WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/AG/N/CAN/67 
13 July 2007 
 (07-2991) 
Committee on Agriculture Original:   English/ 
 French 
 
 
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
  The following submission, dated 10 July 2007, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of Canada .  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 ) for 2004/2005 .  
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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 PROGRAM ON LEAST-DEVELOPED AND NET 
FOOD-IMPORTING DEVELOPING COUNTRIES:  Canada 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  2004/2005 
 
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 (1) Quantity of food aid provided to least-developed and net food-importing developing 
countries: 
  For the reporting period of 1 July 2004 to  30 June 2005, Canada provided a total of 
210,511 tonnes of food aid to Least-Develope d Countries (LDCs) and Net Food-Importing 
Developing Countries (NFIDCs).  This volume of food aid had a total value of $109.2
1 million in 
2004/2005.  See Table A, "Canadian Food Aid to LD Cs and NFIDCs, 1 July 2004 – 30 June 2005", 
which provides information for the period in ques tion on the quantity of Canadian food aid provided 
to LDCs and NFIDCs with a breakdown by re gion and individual country and by commodity, 
quantity in metric tonnes, total value, and value of the portion which is channelled through the World 
Food Programme (WFP).2   
  In addition, in the reporting period 2004/2005,  Canada provided a total of $33.1 million in 
food aid to other developing count ries (non-LDCs and non-NFIDCs).  
  
(2) Indication of the proportion in fully gr ant form or appropriate concessional terms: 
 
 All Canadian food aid is provided in fully grant form. 
 
 
 
                                                      
1 All dollar figures in this document are Canadian dollars . 
 2 Data for the purposes of this Notification was gathered for Least Developed Countries (LDCs) as 
recognised by the United Nations and published by the United Nations Office of the High Representative for the 
Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developi ng Countries and Small Island Developing States 
(http://www.un.org/special-rep/oh rlls/ldc/ldc%20criteria.htm ) and the Development Assistance Committee of 
the OECD: Afghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cape Verde, 
Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Democratic Rep.  of the Congo, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, 
Ethiopia, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Kiribati, People’s Democratic Republic of Laos, Lesotho, 
Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Niger, Rwanda, 
Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leon e, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Sudan, Timor-Leste, Togo, 
Tuvalu, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Vanuatu, Yemen, and Zambia plus the following Net Food 
Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs):  Barbados, Botswana, Côte d'Ivoire, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican 
Republic, Egypt, Gabon, Honduras, Jamaica, Jordan, Kenya, Mauritius, Mongolia, Morocco, Namibia, Pakistan, 
Peru, Sri Lanka, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vi ncent and the Grenadines, Tr inidad & Tobago, Tunisia, 
Venezuela, as recognized by the WTO.   
For the list of NFIDC countries list see:   WTO, G/AG/5/Rev.8 (available at: http://docsonline.wto.org ) and for 
the list of LDC countries see: (http://www.wto.o rg/english/thewto_e/whatis_e/tif_e/org7_e.htm)  
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   TABLE A Canadian Food Aid to LDCs and NFIDCs, 1 July 2004 – 30 June 2005 
 
Country  Commodity  Quantity 
MT Value Disbursed   
CDN$ thousands  WFP portion 
CDN$ thousands  
 
