G/AG/N/SYC/4  
 
27 August  2019 
(19-5506) Page: 1/7 
Committee on Agriculture  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION  
The following submission, dated 13 August  2019, is being circulated at the request of the delegation 
of Seychelles . The notification concerns domestic support commitments ( Table DS:1 and the 
relevant supporting tables) for the calendar  year 2016 . 
 
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- 2 - Table  DS:1  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: SE YCHELLES  
REPORTING PERIOD: CA LENDAR YEAR 2016  
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 
 
   
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- 3 - Supporting Table DS:1  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: SE YCHELLES  
REPORTING PERIOD: CA LENDAR YEAR 2016  
Measures exempt from the reduction commitment - "Green Box"  
Measure Type  Name and description of measure with reference to criteria in 
Annex 2  Monetary value  
 
SCR,  million  Data Sources  Note  
1 2 3 4  
2. General Services      
2 (a). Research  Budgetary expenditure for the operation of agricultural research institutions 
and agencies  6.634  Seychelles 
Agricultural Agency 
budget expenditure 
figures  (1) 
Subtotal:  6.63   
2 (b). Pest and disease control  Budgetary expenditure on plant and animal health protection (e.g., 
epidemic alert, pest and disease surveillance, prevention and eradication), 
border and cross -region control and developmnt of relevant legal 
instruments.  7.25 Seychelles 
Agricultural Agency 
budget expenditure 
figures  (2) 
Subtotal:  7.25   
2 (c). Training services  Budgetary expenditure to set up, maintain and develop agricultural training 
institutions and centres.  1.87 Ministry of Education 
budget expenditure 
figures  (3) 
Subtotal:  1.87   
2 (d). Extension and advisory services  Budgetary expenditure to establish and maintain a nationwide network of 
agricultural extension and advisory services from central to district level 
and projects funded by national or local budget to develop plant varieties 
and animal bred s under national programmes: - Livestock development  0.897  Seychelles 
Agricultural Agency 
budget expenditure 
figures  (4) 
Budgetary expenditure to establish and maintain a nationwide network of 
agricultural extension and advisory services from central to district level 
and projects funded by national or local budget to develop plant varieties 
and animal breds under national programmes: - Extension Services  0.053    
Subtotal:  0.95    
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- 4 - Measure Type  Name and description of measure with reference to criteria in 
Annex 2  Monetary value  
 
SCR,  million  Data Sources  Note  
1 2 3 4  
2 (g). Infrastructural services  Budgetary expenditure to construct and upgrade farm irrigation systems as 
well as other infrastructural development.  0.103  Seychelles 
Agricultural Agency 
budget expenditure 
figures  (5) 
Budgetary expenditure to strengthen input infrastructure through activities 
related to storage of plant varieties/seeds of vegetables, fertilizers, 
pesticides, vet drugs.  0.403  Seychelles 
Agricultural Agency 
budget expenditure 
figures  (6) 
Subtotal:  0.51   
 Subtotal General Services  17.21    
8. Payments for relief from natural disasters   0.303  Seychelles 
Agricultural Agency 
budget expenditure 
figures  (7) 
Subtotal:  0.3   
Grand Total Green Box  17.51    
(1) The Government provides budget to the Seychelles Agriculture Agency (SAA) which In turn disburses towards its sub units, the vegetable and Evaluation research 
Section and the Plant protection Unit. Bothe of which are involved in research related issues.  
(2) Measure provided by the SAA through its Plants and Animal Protection Units.  
(3) Training services are provided by the Seychelles Agricultural and Horticultural Training Centre which falls under the Ministr y of Education.  
(4) This measure is given throu gh the Seychelles Agricultural Agency  which has a unit dedicated entirely to Extension  and Advisory Services.  
(5) Measure is provided by the Government budget depedent SAA through its respective disbursement of its allocated budget for the  planning section . 
(6) Measure provided by the SAA through its various respective sub -units. Measure is complimented by revolving budget for agricultural requisites. Measure does not entail 
any input subsidy or preferential user charges component. Stored products are made available to producers at market prices.  
(7) Budget allocation by the Government in relation to contribution to Agricultural Insurance Scheme: Payment of 50% of farmers' premium.  
 
   
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- 5 - Supporting Table DS:2  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: SE YCHELLES  
REPORTING PERIOD: CA LENDAR YEAR 2016  
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  
 
SCR,  million  Data Sources  Note  
1 2 3 4  
(a) Investment subsidies generally available to agriculture  Investment loans with a preferential interest rate 25%  21.35  Agricultural land lease cash book  (1) 
Lease of land at preferential rate  0.537  Agricultural land lease cash book  (2) 
Subtotal:  21.89    
Grand Total Development Programmes  21.89    
(1) Loan managed by the Small Business Financing Agency under the auspices of the Ministry of Finance, Trade and Economic Plannin g, disbursed through the Development 
Bank of Seychelles at a preferential rate of 2.5%. The figures represent the revenue forgone in administering the preferential rate a s opposed to the prevailing 
commercial rate of 8.5%.  
(2) Support reflected through a preferential rate of SR 6.50/m2 for lease of l and for agricultural activities. The figures provided express revenue forgone in administering the 
preferential rate as opposed to the commercial rate of 30.00/m2 over the last year.  
 
   
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- 6 - Supporting Table DS:4   
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: SE YCHELLES  
REPORTING PERIOD:  CALENDAR YEAR 2016  
Calculation of the Current Total Aggregate Measurement of Support  
Description of basic products (including 
non-product specific AMS)  
 
 Product specific 
AMS (from ST DS:5 
to DS:7)  
SCR,  million  Product -specific 
EMS (from ST DS:8)  
 
SCR,  million  Total  
(2 + 3)  
 
SCR,  million  Value of production  
 
 
SCR,  million  Support as a 
% of value of 
production  Current Total AMS  
 
 
SCR,  million  Note  
 
1 2 3    4  
Livestock  3.6  3.6 70.07  5.1%  0 (de minimis )  
Non-product -specific AMS(from ST/DS:9)       
TOTAL  0  
 
 
   
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- 7 - Supporting Table DS:7  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: SE YCHELLES  
REPORTING PERIOD: CA LENDAR YEAR 2016  
Product -Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support: Other Product -Specific Support and Total Product -Specific AMS  
Description 
of basic 
products  Reporting Year  Measure Types  Other 
product -
specific 
budgetary 
outlays  
 
 
SCR,  million  Other 
product 
specific 
support 
(with 
calculation 
details)  
SCR,  million  Associated 
fees / 
levies  Total other 
product -
specific 
support 
(4+5 -6) 
 
 
SCR,  million  Market 
price 
support 
(from 
ST DS:5)  
 
 
SCR,  million  Non-
exempt 
direct 
payments 
(from 
ST DS:6)  
 
SCR,  million  Total AMS  
(7+8+9)  
 
 
 
 
 
SCR,  million  Data 
Sources  Note  
Type  From  To 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11  
Livestock  CY 01-01-16 31-12-16 Abattoir support  3.6   3.6      
Total 
Livestock         3.6   3.6   
 
 
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