G/AG/N/AUS/93  
 
8 October 2014  
(14-5679)  Page: 1/23  
Committee on Agriculture  Original: English  
 
 NOTIFICATION 
The following submission, dated 29 September 2014,  is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of Australia . 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 
years 2010/2011 , 2011/2012 and 2012/2013 . 
 
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  G/AG/N/AUS/93 
 
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  Table NF:1 
NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLE 16:2 OF THE AGREEMENT: MO NITORING OF THE 
FOLLOW-UP TO THE DECISION ON ME ASURES CONCERNING THE POSSIBLE 
NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF THE REFORM PROGRAMME ON LEAST-DEVELOPED 
AND NET FOOD-IMPORTING DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: 
AUSTRALIA 
REPORTING PERIOD: FINANCIAL YEAR 2010/2011 
______________________________________________________________________________ 
1  QUANTITY OF FOOD AID PROVIDED  TO LEAST DEVELO PED AND NET FOOD-
IMPORTING DEVELOPING COUNTRIES 
1.1.  All Australian food assistance in financial year 2010/2011 was cash-based. In that year, 
Australia provided 92,352  tonnes (192,200 wheat equivalent tonnes) of food assistance valued at 
over $A 102 million. Of the food assistance provided: 
 emergency food assistance totalled 42,417 tonnes (99,361  wheat equivalent tonnes) valued 
at approximately $A 29.5 million (see Attachment A). This data includes emergency food 
assistance to Least-Developed Countries (LDCs)1 and Net Food-Importing Developing 
Countries (NFIDCs)2. 
 all food assistance to LDCs and NFIDCs totalled 85,881 tonnes (164,493 wheat equivalent 
tonnes) valued at around $A 50.1 million (see Attachment B). 
2  INDICATION OF THE PROPORTIONS IN FULLY GRANT FORM OR APPROPRIATE 
CONCESSIONAL TERMS 
2.1.  All Australian food assistance is provided on fully grant terms. 
3  TECHNICAL AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE UNDER PARAGRAPH 3 (III) OF THE 
DECISION 
3.1.  The agency primarily responsible for delivering Australia's aid programme was the Australian 
Agency for International Development (AusAID). AusAID aimed to reduce poverty and achieve 
sustainable development in developing countries  not just by improving agriculture and rural 
development, but also by directing its efforts across a variety of sectors. The Australian Centre for 
International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) also a ssists developing countries through both bilateral 
and multilateral projects focusing on delivering more productive and sustainable agriculture to increase food security and rural incomes. ACIA R delivers agricultural research programmes in 
collaboration with Australian institutions and their counterparts in developing countries. 
3.2.  In the financial year 2010/2011, Australia provided $A 512.0 million  for programmes within 
the ambit of the Decision. Of this, around $A 214.8 million was directed to LDCs/NFIDCs. The 
expenditure was channelled through a number of  programming windows including multilateral, 
regional and bilateral, humanitarian/emergency assistance, non-government organisations (NGOs), ACIAR and a small amount through other government departments (OGDs). 
                                               
1 Based on least-developed countries as recognised by the Economic and Social Council of the United 
Nations. 
2 LDCs as well as Barbados, Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Botswana, Côte d'Ivoire, Cuba, Dominica, 
Dominican Republic, Egypt, Gabon, Grenada, Honduras, Jamaica, Jordan, Kenya, Maldives, Mauritius, Mongolia, 
Morocco, Namibia, Pakistan, Peru, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Senegal, 
Sri Lanka, Swaziland, Trinidad and Tobago and Tunisia. G/AG/N/AUS/93 
 
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  Direct aid flows for food secu rity, by programme, 2010/2011 
Programme Sub Programme 2010/2011($A)  
Bilateral & Regional Programmes Bilateral Programmes 90,076,654 
 Regional Programmes 31,898,793 
Global Programmes Humanitarian 321,562,313 
 Other International 0 
Non-AusAID Programmes  ACIAR 56,591,998 
 Other Government Departments 11,886,628 
Total  512,016,386  
Source: AusAID statistical datamart. 
Direct aid flows for food security, by programme, LDCs and NFIDCs, 2010/2011 
Programme Sub Programme 2010/2011($A)  
Bilateral & Regional Programmes Bilateral Programmes 64,142,093 
 Regional Programmes 70,275 
Global Programmes Humanitarian 136,006,518 
 Other International 0 
Non-AusAID Programmes  ACIAR 13,391,834 
 Other Government Departments 1,161,936 
Total  214,772,656  
Source: AusAID statistical datamart. 
 
3.3.  All financial assistance provided through AusAID and ACIAR is in fully grant form. Some further information follows. 
3.1  Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID)
3 
Bilateral and Regional Programmes 
 
3.4.  The majority of Australia's aid is deli vered through bilateral (or country) and regional 
programmes. Bilateral country strategies reflect recipient government priorities as well as Australia's capacity to assist. Specific activities are developed with partner countries in order to 
provide technical and financial assistance. Australia also supports several regional programmes 
which are often the most cost effective response to region-wide development challenges. 
3.5.  In 2010/2011, the bilateral and regional technical and financial assistance provided to LDCs 
and NFIDCs was around $A 64.2 million. This assist ance focused on agricultural productivity and 
sustainability, crop storage, forestry and fish eries, environmental management, management of 
water resources, the provision of infrastructure related to food security and to assist countries adjust to changes in trade patterns. 
Humanitarian and Emergency 
 3.6.  In 2010/2011, Australia supported projects valued at approximately $A 136 million in relation 
to humanitarian and emergency relief (in addition to food assistance) to LDCs and NFIDCs. 
Other 
 3.7.  A proportion of Australia's core contributi ons to the multilateral development banks and other 
relevant multilateral organisations are used for food security, agricultural productivity and 
infrastructure-related development activities. 
                                               