AFRICA      
Angola yellow split peas 1,250 1,067 1,067
Burkina Faso vegetable oil 84 170 170Burundi maize, yellow split peas 1,900 1,080 1,080
Chad yellow split peas 400 462 462
Dem. Rep. Congo beans, vegetable oil, yellow 
split peas 1,833 2,317 2,317
Eritrea seed (tef, millet, chickpea, 
sorghum, maize, barley, faba bean), wheat, wheat soya blend, yellow split peas 6,354 3,479 3,018
Ethiopia faffa, maize, seed (cassava 
cuttings, sweet potato vines, tritical, tef, maize, sorghum, 
haricot bean, vegetable),  
wheat, vegetable oil 70,524 37,233 34,348
Guinea vegetable oil 185 371 371
Liberia lentils, maize meal, seed (rice) 
vegetable oil, wheat flour, wheat soya blend 1,325 1,451 551
Malawi maize, seed (cassava cuttings), 
Unimix, yellow split peas 3,376 1,683 1,572
Mali maize meal, millet, sorghum, 
vegetable oil, yellow split peas6,262 6,054 5,895
Mozambique maize, sugar, vegetable oil, 
yellow split peas 10,322 4,252 4,252
Rwanda maize, vegetable oil 444 538 538
Senegal maize soy blend, rice, 
vegetable oil, yellow split peas4,938 3,685 3,685
Sierra Leone seed (rice, groundnut, cassava 
cuttings, sweet potato vines, 
vegetable), yellow split peas 332 255 200
Somalia maize, vegetable oil 1,338 1,552 1,552
Sudan beans, groundnuts, maize, 
millet, salt, seed (cassava, sorghum, groundnut, vegetable) sorghum, sugar, 
vegetable oil, wheat, yellow 
split peas 9,568 10,961 7,886
Tanzania beans, maize, seed (sorghum), 
sugar, vegetable oil, yellow split peas 7,320 4,389 4,309
Uganda beans, vegetable oil, yellow 
split peas 2,096 1,876 1,876
Zambia maize 1,223 332 332
Africa LDCs   131,074 83,207 75,481G/AG/N/CAN/67 
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  Country  Commodity  Quantity 
MT Value Disbursed   
CDN$ thousands  WFP portion 
CDN$ thousands  
   
Côte d’Ivoire yellow split peas 523 426 426
Kenya vegetable oil, yellow split peas 1,656 1,567 1,567
Africa NFIDCs   2,179 1,993 1,993
Total Africa LDCs and NFIDCs  133,253 85,200 77,474
 
AMERICAS      
Haiti beans, canned fish, vegetable 
oil 511 838 838
Americas LDCs   511 838 838
   
Dominican Republic beans, maize, vegetable oil, 
wheat 146 222 -
Peru vegetable oil 150 257 257
Americas NFIDCs   296 479 257
Total Americas LDCs and NFIDCs 807 1,317 1,095
  
 
ASIA      
Afghanistan  salt, soya bean oil (fortified),  
wheat flour (fortified), yellow split peas 6,798 2,823 227
Bangladesh
 food baskets, lentils, oral 
rehydration solution, rice, salt, seeds (Irish potato, wheat, 
rice, vegetable, groundnut, 
maize), vegetable oil, wheat 53,333 10,954 348
Cambodia
 canned fish 150 411 411
Asia LDCs  60,281 14,188 986
   
Mongolia rice, seed (oats/barley, 
vegetable), vegetable oil, wheat flour 48 50 -
Sri Lanka rice 1,911 1,374 1,374
Asia NFIDCs  1,959 1,424 1,374
Total Asia LDCs and NFIDCs 62,240 15,612 2,360
  
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  Country  Commodity  Quantity 
MT Value Disbursed   
CDN$ thousands  WFP portion 
CDN$ thousands  
 
EUROPE, 
MIDDLE EAST & 
MAGHREB3     
Yemen vegetable oil, wheat 9,244 4,939 4,939
Europe, Middle 
East & Maghreb LDCs   9,244 4,939 4,939
   
Egypt wheat 2,995 1,289 1,289
Jordan lentils, vegetable oil, wheat 1,972 858 858
Europe, Middle 
East & Maghreb NFIDCs  4,967 2,147 2,147
Total Europe, Middle East & Maghreb LDCs and 
NFIDCs 14,211 7,086 7,086
   
FOOD AID     
Total Food Aid to LDCs  201,110 103,172 82,244
Total Food Aid to NFIDCs  9,401 6,043 5,771
GRAND TOTAL LDCs and NFIDCs 210,511 109,215 88,015
 
Note : Monetary figures include commodity, transportation and operational costs.  Totals may not balance due to 
rounding. 
 
