G/AG/N/SLV/84   
14 December 2022  
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Committee on Agriculture  Original: Spanish  
 
 
NOTIFICATION  
The following communication, dated 12 December 2022, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of El Salvador . The notification concerns domestic support commitments ( Table DS:1  
and the relevant Supporting Tables) for the financial year 2017/2018 . 
 
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The only existing agricultural domestic support measures applied by El Salvador are those set out 
in Supporting Tables DS:1 and DS:2 attached hereto. 
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- 2 - Supporting Table DS:1  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: EL SALVADOR  
REPORTING PERIOD: FINANCIAL YEAR FROM 01 -06-2017 TO 31 -05-2018  
Measures exempt from the reduction commitment - "Green Box"  
Measure type  Name and descript ion of measure with reference to criteria in 
Annex 2  Monetary value  
 
USD thousand  Data source  Note  
1 2 3 4  
2. General services      
2 (b) Pest and disease control  Animal health campaigns for the prevention of diseases in animal species of 
economic, sanitary or domestic significance.  398.68  Ministry of Agriculture 
and Livestock (MAG)   
Subtotal:  398.68    
2 (c) Training services  Technical and vocational training through seed capital for productive 
agricultural projects, training in technical areas of agronomy, processing of 
agricultural products and protected agriculture.  479.52  Ministry of Agriculture 
and Livestock (MAG)   
Technical assistance for the apiculture sector.  165.58  Ministry of Agriculture 
and Livestock (MAG)   
Technical assistance for forestry producers.  285.99  Ministry of Agriculture 
and Livestock (MAG)   
Training for producers: breeding of poultry and laying birds, maize and 
bean crops, conservation of natural resources, agricultural extension and 
organic far ming.  30 Ministry of Agriculture 
and Livestock (MAG)   
Subtotal:  961.09    
2 (d) Extension and advisory services  Technology transfer to small - and medium -scale producers: Sustainable 
food production.  6,542.27  Ministry of Agriculture 
and Livestock (MAG)   
Technical assistance for livestock producers.  858.16  Ministry of Agriculture 
and Livestock (MAG)   
Technical capacity -building for livestock producers.  320.85  Ministry of Agriculture 
and Livestock (MAG)   
Training on the proper storage of staple grains.  92.34  Ministry of Agriculture 
and Livestock (MAG)   
Diverse services for the coffee sector: Creation of appellations of origin, 
technical assistance and training for staff in undertaking coffee agro -
industry productive activities.  41.45  Ministry of Agriculture 
and Livestock (MAG)   
Subtotal:  7,855.07    
2 (e) Inspection services  Good agricultural practices: Inspections in the country's productive 
livestock units.  113.19  Ministry of Agriculture 
and Livestock (MAG)   
Phytosanitary surveillance.  794.05  Ministry of Agriculture 
and Livestock (MAG)   
Implementation of safety measures in productive processes carried out in 
the countryside or in processing plants.  553.57  Ministry of Agriculture 
and Livestock (MAG)    
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- 3 - Measure type  Name and descript ion of measure with reference to criteria in 
Annex 2  Monetary value  
 
USD thousand  Data source  Note  
1 2 3 4  
Subtot al: 1,460.81    
2 (f) Marketing and promotion services  Participation in international trade fairs to promote coffee.  189.01  Ministry of Agriculture 
and Livestock (MAG)   
Subtotal:  189.01    
2 (g) Infrastructural services  Infrastructure and equipment for a cocoa processing plant for small 
producers.  84.15  Ministry of Agriculture 
and Livestock (MAG)   
Construction of reservoirs with water storage capacity.  717.36  Ministry of Agriculture 
and Livestock (MAG)   
Rehabilitation of the agencies of the National Centre for Agricultural and 
Forestry Technology (CENTA).  839.83  Ministry of Agriculture 
and Livestock (MAG)   
Subtotal:  1,641.34    
2 (h) Other general services  Rural development projects geared towards reducing poverty and social, 
economic and productive inequality.  3,371.77  Ministry of Agriculture 
and Livestock (MAG)   
Technical assistance in organizational strengthening for small producers.  3,783.55  Ministry of Agriculture 
and Livestock (MAG)   
Soil conservation activities.  642.51  Ministry of Agriculture 
and Livestock (MAG)   
Subtotal:  7,797.83    
 General services subtotal  20,303.83    
Total Green Box  20,303.83    
 
 
   
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- 4 - Supporting Table DS:2  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: EL SALVADOR  
REPORTING PERIOD: FINANCIAL YEAR FROM 01 -06-2017 TO 31 -05-2018  
Measures exempt from the reduction commitment - Special and Differential Treatment - "Development Programmes"  
Measure type  Name and description of measure with reference to 
criteria in Articl e 6.2  Monetary value  
 
USD thousand  Data source  Note  
1 2 3 4  
(a) Investment subsidies generally available to agriculture  Livestock genetic improvement.  130.07  Ministry of Agriculture 
and Livestock (MAG)   
Delivery of breeding poultry and pigs to small producers.  29.89  Ministry of Agriculture 
and Livestock (MAG)   
"Amanecer  rural" rural territorial competitiveness 
programme: Implementation of productive initiatives in 
various areas.  5,554.05  Ministry of Agriculture 
and Livestock (MAG)   
Rural development and modernization project in the central 
and sub -central regions.  2,343.29 Ministry of Agriculture 
and Livestock (MAG)   
Subtotal:  8,057.3    
(b) Input subsidies to low income/resource -poor producers  Delivery of packages of certified maize seed and fertilizer.  17,816.66  Ministry of Agriculture 
and Livestock (MAG)   
Packages of improved bean seed.  2,734.06  Ministry of Agriculture 
and Livestock (MAG)   
Packages of improved sorghum seed and fertilizer.  35.63  Ministry of Agriculture 
and Livestock (MAG)    
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- 5 - Measure type  Name and description of measure with reference to 
criteria in Articl e 6.2  Monetary value  
 
USD thousand  Data source  Note  
1 2 3 4  
Incentives for the development of the livestock industry: 
Packages of grass seed, support with bee -keeping equipment 
and doses of vaccines, antiparasitics and vitamins for 
veterinary use.  42.3 Ministry of Agriculture 
and Livestock (MAG)   
Delivery of coffee plants for small producers.  5,519.78  Ministry of Agriculture 
and Livestock 
(MAG)/National Centre 
for Agricultural and 
Forestry Technology 
(CENTA)   
Delivery of fungicides for coffee crops for small producers.  1,544.61  Ministry of Agriculture 
and Li vestock 
(MAG)/National Centre 
for Agricultural and 
Forestry Technology 
(CENTA)   
Agricultural development programme for producers.  101.93  Ministry of Agriculture 
and Livestock (MAG)   
 Subtotal:  27,794.96    
Total development programmes  35,852.26    
 
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