WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/AG/N/GUY/1
28 September 1998
(98-3732)
Committee on Agriculture Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
The following notification concerning domestic support commitments for calendar year 1997
(Table DS:1  and relevant Supporting Tables) was received from the delegation of Guyana  on
14 September 1998.G/AG/N/GUY/1
Page 2Table DS:1
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Guyana
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 1997
Current Total Aggregate Measurement of Support
Total AMS commitment level for period in question Currency Current Total AMS
(from Section 1 of Part IV of the Schedule) (from Section 1 of Part IV of the Schedule) (from attached Supporting Tables)
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No base or annual Total AMS commitment levels exist in Part IV of Schedule CXII (Guyana);
No non-exempt support is provided to agricultural producers, accord ing to the range of support policies to be included in the c alculation of AMS set out in Article 6 and
Annex 3 of the Agreement on Agriculture.G/AG/N/GUY/1
Page 3Supporting Table DS:1
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Guyana
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 1997
Measures exempt from the reduction commitment  – "Green Box"
Measure Type Name and description of measure with reference to criteria in Annex 2 Monetary value of measure in year in question
Guyana $'000 1
12 3
Central Regional Total
(a)  General Services:
 (i) research, pest and disease control,
training services, extension and advisoryservices and inspection services 
2Current Expenditure:
- Crops and Livestock Division
- National Agricultural Research Institute (NARI)- National Dairy Development Programme (NDDP)
- Guyana School of Agriculture
- Regional Education Programme for Animal Health Assistants (REPAHA)433,664
152,009
17,100
38,608
5,787338,161 771,825
152,009
17,100
38,608
5,787
Capital Expenditure:
- National Agricultural Research Institute (NARI)
- National Dairy Development Programme
- Guyana School of Agriculture- Extension Services29,200
7,600
7,000
28829,200
7,600
7,000
288
- Total (Capital and Current) 691,256 338,161 1,029,417
(ii) marketing and promotion services 
3- Guyana Marketing Corporation (GMC)
  (Current Expenditure)
- Total19,000
19,00019,000
19,000
(iii) infrastructural services – drainage
and irrigation services and farm feederroads 
4- Agricultural Sector Hybrid Programme:  upgrading of farm access roads 5
- Agricultural Sector Loan:  institutional strengthening in drainage andirrigation 
6119,037
32,986119,037
32,986
- Public rehabilitation of drainage and irrigation areas 365,000 365,000G/AG/N/GUY/1
Page 4Measure Type Name and description of measure with reference to criteria in Annex 2 Monetary value of measure in year in question
Guyana $'000 1
12 3
Central Regional Total
- Purchase of drainage and irrigation equipment 37,170 37,170
- Flood control (Mahaica and Mahaicony, Region 5) 18,469 18,469
- Rural Support Project:  institutional development in drainage and irrigation 720,000 20,000
- Agricultural development in Regions 1 and 4 (drainage and irrigation
rehabilitation) 27,400 27,400
- Drainage and irrigation capital works in Regions 2, 5 and 6 200,781 200,781- Drainage and irrigation capital works under the Social Impact Amelioration
Programme (SIMAP) 
860,659 60,659
- East Bank Essequibo Development Project (Region 3):  rehabilitation and
infrastructure works 996,475 96,475
- Total 634,852 343,125 977,977
General Services – Total 2,026,394
(b)  Public stockholding for food
security purposesnot applicable 10
(c)  Domestic food aid 11
(i) Expenditures on food transfers - Purchase of food under the Health and Nutrition component of the Social
Impact Amelioration Programme (includes distribution and supervision costs) 12
(Capital Expenditure)
- Total60,718
60,71860,718
60,718
(ii) Expenditures on food for work
programmes- Food for work programmes under the Community Development component of
the Social Impact Amelioration Programme 13
(Capital Expenditure)226,268 226,268
- Total 226,268 226,268
Domestic Food Aid – Total 286,986
(d)  Direct payments to producers not applicableG/AG/N/GUY/1
Page 5Measure Type Name and description of measure with reference to criteria in Annex 2 Monetary value of measure in year in question
Guyana $'000 1
12 3
Central Regional Total
(e)  Decoupled income support not applicable
(f)  Government financial participation
in income insurance and income safety
net programmesnot applicable
(g)  Payments for relief from natural
disastersnot applicable
(h)  Structural adjustment assistance
provided through producer retirement
programmesnot applicable
(i)  Structural adjustment assistance
provided through investment aidsnot applicable
(j)  Payments under environment
programmesnot applicable
(k)  Payments under regional
assistance programmesnot applicable
GRAND TOTAL 1,632,094 681,286 2,313,380
1 All expenditure items taken from Guyana:  Estimates of the Public Sector – Current and Capital R evenue and Expenditure for the Year 1998, as Presented to the National Assembly,
Volume 1, Government of Guyana, 1998.  All expenditure items taken from Heading:  Revised 1997 , giving the actual  expenditures in that year.  Figures include government expenditures
from financial resources arising both from domestic sources, and from grants and loans of international organisations.  Please see specific expenditure entries for the specific international
organisation concerned.