(3) Technical and financial assistance under paragraph 3(iii) of the Decision: 
 
 The Canadian International Development Agency  (CIDA) is the primary agency responsible 
for the disbursement of Canadian official de velopment assistance (ODA).  CIDA delivers programs 
through bilateral (government-to-government) cha nnels, partnership programs, as well as through 
multilateral channels.     In fiscal year (FY) 2004/2005
4, Canada provided a total of $4.1 billion in ODA, of which 
CIDA managed $3.1 billion.  $140.1 million was channelled via the International Development 
Research Centre (IDRC) which undertakes bilateral pr ojects with a scientific or research focus.  The 
Department of Foreign Affairs a nd International Trade (DFAIT) is responsible for a small portion of 
ODA for certain grants and contributions to intern ational organizations, wh ich usually have only a 
partial development mandate.  Finall y, the Department of Finance is also responsible for a portion of 
Canadian ODA involving contributions to the Worl d Bank, the International Development Agency 
(IDA) and the Enhanced Structural Adjustment F acility of the International Monetary Fund (IMF).5 
 
                                                      
3 CIDA's bilateral programming was reorganized during FY2004-2005, leadin g to the creation of a 
geographic branch for Europe, Middle East and Maghreb.  Table A has similarly been reorganized. 
4 Canada's fiscal year (FY) covers the period 1 April to 31 March. 
 5 In addition, a small amount of Canada's ODA is channelled via other govern ment agencies (Canada 
Post, Environment Canada, Export Development Corporation, Health Canada, Heritage Canada) and provincial 
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   The ODA contributions managed by the Departme nt of Finance do not fall within the purview 
of this notification.  Inform ation related to agriculture and related technical assistance
6 provided to 
LDCs and NFIDCs via CIDA, IDRC and DFAIT in FY2004/2005 is set out below.   THE CANADIAN INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY  Bilateral (Government-to-Government) Programmes  
 
 CIDA's bilateral assistance is delivered  through three geographic branches (Africa & the 
Middle East, Asia, and Americas & the Caribbean) as well as a special program for Central and 
Eastern Europe
7.  Total bilateral programming was $1,092.6 million in FY2004/2005.   
  Canadian bilateral programming consists of government-to-government programs and 
projects which are carried out in accordance with b ilateral agreements and planned in co-operation 
with the country via the Country Development Policy Frameworks (CDPFs).  In FY 2004/2005, 
bilateral programming supported 64 of the LDCs an d NFIDCs for a total value of $561.4 million.  
This represents approximately 59.0 per cent of th e total amount of Canadian  bilateral programs.  
$25.6 million worth of bilateral programming directed  at LDCs and NFIDCs, was in agriculture and 
related programming, which is approximately 2.6 per cent of total Canadian bilateral ODA, and it 
represents approximately 4.6 per cent of the bila teral programming going to these countries. Country 
specific information on agricultural and related t echnical support to LDCs and NFIDCs via the 
bilateral channel, in FY  2004/2005 is as follows: 
 
TABLE B CIDA Bilateral Agriculture and Related Sub-Sectors Programming 
Disbursements by Region and Country, FY 2004/2005 
 
Country  Number of projects  Value Disbursed CDN$ thousands  
   
AFRICA    
Angola 2 32 Benin 2 8 
Burkina Faso 5 201 
Burundi 2 75 Cape Verde 2 4 
Central African Republic 1 64 
Chad 2 69 Comoros 1 45 
Dem. Rep. Congo 4 336 
Djibouti 1 45 Equatorial Guinea 1 64 
Eritrea 1 45 
                                                      
 6 For the purposes of Section 3 of this Notification, as regards technical and financial assistance 
identified under paragraph 3(iii) of the Decision, informa tion is restricted to agricultural and related activities:  
agricultural production, infrastructure, harvesting, hu man resource development activities in the agriculture 
sector, and education related to agriculture.  In add ition to agriculture and related technical and financial 
assistance, Canada supports other sectors that cont ribute to food security. While not requested by the 
Agriculture Committee for this Notification, Canada has voluntarily provided this additional information.  See 
Table G on Canadian technical assistance in the agro-forestry and fishery sector s that contribute to food security 
in the countries in question.  
7 In addition to ODA, Canada provides aid to More Advanced Developing Countries and some other 
Countries in Transition identifie d as DAC Part II countries.  G/AG/N/CAN/67 
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  Country  Number of projects  Value Disbursed CDN$ thousands  
Ethiopia 9 3,778 
Gambia 2 7 
Guinea 1 2 Guinea-Bissau 2 7 
Lesotho 2 32 
Liberia 2 4 Madagascar 2 75 
Malawi 3 754 
Mali 9 3,206 Mauritania 1 6 
Mozambique 7 6,982 
Niger 3 12 Rwanda 6 114 
Sao Tome & Principe 1 64 
Senegal 7 571 Sierra Leone 2 4 
Somalia 1 45 
Sudan 1 25 
Tanzania 5 613 
Togo 2 6 Uganda 3 173 
Zambia 4 476 
Africa LDCs   99 17,944 
   
