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G/AG/N/EU/3 
17 February 2012 
 (12-0928)  
Committee on Agriculture Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
  The following submission, dated 16 November 2011, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of the European Union .  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 calendar 
year 2008 . 
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  NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLE 16:2 OF THE AGREEMENT: 
MONITORING OF THE FOLLOW-UP TO THE DECISION ON 
MEASURES CONCERNING THE POSSIBLE EFFECTS OF 
THE REFORM PROGRAMME ON LEAST-DEVELOPED AND NET 
FOOD-IMPORTING DEVELOPING COUNTRIES:  European Union 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  calendar year 2008 
 
 
(1) Quantity of food aid provided to least-developed and net food-importing developing 
countries: 
 
1. The contribution by the European Union (EU) for food aid and support operations in 2008 
was €442 million.  It was  spent on products mobilized under the Food Aid Convention (FAC) and on 
contract aid provided by the European Commissi on Directorate General for Humanitarian Aid and 
Civil Protection (DG ECHO).  The budget for DG EC HO's emergency food assistance almost doubled 
in 2008, with additional sources drawn from the Emer gency Aid Reserve; the food aid reached out to 
more than 25 million people.  A substantial contribution to food ai d supporting operations was also 
delivered by Directorate General for Development and Relations with African, Caribbean and Pacific 
Countries (DG DEV) as part of Official Deve lopment Assistance deliver ed by the European 
Commission. 
2. For a list of projects on food aid provided by th e EU to LDCs and NFIDCs in year 2008, see 
Annex 1. 
(2) Indication of the proportion in fully gr ant form or appropriate concessional terms: 
3. All food aid is provided on fully grant terms. 
4. In 2008, 87.49 per cent of food aid value mobilized under the FAC was bought locally and 
triangularly.1 
(3) Technical and financial assistance under paragraph 3 (iii) of the Decision: 
5. In total €9.33 billion of Official Developm ent Assistance was paid by the European 
Commission Directorate General for Development and Relations with ACP Countries (DG DEV)2 in 
2008, representing an increase of more than 90 per cent since 2001.  The European Commission's 
DG ECHO support reached €937 million.  The initial budget of €751 million was reinforced on 
several occasions to respond to humanitarian cris es in over 60 countries.  Through its humanitarian 
aid budget (food aid included), the EU provided huma nitarian assistance to an estimated 143 million 
beneficiaries in third countries. 
6. The European Union set up a €1 billion Food Facility for 2008-2010 from the EU budget by 
the end of December as a special instrument to mitig ate the negative impacts of the world food crisis.  
In addition, the European Co mmission increased its budget for humanitarian food aid from the 
emergency aid reserve with €140 million, redirected  money earmarked for fo od security to the most 
vulnerable populations, and ca lled up €200 million from the unallocated reserve in the 10th European 
Development Fund (EDF). 
                                                      
1 Triangular aid-aid bought from a third country either inside or outside the region of the recipient 
country.  
2 For a detailed account of DG DEV activities in 2008 pleas e see the following report: 
http://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/multimedia/publications/publications/annual-reports/2009_en.htm .  G/AG/N/EU/3 
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  Assistance to the ACP and other countries 
 
7. The European Commission pressed for more re gional cooperation and economic integration 
among African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) partne rs as a means to promote growth, trade and 
development.  It focussed efforts on negotiati ons for regional Economic Partnership Agreements 
(EPAs), with groups of sub-Saharan countries and with ACP countries in the Caribbean and Pacific 
regions. 
8. Despite a late ratification of the 10th EDF, the European Commission was able to commit 
€4.89 billion from this source by the end of the y ear.  In this effort, the European Commission 
mobilizes its various financial instruments: the EDF for ACP countries, the Development Cooperation 
Instrument for Asia and Latin America, and th e European Neighbourhood Policy Instrument for 
Eastern Europe and the Southern Mediterranean countries. 
9. The Instrument for Development Co-operati on (DCI) Food Security Thematic Programme 
has the objective "to improve food security in favo ur of the poorest and the most vulnerable and 
contribute to achieving the first Millennium Devel opment Goals, through a set of actions which 
ensure overall coherence, complementary and conti nuity of Community interventions, including in the 
area of transition from relief to development". 
10. The allocation under the Annual Action Progr amme 2008 for food security under the DCI 
was €216.5 million.  Specific assistance under the enve lope for exceptional situations of transition 
was targeted to Afghanistan, Chad, East-T imor, North Korea, Sudan and Zimbabwe.3  Other special 
allocations were provided to chronically food-insecure countries:  Cambodia and Laos. 
11. Specifically concerning the European Commission 's DG ECHO, it allocated 58.9 per cent or 
€552 million of its final budget to the ACP countries;  €192 million to Asia and Latin America;  and 
€156 million to Eastern Europe, New Independent St ates, Middle East and Mediterranean countries. 
Major Partners 
 
