WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/AG/N/USA/56 
10 October 2006 
 (06-4855) 
Committee on Agriculture Original:   English 
  
 
 
NOTIFICATION  
 
  The following submission, dated 6 October 2006, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of the United States .  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 ). 
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  Table NF:1 
 
NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLE 16:2 OF THE AGREEMENT: MONITORING 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 2002 – 31 September 2003 
 
 
(1) Quantity of food aid provided to least-developed and net food-importing developing countries
1: 
 
 Tonnage   Product  
 
 42,410  Beans  360  Buckwheat  104,100  Bulgar  314,610  Corn 
 92,140  Corn-Soy Blend 
 132,140  Cornmeal  20,750  Lentils  14,780  Non-fat dry milk  39,200  Peas 
 46,610  Rice 
 1,730  Grits  130  Salmon  24,820  Sorghum  20,600  Soybean Meal  23,500  Tallow 
 131,210  Vegetable Oil 
 390  Textured Soy Protein  531,940  Wheat  17,310  Wheat Flour  8,340
  Wheat Soy Blend 
 
Total  1,567,070  
 
 
(2) Indication of the proportion in fully gr ant form or appropriate concessional terms:  
  The aid listed above was provided under the P.L. 480, Food for Progress, and Section 416(b) 
programs.  The allocations to the vari ous food aid programs were as follows: 
 
 47,040 MT Food for Education; 
 1,306,860 MT Title II Emergency & deve lopment assistance in partnership with 
Private Voluntary Organizations (PVOs), NGOs and World Food Program (WFP) in fully grant form; 
 186,830 MT Food for Progress grants throug h PVOs, WFP, and governments; and  
                                                     
 
1 Includes some regional groups, within which is a least-developed or net food-importing country.  G/AG/N/USA/56 
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   26,340 MT Section 416(b) grants through PVOs, the WFP and governments. 
  Title I aid is provided on long-term concessi onal terms in accordance with the guidelines of 
the Food Aid Convention.  Aid under Title II, Food for Progress and Section 416(b) Programs is provided in fully grant form. 
 
(3) Technical and financial assistance under paragraph 3(iii) of the Decision: 
 
 The principal source of US financial assistance and funding for technical assistance for 
developing countries is the US Agency for In ternational Development (USAID) within the 
Department of State.  All of the figures reported below represent budgetary obligations or estimates 
for the reporting period: 
 
USAID Global Assistance to Agriculture  Not Allocated to Specific Countries : 
 
Total  $42,459,000 
 
(Includes expenditures on crop production, livestock pr oduction, resource management, infrastructure, 
policies and planning, training and extension, and agribusiness credit) 
 
 Some USAID funds are used to support agricu ltural technical assistan ce to least-developed 
and net food-importing developing countries by other US Government agencies, including the 
International Cooperation and De velopment (ICD) Program area of USDA's Foreign Agricultural 
Service.  For example, ICD provides technical assistance and training programs focused on: 
agricultural policy formulation; marketing; agribusiness development; enhancing 
sanitary/phytosanitary capacity; promotion of inter-reg ional and international trade; development of 
market news and statistical systems; famine early warning and mitigation; grasshopper/locust 
eradication efforts; and natural resource mana gement.  The funding for these agencies' programs 
comes primarily from USAID and is included in the figures above. 
 
US Department of Agriculture Programs  
 
Total, Cochran Fellowship Program $4,000,000 
 
 The USDA Foreign Agricultural Service' s ICD program area maintains the Cochran 
Fellowship Program, which provides short-term training in the United States designed to assist participating countries to develop agricultural sy stems necessary to meet the food needs of their 
populations.   
 
Total, Emerging Markets Program $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 
public and private organizations in providing techni cal assistance to promote market development, 
improve market access, or assist in the development of emerging market economies.   
 
US Contributions to Multilateral Organizations with an Agricultural Emphasis  
 
International Development Association $844,475,000 
UN Development Program $100,000,000 World Food Program $ 23,300,000 International Fund for Agricultural Development $14,906,143 International Institute for C ooperation on Agriculture $16,560,000 G/AG/N/USA/56 
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  Food and Agriculture Organization $72,456,930 
Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research $26,100,000 African Development Bank Group $112,442,000 Asia Development Bank Group $97,250,000 Inter-American Development Bank Group $42,664,000 
 
Total  $1,350,154,073 
 
Peace Corps Funds to Support Agricultural Volunteers
 
 
Least-Developed Countries $3,734,139 
NFIDCs $1,971,955  
Total  $5,706,094 
  Additional development programs in least -developed and net f ood-importing developing 
countries are provided by the US Peace Corps.  The Peace Corps sponsors volunteers who provided technical assistance to: produce agricultural pro ducts and by-products; increase agricultural 
productivity; safely use agricultural chemicals; and process, store or market agricultural goods and 
by-products. 
 
Value of Food Assistance Used in Development Programs  
 
Total  $620,000,000 
 
 This figure represents the U.S. value of the commodities donated under either Title I, Title II, 
Food for Progress or Section 416(b) food aid progra ms 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 fo r the program.  Typically, the proceeds are used for 
water management or irrigation prog rams, farm credit, agricultural infr astructure, health programs, or 
to purchase local foods that will provide a nutritionally complete diet to recipients.  
 
 The total includes $352.9 million of Title II funds.   In fiscal year 2003, 66.2 per cent of Title II development programs were in least-dev eloped (LDC) and net fo od-importing developing 
countries (NFIDC). 
 
 
(4) Other relevant information with respect to actions taken within the framework of the 
Decision: 
 
 WTO developing countries, least-developed c ountries and net food- importing developing 
countries had access to the following US Governme nt officially-supported export credit guarantee 
programs.  Figures include GSM-102, GSM-103 and Supplier Credit Guarantee Program.     A v a i l a b l e
  Applications  
 Total   $6,025,000,000  $3,222,760,000 
 
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