Botswana 1 2 
Côte d’Ivoire 3 80 Gabon 1 64 
Kenya 3 229 
Mauritius 2 47 Namibia 1 2 
Africa NFIDCs  11 424 
Total Africa LDCs and 
NFIDCs  110 18,368 
   
AMERICAS    
Haiti 9 3,230 
Americas LDCs  9 3,230 
   
Barbados 1 63 
Americas NFIDCs  1 63 
Total Americas LDCs 
and NFIDCs 10 3,293 
   
ASIA    
Afghanistan 3 1,818 Bangladesh 3 672 
Cambodia 2 254 
Laos 1 225 Nepal 4 616 
East Timor  1 29 
Asia LDCs  14 3,614 G/AG/N/CAN/67 
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  Country  Number of projects  Value Disbursed CDN$ thousands  
   
Pakistan 2 27 
Sri Lanka 2 336 
Asia NFIDCs  4 363 
Total Asia LDCs and 
NFIDCs  18 3,977 
   
EUROPE, MIDDLE 
EAST AND MAGHREB   
Egypt 1 10 
Europe,Middle East and 
Maghreb NFIDCs 1 10 
Total Europe, Middle 
East & Maghreb LDCs 
and NFIDCs  1 10 
   
Total to LDCs  122 24,788 
Total to NFIDCs  17 860 
GRAND TOTAL to 
LDCs and NFIDCs  139 25,648 
 
Multilateral Core Funding 
 
 Table C below represents CIDA's total FY  2004/2005 contribution to specific multilateral 
organizations with mandates that relate, completely or in part, to agriculture and/or food security.  
Given the nature of multilateral organizations ' funding and programming activities, no specific 
portion of Canadian contributions can be identifie d as targeted directly to LDCs or NFIDCs.  
Nevertheless, Canadian support to the World F ood Programme (WFP) and the Consultative Group on 
International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) in pa rticular, are likely to be relevant to this 
notification.  
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  TABLE C Canadian ODA Funding to Multilatera l Organizations Whose Activities Relate 
to Agriculture, Food Production and Food Security, FY 2004/2005 
Organization  CDN$ million  
UNDP  $115.1 
UNICEF $27.0 
International Humanitarian Assistance (IHA)  $28.6 
World Food Programme (WFP)  $29.9 
CGIAR Research Centres8 $45.4 
 
 Canadian Partnership Branch 
 
 The Canadian Partnership Branch (CPB) supports the activities of international non-
governmental organizations (NGOs) and Canadian or ganizations, academic and research institutions 
and private sector firms in their development progr ams and projects with peopl e and organizations of 
developing countries. It is comprised of six directorates: 
 
- the Voluntary Sector Competitive Processes Directorate and Voluntary Sector Programs 
Directorate support a total of approximately 2 70 Canadian voluntary organizations, of which 
some 120 are program-funded, including n on-governmental organizations (NGOs), 
universities and colleges, cooperatives, unions a nd professional associations;  it also supports 
the work of more than 150 project-funded organizations; 
 
- the Agency Services and Canadian Relations  Directorate manages core services for the 
Agency, including: CIDA’s national network of regional offices, a consultations unit, a conference secretariat, the selection of overseas election observers, the partnership with the Centre for Intercultural Learning, and contribu tions to a wide range of partner initiatives 
targeted to Canadians and youth; 
 - the Private Sector Directorate provides financ ial support and advice to the private sector in 
Canada, and in developing and transition countries through the following private sector development areas: industrial c ooperation; investment facilitati on; institutional development 
and trade facilitation; 
 
- the Knowledge, Policy and Planning Directorate;  - finally, the Management and Operational Support Directorate.  
                                                     
