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ORGANIZATION  G/AG/N/NZL/45/Rev.1 
23 December 2008 
 (08-6305) 
Committee on Agriculture Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
Revision
 
 
  The following submission, dated 27 November 2008,  is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of New Zealand .  The revised notification concerns acti ons 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 the financial year 
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 PROGRAMME ON LEAST-DEVELOPED AND NET  
FOOD-IMPORTING DEVELOPING COUNTRIES :  NEW ZEALAND  
 
REPORTING PERIOD: 2004/2005 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 2004 
to June 2005 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. 
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  Core Funding to Multilateral Agencies  
 
  WFP      $1,000,000 (see below also)   CGIAR               $   900,000  Emergency Food Aid in response to appeals
 
 
International Organisations 
World Food Programme  
  Indian Ocean Tsunami    $5,000,000 
  Darfur (Sudan)      $1,500,000 
  Central America     $   701,066 
  Southern Africa     $   500,000 
  Timor Leste     $   500,000 
 
NGOs   ASIA 
  Bangladesh ( Caritas Aotearoa)   $    37,500 
 
 AFRICA  
  Mali  (World Vision)    $    70,000 
  Niger (World Vision)    $    80,000 
  Sudan 
   World Vision    $  233,533 
   Christian World Service (CWS)  $    80,000 
 
(3) Technical and financial assistance under paragraph 3(iii) of the Decision: 
 
 All financial assistance provided by NZAID is in grant form.  Assistance provided in the year 
to June 2005 includes (all expressed in New Zealand dollars):  
 Pacific Regional
 
  Forum Fisheries Agency   $   911,367 
  Pacific Fisheries Commission   $   115,035   Secretariat for Pacific Communities (SPC)  $6,143,000   Pacific Biosecurity project   $     16,613   Horticultural Research    $     34,848 
  FAO roundtable – Pacific participation  $       8,530 
  Livestock/Food Security workshop  $     40,000  
 Asia Regional
 
  Phytosanitary capacity building   $   222,593 
  Mekong food safety/quality   $   408,451 
  Codex trust Fund (food safety)   $     50,000 
 
 Americas Regional  
  International Potato Centre   $   500,000 
  International Centre for Tropical Agriculture $   500,000 
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   Support to NGOs
 
  Bangladesh 
   World Vision; Agricultural project $      54,645 
  Mali 
   World Vision; Vegetable gardening $      88,387 
  Nepal 
   Caritas; Sustainable agriculture  $      32,817 
  Samoa 
   Oxfam; Organic farming  $      55,162 
  Sri Lanka 
   CWS; Land and Agricultural reform $      20,000 
  Tanzania 
   World Vision; Farmers capacity building$      76,502 
  Timor Leste 
   Caritas; Rural development  $      21,667    CWS; Sustainable agriculture  $      20,000 
   Oxfam; Nutrition and food security $      35,000 
  Uganda 
   Caritas; Sustainable agriculture  $      29,837 
   CWS; Agriculture and Livestock $      26,000 
  Zambia 
   World Vision; Cattle restocking  $      27,869 
   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 2005 include:   
 ASIA 
 Cambodia 
  Siem Reap fruit & vegetables   $      5,495   Food security initiative    $    74,485 
  Agribusiness development facility  $    58,695 
 Laos 
  Community fisheries    $  127,953 
 Myanmar 
  WFP: Food security    $  440,000 
 Pakistan  
  R&D Co-operative Agricultural   $    11,200 
  Development, Uzbekistan/Pakistan 
 Sri Lanka 
  Pear industry development   $     11,200 
 New Zealand  NGO Funding 
  Core-funding for Trade Aid    $   643,325 
  (assistance to farmers of tea, coffee etc)    
 AFRICA  
 Kenya   Lake Victoria Fisheries Management  $      30,457  
 Mozambique 
  Oxfam Food, cattle and crops project  $      50,000  G/AG/N/NZL/45/Rev.1 
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   Zambia 
  Mkushi nutrition project    $      50,425 
   
 LATIN AMERICA  
 Peru 
  Agricultural Information & Development $    170,241 
 
(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. 
 
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