311

AGRICULTURE

31110

Agricultural policy and
administrative management

Agricultural sector policy, planning and programmes; aid to agricultural ministries; 
institution capacity building and advice; unspecified agriculture.

31120

Agricultural development

Integrated projects; farm development.

31130

Agricultural land resources

Including soil degradation control; soil improvement; drainage of water logged areas; soil desalination;
agricultural land surveys; land reclamation; erosion control, desertification control.

31140

Agricultural water resources

Irrigation, reservoirs, hydraulic structures, ground water exploitation for agricultural use.

31150

Agricultural inputs

Supply of seeds, fertilizers, agricultural machinery/equipment.

31161

Food crop production

Including grains (wheat, rice, barley, maize, rye, oats, millet, sorghum);
horticulture; vegetables; fruit and berries; other annual crops.

31162

Industrial crops/export crops

Including sugar; coffee, cocoa, tea; oil seeds, nuts, kernels; fibre crops; tobacco; rubber.

31163

Livestock

Animal husbandry; animal feed aid.

31164

Agrarian reform

Including agricultural sector adjustment.

31165

Agricultural alternative development

Projects to reduce illicit drug cultivation through other agricultural marketing and
production opportunities (see code 43050 for non-agricultural alternative development).

31181

Agricultural education/training

31182

Agricultural extension

Non-formal training in agriculture.

31183

Agricultural research

Including plant breeding, physiology, genetic resources, ecology, taxonomy, disease control,
agricultural bio-technology.

31184

Livestock research

Including animal health, breeding and genetics, nutrition, physiology.

31191

Agricultural services

Marketing policies & organisation; storage and transportation, creation of strategic reserves.

31192

Plant and post-harvest protection and
pest control

Including  integrated plant protection, biological plant protection activities, supply and
management of agrochemicals, supply of pesticides, plant protection policy and legislation.

31193

Agricultural financial services

Financial intermediaries for the agricultural sector including credit schemes; crop insurance.

31194

Agricultural co-operatives

Including farmers’ organisations.

31195

Livestock/veterinary services

Animal health and management, genetic resources, feed resources.

312

FORESTRY

31210

Forestry policy and administrative management

Forestry sector policy, planning and programmes; institution capacity building and advice;
forest surveys; unspecified forestry and agro-forestry activities.

31220

Forestry development

Afforestation for industrial and rural consumption; exploitation and utilisation;
erosion control, desertification control; integrated forestry projects.

31261

Fuelwood/charcoal

Forestry development whose primary purpose is production of fuelwood and charcoal.

31281

Forestry education/training

31282

Forestry research

Including artificial regeneration, genetic improvement, production methods, fertilizer, harvesting.

31291

Forestry services

313

FISHING

31310

Fishing policy and administrative management

Fishing sector policy, planning and programmes; institution capacity building and advice;
ocean and coastal fishing; marine and freshwater fish surveys and prospecting;
fishing boats/equipment; unspecified fishing activities.

31320

Fishery development

Exploitation and utilisation of fisheries; fish stock protection; aquaculture; integrated fishery projects.

31381

Fishery education/training

31382

Fishery research

Pilot fish culture; marine/freshwater biological research.

31391

Fishery services

Fishing harbours; fish markets; fishery transport and cold storage.

32181

Technological research and development

Including industrial standards; quality management; metrology;  testing;  accreditation;  certification.

331

TRADE POLICY AND REGULATIONS

33110

Trade policy and administrative management

Trade policy and planning; support to ministries and departments responsible for trade policy;
trade-related legislation and regulatory reforms; analysis and implementation of multilateral
trade agreements e.g. technical barriers to trade and sanitary and phytosanitary measures (TBT/SPS);
mainstreaming trade in national development strategies (e.g. poverty reduction strategy papers);
wholesale/retail trade; unspecified trade and trade promotion activities. 

33120

Trade facilitation

Simplification and harmonisation of international import and export procedures
(e.g. customs valuation, licensing procedures, transport formalities, payments, insurance);
support to customs departments; tariff reforms.

33130

Regional trade agreements (RTAs)

Support to regional trade arrangements (e.g. SADC, ASEAN, FTAA, ACP/EU);
elaboration of rules of origin and introduction of special and differential treatment in RTAs.