3 AusAID was integrated into the Commonweal th Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade 
in November 2013. G/AG/N/AUS/93 
 
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  3.8.  There are also a number of other areas where Australia's aid programme supports food 
security, agricultural productivity and infrastructure. Australia supported scholarships for students from LDCs and NFIDCs to study in the areas of ag riculture, forestry and fisheries. The measure 
intends to contribute towards strengthening human infrastructure in the beneficiary countries. A 
number of Australian non-government organisations receive aid programme funding that has a 
direct impact on improving food security, agricultur al productivity and infrastructure in developing 
countries.  
3.2  Australian Centre for Internatio nal Agricultural Research (ACIAR) 
3.9.  In 2010/2011 the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) expended 
around $A 56.6 million to support multilateral International Agricultural Research Centres (IARCs) whose mandate is to increase global food security (see Attachment C). $A 13.4 million of this 
funding supported research activities relating directly to the agricultural productivity of LDCs 
and NFIDCs. 
3.10.  Projects funded under ACIAR's programmes comprise research targeting the following food 
security and poverty alleviation issues: agricultural development policy and agricultural systems 
economics and management, animal sciences, crop sciences, fisheries, forestry, land and water resources and post-harvest technology. The primary criterion on which ACIAR bases its allocation 
of Australia's funds to the IARCs is the comparat ive advantage of a centre to deliver research 
applicable to Australia's regional priorities and which contributes to sustainable food security, agricultural productivity and income generation. 
4  OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION WITH RESPECT TO ACTIONS TAKEN WITHIN THE 
FRAMEWORK OF THE DECISION 
4.1.  Outside the aid programme a number of Federal and State Government agencies ("Other 
Government Departments") sponsored official exchanges between Australia and developing 
countries on agriculture and food security, totalling around $A 11.9 million in 2010/2011. Of this, 
the amount of other government department support to LDCs and NFIDCs was approximately $A 1.2 million. G/AG/N/AUS/93 
 
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  ATTACHMENT A 
Humanitarian and emergency relief, by country, 2010/2011 
Country Commodity Value ($A) 
Afghanistan 2,522,590 
Benin 291,073 
Central America - Regional Response 349,494 
East Timor 1,414,240 
Egypt 1,730,258 
Lao People's Democratic Republic 603,616 
Libya 1,268,130 
Myanmar 3,458,511 
Nepal 580,682 
North Africa - Regional Response 2,923,094 
Pakistan 12,947,135 
Sri Lanka 1,392,304 
Total 29,481,127 
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  ATTACHMENT B 
All Australian food assistance in 2010/2011 wa s cash-based. Quantity of food assistance 
provided to Least Developed Countries (L DCs) and Net Food-Importing Developing 
Countries (NFIDCs) 2010/2011: Breakdown by commodity and recipient countries. 
Recipient 
 
Country Commodity Type Quantity 
 
(tonnes) FAC1 
Wheat 
Equivalent Commodity 
Value ($A) 
Afghanistan Wheat  2,014 2,416.8  
Afghanistan Fortified Vegetable Oil 149 745.0  
Afghanistan Pulses 242 508.2  
Afghanistan Salt 20 6.0  
Afghanistan High Energy Biscuits 1,316 6,580.0  
  3,741  10,256.0 2,522,590  
     
Bangladesh Rice 2,778 444.8  
Bangladesh Fortified Vegetable Oil 64 312.4  
Bangladesh Salt 73 58.4  
Bangladesh Sugar 133 487.3  
Bangladesh High Energy Biscuits (HEBs) 1,809 6,787.7  
Bangladesh Blended Foods 577 1,731  
Bangladesh Pulses 206 435  
  5,640  10,256.6 4,221,706  
     
Benin Maize 530 795  
Benin Pulses 80 208  
Benin Salt 10 7  
Benin Fortified Vegetable Oil 30 132  
  650 1,142 291,073  
     
Bhutan Rice 404 737.2  
Bhutan Palmolein Oil 40 156.0  
Bhutan Chickpeas 75 202.5  
Bhutan Pulses 70 140.0  
  589 1,235.7 334,256  
     
Myanmar Rice 9,404 17,958.8  
Myanmar Pulses (Peas) 126 466.2  
Myanmar Fortified Vegetable Oil 70 308  
Myanmar Salt 8 4.8  
  9,608  18,737.8 4,624,494  
     
Cambodia Rice 4,410 7,077.0  
Cambodia Tinned Fish 92 460.0  
Cambodia Iodised Salt 100 25.0  
Cambodia Fortified Vegetable Oil 246 1,248.4  
  4,848  8,810.4 2,421,390  
     
Egypt Rice 1,300 2,702.5  
Egypt Fortified Vegetable Oil 695 3,475.0  
Egypt Date Bars 352 1,762.5  
  2,347  7,940.0 2,019,693  
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  Recipient 
 
Country Commodity Type Quantity 
 
(tonnes) FAC1 
Wheat 
Equivalent Commodity 
Value ($A) 
Honduras Rice 292.2 525.9  
Honduras Pulses 50.2 150.6  
Honduras Fortified Vegetable Oil 20.9 104.5  
Honduras Maize 173 207.8  
  536.3  988.8 349,494  
     
