G/AG/N/USA/105  
 
2 February 2016  
(16-0702)  Page: 1/4  
Committee on Agriculture  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION 
The following submission, dated 1 February 2016,  is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of the 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 Fo od-Importing Developing Countries ( Table NF:1 ) 
during the fiscal year 2013 . 
 
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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 PROGRAM ON LEAST-DEVELOPED 
AND NET FOOD-IMPORTING DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: 
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 
REPORTING PERIOD: 1 OCTOBER 2012 – 30 SEPTEMBER 2013 
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1  QUANTITY OF FOOD AID PROVIDED TO LEAST-DEVELOPED AND NET 
FOOD-IMPORTING DEVELOPING COUNTRIES1: 
 Tonnage Product 
 
 17,114 Beans  11,733 Bulgur 
 122 Canned Salmon 
 15,920 Corn  33,091 Cornmeal 
 66,443 Corn-Soy Blend 
 3,700 Emergency Food Product Meal Replacement  18,511 Lentils  87,266 Peas 
 1,529 Potatoes 
 90,526 Rice  298,231 Sorghum 
 15,072 Soy-fortified Bulgur 
 770 Soy-fortified Cornmeal  51,600 Soybean Meal 
 17,370 Soybean Oil 
 284 Sunflower Seed Oil  71,621 Vegetable Oil  518,210 Wheat 
 25,441 Wheat Flour 
 4,270 Wheat-Soy Blend 
 
Total 1,348,824 tonnes. 
 2  INDICATION OF THE PROPORTION IN FULLY GRANT FORM OR APPROPRIATE 
CONCESSIONAL TERMS:  
Food assistance under Title II, Food for Progress , and Food for Education programmes is provided 
in fully grant form.  
3  TECHNICAL AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE UNDER PARAGRAPH 3(III) OF THE 
DECISION: 
The principal source of U.S. financial assistance and funding for technical assistance for developing 
countries is the U.S. Department of State. Some, but not all, of this funding for assistance to 
agriculture are programmed through the State Department’s U.S. Agency for International 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: USD 1,000,000,000: includes 
expenditures on crop production, livestock production, resource management, 
infrastructure, policies and planning, training and extension, and agribusiness credit). 
                                               
1 Includes some regional groups, within which is a least-developed or net food-importing country. G/AG/N/USA/105 
 
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  Some U.S. Department of State and USAID funds are used to support agricultural 
technical assistance 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 area of USDA's Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS). For 
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: USD 229,865,000) 
The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) has been 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 their 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 agricultural technology transfer; rural finance; 
land/property rights; and agricultural research. 
c. U.S. Department of Agriculture Programs 
 Borlaug Fellowship Program (Total: USD 1,116,100): 
FAS administers the Borlaug Fellowship Program, which provides scientific training and 
collaborative research opportunities to visiting researchers, policymakers, and 
university faculty from developing countries. 
 
 Cochran Fellowship Program (Total: USD 3,997,482): 
FAS administers the Cochran Fellowship Progra m, 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: USD 9,490,000): 
The Emerging Markets Program was authorized by the Food, Agriculture, 
Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990, as amended. In fiscal year 2013, 
USD 9.49 million in funding was provided to assist public and private organizations in 
providing technical assistance to promote market development, to improve market 
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 USD 1,351,018,000 
UN Development Program USD 175,191,454 World Food Program USD 1,120,933,382
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International Fund for Agricultural Development USD 28,481,000 
Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture USD 16,359,400 
Food and Agriculture Organization USD 113,639,158 Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research USD 52,100,000 
Global Agriculture and Food Security Program USD 128,165,000 
African Development Fund USD 163,449,000 Asian Development Fund USD 94,937,000 
Inter-American Development Bank Group
3 USD 122,105,000 
 
Total USD 3,336,378,394 
                                               
2 This value represents total U.S.  Government contributions to the World Food Program; only a small 
fraction of this total contribution go es toward agriculture development.  
3 This value includes funding for the Inter-American Development Bank, Multilateral Investment Fund, 
and Inter-American Inve stment Corporation. G/AG/N/USA/105 
 
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e. Peace Corps funds to support agricultural volunteers ( Total: USD 4,500,800 ) 
Least-developed countries USD 3,457,900 
NFIDCs USD 1,042,900 
 
Additional development programs 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 and by-products. 
f. Value of food assistance used in development programs ( Total: USD 751,479,496 ) 
This figure represents the U.S. dollar value of the commodities donated under Title II, 
Food for Progress, and Food for Education food  aid programs that were monetized. When 
food aid is monetized, or sold locally, it produces funds that may be used for local 
agricultural development programs and to cover local administrative costs for the 
program. Typically, the proceeds are used for water management/irrigation programs, farm credit, agricultural infrastructure, heal th programmes, or to purchase local foods 
that will provide a nutritionally complete diet to recipients.  
The total includes USD 577 million of Title II funds. In fiscal year 2013, 91% of Title II 
development programmes were in least-deve loped and net food-importing developing 
countries. 
4  OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION WITH RESPECT TO ACTIONS TAKEN WITHIN THE 
FRAMEWORK OF THE DECISION: 
WTO developing countries, least-developed countries  and net food-importing developing countries 
used U.S. Government officially-supported export credit guarantee programmes. 
(Total: USD 3,019,957,964 ) 
 
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