33140

Multilateral trade negotiations

Support aid recipients’ effective participation in multilateral trade negotiations,
including training of negotiators, assessing impacts of negotiations;
accession to WTO and other multilateral trade-related organisations.

33181

Trade education/training

Human resources development in trade not included under any of the above codes. 
Includes university programmes in trade.

400

MULTISECTOR/CROSS-CUTTING

Note: Sector specific environmental protection and gender equality/WID activities
should be included in the respective sectors, and the environment and gender equality
marker checked. Multi-sector/cross-cutting includes only environment and
WID activities not allocable by sector.

410

General environmental protection

Non-sector specific.

41010

Environmental policy and
administrative management

Environmental policy, laws, regulations and economic instruments;
administrational institutions and practices; environmental and land use planning and
decision-making procedures; seminars, meetings; miscellaneous conservation and
protection measures not specified below.

41020

Biosphere protection

Air pollution control, ozone layer preservation; marine pollution control.

41030

Bio-diversity

Including natural reserves and actions in the surrounding areas; other measures to protect
endangered or vulnerable species and their habitats (e.g. wetlands preservation).

41040

Site preservation

Applies to unique cultural landscape; including sites/objects of historical,
archeological, aesthetic, scientific or educational value.

41050

Flood prevention/control

Floods from rivers or the sea;  including sea water intrusion control and sea level rise related activities.

41081

Environmental education/ training

41082

Environmental research

Including establishment of databases, inventories/accounts of physical and natural resources;
environmental profiles and impact studies if not sector specific.

420

Women in development

Non-sector specific.

42010

Women in development

Including multisectoral WID projects and programmes; promotion of and support to WID
groups and networks; conferences, seminars, etc.|

430

Other multisector

43010

Multisector aid

43020

Multisector aid for basic social services

Basic social services are defined to include basic education, basic health, basic nutrition,
population/reproductive health and water supply and sanitation – small systems.

43030

Urban development and management

Integrated urban development projects;  local development and urban management; 
urban infrastructure and services;  municipal finances;  urban environmental management; 
urban development and planning; urban renewal and urban housing;  land information systems.

43040

Rural development

Integrated rural development projects;  e.g. regional development planning; 
promotion of decentralised and multi-sectoral competence for planning,
co-ordination and management;  implementation of regional development and measures
(including natural reserve management);  land management;  land use planning; 
functional integration of rural and urban areas;  geographical information systems.

43050

Non-agricultural alternative development

Projects to reduce illicit drug cultivation through, for example, non-agricultural
income opportunities, social and physical infrastructure
(see code 31165 for agricultural alternative development).

43081

Multisector education/training

Including scholarships.

500

COMMODITY AID AND
GENERAL PROGRAMME ASSISTANCE

Note: Sector specific programme assistance is to be included in the respective sectors,
using the structural adjustment flag if appropriate.

510

Structural Adjustment Assistance with World Bank/IMF

Includes structural adjustment programmes either co-financed with or undertaken in co-ordination
with the World Bank and the IMF.

51010

Structural adjustment

When not allocable by sector.

520

Developmental food aid/Food security assistance

52010

Food aid/Food security programmes

Supply of edible human food under national or international programmes including transport costs;
cash payments made for food supplies; project food aid; food aid for market sales;
excluding emergency food aid.

530

Other general programme and commodity assistance

53010

Balance-of-payments support

Including general programme assistance (when not allocable by sector).

53020

Budget support

Including administrative budget support.

53030

Import support (capital goods)

Capital goods and services; lines of credit.

53040

Import support (commodities)

Commodities, general goods and services, oil imports.

910

ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS OF DONORS

91010

Administrative costs

920

SUPPORT TO NON- GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS

Official funds to be paid over to national and international private voluntary agencies
for use at the latters’ discretion.

92010

Support to national NGO’s

In the donor country.

92020

Support to international NGO’s

92030

Support to local and regional NGO’s

In the recipient country or region.

998

UNALLOCATED/ UNSPECIFIED

99810

Sectors not specified

Contributions to general development of the recipient should be included under
programme assistance (53010).

99820

Promotion of development awareness

Spending in donor country for heightened awareness/interest in development co-operation
(brochures, lectures, special research projects, etc.).