 
 8 CGIAR Research Centres core f unding includes funds directed to : the Centre for International 
Forestry Research (CIFOR), International Assistan ce for Strengthening National Agricultural Research 
(ISNAR), International Centre for Agricultural Research in Dry Areas (ICARDA), World Fish Center, International Water Management Institute (IWMI), International Centre for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), 
International Council for Research in  Agro-forestry (ICRA F), International Crops Research Institute for Semi-
Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Internationa l Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), International Institute for 
Tropical Agriculture (IITA), International Livestock Re search Institute (ILRI), International Maize and Wheat 
Improvement Centre (CIMMYT), International Plant Gene tic Resources Institute (IPGRI), International Potato 
Centre (CIP), International Rice Research Institute  (IRRI), West-African Rice Development Association 
(WARDA) as well as the Canada-CGIAR Linkage Fund (CCLF).  Also included in this amount is funding 
provided to the Commonwealth Agricultural Bureau International (CABI). G/AG/N/CAN/67 
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   In FY 2004/2005, CPB disbursed a total of  $261.5 million on projects and programs.  CPB 
support is designed to be flexible and responsive to the diversity of civil society and complex 
development needs.  Therefore, it is often cross-se ctoral in nature and can involve multiple numbers 
of countries and/or regions, as well as a variety of mechanisms for funding activities such as through 
programs and projects.  Consequently, it is difficult to identify data on specific sectors of activities or 
in particular countries (in this case agriculture-rela ted activities in LDCs and NFIDCs), as a large 
portion of the disbursements are channelled through Canadian non-governmental (or, voluntary) organizations.  The exception is the Private Sector (INC) Program, where country and sector specificity is possible.  The following two tables (Table D and E) provide data for CPB programming for the INC program and voluntary programs as a whol e, for agricultural and related projects in LDCs 
and NFIDCs. 
 
TABLE D CIDA Canadian Partnership Branch (CPB) Private Sector (INC) Agriculture & 
Related Disbursements to LDCs and NFIDCs, FY 2004/2005 
 
Country  Number of projects  Value Disbursed CDN$ thousands  
   
AFRICA    
Guinea 2 211 
Mali 1 60 
Mozambique 1 30 
Senegal 1 205 
Africa LDCs  5 506 
   
Total Africa LDCs & NFIDCs  5 506 
   
AMERICAS    
Barbados 1 36 
Cuba 1 67 
Peru 2 181 
Americas NFIDCs  4 284 
Total Americas LDCs & NFIDCs  4 284 
 
ASIA   
Nepal 1 15 
Asia LDCs  1 15 
   
Mongolia 1 123 
Africa NFIDCs 1 123 
Total Asia LDCs  & NFIDCs  2 138 
   
EUROPE, MIDDLE EAST AND 
MAGHREB   
Mauritania 1 60 
Europe, Middle East and 
Maghreb LDCs  1 60 
   
Egypt 1 29 
Europe, Middle East and 
Maghreb NFIDCs 1 29 
Total Europe, Middle East and 
Maghreb LDCs & NFIDCs  2 89 
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  Country  Number of projects  Value Disbursed CDN$ thousands  
   
CPB/INC    
Total to LDCs  7 581 
Total to NFIDCs  6 436 
GRAND TOTAL to LDCs and 
NFIDCs  13 1,017 
 
 
 The Private Sector program's total disbur sements for FY 2004/2005 was $36.9 million, of 
which $1.0 million was disbursed to 13 agriculture and related projects opera ting in 11 LDCs and/or 
NFIDCs.  Agriculture programming directed at LDCs  and NFIDCs therefore represents about 2.8 per 
cent of the total overall INC program. 
 
