  
 60,750  Corn-Soy Blend  
 7,030  Emergency Food Product Meal Replacement  
 21,690  Lentils  
 94,370  Peas 
 370 Potatoes  
 32,030  Rice 
 345,940  Sorghum  
 3,270  Soy-fortified Bulgur  
 14,150  Soy-fortified Cornmeal  
 4,750  Soybean Meal  
 84,192  Vegetable Oils2 
 305,170  Wheat  
 12,780  Wheat Flour  
 130 Wheat -Soy Blend  
 
Total : 1,008,152 metric ton nes 
 
2  INDICATION OF THE PROPORTION IN FULLY GRANT FORM OR APPROP RIATE 
CONCESSIONAL TERMS  
 
Food assistance under Title II, Food for Progress, and Food for Education program mes 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 i s the U.S. Department of State.  Some, but not all, of this funding for assistance to 
agriculture are programm ed through the State Dep artment' s U.S. Agency for Int ernational 
Development (USAID).  All of the figures reported below represent budgetary obligations or 
estimates for the reporting period:  
a. U.S. Department of State assistance to agriculture ( Total:  $1,152,183,000 : includes 
expend itures on crop production, livestock production, resource management, 
infrastructure, policies and planning, training and extension, and agribusiness credit)  
Some U.S. Department of State and USAID funds are used to support agricultural 
technical assistanc e 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 me area of USDA's Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS).   For 
                                                
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/116  
 
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  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: $16,898,000)  
The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) has bee n 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 t heir 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 agricu ltural technology transfer; rural finance; 
land/property rights; and agricultural research.  
c. U.S. Department of Agriculture Programs  
 Borlaug Fellowship Program (Total: $1,445,349):  
FAS administers the Borlaug Fellowship Program, which provides scientific tr aining 
and collaborative research opportunities to visiting researchers, policymakers, and 
university faculty from developing countries.  
 
 Cochran Fellowship Program (Total: $4,810,000):  
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 meet the food needs of their populations.  
 
 Emerging Markets Program (Total: $5,501,737):  
The Emerging Markets Program was authorized by the Food, Agriculture,  
Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990, as amended. In fiscal year 2015,  $5.5 million 
in funding was provided to assist public and private organizations in  providing 
technical assistance to promote market development, to improve mark et access, or 
to assist in the development of emerging market economies.  
 
d. U.S. contributions to multilateral organizations with an agricultural emphasis  
International Development Association  $1,287,800,000  
UN Development Program  $231,353,828  
World Food Program  $1,702,586,6073 
International Fund for Agricultural Development  $30,000,000  
Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture  $16,905,197  
Food and Agriculture Organization  $244,322,593  
Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research  $164,200,000  
African Development Fund  $175,668,000  
Asian Development Fund  $104,977,000  
Inter-American Development Bank Group4 $102,020,000  
Total   $4,059,833,225  
 
                                                
3 This value represents total U.S. Government contributions to the World Food Program; only a small 
fraction of this total contribution 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/116  
 
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  e. Peace Corps funds to support agricultural volunteers (Total:  $8,153,500)  
 Least developed countries  $5,767,500  
 NFIDCs  $2,386,000  
 
Additional development program mes 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 an d by-products.  
f. Value of food assistance used in development program mes (Total:  $785,528,182)  
This figure represents the U.S. dollar value of the commodities donated under Title II, 
Food for Progress, and Food for Education food aid  program mes that were mon etized. 
When food aid is monetized, or sold locally, it produces funds that may be used for local 
agricultural development programs and to cover local admini strative costs for the 
program me. 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 $344 million of Title II funds. In  fiscal year 2015, 89.47%  of Title II 
devel opment program mes 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 export credit guarantee program mes. 
(Total:  $1,810,946,469) . 
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