WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/AG/N/GUY/4
1 August 2001
(01-3821)
Committee on Agriculture Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
The following notification concerning domestic support commitments for calendar year 1996
(Table DS:1  and relevant Supporting Tables) was received from the delegation of Guyana  on
30 July 2001.G/AG/N/GUY/4
Page 2Table DS:1
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Guyana
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 1996
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)
123
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/4
Page 3Supporting Table DS:1
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Guyana
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 1996
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)391,561
145,000
17,100
46,032
5,787290,171 681,732
145,000
17,100
46,032
5,787
Capital Expenditure:
- National Agricultural Research Institute (NARI)
- National Dairy Development Programme
- Guyana School of Agriculture- Extension Services20,000
10,000
14,000
3,32520,000
10,000
14,000
3,325
- Total (Capital and Current) 652,805 290,171 942,976
(ii) marketing and promotion services 
3- Guyana Marketing Corporation (GMC)
  (Current Expenditure)
- Total18,100
18,10018,100
18,100
(iii) infrastructural services – drainage
and irrigation services and farm feederroads 
4- Agricultural Sector Hybrid Programme:  upgrading of farm access roads 572,351 72,351G/AG/N/GUY/4
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
irrigation64,983 4,983
- Public rehabilitation of drainage and irrigation areas 335,887 335,887
- Purchase of drainage and irrigation equipment 42,140 42,140
- Agricultural development in Regions 1, 3, 4 and 9 (drainage and irrigation
rehabilitation regions 1, 3 and 4, tractor region 9)73,526 73,526
- Drainage and irrigation capital works in Regions 2, 5 and 6 150,236 150,236
- Buildings region 10 833 833
- Equipment (tools, etc.) region 10 173 173
- Drainage and irrigation capital works under the Social Impact Amelioration
Programme (SIMAP) 7145,711 145,711
- East Bank Essequibo Development Project (Region 3):  rehabilitation and
infrastructure works 8132,154 132,154
- Total 601,072 356,922 957,994
General Services – Total 1,271,977 647,093 1,919,070
(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)
- Total74,946
74,94674,946
74,946
(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)69,648 69,648
- Total 69,648 69,648G/AG/N/GUY/4
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
Domestic Food Aid – Total 144,594 144,594
(d)  Direct payments to producers not applicable
(e)  Decoupled income support not applicable
(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 1,416,571 647,093 2,063,664
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:  Actual 1996  where available, giving expenditures in that year.  Figures include government
expenditures from financial resources arising both from domestic sources, and from grants and loans of international organizati ons.  Please see specific expe nditure 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 categorized 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 Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).
8 Co-financed by the International Fu nd for Agricultural Development (IFAD).G/AG/N/GUY/4
Page 69 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/4
Page 7Supporting Table DS:2
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Guyana
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 1996
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/4
Page 8Supporting Table DS:3
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Guyana
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 1996
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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