Kenya Maize 6,001 5,400.9  
Kenya Pulses 367 550.5  
  6,368  5,951.4 1,631,259  
     
Lao People's Democratic 
Republic Rice 1,213 2,304.7  
Lao People's Democratic 
Republic Corn Soya Blend (CSB) 453 815.4  
Lao People's Democratic 
Republic Palm Oil 80 400  
  1,746  3,520.1 826,542  
     
Lesotho Maize Meal 515 437.7  
  515 437.7 117,032  
     
Mozambique Maize 2,962 3,258  
  2,962  3,258 881,216  
     
Nepal Rice 1,245 1,925.5  
Nepal Fortified Vegetable Oil 168 840.0  
Nepal Pulses 210 516.2  
Nepal Salt 17 8.5  
Nepal Wheat Soya Blend + 102 306.0  
Nepal Sugar 50 160.0  
Nepal Micronutrient Powder 0.14 0.7  
  1,792.14  3,756.9 928,106  
     
Niger Mixed and Blended Foods 6,295 20,144  
  6,295  20,144 5,307,348  
     
Pakistan Ready-to use supplementary 
food (RUSF ) 893 4,465  
Pakistan Supplementary Plumpy 481 2,405  
Pakistan Fortified Vegetable Oil 2,987 12,145.4  
Pakistan Wheat 17,394 18,222.2  
Pakistan Pulses 863 1,726  
  22,618  38,963.6 14,946,034  
     
Senegal Maize 291 454  
  291 454 121,169  
     
Somalia Maize 8,875 13,312.5  
  8,875  13,312.5 3,573,378  
     
Sri Lanka Rice 2,081 3,394.3  
Sri Lanka Pulses 440 836  
Sri Lanka Fortified Vegetable Oil 250 1,250  
Sri Lanka Sugar 400 640  
  3,171  6,120.3 1,679,469  
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  Recipient 
 
Country Commodity Type Quantity 
 
(tonnes) FAC1 
Wheat 
Equivalent Commodity 
Value ($A) 
Swaziland Maize 610 732  
Swaziland Maize Meal 72 108  
Swaziland Blended Foods 442 884  
Swaziland Fortified Vegetable Oil 36 180  
Swaziland Pulses 102 163.2  
  1,262  2,067.2 1,392,304  
     
Timor Leste Timor Vita 673 3,365  
Timor Leste Corn Soya Blend (CSB) 500 1,400  
Timor Leste Fortified Vegetable Oil 50 250  
  1,223  5,015 1,414,240  
     
Tunisia Wheat Flour 758 1,895  
     
Tunisia Fortified Vegetable Oil 46 230  
  804 2,125 511,931  
TOTAL 85,881.44  164,493 50,114,724  
1 Food Aid Convention.  G/AG/N/AUS/93 
 
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  ATTACHMENT C 
Australian Centre for International Agricultur al Research (ACIAR): Disaggregation of the 
funds allocated to the International Ag ricultural Research Centres (IARCs) 
in 2010/2011. 
ACIAR Contribution to IARCs, 2009/2010 and 2010/2011 
CGIAR Centres 2009/2010 
Total ($A) 2010/2011 
Centre 
specific 
($A) Project 
specific 
($A) 
WORLDBANK The International Bank for 
Reconstruction and Development 0 6,509,880 0  
AFRRICE Africa Rice Center 0 250,120 0 
CIAT International Center for Tropical 
Agriculture 624,374  250,120 606,042  
CIFOR Center for International Forestry 
Research 869,232  250,120 1,404,890  
CIMMYT International Maize and Wheat 
Improvement Center 4,463,905  919,360 9,454,301  
CIP International Potato Center 798,073  250,120 980,818  
ICARDA International Center for Agricultural 
Research in Dry Areas 682,794  250,120 2,065,204  
WORLD AGROFORESTY 
CENTRE World Agroforestry Centre 477,800  250,120 0 
ICRISAT International Crops Research Institute 
for the Semi-Arid Tropics 1,355,856  605,020 1,858,612  
IFPRI International Food Policy Research 
Institute 1,462,601  605,020 1,359,662  
IITA International Institute of Tropical 
Agriculture 0 250,120 0  
ILRI International Livestock Research 
Institute 579,777  250,120 617,790  
IPGRI Bioversity International 803,014  250,120 615,421  
IRRI International Rice Research Institute 2,182,949  16,315,360 3,366,535  
IWMI International Water Management 
Institute 941,500  605,020 0  
WFISH World Fish Center 1,961,501  605,020 2,548,324  
Non-associated centre     
AVRDC The World Vegetable Center 324,415  0 1,235,518  
CABI CAB International 939,268  500,240 1,484,537  
Subtotal  18,467,059  28,916,000 27,597,654  
Regional support     
APAARI Asia Pacific Association of Agricultural 
Research Institutions 79,063  78,344 0 
Crawford Lecture  0  0 0  
TOTAL MULTILATERAL FUNDING  18,546,122  56,591,998 
Source : Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research – ACIAR. 
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  Table NF:1 
NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLE 16:2 OF THE AGREEMENT: MO NITORING OF THE 
FOLLOW-UP TO THE DECISION ON ME ASURES CONCERNING THE POSSIBLE 
NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF THE REFORM PROGRAMME ON LEAST-DEVELOPED 
AND NET FOOD-IMPORTING DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: 
AUSTRALIA 
REPORTING PERIOD: FINANCIAL YEAR 2011/2012 
______________________________________________________________________________ 
1  QUANTITY OF FOOD AID PROVIDED  TO LEAST DEVELO PED AND NET FOOD-
IMPORTING DEVELOPING COUNTRIES 
1.1.  All Australian food aid in financial year 2011/2012 was cash-based. In that year, Australia 
provided 134,147  tonnes (246,142 wheat equivalent tonnes) of food assistance valued at over 
$A 156.8 million. Of the food assistance provided: 
 emergency food assistance totalled 64,323 tonnes (103,581  wheat equivalent tonnes) 
valued at approximately $A 30.3 million (see Attachment A). This data includes emergency 
food assistance to Least-Developed Countries (LDCs)1 and Net Food-Importing Developing 
Countries (NFIDCs)2. 
 all food assistance to LDCs and NFIDCs totalled 113,334 tonnes (216,201 wheat equivalent 
tonnes) valued at around $A 59.1 million (see Attachment B). 
2  INDICATION OF THE PROPORTIONS IN FULLY GRANT FORM OR APPROPRIATE 
CONCESSIONAL TERMS 
2.1.  All Australian food assistance is provided on fully grant terms. 
3  TECHNICAL AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE UNDER PARAGRAPH 3 (III) OF THE 
DECISION 
3.1.  The agency primarily responsible for delivering Australia's aid programme was the Australian 
Agency for International Development (AusAID). AusAID aimed to reduce poverty and achieve 
sustainable development in developing countries  not just by improving agriculture and rural 
development, but also by directing its efforts across a variety of sectors. The Australian Centre for 
International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) also a ssists developing countries through both bilateral 
and multilateral projects focusing on delivering more productive and sustainable agriculture to increase food security and rural incomes. ACIA R delivers agricultural research programmes in 
collaboration with Australian institutions and their counterparts in developing countries. 
3.2.  In the financial year 2011/2012, Australia provided $A 495.2 million  for programmes within 
the ambit of the Decision. Of this, over $A 253.7 million was directed to LDCs/NFIDCs. The 
expenditure was channelled through a number of  programming windows including multilateral, 
regional and bilateral, humanitarian/emergency assistance, non-government organisations (NGOs), ACIAR and a small amount through other government departments (OGDs). 
                                               
