WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/AG/N/AUS/68 
6 November 2007 
 (07-4831)  
Committee on Agriculture Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
  
 The following submission, dated 16 April 2007, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of Australia .  The notification concerns actions ta ken within the framework of the 
Decision on Measures Concerning the Possible Negativ e Effects of the Reform Programme on Least-
Developed and Net Food-Importing Developing Countries ( Table NF:1 ) for the financial year 
2005/2006.   G/AG/N/AUS/68 
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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: Australia 
 
REPORTING PERIOD: Financial Year 2005-2006  
 
 
(1) Quantity of food aid provided to least-developed and net food-importing developing 
countries: 
Australia provided a total of 180,695 tonnes (wheat equivalent) of food aid, worth 
A$40.3 million in 2005-06.  This included 23,775 to nnes (A$8.2 million) of emergency food aid (see 
Attachment A).  Of the total food aid provided, some 136,798 tonnes (wheat equivalent) worth A$32.0 million was provided to Least-developed countries (LDCs)
1 and Net Food-Importing 
Developing Countries (NFIDCs)2 (Attachment B). 
 
(2) Indication of the proportions in fully gr ant form or appropriate concessional terms: 
  All Australian food aid is provided on fully grant terms. 
 
(3) Technical and financial assistance under paragraph 3 (iii) of the Decision: 
 
 The agency primarily responsible for deliveri ng Australia's aid programme is the Australian 
Agency for International Development (AusAID) .  AusAID aims to reduce poverty and achieve 
sustainable development in developing countries by improving agriculture and rural development, and 
by directing its efforts across a variety of sectors.  The Australian Centre for International Agricultural 
Research (ACIAR) also assists developing countri es through both bilatera l and multilateral projects 
focusing on delivering more productive and sustaina ble agriculture to increase food security and rural 
incomes.  ACIAR delivers agricultural research  programmes in collaboration with Australian 
institutions and their counterparts in developing countries.    In the financial year 2005-06, Australia pr ovided a total of A$220.9 million for programmes 
within the ambit of the Decision related to count ries developing their food security.  Of this over 
A$55.7 million was directed to LDCs and NFIDCs .  The expenditure was channelled through a 
number of programming windows including mu ltilateral, regional, and bilateral, 
humanitarian/emergency assistance, non-government organisations (NGOs), ACIAR, and a small 
amount through other government departments (OGDs).   
 
  
                                                     
 
 1 Based on least-developed countries as recognised by the Economic and Social Council of the United 
Nations.  
2 LDCs plus Barbados, Botswana, Côte d'Ivoire, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Gabon, 
Honduras, Jamaica, Jordan, Kenya, Mauritius, Mongolia, Mo rocco, Namibia, Pakistan, Peru, Saint Kitts and Nevis, 
Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Senegal, Sri Lanka, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia and Venezuela.  G/AG/N/AUS/68 
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  Direct aid flows for food security, by programme, 2005-06 (provisional) 
   
Programme Sub Programme 2005-06 (A$) 
Bilateral & Regional Programmes B ilateral Programmes 57,180,606 
  Regional Programmes 41,730,837 
Global Programmes Humanitarian 57,525,527 
  Multilateral 16,239,708 
  Other International 3,500,000 
Accrual Adjustment   
Non-AusAID Programmes ACIAR 36,570,971 
  Other Government Departments 8,164,691 
Total   220,912,340 
Source:  AusAID statistical datamart  
 
 
Direct aid flows for food security, by progra mme, LDCs and NFIDCs, 2005-06 (provisional) 
   
Programme Sub Programme 2005-06 (A$) 
Bilateral & Regional Programmes Bilateral Programmes 8,372,239 
  Regional Programmes 22,296,860 
Global Programmes Humanitarian 20,105,159 
  Multilateral 0 
  Other International 0 
Accrual Adjustment   
Non-AusAID Programmes ACIAR 4,727,106 
  Other Government Departments 262,151 
Total   55,763,515 
Source:  AusAID statistical datamart  
 
