WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/AG/N/GUY/5
2 August 2001
(01-3823)
Committee on Agriculture Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
The following notification concerning domestic support commitments for calendar year 1998
(Table DS:1  and relevant Supporting Tables) was received from the delegation of Guyana  on
30 July 2001.G/AG/N/GUY/5
Page 2Table DS:1
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Guyana
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 1998
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/5
Page 3Supporting Table DS:1
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Guyana
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 1998
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)- Pink Mealy Bug Unit400,860
158,664
17,377
42,804
4,441
32,851230,793 631,653
158,664
17,377
42,804
4,441
32,851
Capital Expenditure:
- National Agricultural Research Institute (NARI)
- National Dairy Development Programme- Guyana School of Agriculture10,000
7,0003,95410,000
7,0003,954
- Total (Capital and Current) 677,951 230,793 908,744
(ii) marketing and promotion services 
3- Guyana Marketing Corporation (GMC)
  (Current Expenditure)
- Guyana Marketing Corporation (GMC) - purchase of a truck
- Total19,304
4,146
23,45019,304
4,146
23,450
(iii) infrastructural services – drainage
and irrigation services and farm feeder
roads 4- Agricultural Sector Hybrid Programme:  upgrading of farm access roads 5301,958 301,958G/AG/N/GUY/5
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
- Agricultural Sector Loan:  institutional strengthening in drainage and
irrigation684,660 84,660
- Public rehabilitation of drainage and irrigation areas 509,473 509,473
- Rural Support Project:  institutional development in drainage and irrigation712,999 12,999
- Agricultural development in Regions 1, 3, 4 and 9 (drainage and irrigation
rehabilitation)29,396 29,396
- Drainage and irrigation capital works in Regions 2, 5 and 6 158,159 158,159
- Drainage and irrigation capital works under the Social Impact Amelioration
Programme (SIMAP) 836,615 36,615
- Total 945,705 187,555 1,133,260
General Services – Total 1,647,106 418,348 2,065,454
(b)  Public stockholding for food
security purposesnot applicable 9
(c)  Domestic food aid 10
(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) 11
(Capital Expenditure)
- Total3,101
3,1013,101
3,101
(ii) Expenditures on food for work
programmes- Food for work programmes under the Community Development component of
the Social Impact Amelioration Programme 12
(Capital Expenditure)266,898 266,898
- Total 266,898 266,898
Domestic Food Aid – Total 269,999 269,999
(d)  Direct payments to producers not applicable
(e)  Decoupled income support not applicableG/AG/N/GUY/5
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
(f)  Government financial participation
in income insurance and income safetynet 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 1,917,105 418,348 2,335,453
1 All expenditure items taken from Guyana:  Estimates of the Public Sector – Current and Capital R evenue and Expenditure for the Year 1999, as Presented to the National Assembly,
Volume 1, Government of Guyana, 1999.  All expenditure items taken from Heading:  Revised 1998 , giving the latest estimate of actual  expenditures in that year.  Figures include
government expenditures from financial resources arising both from domestic sources, and from grants and loans of international  organizations.  Please see specific expenditure entries for
the specific international organization 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 Not applicable  indicates that no domestic support was provided in the corresponding category.
10 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.
11 Co-financed by the World Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank.
12 Co-financed by the World Food Programme (WFP).G/AG/N/GUY/5
Page 6Supporting Table DS:2
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Guyana
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 1998
Measures exempt from the reduction commitment – Speci al 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/5
Page 7Supporting Table DS:3
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Guyana
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 1998
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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