WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/AG/N/NZL/56 
23 December 2008 
 (08-6303) 
Committee on Agriculture Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
 
 The following submission, dated 27 November 2008,  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-Impor ting Developing Countries ( Table NF:1 ) for the financial years 
2005/2006 and 2006/2007.   
 G/AG/N/NZL/56 
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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 :  NEW ZEALAND  
 
REPORTING PERIOD: 2005/2006 Financial Year ($NZ)  
 
 (1) Quantity of food aid provided to least-developed and net food-importing developing countries:  
 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 monetary  food aid provided in the financial year July 2005 
to June 2006 are provided below. 
 
(2) Indication of the proportion in full gr ant form or appropriate concessional terms: 
 
 100% grant 
 FOOD AID 
 
 Please note this report includes assistance pr ovided to Least-D eveloped or Net Food-
Importing Countries (LDCs or NFIDCs) only.   
 The New Zealand Agency for Internationa l Development (NZAID) is responsible for 
managing New Zealand's Official Development Assi stance.  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. 
 NZAID provides emergency relief through two Emergency and Disaster Relief Funds, one for 
the Pacific and one for the rest of the world.  In the Pacific, NZAID 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. 
 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 NGOs.  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 "NGOs" below.  
 The New Zealand Agency for International Development (NZAID) pr ovides emergency relief 
through two Emergency and Disaster  Relief Funds, one for the Pacific and one for the rest of the 
world.  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 NGOs.  Most of this relief is  in the form of non-food aid (shelter, seeds for 
crops, immunisations, training etc.).  However, tho se instances where food aid did form part of the 
overall assistance are listed under "NGOs" below.  G/AG/N/NZL/56 
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   In the Pacific, NZAID provides emergency relief during and following the Cyclone season.  
Almost all of this relief is in the form of equipmen t for shelter and medical evacuation.  Little, if any, 
food aid is provided.  
Core Funding to Multilateral Agencies  
   WFP      $4,500,000 (see below also) 
  CGIAR      $   900,000  
Emergency Food Aid in response to appeals
 
 
International Organisations 
World Food Programme  
 M a l i       $   500,000  
Mauritania     $   500,000 
 N i g e r       $   500,000 
 Pakistan     $   500,000 
Kenya      $   400,000 
 
ASIA 
 Timor-Leste      $   460,000 
 
NGOs 
AFRICA 
 Kenya   
 Caritas     $   100,000 
 Christian World Service   $   100,000 
Liberia  (ChildFund NZ)    $   125,000 
Malawi  (World Vision)    $   123,090 
Niger (Save the Children)   $   124,861 
Somalia  (Caritas)    $     85,000 
Tanzania 
 Caritas     $   125,000  Oxfam     $   100,000 
 
(3) Technical and financial assistance under paragraph 3(iii) of the Decision:  
 All financial assistance provided by NZAID is in grant form.  Assistance in provided in the year to June 2006 includes (all expressed in New Zealand dollars): 
 
 Pacific Regional
 
  Forum Fisheries Agency   $2,190,253 
  Pacific Fisheries Commission   $     87,057   Secretariat for Pacific Communities (SPC)  $6,391,660 
  FAO roundtable – Pacific participation  $     75,202 
  PAPGREN Agricultural Plant Research  $   257,961   Sth Pacific Regional Fisheries conference       $    43,944   Regional Tuna tagging research   $   625,293   Biocontrol of Food Crop pests   $     25,000 
 
 Asia Regional
 
  Phytosanitary capacity building   $   262,125 G/AG/N/NZL/56 
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 Americas Regional
 
  FAO Andean Food Security   $   195,021 
  International Potato Centre Andean project $     30,878   Honduras Agriculture    $     45,000 
 
 Africa
 
  Zambia WFP PRRO    $   225,000 
   
 Support to NGOs  
  Bangladesh 
   World Vision; Agricultural project $     69,566 
  Honduras 
   World Vision; Food security  $     46,377 
  Malawi 
   World Vision; Crop/Livestock/Fish $      64,632 
  Myanmar 
   ADRA; Livestock husbandry   $      60,000 
  Nepal 
   Caritas; Sustainable agriculture  $      43,935 
  Samoa 
   Oxfam; Organic farming  $      73,487 
  Sri Lanka 
   ActionLove; Fishing boat project $      10,000 
  Tanzania 
   World Vision; Farmers capacity building $     81,159    Rotary NZ; Women dairy farmers $      88,300 
  Timor Leste 
   Oxfam; Farmer’s co-operatives  $      93,948 
  Zambia 
   World Vision; Cattle restocking  $      80,824 
   
a) Bilateral 
 NZAID develops projects with bilateral pa rtner countries which provide technical and 
financial assistance to improve their agricultura l productivity and sustainability, enhance food 
security, develop infrastructure and create greater re venue-earning opportunities.  Projects in the year 
ending June 2006 include: 
  
 PACIFIC  
 Solomon Islands 
  Rural livelihoods – World Fish  $   291,900 
  Fisheries and Marine resources  $     66,549 
 Vanuatu 
  Agricultural Census   $   468,227 
  
 ASIA   
 Cambodia 
  Food security initiative   $   263,279   Agribusiness development facility $   367,454 
 Laos 
  Community fisheries   $     76,148 
  Avian influenza preparedness  $   700,000  G/AG/N/NZL/56 
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   Myanmar 
  WFP Food security   $   310,000 
  Community development/food security $   182,843 
 Nepal 
  WFP Food for Education  $   350,000 
 New Zealand  NGO Funding 
  Core-funding for Trade Aid   $   620,857 
  (assistance to farmers of tea, coffee etc)    
 AFRICA  
 Mozambique   Oxfam Food, cattle and crops project $     50,000 
 Tanzania 
  Bukene maternal and infant nutrition $     36,000 
  FAO seeds    $   150,000  Zambia 
  Mkushi nutrition project   $     29,685 
 
 LATIN AMERICA  Peru 
  WFP Sustainable development  $1,150,000  
  Agricultural Information & Dvpt $     27,968 
  
(4) Other relevant information with respect to actions taken within the framework of the 
Decision: 
  The NZAID scholarship scheme provides financial assistance to students from developing 
countries who wish to study at New Zealand in stitutions.  A number of these students attend 
agriculture-related courses at Lincoln and Massey Univ ersities, and are able to utilise their new skills 
on return to their home country.  NZAID also provides support to the University of the South Pacific in Suva, Fiji. 
 
