G/AG/N/SLV/60   
5 November  2020 
(20-7870) Page: 1/4 
Committee on Agriculture  Original: Spanish  
 
NOTIFICA TION 
The following submission, dated 14 October  2020, is being circulated at the request of the delegation 
of El Salvador . The notifica tion concerns domestic support commitments (Table DS:1 and the 
relevant supporting tables) for the  financi al year  2007. 
 
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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 1 JUNE 200 7 TO 31 MAY 2008  
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 Sources  Note 
1 2 3 4  
2.General services      
2 (c). Training services  Training of agronomy students . 975.00 MAG  
"Agricultural extension" programme , based on t eaching  agents how to train 
and assist small and medium farmers.  491.06 MAG  
Technical assistance in the areas of organizational strengthening and pre -
investment studies.  314.25 MAG  
Technical assistance and establishment  of new fruit-growing areas for low -
income fruit producers across the country.  323.77 MAG  
Subtotal  2,104.08   
2 (d). Extension and advisory services  Technology generation and transfer projects.  746.24 MAG  
Guidance  and training for users of the MAG Fruit Programme on marketing 
fruit and creating spaces for consultations on market issues.  181.30 MAG  
Design and implementation of a rural development strategy in coordination 
with the local development strategy, with the aim of  fostering the 
develop ment of  agricultural activities.  2,306.13 MAG  
Support for small fruit and vegetable producers in applying efficient 
irrigation techniques and methods, with an emphasis on drip irrigation and 
microsprinkling, thereby promoting the intensive production of fruit and 
vegetables and food diversif ication.  135.00 MAG  
Generation of statistics and information on current land use and the 
potential for diversification . Establishment  of offices or service points for  
the country's  farmers . 706.49 MAG  
Guidance  on technological options for the management of coffee trees, 
shade trees, fertilizers, pest control and the use of improved varieties.  58.64 MAG  
Implementa tion of  demonstration plots for matters such as personal health 
and hygiene; construction, manage ment and maintenance of facilities; and 
the use and management of water in the productive process . 86.5 MAG  
Subtotal  4,220 .3   
2 (g). Infrastructural services  Coordinated rural public investment programme for the strengthening of 
sustainable rural road programmes, rural electrification and reservoirs. 
Training on, inter alia , irrigated agriculture, systems operation and 
management, administration and production . 1,622.96  MAG  
Subtotal  1,622.96     
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- 3 - Measure Type  Name and description of measure with reference to criteria in 
Annex 2  Monetary value  
 
USD thousand  Data Sources  Note 
1 2 3 4  
2 (h). Other general services  Drought management and flood  control  (Bali Decisi on WT/MIN(13)/37 ): 
Sustainable management of the river  Shushula  sub-basin in the 
muncipality of  Citalá  (Chalatenango  department , Trifinio  region)  in order to 
preserve natural resources.  300.00  MAG  
Drought management and flood  control  (Bali Decisi on WT/MIN(13)/37 ): 
Flood control project based on the use of protective banks along the rivers 
Paz, Lempa, Grande San Miguel and Jiboa. 10,100.00  MAG  
Drought management and flood  control  (Bali Decisi on WT/MIN(13)/37 ): 
Reconstruc tion and rehabilita tion of irrigation works.  1,254.55  MAG  
Subtotal  11,654.55    
 General Services  Subtotal  19,601 .89   
Grand Total Green Box  19,601.89   
Source : Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAG)  
   
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- 4 - Supporting Table DS:2 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT : EL SALVADOR  
REPORTING PERIOD : FINANCIAL YEAR FROM 1 JUNE 2007 TO 31 MAY 2008  
Measures exempt from the reduction commitment – Special and Differential Treatment – "Development Programmes"  
Measure Type  Name and descr iption of measure with reference to 
criteria in Article 6.2  Monetary value  
 
 
 
USD thousand  Data Sources  Note 
1 2 3 4  
(a) Investment subsidies generally available to agriculture  Strengthening microcredit programmes so as to facilitate 
access to agricultural credit in rural areas.  559.00  MAG  
Sowing and production of different varieties of coffee 
plants, in order to revitalize areas under coffee plantation 
that have lost their productive capacity.  109.84  MAG  
Subtotal  668.84    
(b) Input subsidies generally available to low -income or resource -poor 
producers  Staple grain  improved  seed programme  for low -income 
farmers . 9,575.11 MAG  
Subtotal  9,575.11   
Grand Total Development Programmes  10,243.95   
Source: Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAG)  
 
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