 All financial assistance provided through AusAID  and ACIAR is in fully grant form.  Some 
further information follows.  (i) Australian Agency for Intern ational Development (AusAID) 
 
Bilateral and Regional Programmes 
 
  The majority of Australia's aid is deliver ed through bilateral (or country) and regional 
programmes.  Bilateral country strategies reflect recipient government priorities as well as Australia's 
capacity to assist.  Specific activities are develope d with partner countries in order to provide 
technical and financial assistance.  Australia al so supports several regional programmes which are 
often the most cost effective response to region-wide development challenges. 
  In the case of food security, the bilateral and regional technical and financial assistance 
provided to LDCs and NFIDCs was A$30.7 million in 2005-06.  Assistance focused on agricultural 
productivity and sustainability, crop storage, fore stry and fisheries, environmental management, 
management of water resources, the provision of in frastructure related to food security and to assist 
countries adjust to the new trading environment.  Humanitarian and Emergency
 
 
 In 2005-06, Australia supported a number of proj ects valued at A$20.1 million in relation to 
humanitarian and emergency relief (in additi on to food aid) to LDCs and NFIDCs.  G/AG/N/AUS/68 
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Multilateral Core Funding
 
  A proportion of Australia's core contributions to the multilateral devel opment banks and other 
relevant multilateral organisations are used for fo od security related development activities.  The 
Australian aid programme provisional expenditure  to multilateral organisations (including 
International Development Associa tion, Asian Development Fund, In ternational Fund for Agricultural 
Development and the World Food Programme) relati ng to food security was A$16.2 million in 2005-
06 of which none was provided to LDCs and NFIDCs.  
Other 
 
  There are a number of other areas where Australia's aid programme supports food security.  Australia supported scholarship students from LDCs a nd NFIDCs in the areas of agriculture, forestry 
and fisheries worth A$1.7 million in 2005-06.  A nu mber of Australian non-government organisations 
receive aid programme funding that has a direct im pact on improving food security in developing 
countries.  In 2005-06 the Australian aid progr amme donated A$3.5 million to the Global Crop 
Diversity Trust.  
(ii) Australian Centre for Internatio nal Agricultural Research (ACIAR) 
 
 In 2005-06, the Australian Centre for In ternational Agricultural Research expended 
A$36.6 million, of which A$4.7 million was in suppor t of multilateral and bilateral research activities 
relating directly to agricultural pr oductivity of LDCs and NFIDCs.   
 Multilateral programmes
 
 
 In 2005-06, ACIAR contributed A$7.6 million to multilateral International Agricultural 
Research Centres (IARCs) whose mandate is to incr ease global food security.  The major criterion on 
which ACIAR bases its allocation of Australia's funds to the IARCs is the comparative advantage of a 
centre to deliver research that is applicable to  Australia's regional priorities and contributes to 
sustainable food security, agricultural productivity and income generation (see Attachment C). 
 
Bilateral programmes  
 
In 2005-06, approximately A$28.9 million of AC IAR's funding was delivered bilaterally in 
the form of specific research activities. Projects funded under ACIAR's bilate ral programme comprise 
research targeting the following food security a nd poverty alleviation issues:  agricultural 
development policy and agricultural systems economics and management; animal sciences; crop sciences; fisheries; forestry; land and water resources; and post harvest technology.  
(4) Other relevant information with respect to actions taken within the framework of the 
Decision 
 
Outside the aid programme a number of State and Commonwealth Government agencies 
sponsor official exchanges between Australia and developing countries on agriculture and food 
security.  The amount of other Government Departme nt support to LDCs and NFIDCs in this area was 
A$262 thousand in 2005-06.  G/AG/N/AUS/68 
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  Attachment A  
 
Humanitarian and emergency relief, by  country, 2005-06 (provisional) 
 
 
COUNTRY Expenses (A$) 
  
