G/AG/N/NPL/13  
 
4 September  2020 
(20-6025) 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  2014 . 
 
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Table DS:1  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: NEPAL  
REPORTING PERIOD: FISCAL YEAR FROM 16 -07-2014 TO 15 -07-2015  
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 -07-2014 TO 15 -07-2015  
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  54,651,000 Ministry of Agriculture 
Development   
Agriculture research program  1,671,683,000 Ministry of Agriculture 
Development   
Subtotal:  1,726,334,000   
2 (b). Pest and disease control  Plant protection program  151,156,000 Ministry of Agriculture 
Development   
Livestock health service program  296,550,000 Ministry of Agriculture 
Development   
Bird flu control program  180,207,000 Ministry of Agriculture 
Development   
Subtotal:  627,913,000   
2 (c). Training services  Agriculture information and communication center  38,490,000 Ministry of Agriculture 
Development   
Agriculture extension and training center  134,312,000 Ministry of Agriculture 
Development   
Livestock service training center  54,292,000 Ministry of Agriculture 
Development   
Subtotal:  227,094,000     
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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  2,043,329,000 Ministry of Agriculture 
Development   
Livestock extension program  1,755,763,000 Ministry of Agriculture 
Development   
Department of agriculture  44,689,000 Ministry of Agriculture 
Development   
Regional agriculture directorate  71,190,000 Ministry of Agriculture 
Development   
Department of livestock service  31,843,000 Ministry of Agriculture 
Development   
Regional livestock services directorates  37,526,000 Ministry of Agriculture 
Development   
Livestock development service program  394,004,000 Ministry of Agriculture 
Development   
Livestock development farms  131,973,000 Ministry of Agriculture 
Development   
Crop Development program  197,531,000 Ministry of Agriculture 
Development   
Cotton development  24,743,000 Ministry of Agriculture 
Development   
National Tea, coffee and cardamom development board  57,650,000 Ministry of Agriculture 
Development   
Silk development program  81,153,000 Ministry of Agriculture 
Development   
Special dairy development program (National dairy development board)  38,671,000 Ministry of Agriculture 
Development   
Horticulture development program  243,937,000 Ministry of Agriculture 
Development   
Sugarcane development  3,789,000 Ministry of Agriculture 
Development   
Industrial Entomology Development program  310,038,000 Ministry of Agriculture 
Development   
Potato, vegetables and spices development program  354,008,000 Ministry of Agriculture 
Development   
Commercial agriculture and business project  475,631,000  Ministry of Agriculture 
Development   
High value agriculture products development project  248,038,000  Ministry of Agriculture 
Development   
High hill agriculture business and livelihood improvement project  359,743,000  Ministry of Agriculture 
Development   
Improved seeds for farmers program  255,426,000  Ministry of Agriculture 
Development   
Subtotal:  7,160,675,000   
2 (e). Inspection services  Seed promotion and quality control program  25,741,000  Ministry of Agriculture 
Development   
Nepal veterinary medicine council  3,836,000  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  
Soil testing and improvement service program  52,763,000  Ministry of Agriculture 
Development   
Food, Nutrition and technology program (Food quality control)  114,601,000  Ministry of Agriculture 
Development   
Subtotal:  196,941,000    
2 (f). Marketing and promotion services  Agribusiness promotion and market Development program  179,462,000  Ministry of Agriculture 
Development   
Livestock market promotion program  63,248,000  Ministry of Agriculture 
Development   
Subtotal:  242,710,000    
2 (g). Infrastructural services  Rani jamarakulariya irrigation project  103,527,000  Ministry of Agriculture 
Development   
Community Managed Irrigated Agriculture Sector Program  30,801,000  Ministry of Agriculture 
Development   
Cooperative farming, small irrigation and fertilizers, seed transport program  571,400,000  Ministry of Agriculture 
Development   
Subtotal:  705,728,000    
 Subtotal General Services  10,887,395,000   
3. Public stockholding for food security purposes  National food bank and SAARC food bank management program  60,000,000  National Food 
Corporation   
Subtotal:  60,000,000    
8. Payments for relief from natural disasters  Crop insurance  1,741,482  Ministry of Agriculture 
Development   
Livestock insurance  59,428,591  Ministry of Agriculture 
Development   
Subtotal:  61,170,073    
12. Environmental programmes  Building resilience to climate related hazards project (AMIS)  108,666,000  Ministry of Agriculture 
Development   
Sustainable soil management project  888,000  Ministry of Agriculture 
Development   
Integrated water resources management project  181,880,000  Ministry of Agriculture 
Development   
Subtotal:  291,434,000    
13. Regional assistance programmes  Agriculture development program (Janakpur)  77,378,000  Ministry of Agriculture 
Development   
Karnali zone agriculture development program  46,583,000  Ministry of Agriculture 
Development   
Raising Incomes of Small and Medium Farmers Project  199,521,000  Ministry of Agriculture 
Development   
Agriculture and food security project - Limited to ffod insecure area  877,309,000  Ministry of Agriculture 
Development   
Subtotal:  1,200,791,000      
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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 payments  Longterm agriculture program monitoring and coordination program  121,169,92 7 Ministry of Agriculture 
Development   
Food emergency response program  76,660,000  Ministry of Agriculture 
Development   
Subtotal:  197,829,926    
Grand Total Green Box  12,698,620,000   
   
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Supporting Table DS:2  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: NEPAL  
REPORTING PERIOD: FISCAL YEAR FROM 16 -07-2014 TO 15 -07-2015  
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  5,453,443,000  Ministry of Agriculture 
Development   
Subtotal:  5,453,443,000    
Grand Total Development Programmes  5,453,443,000    
 
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