WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/AG/N/HND/16 
28 July 2004 
 (04-3258) 
Committee on Agriculture  Original:   Spanish 
   
NOTIFICATION 
 
  The following submission, dated 16 July 2004, is being circulated at the request of the Delegation of Honduras .  The notification concerns domestic support commitments ( Table DS:1  and 
relevant supporting tables) for the periods 2001-2002  and 2002-2003 . 
 
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   The only domestic agricultural support meas ures applied by the Republic of Honduras are 
those listed in the attached supporting Tables DS:1 and DS:2. 
    G/AG/N/HND/16 
Page 2 Supporting Table DS:1 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Republic of Honduras  
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  June 2001 to May 2002  
 
Measures Exempt from the Reduc tion 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               
(US$)  
 Data sources 
1 2 3 4 
General services     
Pest and disease control     
    
Control and eradication of 
the Mediterranean fruit fly 
(MOSCAMED)               
SENASA, SAG  Establish a Mediterranean fruit fly-free area for the production and export of fruit and vegetables and protection of animal health.          
The beneficiaries of the programme are 10,000 small-, medium- and 
large-scale Honduran fruit and vegetable producers and exporters 
located on the Atlantic coast and in the Bajo Aguá n valley.                       
Training and Extension.
 250,000.00 SAG 
Rural Economy 
Revitalization Programme 
Part II                    Strengthening of 
Phytozoosanitary and Food 
Safety Services              SENASA
 The aim of this programme is capacity-building for SENASA, with a 
view to strengthening phytozoosanitary and food safety services and 
emphasis on improving the competitiveness of rural production sectors, in particular agri-food, thereby helping to reduce rural poverty.
 31,100.00 SAG 
    
Training services     
    
African Palm Project  Provide training to improve the profitability, competitiveness and 
fairness of African palm production systems. 1,354,837.50 SAG   G/AG/N/HND/16
 Page 3Measure type  Name and description of measure                                 
with reference to criteria in Annex 2  Monetary value of measure in 
year in question               
(US$)  
 Data sources 
1 2 3 4 
Other services     
    
Forest Policy Support Project 
(PROFOR)                          
AFE, COHDEFOR  Apply elements of a forest policy based on the conceptualization of 
social forestry as an essential part  of Honduran development plans and 
on the implementation of social fore stry concepts in specific areas of 
the country as a strategy to alle viate poverty and reduce ecological 
vulnerability.  436,764.00 SAG 
 
  G/AG/N/HND/16 
Page 4 Supporting Table DS:2 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Republic of Honduras  
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  June 2001 to May 2002  
 
Measures Exempt from the Reduction Co mmitment - Special and D ifferential 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 question               
(US$)  
 Data sources 
1 2 3 4 
    
Investment subsidies generally available to agriculture    
Launch and development of 
PRONADERS Programme       
DINADERS, SAG  Contribute, by means of national funds and grants, to raising the living 
standards of the population and maximizing the potential of natural 
resources through human, social, environmental and production-
oriented development.  674,000.00 SAG 
Rural Economy 
Revitalization Programme 
(RERURAL)  Contribute to the revitalization of the rural economy, with particular 
emphasis on improving the competitiveness of rural production sectors, 
in particular agri-food, thereby help ing to reduce rural poverty. This 
project is being implemented at national level and will be of direct 
benefit to an estimated 63,000 inhabitants (and of indirect benefit to 
2.4 million).  25,279.25 SAG 
Mango Hydrothermal 
Treatment Plant  Provide support for and boost the production, productivity and marketing of mangoes in Honduras. This project is being implemented 
in the Comayagua Valley by the Honduran Mango Producers' 
Association and will involve approximately 1,379 hectares of mango 
plantations.
 935,000.00 SAG 
 
   G/AG/N/HND/16
 Page 5Supporting Table DS:1 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Republic of Honduras  
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  June 2002 to May 2003  
 
Measures Exempt from the Reduc tion 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               
(US$)  
 Data sources 
1 2 3 4 
General services     
Pest and disease control     
    
