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ORGANIZATIONIP/C/W/132/Add.1/Suppl.1
5 October 2001
(01-4841)
Council for Trade-Related Aspects
of Intellectual Property RightsOriginal:  English
IMPLEMENTATION OF ARTICLE  66.2:  INFORMATION FROM
DEVELOPED COUNTRY MEMBERS
UNITED STATES
Supplement
The present document reproduces the information on the implementation of Article 66.2 of
the TRIPS Agreement made available by the delegation of the United States at the TRIPS Council
meeting on 20 September 2001.
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The US African Development Fund ("ADF") was established by the US Congress in 1984 as
a US public corporation to work directly with community-based groups in sub-Saharan African
countries to help diagnose and solve community problems.
The programme is unique because all ADF-funded activities are conceived and implemented
locally in the countries involved and grants ar e awarded directly to grassroots African groups,
entrepreneurs and researchers to fund those activities.  To illustrate, let me give you some examples of
several recent projects that have been funded by ADF.
Twenty-two women Members of the Home Girls Cooperative, located 250 miles from the
capital of Zimbabwe, have been given a grant of $87, 467 over a period of five years to transform their
jewellery making into a profitable jewellery and accessory-making enterprise that earns a steady
income.  The group has doubled its share of the domestic jewellery market to 28% and has initiatedsales in South Africa and Japan.  The funds are used to purchase raw materials for beads, to construct
and electrify their production facility, and to obtain management training.
The Nyamaropa-Nyakomba Paprika Growers Association, formed in 1997, has received a
grant of $201,616 over five years to help small-scale paprika farmers enter local, regional andinternational markets through increasing productivity, enhancing quality and obtaining marketing and
technical assistance.  The project has increased the average incomes of paprika producers from
Z$8,000 to Z$24,340 per acre by year three.
The Uganda Gender Micro Credit and Afforestation Project, an umbrella non-governmental
organization with over 27,000 members in 1,202 gr oups, has been given a grant of $209,332 over five
years.  The organization uses the grant to provid e drastically needed alternatives to subsistence
farming for its members by providing training and 6,000 small loans to establish small tree nurseries
for fruit trees and fuel-wood trees, operated by 25 groups in five target districts.  Group members are
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The Opportunities Industrialization Centers of Tanzania was given a grant of $37,243 for over
six months to provide local non-governmental organizations with training in financial and
organizational sustainability so that staff in these organizations can understand finance and enterprise
development as the country moves progressively toward a market economy.
The Diourbei Fish Preservation and Marketing Project, a union of 57 women's cooperatives in
Senegal, has been given a grant of $208,083 over five years to construct a fish processing and cold
storage facility in order to provide reliable employment and increasing revenue for the group.  The
new working capital expands the credit fund, and training is provided cooperative members in
marketing, management and food preservation.  By the fifth year, the union expects to sell 7.5 tons of
fish weekly, benefitting 3,000 members, their families and local fishermen.
The Djiratawa Irrigated Area Cooperatives in Niger received a grant of $236,096 over five
years through repair of its water system and construction of wells that strengthen the capacity of 872
households to produce tomatoes, cotton and wheat for sale to local processors.  Women members use
the grain mill to produce traditional pasta.  A portion of the proceeds from these activities goes to
support a revolving fund for further income-gathering activities.
In the southern region of Namibia, the Vaaigras Ostrich Pilot Project received a grant of
$55,532 over fourteen months to establish the first group of farmers in Namibia to engage in
commercial ostrich production.  The project provides working capital for feedstock, technical
assistance and office equipment for agricultural management.  The results are a new, moreenvironmentally friendly industry for subsistence communal farmers.
These are just a few examples of the activities for which the ADF provides grants but they
represent important changes in the lives of the people who benefit from them.  Numerous other
examples are included in the information we are submitting this week.
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ADF is unique in that it carries out its mission by providing grants to community groups,
cooperatives, micro-entrepreneurs, small farmers and African non-governmental organizations to fund
projects that have a direct impact on local African society.
The agency has found that micro-credit projects in Africa can yield high development returns
particularly among the populations that have historically not had access to commercial credit.
Through several of its projects in New Guinea in which it formed partnerships with USAID
and the World Bank, ADF has also found that its grassroots-focussed development approach can be of
use in helping large institutions infuse significant resources in specific regions so that longer-term
sustainable impacts can be achieved.
ADF has established country liaison officers in Benin, Botswana, Cameroon, Cape Verde,
Ghana, Guinea, Lesotho, Mali, Namibia, Niger, Sene gal, Tanzania, Uganda and Zimbabwe.  A list of
those officers and information for contacting them is included in the information that we are
submitting regarding this agency.1
Much more information is available over the Internet on www.adf.gov.
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1 Since the information is voluminous, it is not being circulated as a formal TRIPS Council document.
A copy is available for inspection in the WTO Secretaria t Intellectual Property Division.  It can also be accessed
over the internet at www.adf.gov.