G/AG/N/USA/98  
 
31 October 2014  
(14-6327)  Page: 1/4  
Committee on Agriculture  Original: English  
 
 NOTIFICATION 
The following submission, dated 27 October 2014, 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 2012 . 
 
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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 MEASURES CONCERNING THE POSSIBLE  
NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF THE REFORM PROGRAMME ON LEAST-DEVELOPED 
AND NET FOOD-IMPORTING DEVELOPING COUNTRIES:  
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 
REPORTING PERIOD: 1 OCTOBER 2011 - 30 SEPTEMBER 2012 
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1  QUANTITY OF FOOD AID PROVIDED TO LEAST-DEVELOPED AND NET 
FOOD-IMPORTING DEVELOPING COUNTRIES1: 
 Tonnage Product 
 
 15,580 Beans  14,970 Bulgur 
 12,420 Corn 
 28,670 Cornmeal  61,410 Corn-Soy Blend 
 830 Emergency Food Product Meal Replacement 
 33,080 Lentils  87,840 Peas  960 Potatoes 
 156,610 Rice 
 307,980 Sorghum  22,930 Soy-fortified Bulgur 
 23,400 Soybean Meal 
 79,560 Vegetable Oil  725,840 Wheat 
 50,340 Wheat Flour 
 1,870 Wheat-Soy Blend 
 Total  1,624,290  tonnes 
 
2  INDICATION OF THE PROPORTION IN FULLY GRANT FORM OR APPROPRIATE CONCESSIONAL TERMS
2: 
2.1.  Food assistance under Title II, Food fo r Progress, and Food for Education programmes is 
provided in fully grant form. 
3  TECHNICAL AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE UNDER PARAGRAPH 3(III) OF THE 
DECISION: 
3.1.  The principal source of U.S. financial as sistance and funding for technical assistance for 
d e v e l o p i n g  c o u n t r i e s  i s  t h e  U . S .  D e p a r t m e n t  o f  S t a t e .  S o m e ,  b u t  n o t  a l l ,  o f  t h i s  f u n d i n g  f o r  assistance to agriculture is 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: $1,202,990,000 : 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. 
2 Further food aid information is av ailable at the following website: 
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   Some U.S. Department of State and USAI D 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: $22,905,674 ) 
 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 th eir 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: $1,000,000) : 
 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: $4,315,000) : 
 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: $10,000,000) : 
 The Emerging Markets Program was authorized by the Food, Agriculture, 
Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990, as amended.  The legislation calls for 
$10 million in funding per year to assist pu blic and private organizations in providing 
technical assistance to promote market development, improve market access, or 
assist in the development of emerging market economies. 
 
d. U.S. contributions to multilateral organizations with an agricultural emphasis 
International Development Association $1,325,000,000 
UN Development Program $29,264,540 World Food Program  $1,469,783,708
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International Fund for Agricultural Development $30,000,000 
Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture $18,436,558 
Food and Agriculture Organization $110,619,539 Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research $187,100,000 
Global Agriculture and Food Security Program $135,000,000 
African Development Fund $204,900,000 Asian Development Fund $206,600,000 
Inter-American Development Bank Group
4 $104,700,000 
 
Total $3,821,404,345 
 
                                               
3 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.  
4 This value includes funding for the Inter-American Development Bank, Multilateral Investment Fund, 
and Inter-American Inve stment Corporation. 
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  e. Peace Corps funds to support agricultural volunteers ( Total: $4,341,900 ) 
Least-developed countries $3,300,700 
NFIDCs $1,041,200 
 
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: $674,345,184 ) 
This figure represents the U.S. dollar valu e of the commodities donated under Title II, 
Food for Progress, and Food for Education food  aid programs that were monetized. When 
f o o d  a i d  i s  m o n e t i z e d ,  o r  s o l d  l o c a l l y ,  i t  p r o d u c e s  f u n d s  t h a t  m a y  b e  u s e d  f o r  l o c a l  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 $427 million of Title II f unds. In fiscal year 2012, 97% of Title II 
development programs were in least-developed and net food-importing developing countries. 
4  OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION WITH RESPECT TO ACTIONS TAKEN WITHIN THE 
FRAMEWORK OF THE DECISION: 
4.1.  WTO developing countries, least-developed countries and net food-importing developing 
countries used U.S. Government officially-supported export credit guarantee programmes. 
(Total: $4,131,833,631 ) 
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