2 The services included in category (i) are provided by the Crops and Livestock Division of the Ministry of Agriculture, the Nati onal Agricultural Research Institute (NARI), the National
Dairy Development Programme (NDDP), the Guyana School of Agriculture (GSA), the Extension Services and the Regional Education P rogramme for Animal Health Assistants
(REPAHA).  The entire central government allocations to these agencies (both Capital and Current Expenditures as applicable) ha ve therefore been included.
3 Agricultural marketing and promotion services are provided by th e Guyana Marketing Corporation.  The entire government allocat ion to this agency has therefore been included in this
category.
4 The definition of infrastructural services in Annex 2, paragraph 2(g) of the Agreement on Agriculture would include drainage a nd irrigation services and works, and construction of farm
feeder roads.  Both these are entirely categorised as Capital Expenditures in the Budget under the headings given.
5 Co-financed by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).
6 Co-financed by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).
7 Co-financed by the International Fu nd for Agricultural Development (IFAD).
8 Co-financed by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).
9 Co-financed by the International Fu nd for Agricultural Development (IFAD).
10 Not applicable  indicates that no domestic support was provided in the corresponding category.
11 Domestic food aid is provided through the Social Impact Amelioration Programme (SIMAP), an autonomous agency established to co unter negative economic effects of the structural
adjustment programme, initiated in 1989.  Eligibility for food aid is defined in terms of the nutritional and/or income status of potential recipients.
12 Co-financed by the World Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank.
13 Co-financed by the World Food Programme (WFP).G/AG/N/GUY/1
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Supporting Table DS:1 – Summary
Measure Type
(from Annex 2, Agreement on Agriculture)Monetary Value
of Measure
(G$'000)Monetary Value
of Measure
(US$'000)1
(a) General services 2,026,394 13,631.337
(b) Public stockholding for food security purposes nil nil
(c) Domestic food aid 286,986 1,930.524
(d) Direct payments to producers nil nil
(e) Decoupled income support nil nil
(f) Government financial participation in income insurance
and income safety net programmesnil nil
(g) Payments made for relief from natural disasters nil nil
(h) Structural adjustment assistance provided through
producer retirement programmesnil nil
(i) Structural adjustment assistance provided through
investment aidsnil nil
(j) Payments under environmental programmes nil nil
(k) Payments under regional assistance programmes nil nil
Total 2,313,380 15,561,861
Total expenditure on Annex 2 Domestic Support = US$ 15, 561,861
                                                     
1 The average exchange rate for July, 1998 – Guyana $148.65703 per US$ - has been used in the
calculation.  Source:  Bank of Guyana, International Department .G/AG/N/GUY/1
Page 7Supporting Table DS:2
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Guyana
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 1997
Measures exempt from the reduction commitment – Special and Differential Treatment – "Development Programmes"
Measure type Name and description of measure with reference to criteria in Article 6:2 Monetary value of
measure in year in
questionData sources
12 3 4
No support is provided in the form of "investment subsidies ge nerally available to agriculture", "input subsidies generally ava ilable to low-income or resource-poor producers" or "support
to encourage diversification from the growing of illicit narcotic crops".G/AG/N/GUY/1
Page 8Supporting Table DS:3
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Guyana
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 1997
Measures exempt from the reduction commitmen t – Direct Payments under Production-Limiti ng Programmes – "Exempt Direct Payments"
Measure Type Name and description of measure with reference to criteria in Article 6:5 Monetary value of measure
in year in questionData sources
12 3 4
No support is provided in the form of "dir ect payments under production-limiting programmes".
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