 
TABLE E Canadian Partnership Branch (C PB) "Voluntary Programs" Agriculture and 
Related Disbursements in LDCs and NFIDCs, FY 2004/2005 
 
Country  Number of Projects  Value Disbursed CDN$ '000  
   
AFRICA    
Angola 5 44 
Benin  12 300 
Burkina Faso  21 487 
Burundi  5 57 
Cape Verde 1 14 
Central African. Rep.  2 19 
Chad  4 52 
Comoros 1 14 
Dem. Rep. Congo  10 156 
Djibouti 1 14 Equatorial Guinea 1 14 
Eritrea
 2 19 
Ethiopia  14 302 
Gambia 6 102 
Guinea  5 170 
Guinea-Bissau 3 44 
Lesotho 3 66 
Liberia  2 16 
Madagascar  3 47 
Malawi  14 348 
Mali 18 590 
Mozambique  18 248 
Niger  15 258 
Rwanda  15 130 
Sao Tome and Principe 2 42 
Senegal 14 399 
Sierra Leone  6 116 
Somalia Rep. 1 14 
Sudan  3 19 
Tanzania  21 323 G/AG/N/CAN/67 
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  Country  Number of Projects  Value Disbursed CDN$ '000  
Togo  8 77 
Uganda 15 197 
Zambia 14 493 
Africa LDCs  265 5,191 
   
Botswana 5 196 
Côte d’Ivoire  3 25 
Gabon 1 14 
Kenya  28 339 
Mauritius 2 19 
Namibia  5 101 
Africa NFIDCs  44 694 
Total Africa LDCs and 
NFIDCs  309 5,885 
   
AMERICAS    
Haiti 20 475 
Americas LDCs  20 475 
   
Barbados 1 15 Cuba
 14 274 
Dominica 1 1 
Dominican Republic  8 99 
Honduras 27 596 
Jamaica  8 134 
Peru 24 478 
Saint Kitts and Nevis 1 1 
Saint Lucia 1 1 Saint Vincent & the Grenadines 4 20 
Trinidad & Tobago 4 24 
Venezuela 2 1 
Americas NFIDCs
 95 1,644 
Total Americas LDCs and 
NFIDCs  115 2,119 
 ASIA
   
Afghanistan 3 15 Bangladesh
 12 321 
Cambodia  13 228 
Dem. Rep. of Lao  4 57 
Nepal 17 430 
Solomon Islands 2 29 
East-Timor 3 96 
Vanuatu 2 43 
Asia LDCs  56 1,219 
   
Mongolia 5 95 
Pakistan 5 42 
Sri Lanka  13 428 
Asia NFIDCs  23 565 
Total Asia LDCs and NFIDCs  79 1,784  G/AG/N/CAN/67 
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  Country  Number of Projects  Value Disbursed CDN$ '000  
 
EUROPE, MIDDLE EAST 
AND MAGHREB    
Mauritania  3 75 
Yemen 1 4 
Europe, Middle East and 
Maghreb LDCs  4 79 
   
Egypt 6 35 Jordan 5 61 
Morocco 4 83 
Tunisia 4 23 
Europe, Middle East and 
Maghreb NFIDCs
 19 202 
Total Europe, Middle East and 
Maghreb LDCs and NFIDCs  23 281 
   
CPB "VOLUNTARY"    
Total to LDCs  345 6,964 
Total to NFIDCs  181 3,105 
GRAND TOTAL LDCs and 
NFIDCs  526 10,069 
 
  For the "CPB Voluntary Program" (excluding INC), total disbursements for FY 2004/2005 
were $216.6 million on programs, projects and activities.   Some 526 agriculture and related projects, 
with a total value of $10.1 million, were operationa l in 69 LDCs/NFIDCs.  Significant relevant CPB 
programming may not be reported here.  Where there is a clear indication of agriculture and related 
activity in the focus countries, the disbursement has been indicated in Table E.  However, it has not 
always been possible to capture information for projects/programs th at are only partly focused on 
agriculture, or with a regional/global- ra ther than a country-specific focus.  
 THE INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH CENTRE (IDRC) 
 
 The International Development Research Centre  (IDRC) is a Canadian public corporation, 
which supports scientific research focused to meet th e priorities of developing countries and the basic 
needs of the world's poor.  In FY2004/2005 its total budget (including administrative costs) was 
$140.1 million. In FY 2004/2005, IDRC undertook dis bursements in the agriculture sector totalling 
$7.2 million, which represented about 5. 1 per cent of their total allocation. 
  A review for FY2004/2005 of IDRC identified so me 35 projects in agriculture and related 
sectors, in LDCs and NFIDCs with a value of $1. 4 million (about 19 per cent of all disbursements in 
agriculture).  See Table F. 
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  TABLE F IDRC Bilateral Programming (by Re gion and Country), for Agriculture and 
Related Sectors, to LDCs and NFIDCs, FY 2004/2005 
 