National Epidemiological 
Surveillance Project 
(PRONAVESA)  Protect national livestock heritage through disease prevention, control 
and eradication in order to guarantee to importing countries Honduran 
compliance with the sanitary requirem ents of international trade in the 
context of the WTO and other organizations at national level.  412,742.00 (PRONAVESA) 
SAG / SENASA / USDA 
Regional Forest Health and 
Management Strategy for 
Latin America  Develop, implement and release a national and regional strategy to 
prevent the spread of the bark beetle pest, which is damaging the pine 
forests of Central America, and provi de training for staff at national 
level in forest management and protection.  329,200.00 SAG 
Control and eradication of 
the Mediterranean fruit fly (MOSCAMED)               
SENASA, SAG
 Establish a Mediterranean fruit fly-free area for the production and 
export of fruit and vegetables and protection of animal health.   The beneficiaries of the programm e are 10,000 small-, medium- and 
large-scale Honduran fruit and vegetable producers and exporters 
located on the Atlantic coast and in the Bajo Aguán valley.   Training and Extension.
 315,000.00 SAG 
Rural Economy 
Revitalization Programme        Part II                        
Strengthening of 
Phytozoosanitary and Food 
Safety Services               
SENASA The aim of this programme is capacity-building for SENASA, with a 
view to strengthening phytozoosanitary and food safety services and emphasis on improving the competitiveness of rural production sectors, 
in particular agri-food, thereby helping to reduce rural poverty.
 984,400.00 SAG  G/AG/N/HND/16 
Page 6 Measure type  Name and description of measure                                
with reference to criteria in Annex 2  Monetary value of measure in 
year in question               
(US$)  
 Data sources 
1 2 3 4 
Training services     
    
Mangrove Management and 
Conservation Project  Provide training in environmental protection and conservation for communities in the coasta l maritime zone in the Gulf of Fonseca and 
the departments of Valle and Choluteca, which border the mangrove 
forest.
 142,200.00 (PROMANGLE) 
AFE, COHDEFOR  
African Palm Project  Provide training to improve the profitability, competitiveness and 
fairness of African palm production systems.  1,354,837.50 SAG 
    
Other services     
    
Tri-National Sustainable 
Development Programme for 
the Upper Lempa River 
Basin  Raise the living standards of the inhabitants of the upper Lempa River basin by way of measures encouraging the sustainable development of 
the intervention area, with a view to breaking the poverty-degradation 
of natural resources cycle.
 6,795.00 SAG 
Land-use planning and 
protection of watersheds and protected areas
 Ensure, in conjunction with the communities in the departments of Ocotepeque, Intibucá and Colón, the conservation, delimitation and legalization of small watersheds and water sources.
 104,200.00 AFE, COHDEFOR  
Forest Policy Support Project 
(PROFOR)                             
AFE, COHDEFOR  Apply elements of a forest policy based on the conceptualization of 
social forestry as an essential part  of Honduran development plans and 
on the implementation of social fore stry concepts in specific areas of 
the country as a strategy to alle viate poverty and reduce ecological 
vulnerability.  142,742.00 SAG 
 
DINADERS:  National Directorate for Sustainable Rural Development PRONADERS:  National Sustainable Rural Development Programme
 
PRONAVESA:  National Epidemiological Surveillance Project SAG:  Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock  SENASA:  National Agricultural Health Service 
 
USDA:  United States Department of Agriculture  AFE:  State Forestry Association  
COHDEFOR:  Honduran Forestry Development Cooperation  
PROFOR:  Forest Policy Support Project  
PROMANGLE:  Mangrove Management and Conservation Project  
 
   G/AG/N/HND/16
 Page 7Supporting Table DS:2 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Republic of Honduras  
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  June 2002 to May 2003  
 
Measures Exempt from the Reduction Co mmitment - Special and D ifferential 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 question               
(US$)  
 Data sources 
1 2 3 4 
    
Investment subsidies generally available to agriculture    
District Construction and 
Rehabilitation                    
and Irrigation Projects (I)  Ensure a guaranteed supply of wate r for irrigation to the districts and 
state projects affected by Hurrican e Mitch to promote the sowing of 
basic commodities and other crops in the short-term.  1,024,860.00 SAG 
Rural Economy 
Revitalization  Programme 
(RERURAL)  Contribute to the revitalization of the rural economy, with particular 
emphasis on improving the competitiveness of rural production sectors, 
in particular agri-food, thereby help ing to reduce rural poverty. This 
project is being implemented at national level and will be of direct 
benefit to an estimated 63,000 inhabitants (and of indirect benefit to 2.4 million).
 17,498.75 SAG 
 
 
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