1 Based on least-developed countries as recognised by the Economic and Social Council of the United 
Nations. 
2 LDCs as well as Barbados, Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Botswana, Côte d'Ivoire, Cuba, Dominica, 
Dominican Republic, Egypt, Gabon, Grenada, Honduras, Jamaica, Jordan, Kenya, Maldives, Mauritius, Mongolia, 
Morocco, Namibia, Pakistan, Peru, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Senegal, 
Sri Lanka, Swaziland, Trinidad and Tobago, and Tunisia. G/AG/N/AUS/93 
 
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  Direct aid flows for food secu rity, by programme, 2011/2012 
Programme Sub Programme 2011/2012 ($A)  
Bilateral & Regional Programmes Bilateral Programmes 201,906,550 
 Regional Programmes 48,363,237 
Global Programmes Humanitarian 160,575,802 
 Other International 0 
Non-AusAID Programmes  ACIAR 73,522,513 
 Other Government Departments 10,800,128 
Total  495,168,230  
Source: AusAID statistical datamart. 
Direct aid flows for food security, by programme, LDCs and NFIDCs, 2011/2012 
Programme Sub Programme 2011/2012($A)  
Bilateral & Regional Programmes Bilateral Programmes 139,307,233 
 Regional Programmes 14,547,000 
Global Programmes Humanitarian 77,673,099 
 Other International 0 
Non-AusAID Programmes  ACIAR 21,409,066 
 Other Government Departments 802,420 
Total  253,738,818  
Source: AusAID statistical datamart. 
 
3.3.  All financial assistance provided through AusAID and ACIAR is in fully grant form. Some 
further information follows. 
3.1  Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID)3 
Bilateral and Regional Programmes 
 3.4.  The majority of Australia's aid is deli vered through bilateral (or country) and regional 
programmes. Bilateral country strategies reflect recipient government priorities as well as 
Australia's capacity to assist. Specific activities are developed with partner countries in order to 
provide technical and financial assistance. Australia also supports several regional programmes which are often the most cost effective response to region-wide development challenges. 
3.5.  In 2011/2012, the bilateral and regional technical and financial assistance provided to LDCs 
and NFIDCs was around $A 153.9 million. This assist ance focused on agricultural productivity and 
sustainability, crop storage, forestry and fish eries, environmental management, management of 
water resources, the provision of infrastructure related to food security and assisting countries 
adjust to changes in trade patterns. 
Humanitarian and Emergency 
 
3.6.  In 2011/2012, Australia supported projects valued at approximately $A 77.7 million in 
relation to humanitarian and emergency relief (i n addition to food aid) to LDCs and NFIDCs. 
Other 
 
3.7.  A proportion of Australia's core contributi ons to the multilateral development banks and other 
relevant multilateral organisations are used for food security, agricultural productivity and 
infrastructure related development activities. 
                                               
3 AusAID was integrated into the Commonweal th Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade 
in November 2013. G/AG/N/AUS/93 
 