Country  Number of projects  Value Disbursed CDN$ '000  
   
AFRICA    
Benin 1 30 
Burkina Faso 3 86 
Ethiopia 1 15 Malawi 2 25 
Mali 1 1 
Senegal 3 105 Sierra Leone 1 2 
Tanzania 1 10 
Togo 1 6 Uganda 4 119 
Africa LDCs  18 399 
   
Kenya 6 115 
Africa NFIDCs  6 115 
Total Africa LDCs and NFIDCs  24 514 
 
AMERICAS    
Cuba 2 151 
Peru 2 53 
Total Americas NFIDCs  4 204 
Total Americas LDCs and NFIDCs 4 204 
 
ASIA    
Afghanistan 1 246 
Bhutan 2 76 
Cambodia 1 40 Nepal 1 136 
Asia LDCs  5 498 
   
Mongolia 1 131 
Asia NFIDCs 1 131 
Total Asia LDCs and NFIDCs 6 629 
 
EUROPE, MIDDLE EAST AND 
MAGHREB    
Mauritania 1 30 
Europe, Middle East and Maghreb LDCs  1 30 
   
Total Europe, Middle East and Maghreb 
LDCs and NFIDCs 1 30 
 
IDRC   
Total IDRC to LDCs  24 927 
Total IDRC to NFIDCs  11 450 
GRAND TOTAL IDRC TO LDC/NFIDCs  35 1,377 
 
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  DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE  
 
 Canada's annual core contributions to mu ltilateral organizations such as the Food and 
Agricultural Organization (FAO), the Inter-American Institute for Co-operation on Agriculture (IICA) 
and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO ) are channelled through the Department of 
Foreign Affairs and International Trade.  In FY 2004/2005, these contributions were, respectively, 
$6.3 million, $4.2 million and $0.1 million.  Given that  food security is part of the mandate of these 
multilateral organizations, it can be assumed that a por tion of these contributions are directed to food 
security related activities.  (4) Other relevant information with respect to actions taken within the framework of the 
Decision: 
 
 Some Canadian provincial governments also have small international assistance programs 
which may provide agriculture and related technical assistance to LDCs and NFIDCs. 
 
 Canadian aid (CIDA) offices in developing countries administer a Canada Fund for Local 
Initiatives (CFLI) which responds to small-scale, country specific re quests.  Some of these funds, 
where they exist in LDCs and NFIDCs, may ha ve agriculture and related sector impacts. 
  Table G is included as a Voluntary Submission to this Notification.  This table provides 
information on Canadian technical assistance to LD Cs and NFIDCs in the sectors of fisheries and 
agro-forestry.  This table has been included to ensure that the Committee is provided with full 
information on technical assistance provided by Canada, which contributes to the food security situation of the recipient LDCs and NFIDCs.   
 
TABLE G CIDA/IDRC Fisheries and Agro-Fo restry Programming Disbursements,  
  by Channel, to LDCs and NFIDCs, FY 2004/2005  
Country  Number of projects  Value Disbursed CDN$’000  
CIDA Bilateral    
Bangladesh 1 271 
Cambodia 1 23 
Guinea 1 101 
Haiti 5 335 
Nepal 1 13 Samoa 1 38 
Senegal 5 1,449 
Solomon Islands 1 38 Timor-Leste 1 87 
Tuvalu 1 38 
Vanuatu 1 38 
LDCs  19 2,431 
   
Barbados 2 4 
Morocco 1 125 
Tunisia 1 125 
NFIDCs  4 254 
Total CIDA Bilateral  23 2,685   G/AG/N/CAN/67 
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  Country  Number of projects  Value Disbursed CDN$’000  
CIDA CPB (INC)    
Guinea 1 49 
LDCs  1 49 
   
