G/AG/N/SLV/85   
17 April 2023  
(23-2709) Page: 1/4 
Committee on Agriculture  Original: Spanish  
 
NOTIFICATION  
The following communication, dated 13 April 2023, 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 2018/2019 . 
 
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- 2 - Supporting Table DS:1  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: EL SALVADOR  
REPORTING PERIOD: FINANCIAL YEAR FROM 01 -06-2018 TO 31 -05-2019  
Measures exempt from the reduction commitment - "Green Box"  
Measure type  Name and description of measure with reference to criteria in  
Annex 2  Monetary value  
 
USD thousand  Data source  Note  
1 2 3 4  
2. General services      
2 (a) Research  Feasibility studies concerning irrigation infrastructure  873.59  Ministry of Agriculture 
and Livestock (MAG)   
Subtotal:  873.59    
2 (b) Pest and disease control  Provision of incentives for the adoption of technologies and prevention of 
diseases (support for women with the production and marketing of poultry, 
administration of antiparasitic vaccines)  42.3 Ministry of Agriculture 
and Livestock (MAG)   
Delivery of fungicide against coffee rust  724.28  Ministry of Agriculture 
and Livestock (MAG)   
Subtotal:  766.58    
2 (c) Training services  Technical assistance on the use of technology for sustainable food production  6,425.03  Ministry of Agriculture 
and Livestock (MAG)   
Training on good agricultural practices: Safety and storage of staple grains  26.85  Ministry of Agriculture 
and Livestock (MAG)   
Technical assistance in forest management  194.58  Ministry of Agriculture 
and Livestock (MAG)   
Institutional capacity -building to improve agricultural processes  138.74  Ministry of Agriculture 
and Livestock (MAG)   
Technical assistance in making poultry products eligible for exportation  879.1  Ministry of Agriculture 
and Livestock (MAG)   
Subtotal:  7,664.3    
2 (d) Extension and advisory services  Support for small producers: processes for legaliz ing and obtaining legal 
personality for agricultural production cooperatives  268.9  Ministry of Agriculture 
and Livestock (MAG)   
Subtotal:  268.9    
2 (e) Inspection services  Safety measures in productive processes: inspections and verification of 
compliance with safety measures, sanitary certificates for agricultural 
products  475.61  Ministry of Agriculture 
and Livestock (MAG)   
Registration and monitoring of establishments marketing agricultural inputs  76.11  Ministry of Agriculture 
and Livestock (MAG)   
Subtotal:  551.72    
2 (g) Infrastructural services  Extension of infrastructure and irrigation areas  2,923.74  Ministry of Agriculture 
and Livestock (MAG)   
Subtotal:  2,923.74     
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- 3 - Measure type  Name and description of measure with reference to criteria in  
Annex 2  Monetary value  
 
USD thousand  Data source  Note  
1 2 3 4  
2 (h) Other general services  Projects to preserve soil and water resources  322.75  Ministry of Agriculture 
and Livestock (MAG)   
Women's agricultural empowerment projects with food security objectives  93 Ministry of Agriculture 
and Livestock (MAG)   
Climate change resilience and adaptation programmes: Driving the 
transformation of production practices, and improving basic infrastructure 
and producers' technical knowledge in order to achieve sustainable and 
resilient food systems  412.62  Ministry of Agriculture 
and Livestock (MAG)   
Subtotal:  828.37    
 General services subtotal  13,877.2    
Total Green Box  13,877.2    
  
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- 4 - Supporting Table DS:2  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: EL SALVADOR  
REPORTING PERIOD: FINANCIAL YEAR FROM 01 -06-2018 TO 31 -05-2019  
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  Investment in livestock genetic improvement  421.2  Ministry of Agriculture 
and Livestock (MAG)   
"Amanecer  rural" rural territorial competitiveness 
programme: Implementation of productive initiatives in 
various areas  2,380.11  Ministry of Agriculture 
and Livestock (MAG)   
"PRODEMOR CENTRAL" Rural Development and Modernization 
Project for the Central and Paracentral Regions: New  
sustainable  productive undertakings  973.45  Ministry of Agriculture 
and Livestock (MAG)   
Project to strengthen local capacities through community 
enterprise as a food security and income generation strategy 
in 30 municipalities  1,840.26  Ministry of Agriculture 
and Livestock (MAG)   
Equipping of a cocoa processing laboratory  251.99  Ministry of Agriculture 
and Livestock (MAG)   
Subtotal:  5,867.01    
(b) Agricultural input subsidies to low -income or resource -poor producers  Delivery of agricultural packages (maize, beans and 
sorghum)  28,900.00    
Delivery of food for families affected by drought and excess 
rain 4,843.45    
Delivery of coffee plants  5,812.00    
Subtotal:  39,555.45    
Total development programmes  45,422.46    
 
 
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