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  3.8.  There are also a number of other areas where Australia's aid programme supports food 
security, agricultural productivity and infrastructure. Australia supported scholarships for students from LDCs and NFIDCs to study in the areas of ag riculture, forestry and fisheries. The measure 
intends to contribute towards strengthening human infrastructure in the beneficiary countries. A 
number of Australian non-government organisations receive aid programme funding that has a 
direct impact on improving food security, agricultur al productivity and infrastructure in developing 
countries.  
3.2  Australian Centre for Internatio nal Agricultural Research (ACIAR) 
3.9.  In 2011/2012 the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) expended 
around $A 73.5 million of which ar ound $A 42.9 million was provided to multilateral International 
Agricultural Research Centres (IARCs) whose mandate is to increase global food security (see 
Attachment C). $A 21.4 million of this funding support ed research activities relating directly to the 
agricultural productivity of LDCs and NFIDCs.  
3.10.  Projects funded under ACIAR's programmes comprise research targeting the following food 
security and poverty alleviation issues: agricultural development policy and agricultural systems 
economics and management, animal sciences, crop sciences, fisheries, forestry, land and water resources and post-harvest technology. The primary criterion on which ACIAR bases its allocation 
of Australia's funds to the IARCs is the comparat ive advantage of a centre to deliver research 
applicable to Australia's regional priorities and which contributes to sustainable food security, agricultural productivity and income generation. 
4  OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION WITH RESPECT TO ACTIONS TAKEN WITHIN THE 
FRAMEWORK OF THE DECISION 
4.1.  Outside the aid programme a number of Federal and State Government agencies ("Other 
Government Departments") sponsored official exchanges between Australia and developing 
countries on agriculture and food security, totalling around $A 10.8 million in 2011/2012. Of this, 
the amount of other government department support to LDCs and NFIDCs was approximately $A 0.8 million. G/AG/N/AUS/93 
 
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  ATTACHMENT A 
Humanitarian and emergency relief, by country, 2011/2012 
Country Commodity Value ($A) 
Afghanistan 688,272 
Benin 87,598 
Cambodia 695,314 
Cameroon 480,217 
Korea, Republic of 3,967,908 
Gambia 358,379 
Mauritania 144,966 
Niger 2,949,648 
Pakistan 3,224,363 
Sahel Regional Response 784,639 
Somalia 10,307,352 
South Sudan 2,808,267 
Syria 2,625,270 
Yemen 1,162,037 
Total  30,284,230  
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  ATTACHMENT B 
All Australian food aid in 2011/2012 was cash-b ased. Quantity of food aid provided to 
Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and Ne t Food-Importing Developing Countries 
(NFIDCs) 2011/2012: Breakdown by commodity and recipient countries. 
Recipient 
 
Country/Region Commodity Type Actual 
Tonnage 
(tonnes) FAC1 Wheat 
Equivalent Commodity 
Value 
($A) 
Afghanistan Wheat 2,587 2,587 688,272 
Afghanistan Wheat; Fortified Vegetable Oil, High 
Energy Biscuits 6,293 18,091 4,875,042 
Afghanistan Fortified Vegetable Oil; Iodised Salt  1,324 5,632 1,485,130 
Bangladesh Rice; Blended Foods; Yellow Split 
Peas; Iodised Salt; Sugar 869 1,475 387,030 
Bangladesh High Energy Biscuits 1,582 6,644 1,706,900 
Benin Maize; Beans  183 351 87,598 
Bhutan Rice 911 1,093 295,593 
Cambodia Rice  1,737 3,474 916,471 
Cambodia  Rice 1,000 1,600 412,670 
Cambodia  Rice; Canned Fish; Corn Soya 
Blend; Sugar 967 2,546 695,314 
Chad  Fortified Vegetable Oil 996 4,382 1,060,960 
Côte d'Ivoire Rice 416 666 167,178 
Democratic 
Republic of the Congo Fortified Maize Meal; Fortified 
Vegetable Oil; Yell ow Split Peas  1,482 2,890 764,298 
Ethiopia Sugar; Wheat; Corn Soya Blend ++ 6,651 12,797 3,050,827 
Ethiopia Wheat 9,569 9,569 2,213,203 
Gambia  Fortified Vegetable Oil; Corn Soya 
Blend +  561 1,294 358,379 
Kenya Maize Meal; Flour 2,809 4,402 1,109,607 
Kenya Maize  4,564 6,846 2,074,637 
Kenya Wheat Soya Blend ; Corn Soya 
Blend ++; Wheat  5,185 7,576 1,916,133 
Lao People's 
Democratic 
Republic  Rice  510 1,122 286,167 
Lao People's 
Democratic Re
public  Super Cereal 290 1,450 373,832 
Madagascar  Fortified Vegetable Oil; Maize; Split 
Peas  896 1,477 368,248 
Malawi Maize 49 34 9,100 
Mauritania Wheat 501 501 144,966 
Myanmar  Rice 778 1,478 396,955 
Myanmar  Rice 252 479 116,468 
Myanmar  Rice  1,171 2,225 564,009 
Myanmar  Rice  5,937 10,687 2,909,076 
Nepal  Rice; Super Cereal (+ sugar)  1,987 2,579 624,921 
Nepal  Rice; Wheat Soya Blend; Split Peas 536 987 247,107 
Niger  Sorghum 1,676 1,844 2,949,648 
Niger  Supplementary Plumpy  272 1,360 740,036 G/AG/N/AUS/93 
 