12. The European Commission continued to channe l part of its development aid through the 
United Nations, the World Bank and other interna tional organizations where this was the most 
effective means of delivery. 
(4) Other relevant information with respect to actions taken within the framework of the 
Decision:  
13. None. 
                                                      
3 Not listed as LDC country. G/AG/N/EU/3 
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  Annex 1 
 
Examples of projects on food aid provided by the European Union 
to LDCs and NFIDCs in year 2008 
 
 
Country Projects Payments  
(Mio Euro) 
   
Afghanistan  Emergency support in 2008 to vulnerable farming families with livestock 
through the provision of animal feed in West Afghanistan 0.36 
 Urgent humanitarian support to vulnerable population groups in most food 
insecure regions of Afghanistan 6.26 
 ICRC1 economic security programme in Afghanistan (Food Aid) 2.60 
 Emergency humanitarian support to vulnerable populations and returnees 
in Wardak province, Afghanistan 0.58 
Bangladesh Chittagong Hill Tracts Nutritional Intervention 0.50 
 Relief assistance to people affected by the rodent crisis in Chittagong Hill 
Tracts, Eastern Bangladesh 1.15 
 Food security recovery for famili es affected by cyclone Sidr and 
exacerbated by heightened  food prices 2.00 
 Food assistance for unregistered Rohingya refugees 0.35  Relief and recovery assistance to pe ople affected by cyclone Sidr in 
Southern Bangladesh 6.00 
 Immediate relief assistance to worst flood affected families in Satkhira 
and Jessore districts, Bangladesh 0.40 
 Humanitarian assistance for water logging and flood affected communities 
in South Western Bangladesh 0.58 
 Emergency humanitarian aid in favour  of communities affected by floods 
and water logging in Jessore and Satkhira district under the South West part of Bangladesh 0.52 
Burkina Faso Prevention and treatment of malnutrition 1.63 
 Rehabilitation of agricultural activities in areas flooded in August 2007 in 
areas of high ponds, cascades and North West of Burkina Faso 0.59 
 Reconstruction of the production capacity of vulnerable families affected 
by malnutrition, rising prices and weather shocks in Burkina Faso. 1.50 
 Reversing growing under nutrition in food insecure regions 1.00 
 Support children with severe acute malnutrition in developing a simplified 
and decentralized management in two districts of the Northern Region. 0.85 
Burundi Community nutrition in Rutana and Ruyigi provinces 0.35 
 Support for the stabilization and recovery of Burundi:  protecting and 
creating livelihoods while improving the nutritional status of the most vulnerable-protracted relief and recovery operation 10528.0 4.00 
 Emergency agricultural assistance to vulnerable households affected by 
armed conflict, climatic hazards and / or severe cassava mosaic and support system early warning / monitoring of food security (SAP-SSA) 1.00 
 Support for the extension of the approach of nutritional care based 
therapeutic community 0.50 
 Support health programmes in ba sic health areas in Nyanza Lac and 
Rumonge 1.00 
 Cash and voucher-Based interventions for emergency relief and recovery 1.75 
 Project to support the health network, and establishment of districts of 
Isaiah, and Rwibaga Rushubi, and system management of malnutrition at the community level, in the province of Bujumbura Rural, Burundi 1.40 
                                                      
