G/AG/N/BOL/32  
14 June 2022 
(22-4616) Page: 1/4 
Committee on Agriculture  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following communication, dated 26  October  2021, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of the Plurinational State of Bolivia . The notification concerns domestic support 
commitments ( Table DS:1  and the relevant supporting tables) for the calendar year 2021 . 
 
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Pursuant to the notification requirements, Bolivia notifies that domestic support to agricultural 
producers in 2021 was provided through operations of the Ministry of Rural  Development and Lands . 
All such support is covered by the domestic support categories which are exempt from reduction 
commitments under the Agreement on Agriculture . Supporting Table DS.1 provides details of these 
exempt measures.  
 
 
   
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Supporting Table DS:1  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: PLURINATIONAL STATE OF BOLIVIA  
REPORTING PERIOD : CALENDAR YEAR 2021  
Measures exempt from the reduction commitment -"Green Box"  
Measure type  Name and description of measure with reference to criteria in Annex 2  Monetary value  
 
BOB Data sources  Note  
1 2 3 4  
2. General Services      
2 (a) Research  The National Agricultural and Forestry Innovation Institute (INIAF), is the national steering 
authority responsible for the National Agricultural and Forestry Innovation System (SNIAF), 
which coordinates and carries out research, extension services, technical assistanc e, the 
transfer of agricultural, aquaculture and forestry technology, the management of genetic 
resources for agrobiodiversity and seed certification services. (Supreme Decree No. 2454) . In 
this field, work is under way, including general research on produ ctive programmes . For 
example:  
 
1. Strengthening the use of technology in the tomato crop production chain in Cochabamba.  
2. Conducting technological research to increase maize yields in Bolivia.  
3. Conducting technical research to increase the wheat yield s of small -scale producers in 
Bolivia.  
4. Implementing precision phenotyping platform for wheat blast in the Okinawa and Quirusillas 
municipalities.  
5. Identifying sources of wheat blast resistance and their introgression into wheat varieties 
adapted to Bangladesh.  
6. Improving the soil fertility of coffee farms in Caranavi municipality.  
7. Improving the irrigation systems of the rice crop in Santa Cruz.  
8. Participating in research on coffee varieties and pruning methods, La Paz.  
9. Improving soil fertility, Cochabamba.  
10. Selecting drought -resistant bean accessions as a climate proofing criterion.  
11. Establishing an efficient mixed forestry system using selected native species.  
12. Developing innovative productive technology for coffee -producing areas of Bolivia.  
13. Building and equipping a coffee innovation centre, Caranavi, La Paz.  
14. Improving wheat yields through innovative, technology -based p rocesses production in 
traditional wheat -growing and eastern areas of Bolivia.  
15. Setting up seed conditioning units to improve access to services for local wheat seed 
producers.  
16. Building and equipping a fruit tree biotechnology laboratory.  
17. Develo ping technologies to improve yields in fruit -producing regions of Bolivia.  
18. Building a cocoa innovation centre with two work areas in the departments of La Paz and 
Beni. 129,792,334.5  Ministry of Rural 
Development and 
Lands     
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Measure type  Name and description of measure with reference to criteria in Annex 2  Monetary value  
 
BOB Data sources  Note  
1 2 3 4  
19. Developing technology to improve cocoa production.  
20. Developing technology for the production and exploitation of Amazonian fruit in Bolivia.  
Subtotal  129,792,334.5    
2 (b) Pest and disease control  The National Service for Agricultural Health and Food Safety (SENASAG), in response to the 
urgent need to improve and protect the health status of productive agricultural and forestry 
assets and food safety, in order to contribute to the sustainable development of the 
agricultural sector with food sovereignty  and security, is working on including pest and disease 
control measures for specific products by, for example:  
 
1. Implementing the agricultural health and food safety programme in the Plurinational State 
of Bolivia.  
2. Building and equipping the modular biodiversity laboratories in Santa Cruz.  
3. Remodelling, expanding and equipping the LIDIVECO laboratory in Cochabamba.  
4. Implementing the surveillance system for phytosanitary control of the wheat crop in Santa 
Cruz.  
5. Implementing phytosanitary measure s on Amazonian fruits.  
6. Strengthening the surveillance system to improve the phytosanitary status of cocoa at the 
national level.  
7. Strengthening the plant health system to improve the phytosanitary status of fruits at the 
national level.  
8. Building and expanding infrastructure for SENA SAG 2019 -2020 in La Paz, Pando and Beni.  
9. Implementing the plant health system for the coffee sector at the national level.  31,373,738  Ministry of Rural 
Development and 
Lands   
Subtotal  31,373,738    
2 (d) Extension and advisory services  The Decentralized Public Institute for Food Sovereignty (IPDSA), with a view to contributing to 
the consolidation of production systems for food security and sovereignty through the 
implementation of programmes and projects aimed at the households of small and medium -
sized crop and livestock producers who are vulnerable to food insecurity, by ensuring supplies 
to local markets, provides extension and technical advisory services.  For example:  
 
1. Providing machinery to strengt hen rice production in communes of the municipality of 
Guayaramerín, Beni department.  
2. Improving milk production in the municipality of Guayaramerín, Beni department.  
3. Strengthening the cocoa sector at the national level through technical assistance an d 
market development.  
4. Strengthening Amazonian fruit at the national level with technical assistance and market 
development.  
5. Strengthening Bolivian fruit at the national level with technical assistance and market 
development.  
6. Implementing the coffee sector investment programme at the national level.  
7. Building and equipping an organic fertilizer production plant in the municipality of Caranavi, 
La Paz.  
8. Implementing the sustainable development programme for cattle farming in Bolivia.  45,427,036  Ministry of Rural 
Development and 
Lands   
Subtotal  45,427,036    
2 (g) Infrastructural services  The Well -Building Unit is a decentralized public entity, whose administrative, financial, legal 
and technical management is independent, which is helping to increase water coverage for 
agricultural production by drilling, mending and building groundwater wells, with the aim of 
ensuring that water is available for food security.  50,273,229.29    
Subtotal  50,273,229.29      
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Measure type  Name and description of measure with reference to criteria in Annex 2  Monetary value  
 
BOB Data sources  Note  
1 2 3 4  
2 (h) Other general services  The programme for the comprehensive strengthening of the camelid value chain in the 
Altiplano (Pro -Camélidos) aims to improve the living conditions of families connected to the 
camelid value chain and to increase livestock produc tivity, through the sustainable 
management of natural resources in the municipalities of La Paz, Oruro and Potosí.  18,816,685  Ministry of Rural 
Development and 
Lands   
Subtotal  18,816,685    
 General services subtotal  275,683,022.79    
Total Green Box  275,683,022.79    
 
 
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