G/AG/N/USA/146  
 
1 March  2021 
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Committee on Agriculture  Original: English  
 
 
NOTIFICATION  
The following submission, dated  26 February  2021, 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 Food -Importing Developing Countries ( Table NF:1 ) during 
the fiscal year  2019 . 
 
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  Table NF:1  
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:  
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA  
REPORTING PERIOD:  FISCAL YEAR  FROM 01 -10-2018 TO 30 -09-2019 
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1  QUANTITY OF FOOD ASSISTANCE  PROVIDED TO LEAST -DEVELOPED AND NET FOOD -
IMPORTI NG DEVELOPING COUNTRIE S 
Tonnage   Product  
   
29,130   Beans  
1,730   Bulgur  
43,580   Cornmeal  
170  Cornmeal, Soy Fortified  
12,930   Corn-Soy Blend Plus  
6,014   Corn-Soy Blend Super Cereal Plus  
17,290   Lentils  
62,950   Peas  
55,690   Rice 
340,360   Sorghum  
34,400   Soybean Oil  
12,900   Soybean Meal  
83,450   Vegetable Oils  
958,260   Wheat  
2,270   Wheat Flour  
20,663   Ready -to-Use Supplementary and Therapeutic Foods  
 
Total1: 1,681,787 ton nes. 
 
 
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 programs 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 803,639,000 : includes 
expenditures on crop production, livestock  production, resource management, 
infrastructure, policies and planning, training and extension, and agribusiness credit).  
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 Global Programs program area of USDA's 
Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS). For example, Global Programs 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; 
 
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  famine early warning and mitigation; grasshopper/locust eradication efforts; and natural 
resource management.  
b. Millennium Challenge Corporation ( Total: USD 5,250,000 ) 
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 agricultur al research.  
c. U.S. Department  of Agriculture Programs  
• Borlaug Fellowship Program (Total: USD 2,291,000):  
FAS administers the Borlaug Fellowship Program, which provides scientific training and 
collaborative research opportunities to visiting researchers, pol icymakers, and 
university faculty from developing countries.  
• Cochran Fellowship  Program (Total: USD 6,273,000):  
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: USD 5,509,166):  
The Emerging Markets Program was authorized by the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, 
and Trade Ac t of 1990, as amended. In fiscal year 2019, USD 5.5 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 eme rging market economies.  
d. U.S. contributions  to multilateral organizations with an agricultural emphasis:  
International Development Association  USD 1,097,010,000  
UN Development Program  USD 282,905,851  
World Food Program  USD 2,603,000,0822 
International Fund for Agricultural Development  USD 30,000,000  
Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture  USD 17,426,020  
Food and Agriculture Organization  USD 251,997,890  
Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research  USD 110,700 ,0003 
African Development Fund  USD 171,300,000  
Asian Development Fund  USD 47,395,000  
Total  USD 4,611,734,843  
e. Peace Corps funds to support agricultural volunteers (Total: USD 12,976,600)  
Least developed countries  USD 11,035,200  
NFIDCs  USD 1,941,400  
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 
provide 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.  
 
2 This value represents total U.S. Government contributions to the World Food Program; only a small 
fraction of this total contribution goes toward agriculture development.  
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  f. Value of food assistance used in development programs (Total: USD 590,371,992)  
This figure represents the U.S. do llar 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 progra ms and to cover local administrative costs for the 
program. Typically, the proceeds are used for water management/irrigation programs, 
farm credit, agricultural infrastructure, health programs, or to purchase local foods that 
will provide a nutritionally c omplete diet to recipients.  
The total includes USD 281 million of Title II funds. In fiscal year 2019, 89% 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  
 
WTO developing countries, least -developed countries and net food -importing developing countries 
used U.S. Government officially supported export credit guarantee programs. 
(Total:  USD 1,899,469,552) . 
 
 
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