G/AG/N/NOR/88  
 
4 October 2016  
(16-5285) Page: 1/6 
Committee on Agriculture  Original: English  
 
 NOTIFICATION  
The following submission, dated 30 September 2016 , is being ci rculated at the request of the 
delegation of Norway . The notification concerns actions taken within the framework of the 
Decision on Measures Concerning the Possible Negative Effect s of the Reform Programme on 
Least -Developed and Net Food -Importing Developing Countries ( Table NF:1 ) during the 
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 MEASUR ES CONCERNING THE PO SSIBLE  
NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF THE REFORM PROGRAMME  ON LEAST -DEVELOPED  
AND NET FOOD -IMPORTING DEVELOPING  COUNTRIES: NORWAY  
REPORTING PERIOD: CA LENDAR YEAR 201 5 
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1  QUANTITY OF FOOD AID  PROVIDED TO LEAST -DEVELOPED AND NET 
FOOD -IMPORTING DEVELOPING  COUNTRIES:  
1.1.  Norway provides food aid in the form of economic assistance through organizations such 
as WFP. Norwegian assistance further includes long -term development progra mmes as well as 
emergency relief aid. Please refer to (3) below.  
2  INDICATION OF THE PR OPORTION IN FULLY GR ANT OR APPROPRIATE 
CONCESSIONAL TERMS:  
2.1.  All Norwegian food aid is provided fully on grant terms.  
3  TECHNICAL AND FINANC IAL ASSISTANCE UNDER  PARAGRAPH 3(II I) OF THE 
DECISION:  
3.1.  Aid provided under the World Food Programme amounts to a total of NOK 644 million in 
2015. NOK 145 million are non -earmarked multilateral contributions and NOK 37 million are in 
directed multilateral contributions, the rest is earmarked  mainly on a country -level.   
3.2.  Please refer to the following tables for details.  
a. Aid provided under the World Food Programme 2015  
Table 1: Norwegian ODA to World Food Programme, 201 5 (NOK  1000)  
Year  2015 
Core contribution  145,000  
Multi-bilateral suppor t 499,253  
Grand Total  644,253  
 
b. Long-term development programmes  
Table 2: Norwegian bilateral aid by DAC sectors 311, 312 and 313, 201 5 (NOK  1000)  
DAC Main sector  2015 
311 - Agriculture  665,182 
312 - Forestry  34,278 
313 - Fishing  204,896 
Grand Tota l 904,3561 
                                               
1 Please refer to Annex A for further details.  G/AG/N/NO R/88 
 
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  c. Emergency relief aid  
Table 3: Bilateral food -related emergency relief aid* to LDCs, 201 5 (NOK  1000), by type 
of assistance  
Type of assistance  2015  
Multi-bilateral  193,400 
Bilateral  59,283 
Grand Total  252,6832 
*ODA under DAC sub sector 72 0.40 - Emergency food aid . 
 
4  OTHER RELEVANT INFOR MATION WITH RESPECT TO ACTIONS TAKEN WIT HIN THE 
FRAMEWORK OF THE DEC ISION:  
4.1.  None.  
 
 
                                               
2 Please refer to Annex B for further details.  G/AG/N/NOR/88  
 
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  ANNEX A  
LONG -TERM DEVELOPMENT PRO GRAMMES  
Norwegian bilateral aid under DAC sector 311 - Agriculture, by recipient country, 2 015 
Main Region  Recipient country  2015  
(NOK 1000)  
Africa  Malawi  155,702  
 Ethiopia  103,746  
 Zambia  64,206  
 Mozambique  38,819  
 Tanzania  30,866  
 Mali 23,243  
 South Sudan  7,024  
 Uganda  5,593  
 Somalia  4,378  
 Kenya  3,033  
 Burundi  2,680  
 Angola  2,473  
 Congo, Dem. Rep.  2,318  
 South Africa  2,206  
 Tunisia  2,000  
 Zimbabwe  1,819  
 Niger  895 
 Sudan  655 
 Madagascar  603 
 Rwanda  200 
 South of Sahara Regional  56,524  
 Africa Regional  12,664  
Africa Total  
 521,649  
America  Brazil  16,057  
 Nicaragua  10,707  
 Mexico  3,804  
 Bolivia  3,044  
 Honduras  2,754  
 Guatemala  1,431  
 El Salvador  960 
 Costa Rica  344 
 Paraguay  146 
 North & Central America Regional  19,939  
America Total  
 59,186  
Asia Nepal  23,771  
  China  2,952  
  Sri Lanka  2,759  
  Indonesia  1,909  
  Viet Nam  1,182  
  Cambodia  1,099  
  Bangladesh  622 
  Bhutan  141 
  Lao PDR  47 
  Thailand  41 
  Myanmar  0 
Asia Total  
 34,523  
Europe  Serbia  818 
 Kosovo  788 
 Albania  608 
Europe Total  
 2,213  
Not geographically allocated  Global Unspecified  47,611  
Not geographically allocated Total  47,611  
GRAND TOTAL  
 665,182  
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  Norwegian bilateral aid under DAC sector 312 - Forestry , by recipient country, 2015  
Main Region  Recipient country  2015  
(NOK 1000)  
Africa  Mozambique  5,259  
 Uganda  3,710  
 Congo, Dem. Rep.  1,527 
 Malawi  1,480  
 Cameroon  885 
 Tanzania  815 
 Gabon  526 
 Central African Rep.  469 
 Ethiopia  454 
 Congo, Rep.  344 
 South of Sahara Regional  1,170  
Africa Total  
 16,639  
America  Nicaragua  348 
 America Regional  641 
America Total  
 989 
Asia Myanmar  4,400  
 Kyrgyz Rep.  2,800  
 Nepal  700 
 Armenia  300 
 Indonesia  50 
 Asia Regional  5,000  
Asia Total  
 13,250  
Europe  Ukraine  350 
 Serbia  50 
Europe Total  
 400 
Not geographically allocated  Global Unspecified  3,000  
Not geographically allocated Total  3,000 
GRAND TOTAL  
 34,278  
Norwegian bilateral aid under DAC sector 313 - Fishing , by recipient country, 2015  
Main Region  Recipient country  2015  
(NOK 1000)  
Africa  Mozambique  42,227  
 Sudan  11,000  
 Madagascar  6,065  
 Kenya  1,954  
 South Africa  1,461  
 Ghana  199 
 Nigeria  -250 
 Africa Regional  5,767  
 South of Sahara Regional  2,885  
Africa Total  
 71,308  
America  Cuba 2,901  
 Brazil  979 
America Total  
 3,879  
Asia Indonesia  8,043  
 Timor -Leste  6,929  
 Viet Nam  4,630  
 Myanmar  4,222  
 Thailand  1,242  
 Sri Lanka  939 
 China  765 
 Cambodia  505 
 India 15 
Asia Total  
 27,291  
Europe  Ukraine  4,100  
 Serbia  368 
 Europe Regional  2,496  
Europe Total  
 6,964  
Not geographically allocated  Global Unspecified  95,453  
Not geographically allocated Total  95,453  
GRAND TOTAL  
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  ANNEX B  
BILATERAL FOOD -RELATED EMERGENCY RE LIEF AID* TO LDCS, 2015 (NOK 1 000), BY COUNTRY  
Recipient country  2015  
(NOK  1000)  
South Sudan  94,000  
Malawi  48,786  
Nepal  39,998  
Central African Rep.  29,000  
Ethiopia  25,000  
Yemen  10,000  
Eritrea  4,000 
Myanmar  1,900  
GRAND TOTAL  252,683  
* ODA under DAC sub sector 720.40 - Emergency food aid.  
 
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