 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. G/AG/N/NZL/56 
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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 :  NEW ZEALAND  
 
REPORTING PERIOD: 2006/2007 Financial Year ($NZ)  
 
 (1) Quantity of food aid provided to least-developed and net food-importing developing countries: 
 
 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 monetary  food aid provided in the financial year July 2006 
to June 2007 are provided below.  
(2) Indication of the proportion in full gr ant form or appropriate concessional terms: 
 
 100% grant 
 
FOOD AID 
 Please note this report includes assistance provided to Least Developed or Net Food-
Importing Countries (LDCs or NFIDCs) only.   
 The New Zealand Agency for Internationa l Development (NZAID) is responsible for 
managing New Zealand’s Official Development Assistance.  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. 
 NZAID provides emergency relief through two Emergency and Disaster Relief Funds, one for 
the Pacific and one for the rest of the world.  In the Pacific, NZAID 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. 
 Outside the Pacific, grant funding is provided in response to emergency appeals from 
multilateral relief agencies, particularly the Wo rld Food Programme. Funding is also provided 
following appeals from NGOs. 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 "NGOs" below. 
Core Funding to Multilateral Agencies
 
 
  WFP     $2,000,000 (see below also) 
  CGIAR              $   900,000     G/AG/N/NZL/56 
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  Emergency Food Aid in response to appeals  
 
International Organisations  
World Food Programme  
  Southern Africa     $1,604,000 
  S u d a n       $2,000,000 
  Timor Leste     $   500,000 
UNICEF 
  N e p a l         $   500,000  
 
NGOs  
 AFRICA  
  M a l a w i  (ADRA)    $   135,000 
 
(3) Technical and financial assistance under paragraph 3(iii) of the Decision: 
 
 All financial assistance provided by NZAID is in grant form.  Assistance in provided in the 
year to June 2007 includes (all expressed in New Zealand dollars):      
 Pacific Regional
 
  Forum Fisheries Agency   $4,142,761 
  Secretariat for Pacific Communities (SPC) $6,339,455   FAO roundtable – Pacific participation  $   109,285   PAPGREN Agricultural Plant Research  $     30,126   Sth Pacific Regional Fisheries conference     $     43,944  Asia Regional
 
  Phytosanitary capacity building   $   242,650 
  Mekong food safety/quality   $   378,329   Codex trust Fund (food safety)   $     50,000 
 Americas Regional
 
  FAO Andean Food Security   $   523,846 
  CIP Andean project    $   616,068 
  Honduras & Colombia Agriculture  $     16,324 
 Support to NGOs  
  Honduras 
   World Vision; Food security  $   131,667 
  Malawi 
   World Vision; Crop/Livestock/Fish $     81,600 
  Myanmar 
   ADRA; Livestock husbandry   $     60,000 
  Nepal 
   Caritas; Sustainable agriculture  $     37,600 
  Sri Lanka 
   ADRA; Young Childrens nutrition $     85,053 
  Sudan 
   Caritas; Food and income security $     80,000 
  Tanzania 
   World Vision; Farmers capacity building$   160,000 
   Rotary NZ; Women dairy farmers $   100,224 G/AG/N/NZL/56 
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    Uganda 
   Caritas; Sustainable agriculture $     80,000 
  Zambia 
   World Vision; Cattle restocking $     74,397 
   
b) Bilateral 
 NZAID develops projects with bilateral pa rtner countries which provide technical and 
financial assistance to improve their agricultura l productivity and sustainability, enhance food 
security, develop infrastructure and create greater re venue-earning opportunities.  Projects in the year 
ending June 2007 include: 
  
 PACIFIC  
 Solomon Islands 
  Rural livelihoods – World Fish  $   236,300 
  Fisheries and Marine resources  $     11,228   ASIA  Cambodia 
  Agribusiness development facility $   242,650 
 Laos 
  Community fisheries   $   192,452   Coffee farming    $     12,971 
 Myanmar 
  Community development/food security $   182,732 
  WFP Food security   $   300,000 
 Nepal 
  Sustainable Cereal and Legume fodder $     11,655 
 New Zealand  NGO Funding 
  Core-funding for Trade Aid   $   690,384 
  (assistance to farmers of tea, coffee etc)    
 AFRICA  
 Kenya   Chiga Church nutrition project  $     59,733  
 Zambia 
  WFP School nutrition   $     42,862 
    LATIN AMERICA  Peru 
  WFP Sustainable development  $   500,000  
  Dairy cattle systems   $     24,432  
(4) Other relevant information with respect to actions taken within the framework of the 
Decision: 
 
 The NZAID scholarship scheme provides financial assistance to students from developing 
countries who wish to study at New Zealand in stitutions.  A number of these students attend 
agriculture-related courses at Lincoln and Massey Univ ersities, and are able to utilise their new skills 
on return to their home country.  NZAID also provides support to the University of the South Pacific 
in Suva, Fiji.   G/AG/N/NZL/56 
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   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. 
 
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