1 International Committee of the Red Cross.  G/AG/N/EU/3 
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  Country Projects Payments  
(Mio Euro) 
Central African Rep. Support for post-emergency food security, water and sanitation 
populations Ouham 0.52 
 Improving food security of vulnerable families affected by the conflict in 
Ouham Pende 0.60 
Chad Programme assistance and support to the reconstruction of livelihoods of 
Sudanese refugees from Oure Cassoni 0.60 
 Emergency food aid for displaced popu lations and resident site Dogdoré, 
Eastern Chad 0.59 
 Local installation of refugees 1.00 
 ICRC economic security activities in Chad (food aid) 1.30 
 Assistance to Sudanese refug ees, internally displaced, IDP2 host 
communities and refugee-affected local populations and assistance to 
Central African refugees in Southern Chad 7.64 
 Support for displaced people in th e department of Assoungha, eastern 
Chad 0.63 
 Multisectoral response to the nutr itional crisis in the Sahel-Saharan 
region of Kanem 0.55 
 Food and non-food and hygiene promotion for Sudanese refugees in 
Eastern Chad 0.59 
 Assistance to the victims of communa l violence, site Dogdoré, Eastern 
Chad 0.72 
Congo, 
Democratic Rep. Regional emergency food security initiative-surveillance and mitigation 
of the cassava-related diseases (CMD, CBSD) in the Great Lakes Region 0.95 
Programme to strengthen the food security of vulnerable populations, 
local and returned Territory Mitwaba 0.60 
 Targeted food assistance for vi ctims of armed conflict and other 
vulnerable groups 9.80 
 Consolidation of food security in the area of Lake Upemba 0.60  Food security for 16,000 families in the territories of Rutshuru and 
Masisi - North Kivu 0.78 
 Improving food security of displaced  and vulnerable populations in the 
territories of Rutshuru and Masisi 0.80 
 Strengthening food security for households displaced and vulnerable 
host families in the territory of Lubero in North Kivu Province 0.50 
 Targeted food assistance for vi ctims of armed conflict and other 
vulnerable groups in DRC 1.50 
 Programme to strengthen the integr ation of nutritional care in health 
facilities State of the District of Ituri 0.54 
 Emergency programme integrated nutrition and food security for 
vulnerable populations to malnutrition in the area of health Kahemba, Bandundu Province 0.65 
 Consolidation of food security of vulnerable populations of Bukama 0.55 
 Support to restore livelihoods and improve the state of food security for 
displaced people, returnees and vulnerable host households of the 
territory of Rutshuru, North Kivu Province 0.30 
 Contribution to the stabilization of households victims of conflicts and 
Bunyakiri Kalonge, South Kivu 0.44 
 Emergency aid for improving the conditions of people affected by the 
conflict in Northern Kivu 0.23 
 Medical assistance and food aid to vulnerable population in South Kivu 2.00 
 Medico-nutritional emergency project  in the territory of Rutshuru - 
North Kivu 0.26 
                                                      
