WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/AG/N/NZL/68 
27 April 2011 
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Committee on Agriculture Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
 
 The following submission, dated 18 April 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 
2009/2010.  
 
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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: 2009/2010 Financial Year (year ending 30 June) - $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 progra mmes funded that included monetary food aid in the 
financial year July 2009 to June 2010 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-D eveloped or Net Food-
Importing Developing Countries (LDCs or NFIDCs) only.   
 The International Development Group of the Mi nistry 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. 
 New Zealand provides emergency relief thr ough 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. 
 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 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 1,346,983  
 
                                                      
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  Emergency Food Aid in response to appeals  
 
International Organisations 
World Food Programme 
  Haiti (Earthquake flash appeal)  $NZ 1,000,000 
 Horn of Africa  (Food crisis) $NZ 1,000,000 
 Peru  (Flood relief) $NZ    142,898 
 
Non-Governmental Organisations (interventions that may have included food aid)   
Africa
 
 Niger Save the Children: Drought $NZ     25,000 
 Somalia  NZ Somali Women, Food $NZ     54,000 
 Sudan Christian World Service: 
                  Response to Drought $NZ     25,000 
 
Americas  
 Haiti  IFRC $NZ    400,000 
  Save the Children $NZ      75,760 
  UNICEF NZ $NZ      91,800   World Vision $NZ      91,800 
  Christian World Service $NZ      75,760 
  Salvation Army $NZ      25,000   TEAR Fund $NZ      91,800   Rotary $NZ      75,600  Honduras  World Vision: Food Security $NZ    189,108 
 Asia
 
 Afghanistan Caritas: Response to Drought $NZ     25,000 
 
 
(3) Technical and financial assistance under paragraph 3(iii) of the Decision: 
  All financial assistance provided by the New Zealand Aid Programme is in grant form.  
Assistance provided in the year to June 2010 includes (all expressed in New Zealand dollars): 
 
a) GLOBAL / REGIONAL
 
 
 Global  
 CGIAR2 Core Funding $NZ  1,500,000 
  
 Pacific Regional  
 Forum Fisheries Agency $NZ  3,500,000  Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC)  $NZ  4,604,530 
 SPC
3 Pacific Tuna Tagging Research $NZ  1,662,500 
 FAO4 roundtable – Pacific participation $NZ       84,842 
 Genetic Resources Agricultural Plant Research $NZ       91,247  Pacific Invasives Initiative $NZ     213,620 
                                                     
 
2 Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research. 
3 Secretariat for the Pacific Community. 
4 United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation. G/AG/N/NZL/68 
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   Regional Trade Facilitation $NZ    500,000 
 Agricultural Research $NZ      29,289  
 Asia Regional
 
 Phytosanitary capacity building $NZ    505,419  Mekong Food Safety $NZ    215,395 
 
 Americas Regional
 
 CIP5 Andean Food Security $NZ    931,060 
 FAO Andean Food Security $NZ    701,388 
 
 Support to Non Governmental Organisations   
 Kenya  ChildFund: Food Security $NZ   100,000 
 Sudan World Vision: Agriculture $NZ     72,609 
  Caritas: Food Security $NZ     25,000 
 Tanzania  Salvation Army Water/Nutrition $NZ     89,213 
 Honduras  World Vision: Food Security $NZ   189,108 
 Bangladesh Caritas: Sustainable Agriculture $NZ     30,000 
 Nepal  Caritas: Pest management $NZ     93,002 
 Sri Lanka  ChildFund: Agricultural Rehab. $NZ   200,000 
  Christian World Service: 
              Agricultural Reform $NZ     56,000 
  
b) BILATERAL  
 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 2010 include:   
 Pacific
 
 Kiribati 
 Fisheries training $NZ       3,000  
 Solomon Islands 
 Fisheries Sector $NZ 2,531,508 
 Makira Sustainable Livelihoods $NZ       9,967  Rural Livelihoods – World Fish $NZ   229,745 
 Vanuatu 
 Agriculture and Land $NZ     22,470 
 Farm Support Association $NZ   113,245 
  
 Asia
 
 Afghanistan 
 FAO Afghanistan Saleh Programme $NZ    39,725 
 Agriculture Strategy $NZ    58,805 
 Cambodia 
 NRM6 and Livelihoods $NZ 1,500,000 
 Agribusiness development facility $NZ   435,081 
 Laos 
 Coffee Farmers $NZ   170,651 
                                                      
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   Myanmar 
 WFP: Alternative Sources of Income $NZ   300,000 
 Nepal 
 Sustainable Cereal Fodder $NZ   155,697 
 
 
(4) Other relevant information with respect to actions taken within the framework of the 
Decision:  
 The New Zealand Aid Programme funds schol arships 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.  
 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. 
 
 In 2009/10 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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