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  Recipient 
 
Country/Region Commodity Type Actual 
Tonnage 
(tonnes) FAC1 Wheat 
Equivalent Commodity 
Value 
($A) 
Pakistan Wheat 5,663 6,796 1,905,223 
Pakistan Fortified Vegetable Oil; High Energy 
Biscuits; Achamum 2,953 12,563 3,878,869 
Pakistan Wheat  5,041 5,041 1,319,140 
Pakistan Fortified Vegetable Oil  1,492 6,863 1,719,747 
Rwanda Maize  597 776 200,158 
Sahel Region 
Regional 
Response Supercereal; Plum py Sup Fortified 
Vegetable Oil  580 2,638 784,639 
Sao Tomé and 
Principe Rice; Beans  434 751 199,063 
Somalia  Non-GM Maize; Yellow (GM) Maize 
Meal  13,415 21,639 5,233,611 
Somalia  Maize; Maize Meal  5,159 8,322 2,010,573 
Somalia  Maize; Maize Meal  6,666 12,490 3,063,167 
South Sudan  Yellow Split Peas; Plumpy Sup 1,086 2,486 849,657 
South Sudan  Fortified Vegetable Oil  1,731 7,616 1,958,610 
Uganda Iodised Salt  37 22 6,224 
Yemen  Flour; High Energy Biscuits 1,692 3,424 856,370 
Yemen  Iodised Salt; Fo rtified Flour; Wheat 
Soya Blend; Beans Sugar 2,247 4,636 1,162,037 
TOTAL NFIDC AND LDC  113,334  216,201 59,142,863  
1 Food Assistance Convention. 
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  ATTACHMENT C 
Australian Centre for International Agricultur al Research (ACIAR): Disaggregation of the 
funds allocated to the International Ag ricultural Research Centres (IARCs) 
in 2011/2012. 
ACIAR Contribution to IARCs, 2010/2011 and 2011/2012 
CGIAR Centres 2010/2011 
Total ($A) 2011/2012 
Centre 
specific 
($A) Project 
specific 
($A) 
WORLDBANK The International Bank for 
Reconstruction and Development 6,509,880 18,444,875 0 
AFRRICE Africa Rice Center 250,120 0 0 
CIAT International Center for Tropical 
Agriculture  856,162 0 232,986 
CIFOR Center for International Forestry 
Research  1,655,010 4,000,000 184,311 
CIMMYT International Maize and Wheat 
Improvement Center 10,373,661 0 8,590,754 
CIP International Potato Center 1,230,938 0 65,353 
ICARDA International Center for 
Agricultural Research in Dry Areas 2,315,324 0 2,145,289 
WORLD AGROFORESTY 
CENTRE World Agroforestry Centre 250,120 0 2,481,436 
ICRISAT International Crops Research 
Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics 2,463,632 0 247,505 
IFPRI International Food Policy 
Research Institute  1,964,682 0 267,063 
IITA International Institute of Tropical 
Agriculture  250,120 0 0 
ILRI International Livestock Research 
Institute  867,910 0 1,685,119 
IPGRI Bioversity International 865,541 0 289,936 
IRRI International Rice Research 
Institute  19,681,895 0 2,053,198 
IWMI International Water Management 
Institute  605,020 0 217,260 
WFISH World Fish Center 3,153,344 0 1,066,533 
Non-associated centre     
AVRDC The World Vegetable Center 1,235,518 0 123,562 
CABI Centre for Agricultural Bioscience 
International 1,984,777 510,250 232,318 
Subtotal  56,513,654  22,955,125 19,882,624  
Regional support     
APAARI Asia Pacific Association of 
Agricultural Research Institutions 78,344 73,382 0 
TOTAL MULTILATERAL FUNDING 56,591,998  42,911,131 
Source:  Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research – ACIAR. 
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  Table NF:1 
NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLE 16:2 OF THE AGREEMENT: MO NITORING OF THE 
FOLLOW-UP TO THE DECISION ON ME ASURES CONCERNING THE POSSIBLE 
NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF THE REFORM PROGRAMME ON LEAST-DEVELOPED 
AND NET FOOD-IMPORTING DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: 
AUSTRALIA 
REPORTING PERIOD: FINANCIAL YEAR 2012/2013 
______________________________________________________________________ 
1  QUANTITY OF FOOD AID PROVIDED  TO LEAST DEVELO PED AND NET FOOD-
IMPORTING DEVELOPING COUNTRIES 
1.1.  All Australian food assistance in financial year 2012/2013 was cash-based. In that year, 
Australia provided 73,834 metric tonnes of food assistance valued at over $A113.7 million. Of the 
food assistance provided: 
 emergency food assistance totalled 23,625 metric tonnes valued at approximately $A11.5 
million (see Attachment A). This data includes emergency food assistance to Least-
Developed Countries (LDCs)1 and Net Food-Importing De veloping Countries (NFIDCs)2. 
 all food assistance to LDCs and NFIDCs totalled 60,681 metric tonnes, valued at around 
$A30.7 million (see Attachment B).  
2  INDICATION OF THE PROPORTIONS IN FULLY GRANT FORM OR APPROPRIATE 
CONCESSIONAL TERMS 
2.1.  All Australian food assistance is provided on fully grant terms. 
3  TECHNICAL AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE UNDER PARAGRAPH 3 (III) OF THE 
DECISION 
3.1.  The agency primarily responsible for delivering Australia's aid programme was the Australian 
Agency for International Development (AusAID). AusAID aimed to reduce poverty and achieve 
sustainable development in developing countries  not just by improving agriculture and rural 
development, but also by directing its efforts across a variety of sectors. The Australian Centre for 
International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) also a ssists developing countries through both bilateral 
and multilateral projects focusing on delivering more productive and sustainable agriculture to increase food security and rural incomes. ACIA R delivers agricultural research programmes in 
collaboration with Australian institutions and their counterparts in developing countries. 
3.2.  In the financial year 2012/2013, Australia provided $A 570.7 million  for programmes within 
the ambit of the Decision. Of this, over $A 216.8 million was directed to LDCs/NFIDCs. The 
expenditure was channelled through a number of  programming windows including multilateral, 
regional and bilateral, humanitarian/emergency assistance, non-government organisations 
(NGOs), ACIAR and a small amount through other government departments (OGDs). 
                                               