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  Country Projects Payments  
(Mio Euro) 
Côte d'Ivoire Treatment programme of acute malnutrition in Côte d'Ivoire 0.58 
Cuba Humanitarian assistance to cope with the impact of Gustav and Ike 
hurricanes in the Pinar del Río Province 0.18 
Djibouti  "Urban Food Assistance" under the PRRO 10544 "Food Assistance to 
Vulnerable Groups and Refugees" 1.00 
 Regional support programme for the coordination and capacity 
strengthening for disaster and drought preparedness in the Horn of 
Africa 2.67 
East-Timor Support to the vulnerable populations in Timor-Leste 0.22 
Ethiopia Support to targeted supplementary food component of WFP Ethiopia 
(PRRO 10665.0) 6.00 
 Emergency therapeutic feeding respon se to severe acute malnutrition in 
areas of emergency nutrition crisis in Oromia, SNNPR and Somali 3.00 
 Food assistance operation in Ethiopia 2.00  Food insecurity relief operation in Southern Ethiopia 0.70 
 Improved availability and use of suitable seed varieties and other 
agricultural inputs for smallholder farmers in Ethiopia 2.00 
 Responding to humanitarian crises and enhancing resilience to food 
insecurity (PRRO 10665.0) 14.00 
 Food security agriculture response to severe drought in Ethiopia 0.60  Animal health, food security disaster preparedness and natural resources 
management in support of agro and pastoralists livelihood, Warder and 
Korahe Districts, Somali Regional State - Ethiopia 0.84 
 Food aid intervention and targeted  supplementary feeding programme 
(SFP) for vulnerable groups (FAI-TSFP-VG) in Mustahil District, 
Somali Region of Ethiopia 0.65 
 Nutrition and food security response in Ethiopia, in particular in SNNP 
Region 1.00 
Guinea Project of nutritional support to children and families affected by rising 
food prices 0.55 
 Management of severe forms of malnutrition with or without medical 
complications in Guinea 0.75 
Haiti Capacity building for treatment a nd prevention of acute malnutrition in 
Haiti 0.47 
 Project to support food security in the towns of Torbeck and Chantal 0.32 
 Food assistance and livelihood support to vulnerable groups exposed to 
food insecurity (WFP Operations in  Haiti 10674.0 and 10386.0) 2.00 
 Emergency project: strengthening the capacity of production in the 
bottom of the Northwest of Haiti 0.21 
 Improving the food security of co mmunities bordering Artibonite River 
(Grand Saline and the fifth section of Saint Marc Bocozelles) 0.63 
 Response to the food crisis in the North and North-East Departments of 
Haiti 1.35 
 Emergency response to the rapid improvement of living conditions of 
communities affected by flood s in Lower Artibonite 0.65 
 Food assistance to flood-affected populations in Haiti 2.24 
 Emergency in Haiti: food, water and sanitation for the population 
affected by natural disasters in the Southern Department and Port-au-Prince 0.26 
 Support for improving food and nutritional security of vulnerable 
families and / or affected by natural disasters of 2008 in Southern Haiti 0.98 
 Strengthening the capacity of agricultural production in the outskirts of 
the capital Port-au-Prince 0.33 
 Humanitarian project to improve the nutritional status of children aged 
0-5 years in the Department Southern Haiti 0.21  G/AG/N/EU/3 
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  Country Projects Payments  
(Mio Euro) 
 Rehabilitation of water infrastructure in rural areas affected by cyclone 
passages 0.59 
 Food security and livelihoods recovery after flooding in Belle Anse, 
South East Haiti 0.50 
 Logistics support to emergency op erations for hurricane-affected 
populations in Haiti 0.65 
 Capacity of 6 months of access to primary health care and capacity for 
screening and management of severe acute malnutrition in  municipalities in the department of Grande Anse affected by Hurricanes 
Gustav, Hanna and Ike 0.23 
Kenya North Rift Food Security Recovery Project 0.75  Short-term food security and livelihood recovery humanitarian support 
to population affected by post election violence in Kenya 0.54 
 Rehabilitation of rural productive livelihoods affected by post election 
violence in Kenya 1.04 
 To address the recurrent acute  malnutrition among vulnerable 
populations of the North-Eastern and Rift Valley Provinces of Kenya, through a multi-sector integrated approach 1.90 
 Provision of sustainable livelihood skills for conflict affected 
communities in post-elections violence areas 0.80 
 Nutrition and emergency response and preparedness programme for 
vulnerable populations in Greater Wajir District, North Eastern Province 0.75 
