WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/AG/N/NZL/71 
2 November 2011 
 (11-5550) 
Committee on Agriculture Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
 
 The following submission, dated 28 October 2011, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of New Zealand .  The notification concerns actions taken 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 
2010/2011.  
 
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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 NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF  
THE REFORM PROGRAMME ON LEAST-DEVELOPED AND NET  
FOOD-IMPORTING DEVELOPING COUNTRIES :  NEW ZEALAND  
 
REPORTING PERIOD: 2010/2011 Financial Year (year ending 30 June) - $NZ 
 
 
(1) Quantity of food aid provided to least-developed and net food-importing developing 
countries: 
 1. New Zealand does not make in-kind food aid do nations.  All New Zealand food aid assistance 
is provided in cash grant form.  Details of progra mmes funded that included monetary food aid in the 
financial year July 2010 to June 2011 are provided below. 
(2) Indication of the proportion in full gr ant form or appropriate concessional terms: 
  100 per cent grant 
 
FOOD AID 
 
 Please note this report includes assistance provided to Least-D eveloped or Net Food-
Importing Developing Countries (LDCs or NFIDCs) only. 
 
2. The International Development Group of the Mini stry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) 
is responsible for managing the New Zealand Aid Programme.  New Zealand provides core funding to 
the budget of several multilateral organisations th at address food issues, as well as additional grant 
funding in response to appeals. 
3. New Zealand provides emergency relief through two Emergency and Di saster Relief Funds, 
one for the Pacific and one for the rest of the worl d.  In the Pacific, MF AT leads the New Zealand 
government's response to humanitarian crises and pr ovides emergency relief.  This might be in 
relation to cyclones, earthquakes or tsunami.  Almost all of this relief is in the form of funding or 
equipment, such as shelter.  Little , if any, food aid is provided. 
4. Outside the Pacific, grant funding is provided in response to emergency appeals from 
multilateral relief agencies, par ticularly the World Food Programme.  Funding is also provided 
following appeals from Non-Governmental Organisations .  Most of this relief is in the form of non-
food aid (shelter, seeds for crops, immunisations, training etc.).  Those instances where food aid did form part of the overall assistance are listed under "Non-Governmental Organisations" below. 
Core Funding to Multilateral Agencies 
 
 World Food Programme $NZ 6,000,000  CERF
1 Contribution  $NZ 2,000,000  
 
                                                      
1 Central Emergency Response Fund.  G/AG/N/NZL/71 
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  Emergency Food Aid in response to appeals 
 
International Organisations 
World Food Programme 
  Sahel (Drought appeal)  $NZ 1,000,000 
 Pakistan (Food crisis) $NZ 1,000,000 
 Horn of Africa Drought (Drought relief) $NZ 1,000,000 
 Afghanistan $NZ 1,000,000 
 
Non-Governmental Organisations (interventions that may have included food aid) 
  
Asia  
 Afghanistan Aga Khan Foundation $NZ    520,0002 
  Solidarities International $NZ    930,0003 
 
Pakistan  World Vision of NZ:  Flood relief $NZ    100,000 
  Christian World service:  Flood relief $NZ    100,000   Oxfam NZ:  Flood relief $NZ    100,000   Tear Fund:  Flood relief $NZ    100,000   Caritas NZ:  flood relief $NZ    100,000 
 
(3) Technical and financial assistance under paragraph 3(iii) of the Decision: 
 
5. All financial assistance provided by the New Zealand Aid Programme is in grant form.  
Assistance provided in the year to June 2011 includes (all expressed in New Zealand dollars): 
(a) GLOBAL / REGIONAL 
 
 Global 
 CGIAR4 Core Funding $NZ 2,500,000 
  
 Pacific Regional 
 Forum Fisheries Agency $NZ 3,300,000 
 Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC)  $NZ 5,117,000 
 SPC5 Pacific Tuna Tagging Research $NZ    250,000 
 FAO6 roundtable – Pacific participation $NZ      62,070 
 Regional Trade Facilitation $NZ    500,000   Asia Regional  
 Phytosanitary capacity building $NZ    505,419 
 
 Americas Regional 
 CIP7 Andean Food Security $NZ    873,105 
 FAO Andean Food Security $NZ    405,891 
                                                      
2 "Mountains to Markets" converted from US$. 
3 "Strengthening Agricultural Output in Target Areas Panjab and Waras Districts of Bamyan Province" 
converted from US$. 
4 Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research. 
5 Secretariat for the Pacific Community. 
6 United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation. 
7 Centro Internacional de la Papa. G/AG/N/NZL/71 
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 Support to Non Governmental Organisations  
 Pacific Regional Oxfam  Livelihoods programme $NZ 1,484,737 
  
(b) BILATERAL 
6. The New Zealand Aid Programme supports proj ects with bilateral partner countries which 
provide technical and financial assistance to improve  their agricultural productivity and sustainability, 
enhance food security, develop infrastructure a nd create greater revenue-earning opportunities.  
Projects in the year ending June 2011 include: 
 Pacific  
 Kiribati 
 Fisheries training $NZ    300,656 
 
 Solomon Islands 
 Fisheries Sector $NZ 1,082,500 
 
 Vanuatu 
 Land Titling & Registration Project $NZ 2,000,000 
 
 Africa 
 Zimbabwe 
 Community Based Nutrition Programme  $NZ    830,879  
 
 Asia  
 Afghanistan 
 Agriculture Support Programme $NZ 1,464,020  
 Cambodia 
 NRM
8 and Livelihoods $NZ    999,999 
 CADF9  $NZ    612,323 
 
 Myanmar 
 WFP:  Protracted Relief and Recovery10 $NZ    500,000 
 
 Nepal 
 Sustainable Animal Fodder11 $NZ    132,182 
 (4) Other relevant information with respect to actions taken within the framework of the Decision:  
7. The New Zealand Aid Programme funds scholar ships and Short Term Training Awards to 
students from developing countries who wish to st udy at New Zealand institutions.  A number of 
these students attend agriculture-related courses at Li ncoln and Massey Universities, and are able to 
utilise their new skills on return to their home country.  The New Zealand Aid Programme also 
provides support to the University of the South Pacific in Suva, Fiji. 
                                                      
8 Natural resource management. 
9 Cambodia Agribusiness Development Facility. 
10 Improving the Food Security, Nutrition Status and Livelihoods of Vulnerable Populations. 
11 Developing sustainable animal fodder systems for improving household incomes in Nepal.  G/AG/N/NZL/71 
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  8. New Zealand diplomatic posts supply inform ation relevant to accessing the New Zealand 
market to developing country exporters and prov ide for further contact, where necessary, with the 
appropriate departments in New Zealand for more detailed advice/assistance.  Each Head of Mission 
also has two funds:  the Head of Mission Fund and the Small Projects Fund, which are used to fund smaller value projects, occasionally related to the primary sector.  Figures for these funds have not 
been included here. 
9. In 2010/11 New Zealand also fully funded the Auckland office of Pacific Trade and Invest 
(PT&I, formerly Pacific Island Trade and Inv estment Commission), totalling NZ$890,000.  Amongst 
their services, PT&I provides information to Paci fic Island Countries on New Zealand's biosecurity 
arrangements, to guide Pacific producers preparing ag ricultural products for export to New Zealand. 
 
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