1 Based on least-developed countries as recognised by the Economic and Social Council of the United 
Nations. 
2 LDCs as well as Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Botswana, Côte 
d'Ivoire, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Egypt, El Salvador, Gabon, Grenada, Honduras, Jamaica, Jordan, 
Kenya, Maldives, Mauritius, Mongolia, Morocco, Namibia, Pa kistan, Peru, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint 
Vincent and the Grenadines, Senegal, Sri Lanka, Swaziland, Trinidad and Tobago, and Tunisia. (G/AG/5/Rev.10 of 23 March 2012). G/AG/N/AUS/93 
 
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  Direct aid flows for food secu rity, by programme, 2012/2013 
Programme Sub Programme 2012/2013 ($A)  
Bilateral & Regional Programmes Bilateral Programmes 195,927,089 
 Regional Programmes 13,894,056 
Global Programmes Humanitarian 278,866,531 
 Other International 0 
Non-AusAID Programmes  ACIAR 71,456,485 
 Other Government Departments 10,588,972 
Total  570,733,133  
Source: AusAID statistical datamart. 
Direct aid flows for food security, by programme, LDCs and NFIDCs, 2012/2013 
Programme Sub Programme 2012/2013($A) 
Bilateral & Regional Programmes Bilateral Programmes 128,083,361 
 Regional Programmes 3,494,582 
Global Programmes Humanitarian 63,403,237 
 Other International 0 
Non-AusAID Programmes  ACIAR 20,918,291 
 Other Government Departments 951,562 
Total  216,851,033  
Source: AusAID statistical datamart. 
 
3.3.  All financial assistance provided through AusAID and ACIAR is in fully grant form. Some 
further information follows. 
3.1  Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID)3 
Bilateral and Regional Programmes 
 
3.4.  The majority of Australia's aid is deli vered through bilateral (or country) and regional 
programmes. Bilateral country strategies reflect recipient government priorities as well as 
Australia's capacity to assist. Specific activities are developed with partner countries in order to 
provide technical and financial assistance. Australia also supports several regional programmes which are often the most cost effective response to region-wide development challenges. 
3.5.  In 2012/2013, the bilateral and regional technical and financial assistance provided to LDCs 
and NFIDCs was around $A 131.6 million. This assist ance focused on agricultural productivity and 
sustainability, crop storage, forestry and fish eries, environmental management, management of 
water resources, the provision of infrastructure related to food security and assisting countries 
adjust to changes in trade patterns. 
Humanitarian and Emergency 
 
3.6.  In 2012/2013, Australia supported projects valued at approximately $A 63.4 million in 
relation to humanitarian and emergency relief (in addition to food assistance) to LDCs and NFIDCs.  
Other 
 
3.7.  A proportion of Australia's core contributi ons to the multilateral development banks and other 
relevant multilateral organisations are used for food security, agricultural productivity and infrastructure related development activities. 
                                               
3 AusAID was integrated into the Commonweal th Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade 
in November 2013. G/AG/N/AUS/93 
 
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  3.8.  There are also a number of other areas where Australia's aid programme supports food 
security, agricultural productivity and infrastructure. The measure intends to contribute towards strengthening human infrastructure in the beneficiary countries. Australia supported scholarships students from LDCs and NFIDCs in the areas of ag riculture, forestry and fisheries. A number of 
Australian non-government organisations receive aid programme funding that has a direct impact 
on improving food security, agricultural productivity and infrastructure in developing countries.  
3.2  Australian Centre for Internatio nal Agricultural Research (ACIAR) 
3.9.  In 2012/2013 the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) expended 
around $A 71.5 million of which $A 50.9 millio n was provided to multilateral International 
Agricultural Research Centres (IARCs) whose mandate is to increase global food security (see Attachment C). $A 11.9 million of this fundin g to IARCs and other organisations supported 
research activities relating directly to agri cultural productivity of LDCs and NFIDCs.  
3.10.  Projects funded under ACIAR's programmes comprise research targeting the following food 
security and poverty alleviation issues: agricultural development policy and agricultural systems 
economics and management, animal sciences, crop sciences, fisheries, forestry, land and water 
resources and post-harvest technology. The primary criterion on which ACIAR bases its allocation of Australia's funds to the IARCs is the comparat ive advantage of a centre to deliver research 
applicable to Australia's regional priorities that contribute to sustainable food security, agricultural 
productivity and income generation. 
4  OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION WITH RESPECT TO ACTIONS TAKEN WITHIN THE 
FRAMEWORK OF THE DECISION 
4.1.  Outside the aid programme a number of Federal and State Government agencies ("Other 
Government Departments") sponsored official exchanges between Australia and developing countries on agriculture and food security, totalling around $A 10.6 million in 2012/2013. Of this, 
the amount of other government department support to LDCs and NFIDCs was approximately 
$A 1 million. G/AG/N/AUS/93 
 
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  ATTACHMENT A 
Humanitarian and emergency relief, by country, 2012/2013 
Country Commodity Value ($A) 
Afghanistan 1,192,078 
Democratic Republic of the Congo 663,459 
Lao People's Democratic Republic 128,397 
Sahel Regional Response 1,024,862 
South Sudan 819,516 
Syria 4,721,052 
Yemen 2,947,841 
Total 11,497,205 
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  ATTACHMENT B 
All Australian food assistance in 2012/2013 wa s cash-based. Quantity of food assistance 
provided to Least Developed Countries (L DCs) and Net Food-Importing Developing 
Countries (NFIDCs) 2012/2013: Breakdown by commodity and recipient countries. 
Recipient 
 