 Nutrition, food security and livelihoods integrated support for vulnerable 
households in the North Eastern Province and the Rift Valley Province 
of Kenya 1.51 
 Improved food security in drought affected areas (IFSDAA) 0.70 
 Emergency operation (EMOP 10745.0) to provide food assistance to 
populations affected by drought and post election violence. 2.00 
 Emergency operation (EMOP 10745.0) to provide food assistance to 
populations affected by drought and post election violence 4.00 
 Food assistance for Somali and Sudanese refugees in Kenya 4.00  Food assistance to popu lations affected by post election violence as part 
of WFP's Kenya's emergency operation (EMOP 10374.0) 1.50 
 Improved effectiveness and efficien cy in drought preparedness and 
management in Northern Kenya and Southern Ethiopia (IEEDPM) 2.8 
 Wajir and Turkana drought preparedness programme - Moderating the 
impacts of drought related water stress through water and public health improvements and protection of livestock assets. 1.58 
Liberia Food assistance in support of improved nutritional status in post conflict 
Liberia 1.00 
 Recovery of livelihoods in remote areas, and consolidation of former 
Food security interventions in Bong County, Liberia 0.67 
 Food security project in Sinoe County 0.47  Food security programme in Vahun District, Lofa County, Liberia 0.66 
 Ensuring short-term food security, reducing malnutrition and restoring 
the livelihoods of vulnerable communities in Southeast Liberia 0.70 
 Nutrition in Greater Monrovia, Montserrado County, Liberia 0.69 
Madagascar Operation and food security support for agricultural and economic 
recovery in the vulnerable populations affected by Hurricane Ivan in the 
region Analanjirofo 1.07 
 Co-ordination and technical support to local production of improved rice 
seed in disaster-prone areas af fected by cyclone Ivan 0.36 
 Emergency food assistance in response to hurricane Ivan and flooding 0.50 G/AG/N/EU/3 
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  Country Projects Payments  
(Mio Euro) 
Mauritania Supporting effective information and analysis on health and nutrition 
using nutrition surveys (SMART methodology) as part of the food price 
crisis 0.15 
Mozambique Food aid and short-term livelihood support to the displaced Zimbabwean 
population in Southern Africa 0.50 
 Emergency food security and livelihoods recovery for flood and cyclone-
affected families in Central Mozambique 0.50 
Myanmar Food assistance to cyclone-af fected populations in Myanmar 5.00 
 Response to those affected by cyclone Nargis in Laputta Township 0.40 
 Protection and relief to children and thei r families in areas hit by tropical 
cyclone Nargis in Yangon Division 0.36 
 Food assistance for marginal farmer s and landless agricultural people in 
cyclone affected areas  in Myanmar 3.00 
 Food assistance to the cyclone-aff ected population in the Township of 
Bogalay, Ayeyarwady Division, Union of Myanmar 1.67 
 Food security complementary feeding programme for pregnant and 
lactating women and children under 5 within cyclone-affected communities 0.33 
Namibia Agricultural input for flood recovery in Northern Namibia 0.98 
Nepal Protracted relief and recovery operation (PRRO) 10058.5 - Food 
assistance to Bhutan ese refugees 2.47 
 Food assistance for flood-affected populations in Nepal 1.00 
 Food assistance for flood-affected populations in Nepal 0.76 Niger Reducing mortality and morbidity among children under five in the 
District of Dakoro 0.60 
 Contribution to the reduction of acute malnutrition by strengthening the 
livelihoods of rural populations affected by rising food prices 1.50 
 Food security safety-net and improved early warning systems for very 
poor households in Niger 0.50 
 Programme of consolidating the gain s of integrating the operations of 
nutritional support in the regions of Agadez, Zinder and Niamey 0.97 
Pakistan ICRC economic security and health activities in Pakistan 1.50 
Peru Emergency support to vulnerable alpaca producers and subsistence 
farmers affected by the cold wave in the Andean highlands of Peru 1.00 
Somalia Blanket wet feeding in Greater Mogadishu 0.63 
 ICRC economic security activities in Somalia 9.00 
 Improving food security in South Central Somalia 0.50  Blanket wet feeding in Greater Mogadishu 0.59 
 Emergency support to vulnerable pastoralist in Gedo and Lower Juba of 
Somalia 0.90 
 Emergency livelihoods assets support programme (ELASP) 0.85 
 Protracted relief and recovery operation (PRRO) 10191.1 Food aid for 
relief and protection of livelihoods 7.00 
 Emergency support to IDPs in Lower Shabelle and Lower Juba of South 
