G/AG/N/NPL/12  
 
4 September  2020 
(20-6023) Page: 1/7 
Committee on Agriculture  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
The following submission, dated 14 August  2020, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of Nepal . The notification concerns domestic support commitments ( Table DS:1 and 
the relevant supporting tables) for the fiscal year  2012 . 
 
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Table DS:1  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: NEPAL  
REPORTING PERIOD: FISCAL YEAR FROM 16 -07-2012 TO 15 -07-2013  
Current Total Aggregate Measurement of Support  
Total AMS commitment level  Currency  Current Total AMS  
(from Section I of Part IV of the Schedule)  (from Section I of Part IV of the Schedule)  (from attached Supporting Tables)  
1  2  3  
  0 
1 USD = N PR 120.03; 12 July 2020.    
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Supporting Table DS:1  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: NEPAL  
REPORTING PERIOD: FISCAL YEAR FROM 16 -07-2012 TO 15 -07-2013  
Measures exempt from the reduction commitment - "Green Box"  
Measure Type  Name and description of measure with reference to criteria in Annex 2  Monetary value  
 
NPR  Data Sources  Note  
1 2 3 4  
2.General Services      
2 (a). Research  Agriculture research and development fund  41,480,000  Ministry of Agriculture 
Development   
Agriculture research program  948,100,000  Ministry of Agriculture 
Development   
Subtotal:  989,580,000    
2 (b). Pest and disease control  Plant protection program  94,271,000  Ministry of Agriculture 
Development   
Livestock health service program  153,699,000  Ministry of Agriculture 
Development   
Bird flu control program  46,469,000  Ministry of Agriculture 
Development   
Nepal zoonosis control program  237,264,000  Ministry of Agriculture 
Development   
Subtotal:  531,703,000    
2 (c). Training services  Agriculture information and communication center  35,392,000  Ministry of Agriculture 
Development   
Agriculture extension and training center  54,914,000  Ministry of Agriculture 
Development   
Livestock service training center  24,716,000  Ministry of Agriculture 
Development   
Subtotal:  115,022,000      
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Measure Type  Name and description of measure with reference to criteria in Annex 2  Monetary value  
 
NPR  Data Sources  Note  
1 2 3 4  
2 (d). Extension and advisory services  Agriculture extension program  990,299,000  Ministry of Agriculture 
Development   
Livestock extension program  855,669,000  Ministry of Agriculture 
Development   
Department of agriculture  28,813,000  Ministry of Agriculture 
Development   
Regional agriculture directorate  44,270,000  Ministry of Agriculture 
Development   
Department of livestock service  23,068,000  Ministry of Agriculture 
Development   
Regional livestock services directorates  24,476,000  Ministry of Agriculture 
Development   
Livestock development service program  201,358,000 Ministry of Agriculture 
Development   
Livestock development farms  84,857,000 Ministry of Agriculture 
Development   
Crop Development program  54,862,000 Ministry of Agriculture 
Development   
Cotton development  14,220,000 Ministry of Agriculture 
Development   
National Tea, coffee and cardamom development board  27,695,000 Ministry of Agriculture 
Development   
Silk development program  55,730,000 Ministry of Agriculture 
Development   
Special dairy development program (National dairy development board)  13,275,000 Ministry of Agriculture 
Development   
Horticulture development program  107,440,000 Ministry of Agriculture 
Development   
Sugarcane development  2,211,000 Ministry of Agriculture 
Development   
Industrial Entomology Development program  21,510,000 Ministry of Agriculture 
Development   
Potato, vegetables and spices development program  111,778,000 Ministry of Agriculture 
Development   
Commercial agriculture and business project  259,430,000  Ministry of Agriculture 
Development   
Commercial agriculture development project  152,722,000  Ministry of Agriculture 
Development   
Community livestock development project  104,036,000  Ministry of Agriculture 
Development   
Agriculture and food security project  2,894,000  Ministry of Agriculture 
Development   
High value agriculture products development project  94,362,000  Ministry of Agriculture 
Development   
High hill agriculture business and livelihood improvement project  164,161,000  Ministry of Agriculture 
Development     
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Measure Type  Name and description of measure with reference to criteria in Annex 2  Monetary value  
 
NPR  Data Sources  Note  
1 2 3 4  
Leasehold forestry project  27,064,000  Ministry of Agriculture 
Development   
Improved seeds for farmers program  19,542,000  Ministry of Agriculture 
Development   
Subtotal:  3,485,742,000   
2 (e). Inspection services  Seed promotion and quality control program  19,651,000  Ministry of Agriculture 
Development   
Nepal veterinary medicine council  1,947,000  Ministry of Agriculture 
Development   
Soil testing and improvement service program  30,959,000  Ministry of Agriculture 
Development   
Food, Nutrition and technology program (Food quality control)  87,027,000  Ministry of Agriculture 
Development   
Subtotal:  139,584,000    
2 (f). Marketing and promotion services  Agribusiness promotion and market development program  108,676,000  Ministry of Agriculture 
Development   
Livestock market promotion program  38,247,000  Ministry of Agriculture 
Development   
Subtotal:  146,923,000    
2 (g). Infrastructural services  Rani jamarakulariya irrigation project  9,983,000  Ministry of Agriculture 
Development   
Community Managed Irrigated Agriculture Sector Program  33,857,000  Ministry of Agriculture 
Development   
Cooperative farming, small irrigation and fertilizers, seed transport program  218,773,000  Ministry of Agriculture 
Development   
Subtotal:  262,613,000    
 Subtotal General Services : 5,671,167,000   
3. Public stockholding for food security purposes  National food bank and SAARC food bank management program  125,550,000  National Food 
Corporation   
Subtotal:  125,550,000    
12. Environmental programmes  Building resilience to climate related hazards project (AMIS)  8,898,000  Ministry of Agriculture 
Development   
Sustainable soil management project  3,525,000  Ministry of Agriculture 
Development   
Integrated water resources management project  89,369,000  Ministry of Agriculture 
Development   
Subtotal:  101,792,000    
13. Regional assistance programmes  Agriculture development program (Janakpur)  51,549,000  Ministry of Agriculture 
Development   
Karnali zone agriculture development program  30,496,000  Ministry of Agriculture 
Development   
Raising Incomes of Small and Medium Farmers Project -Limited to 
SudurPaschim Pradesh and Karnali Pradesh  150,393,000  Ministry of Agriculture 
Development   
Subtotal:  232,438,000      
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Measure Type  Name and description of measure with reference to criteria in Annex 2  Monetary value  
 
NPR  Data Sources  Note  
1 2 3 4  
14. Other direct payment  Food security promotion project  38,782,000  Ministry of Agriculture 
Development   
Longterm agriculture program monitoring and coordination program  109,603,000  Ministry of Agriculture 
Development   
Agriculture and food security project  2,894,000  Ministry of Agriculture 
Development   
Food emergency response program  276,931,000  Ministry of Agriculture 
Development   
Subtotal:  428,210,000    
Grand Total Green Box  6,559,157,000   
   
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Supporting Table DS:2  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: NEPAL  
REPORTING PERIOD: FISCAL YEAR FROM 16 -07-2012 TO 15 -07-2013  
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  
 
NPR  Data Sources  Note  
1 2 3 4  
(b) Input subsidies available to low -income or resource -poor producers  Special agriculture production program -fertilizer subsiday  4,926,522,000 Ministry of Agriculture 
Development   
Subtotal:  4,926,522,000    
Grand Total Development Programmes  4,926,522,000    
 
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