Country/Region Commodity Type Actual 
Tonnage 
(tonnes) Commodity 
Value ($A) 
Afghanistan Wheat 4,364 1,192,078 
Bangladesh High energy biscuits 543 631,910 
Bangladesh Rice 430 176,837 
Bangladesh Yellow split peas 40 20,134 
Bangladesh Vegetable oi l (fortified) 20 17,237 
Bangladesh Salt 10 2,142 
Bangladesh Sugar 10 5,372 
Bangladesh Wheat soya blend + and ++ 64 51,024 
Bangladesh High energy biscuits 10 10,680 
Bhutan Rice 904 301,529 
Burkina Faso Plumpy Sup 59 212,707 
Burkina Faso Corn Soya Blend++ 717 937,568 
Burkina Faso Ready to eat Supplementary Food 235 683,911 
Burkina Faso Rice 585 387,114 
Burkina Faso Salt 30 4,187 
Cambodia Rice 2,244 951,818 
Central African Republic Ready to eat Supplementary Food 87 296,324 
Chad Maize Meal 564 240,999 
Chad Micronutrient Powder 0.4 7,092 
Chad Vegetable Oil (fortified) 93 104,906 
Democratic Republic of the Congo Maize Meal 2,297 1,126,827 
Democratic Republic of the Congo  Corn Soya Blend 259 142,486 
Democratic Republic of the Congo  Ready to eat Supplementary Food 39 133,202 
Democratic Republic of the Congo  Sugar 46 31,773 
Democratic Republic of the Congo  Vegetable Oil (fortified) 220 263,974 
Democratic Republic of the Congo  Pulses 529 246,215 
Democratic Republic of the Congo  Peas 183 71,754 
Democratic Republic of the Congo  Rice 161 54,807 
El Salvador Maize 500 198,440 
El Salvador Vegetable Oil (fortified) 80 157,203 
El Salvador Beans 100 89,056 
Ethiopia Wheat 1,898 497,167 
Honduras Vegetable Oil 30 45,012 
Honduras Beans 70 56,805 
Honduras Maize 650 288,897 
Kenya Wheat Flour (fortified) 2,239 965,259 
Kenya Maize 5,404 1,597,357 
Lao People's Democratic Republic Rice 2,704 1,109,219 
Lao People's Democratic Republic Corn Soya Blend 3,409 1,875,424 G/AG/N/AUS/93 
 
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  Recipient 
 
Country/Region Commodity Type Actual 
Tonnage 
(tonnes) Commodity 
Value ($A) 
Lao People's Democratic Republic Vegetable Oil (fortified) 656 1,289,065 
Lao People's Democratic Republic Sugar 574 396,472 
Liberia Bulgar wheat 240 94,405 
Malawi Corn Soya Blend 351 173,846 
Mauritania Rice 1,219 591,943 
Myanmar Pulses 320 274,353 
Myanmar Rice 5,025 902,704 
Myanmar High energy biscuits 100 222,946 
Nepal Rice 3,170 991,001 
Niger Supplementary Plumpy 352 1,096,917 
Niger Maize 3,355 1,527,289 
Niger Rice 763 276,904 
Pakistan High energy biscuits 1,407 1,261,433 
Pakistan Wawamum 500 1,198,750 
Pakistan Yellow split peas 1,719 1,038,676 
Pakistan Vegetable Oil (fortified) 2,984 622,800 
Pakistan Ready to use Supplementary Food 92 222,555 
Senegal Rice 770 277,942 
Yemen Supplementary Plumpy 60 210,320 
Yemen Pulses 1,718 1,283,680 
Yemen Wheat Flour 2,424 946,916 
Yemen Sugar 736 506,926 
Yemen Wheat 319 110,479 
TOTAL NFIDC AND LDC  60,681 30,704,768  
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  ATTACHMENT C 
Australian Centre for International Agricultur al Research (ACIAR): Disaggregation of the 
funds allocated to the International Ag ricultural Research Centres (IARCs) 
in 2012/2013. 
ACIAR Contribution to IARCs, 2011/2012 and 2012/2013 
CGIAR Centres  2011/2012 
Total ($A)  2012/2013  
Centre 
specific 
($A) Project 
specific 
($A) 
WORLDBANK The International Bank for 
Reconstruction and Development 18,444,875  19,490,000 0  
AFRRICE Africa Rice Center 0 0 0 
CIAT International Center for Tropical 
Agriculture 232,986  0 353,045  
CIFOR Center for International Forestry 
Research 4,184,311  3,000,000 107,189  
CIMMYT International Maize and Wheat 
Improvement Center 8,590,754  0 10,567,157  
CIP International Potato Center 65,353  0 15,000  
ICARDA International Center for Agricultural 
Research in Dry Areas 2,145,289  0 6,876,360  
WORLD AGROFORESTY 
CENTRE World Agroforestry Centre 2,481,436  0 1,927,961  
ICRISAT International Crops Research 
Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics 247,505  0 0  
IFPRI International Food Policy Research 
Institute 267,063  0 177,448  
IITA International Institute of Tropical 
Agriculture 0 0 0  
ILRI International Livestock Research 
Institute 1,685,119  0 2,229,215  
IPGRI Bioversity International 289,936  0 292,737  
IRRI International Rice Research 
Institute 2,053,198  0 2,552,927  
IWMI International Water Management 
Institute 217,260  0 340,855  
WFISH World Fish Center 1,066,533  0 1,539,927  
Non-associated centres     
AVRDC The World Vegetable Center 123,562  0 676,995  
CABI Centre for Agricultural Bioscience 
International 742,568  520,000 187,974  
Subtotal  42,837,749  23,010,000 27,844,790  
Regional support     
APAARI Asia Pacific Association of 
Agricultural Research Institutions 73,382  72,275 0 
TOTAL MULTILATERAL FUNDING 42,911,131  50,927,065  
Source : Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research – ACIAR. 
 
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