Somalia (ESIALK III) 0.93 
 Emergency response for IDPs in Somalia 0.94 
 ICRC emergency assistance activities in Somalia 6.61 
 Hiran-Bay Emergency Water and Sanitation Assistance (HEWASA) 0.75  Bay and Galgadud integrated emergency intervention 0.64 
Sri Lanka Assistance to vulnerable groups for peace building in conflict and 
tsunami-affected areas 1.50 
 Addressing food security in North-East Sri Lanka 2008-09 0.75 
 Food security assistance to conflict- affected persons in Sri Lanka 0.75 
 PRRO10756.0: Food for peacebuilding and recovery in conflict-affected 
areas; SO 10539: augmentation of logistics preparedness capacity 2.00  G/AG/N/EU/3 
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  Country Projects Payments  
(Mio Euro) 
 Addressing food security in North-East Sri Lanka 2008-09 0.75 
 Integrated humanitarian aid for the conflict-affected communities in the 
North of Sri Lanka 0.70 
Sudan ICRC economic security in Darfur 8.00 
 Enhancing technical coordination and backstopping of the food security 
and livelihoods sector in restoring and sustaining of households food 
security of vulnerable conflict affect ed populations in Greater Darfur 
region 1.50 
 OXFAM GB food security improvements for conflict affected rural areas 
of North Darfur, 2008-2009 0.50 
 Support to the sustainable reintegration and livelihoods of returnees, 
IDPs and most vulnerable resident households in Southern Sudan and the 
transitional areas 1.00 
 Addressing acute malnutrition and its underlying causes in South Sudan 
through an integrated approach of nutrition, food security and water and 
sanitation interventions. 0.69 
 Emergency nutrition intervention in West Darfur 0.75  Integrated livelihood and protection programme for war affected groups 
in West Darfur 0.96 
 EMOP 10693: food assistance to populations affected by conflict in 
Sudan 46.00 
 Reducing food insecurity among displaced households in camps 
surrounding Nyala, South Darfur 0.98 
 Towards an improved food security and a reduced dependency on food 
aid in West Darfur - Sudan 1.00 
 Seed and food (cereals only) distribution for vulnerable persons in South 
Darfur, to cover the hunger gap 0.41 
 Food security and livelihood support for IDPs in camps and residents in 
semi-urban and rural areas  of North Darfur 1.08 
 Strengthening coordination and support to nutritional interventions for 
conflict affected populations in Greater Darfur 1.20 
 Humanitarian support to vulnerable returnees and host communities in 
South Sudan. 1.00 
 EMOP 10693: food assistance to populations affected by conflict in 
Sudan. 4.50 
 Southern Sudan Sustainable Agricultural Recovery and Livelihoods 
Programme 0.50 
 Improving access to food for vulnerable communities (IMPACT) 0.40 
 World Vision South Sudan emergency f ood security and nutrition project 0.44 
 Strengthening food security and early recovery 0.38  EMOP 10760: Food assistance to populations affected by conflict in 
Sudan 14.00 
 Emergency health, nutrition, water and environmental sanitation 
interventions for affected populations in Blue Nile and Gedaref state 1.02 
Togo Save the lives of malnourished ch ildren and prevent severe and moderate 
malnutrition in the worst a ffected areas in Togo 0.65 
Uganda Targeted food assistance for crisis -affected people in Northern Uganda 11.19 
 Emergency nutritional intervention in Moroto and Nakapiripirit Districts 0.25  Emergency food security in Karamoja 0.90 
 Livelihood support for vulnerable families affected by the conflict in 
Northern Uganda 0.70 
 Food security and agricultural livelihoods support for Northern Uganda 1.00 
 Assistance to conflict-affected populations in Agago County, Pader 
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  Country Projects Payments  
(Mio Euro) 
 Food security and water/sanitation programmes for internally displaced 
and returnee populations in Northern Uganda 1.00 
Yemen ICRC economic security and hospital activities 1.00 
Zimbabwe Food security promotion for very food insecure farming households in 
Zimbabwe 1.56 
 Agricultural input assistance to vulnerable smallholder farmers in 
Zimbabwe and the co-ordination and monitoring of agricultural 
emergency interventions 3.99 
 PRRO 10595.0 Protracted Relief for vulnerable groups 7.00 
 WV Emergency Agricultural Input Project 1.14 
 Short-term food security, nutr itional and livelihood support for 
vulnerable populations in Zimbabwe 0.59 
 Health, HIV/AIDS, nutrition, water and sanitation and hygiene (WASH) 
support to Makoni District of Manicaland Province 0.66 
 
 
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