WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/AG/N/NZL/77 
31 October 2012 
 (12-5933) 
Committee on Agriculture Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
 
 The following submission, dated 26 October 2012, 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 ) for the financial 
year 2011/2012 . 
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  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 :  NEW ZEALAND  
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  2011/12 Financial Year (year ending 30 June) - $NZ 
 
 
(1) Quantity of food aid provided to least-developed and net food-importing developing 
countries: 
1. New Zealand does not make in-kind food aid do nations.  All New Zealand food aid assistance 
is provided in cash grant form.  Details of progra mmes funded that included monetary food aid in the 
financial year July 2011 to June 2012 are provided below. 
(2) Indication of the proportion in full gr ant form or appropriate concessional terms: 
 100 per cent grant. 
FOOD AID  Please note this report includes assistan ce provided to Least-Developed or Net 
Food-Importing Developing Countries (LDCs or NFIDCs) only. 
2. The International Development Group of the Mini stry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) 
is responsible for managing the New Zealand Aid Programme.  New Zealand provides core funding to 
the budget of several multilateral organisations th at address food issues, as well as additional grant 
funding in response to appeals. 
3. New Zealand provides emergency relief through two Emergency and Di saster Relief Funds, 
one for the Pacific and one for the rest of the worl d.  In the Pacific, MF AT leads the New Zealand 
government's response to humanitarian crises and pr ovides emergency relief.  This might be in 
relation to cyclones, earthquakes or tsunami.  Almost all of this relief is in the form of funding or 
equipment, such as shelter.  Little , if any, food aid is provided. 
4. Outside the Pacific, grant funding is provided in response to emergency appeals from 
multilateral relief agencies, par ticularly the World Food Programme.  Funding is also provided 
following appeals from Non-Governmental Organisations .  Most of this relief is in the form of 
non-food aid (shelter, seeds for crops, immunisations, training, etc.).  Those instances where food aid 
did form part of the overall assistance are liste d under "Non-Governmental Organisations" below. 
Core Funding to Multilateral Agencies 
 World Food Programme $NZ 6,000,000 
 CERF1 Contribution  $NZ 2,000,000  
                                                      
1 Central Emergency Response Fund.  G/AG/N/NZL/77 
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  Emergency Food Aid in response to appeals 
International Organisations 
ICRC2 
 Somalia (Food crisis) $NZ 3,000,000 
World Food Programme 
 Burkina Faso (Flood relief) $NZ    500,000 
 Niger (PRRO3 200054) $NZ    500,000 
 Pakistan (Flood relief) $NZ    500,000 
 Horn of Africa Drought (Drought relief) $NZ 1,000,000 
Non-Governmental Organisations (interventions that may have included food aid) 
Africa  
 Cote d’Ivoire Adventist Development & Relief 
     Agency NZ:  Conflict re-settlement $NZ    200,000 
 Horn of Africa Caritas NZ:  Drought/famine relief $NZ    237,304 
  ChildFund NZ:  Drought/famine relief $NZ    248,350 
  Oxfam NZ:  Drought/famine relief $NZ    228,095 
  World Vision NZ:  Drought/famine relief $NZ    235,321 
 Sahel region Caritas NZ:  Drought/famine relief $NZ    139,000 
  Oxfam NZ:  Drought/famine relief $NZ      97,000   Save the Children NZ:  Famine relief $NZ    179,500   TEAR Fund NZ:  Drought/famine relief $NZ    104,000 
  World Vision NZ:  Drought/famine relief $NZ    230,500 
(3) Technical and financial assistance under paragraph 3(iii) of the Decision: 
5. All financial assistance provided by the New Zealand Aid Programme is in grant form.  
Assistance provided in the year to June 2012 includes (all expressed in New Zealand dollars): 
(a) GLOBAL / REGIONAL 
 Global 
 CGIAR4 Core Funding $NZ 2,500,000 
 Pacific Regional 
 Forum Fisheries Agency $NZ 5,436,611 
 Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) $NZ 4,873,680  SPC
5 Pacific Tuna Tagging Research $NZ    250,000 
 FAO6 roundtable – Pacific participation $NZ      63,696 
 Oxfam Livelihoods Programme $NZ      79,617  Agricultural and Fisheries Consultancy $NZ      50,431 
                                                      
2 International Committee of the Red Cross. 
3 Protracted Relief and Recovery Operation. 
4 Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research. 
5 Secretariat for the Pacific Community. 
6 United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization. G/AG/N/NZL/77 
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   Pacific Agribusiness Initiative $NZ      37,875 
 Biosecurity Flexi-fund $NZ        2,415 
 Africa 
 Dairy/Beef scoping mission $NZ    111,360 
(b) BILATERAL 
6. The New Zealand Aid Programme supports proj ects with bilateral partner countries which 
provide technical and financial assistance to improve  their agricultural productivity and sustainability, 
enhance food security, develop infrastructure a nd create greater revenue-earning opportunities.  
Projects in the year ending June 2012 include: 
 Pacific  
 Kiribati 
 Fisheries Training $NZ    204,567 
 Samoa 
 Small Enterprise Development $NZ    238,858 
 Solomon Islands 
 Fisheries Sector $NZ 1,977,431 
 Weather Coast Community Sustainable Livelihoods $NZ    606,291 
 Tuvalu 
 Fisheries Institutional Strengthening Project $NZ        8,382 
 Vanuatu 
 Land Titling & Registration Project $NZ 2,664,210 
 Agricultural-based Income Generation $NZ    692,280 
 Asia  
 Afghanistan 
 Agriculture Support Programme $NZ 1,470,450 
 Cambodia 
 CADF7  $NZ    779,700 
 Agricultural Value Chain Strengthening $NZ 1,292,935 
 Mongolia 
 Family Agricultural Resources $NZ    177,299 
 Myanmar 
 Livelihoods and Food Security Trust $NZ 1,000,000 
 Agricultural Diplomacy Scoping $NZ      37,394 
 Nepal 
 Sustainable Animal Fodder8 $NZ      47,867 
                                                      
7 Cambodia Agribusiness Development Facility. 
8 Developing sustainable animal fodder systems for improving household incomes in Nepal.  G/AG/N/NZL/77 
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   Sri Lanka 
 Wanni Dairy Regeneration $NZ 1,129,087 
 Timor Leste 
 Coffee Rehabilitation $NZ 1,314,406 
 Africa 
 Ethiopia 
 Ethiopia Seeds Project  $NZ      18,011  
 Kenya 
 Avocado Project Design Mission  $NZ        6,400  
 Zimbabwe 
 Community Based Nutrition Programme  $NZ    652,447  
(4) Other relevant information with respect to actions taken within the framework of the 
Decision: 
7. The New Zealand Aid Programme funds scholar ships and Short Term Training Awards to 
students from developing countries who wish to st udy at New Zealand institutions.  A number of 
these students attend agriculture-related courses at Li ncoln 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. 
8. New Zealand diplomatic posts supply inform ation relevant to accessing the New Zealand 
market to developing country exporters and prov ide 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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