Tunisia 1 35 
NFIDCs  1 35 
Total CIDA CPB/INC  2 84 
CIDA CPB Voluntary    
Angola 1 12 
Bangladesh 5 58 
Benin 7 40 
Burkina Faso 8 85 Burundi 4 17 
Cambodia 7 18 
Cape Verde 1 12 Central African Republic 1 12 
Chad 2 18 
Comoros 1 12 Congo, Dem Rep 5 28 
Djibouti 1 12 
Equatorial Guinea 1 12 Eritrea 1 12 
Ethiopia 6 42 
Gambia 2 16 Guinea 1 12 
Guinea-Bissau 1 12 
Haiti 9 28 
Laos 4 29 
Lesotho 1 12 Liberia 1 12 
Madagascar 2 18 
Malawi 6 36 Mali 5 26 
Mauritania 2 27 
Mozambique 9 63 Nepal 4 20 
Niger 8 42 
Rwanda 5 29 Sao Tome and Principe 1 12 
Senegal 4 48 
Sierra Leone 1 12 Solomon Islands 3 16 
Somalia 1 12 
Sudan 1 12 Tanzania 9 71 
East -Timor 2 3 
Togo 3 14 
Uganda 8 47 
Vanuatu 3 26 Zambia 4 23 
LDCs  151 1,068 
   
Botswana 2 18 
Côte d’Ivoire 1 12 
Cuba 6 101 Dominican Republic 2 8  G/AG/N/CAN/67 
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  Country  Number of projects  Value Disbursed CDN$’000  
Egypt 2 13 
Gabon 1 12 
Honduras 7 93 
Jamaica 4 18 Jordan 4 11 
Kenya 12 70 
Mauritius 1 12 
Mongolia 2 3 
Morocco 3 29 Namibia 2 16 
Pakistan 2 2 
Peru 9 45 Sri Lanka 2 23 
Trinidad and Tobago 1 3 
Tunisia 2 16 
NFIDCs  65 505 
Total CIDA CPB Voluntary  216 1,573 
CIDA to LDCs  171 3,548 
CIDA to NFIDCs  70 794 
GRAND TOTAL CIDA to LDCs 
and NFIDCs  241 4,342 
   
IDRC    
Cambodia 3 217 Mali 1 7 
Nepal 3 197 
Rwanda 1 19 
IDRC LDCs  8 440 
   
Côte d’Ivoire 1 12 
Honduras 1 12 
Peru 1 5 Sri Lanka 1 5 
IDRC NFIDCs  4 34 
Total IDRC to LDCs  8 440 
Total IDRC to NFIDCs  4 34 
Total IDRC to LDCs and NFIDCs  12 474 
Total CIDA & IDRC to LDCs  179 3,988 
Total CIDA & IDRC to NFIDCs  74 828 
Total CIDA & IDRC to LDCs 
/NFIDCs  253 4,816 
 
   
  G/AG/N/CAN/67 
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  LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS 
 
CABI   Commonwealth Agricultural Bureau International 
CCLF   CGIAR Canada Linkage Fund 
CDN $   Canadian Dollars CFLI   Canada Fund for Local Initiatives 
CGIAR   Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research9 
CIDA   Canadian International Development Agency 
CPB   Canadian Partnership Branch, CIDA 
DAC   Development Assistance Committee of the OECD 
DFAIT   Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade FAC   Food Aid Convention 
FAO   Food and Agricultural Organization 
FY   Fiscal Year GEF   Global Environment Fund 
IAE   International Assistance Envelope 
IBSRAM  International Board for Soil Research and Management ICHRGG  International Centre for Human Rights and Good Governance 
IDA   International Development Agency  
IDRC   International Development Research Centre IHA   International Humanitarian Assistance (CIDA multilateral program) 
IICA   Inter-American Institute for Co-operation on Agriculture 
IMF   International Monetary Fund INC   Industrial Cooperation Program 
INGO   International Non-Governmental Organization 
LDC   Least Developed Country (as defined by the United Nations     Economic and Social Council) 
NFIDC  Net Food Importing Developing Countr y (as identified by the Agriculture Committee 
of the WTO) 
NGO   Non-Governmental Organization 
ODA   Official Development Assistance OECD   Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development 
UNCTAD  United Nations Conference on Trade and Development 
UNDP   United Nations Development Programme UNICEF  United Nations Children's Fund 
WB   World Bank 
WFP   World Food Programme WMO   World Meteorological Organization 
WTO   World Trade Organization 
 
 
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 9  See Footnote 8 for a list of CGIAR member research institutions.