Bangladesh 849,251 
  
Democratic People's Republic of Korea 739,916 
  
East Timor 605,023 
  
Indonesia 421,126 
  
Nepal 513,844 
  
Niger 1,049,925 
  
Pakistan 1,172,922 
  
Somalia 419,316 
  
Southern Africa 833,126 
  
Sri Lanka 512,482 
  
Sudan 536,480 
  
Zimbabwe 602,398 
  
Total 8,255,809 
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Attachment B  
 
Quantity of food aid provided to Least-developed countries (LDCs) and Net Fo od-Importing Developing 
Countries (NFIDCs) 2005-061:  Breakdown by commodity and recipient countries 
 
Recipient Country Commodity Type Quantity 
(tonnes) FAC Wheat 
Equivalent Total Expenses 
(A$) 
Bilateral Development     
Bangladesh Wheat 58,000 58,000 12,662,560 
Subtotal 58,000 58,000 12,662,560 
Emergency / Relief     
Bangladesh Wheat 3,289 3,289 849,251 
Cambodia Rice 127 165 38,138 East Timor Mung beans 500 1,000 362,215 East Timor Vegetable oil 275 1,375 242,808 Nepal Rice 774 1,007 300,878 Nepal Wheat soya blend (WSB) 430 430 212,966 Niger Rice 1,606 2,088 711,028 Niger Pulses 300 750 185,889 
Niger Vegetable oil 200 1,000 153,028 Pakistan Pulses 2,643 6,608 1,172,922 Somalia Corn soya blend (CSB) 200 200 102,144 Somalia Beans 657 1,643 317,172 Sri Lanka Wheat 1,984 1,984 512,482 Sri Lanka Rice 440 572 184,184 Sudan Sorghum 1,000 1,000 253,652 Sudan Maize 1,532 1,532 282,828 
Subtotal 15,957 24,643 5,881,585 
Multilateral Regular Contribution - WFP    
Bangladesh Wheat 14,250  14,250 3,680,087  
Cambodia Rice 7,000 9,100 2,153,095 Kenya Maize 1,607 1,607 330,956 Malawi Beans 738 1,845 444,204 Malawi Pulses 2,000 5,000 911,964 Myanmar Rice 4,457 5,794 1,315,172 Myanmar Wheat soya blend (WSB) 24 24 18,340 Myanmar Pulses 150 375 100,273 Pakistan Pulses 1,010 2,525 448,328 Pakistan High energy biscuits (HEBs) 500 665 619,179 Pakistan Rice 800 1,040 258,069 Sri Lanka Wheat 7,740 7,740 1,998,682 Sudan Maize 1,897 1,897 481,179 Tanzania Yellow maize 2,293 2,293 739,708 
Subtotal 44,466 54,155 13,499,236 
       
TOTAL 118,423  136,798 32,043,381 
 
 1 Figures are provisional  G/AG/N/AUS/68 
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  Attachment C 
 
Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR):  Disaggregation of the funds allocated 
to the International Agricultural Research Centres (IARCs) in 2005-06  
 
 
ACIAR contribution to IARCs, 2004-05 and 2005-06   
   
International Agricultural Research Centres (IARCs) 2004-05 (A$) 2005-06 (A$) (1) 
Centre for Agriculture and Biosciences 511,192 288,808 
International Center for Agricultural Research in Dry Areas 968,236 516,332 
World Fish Center 776,287 800,410 
International Crops Research Institute 823,563 904,517 
International Food Policy Research 812,373 914,663 
International Water Management Institute 895,616 887,293 
International Livestock Research Institute 300,000 250,000 
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre 1,046,780 1,116,510 
International Plant Genetic Resources Institute 689,833 454,054 
International Potato Centre 532,882 426,614 
International Rice Research Institute 1,300,290 1,080,841 
Total 8,657,052 7,640,042 
Source: Ausaid statistical datamart 
(1) Figures for 2005-06 are provisional  
 
 
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