G/AG/N/NIC/60   
5 April 2023  
(23-2398) Page: 1/5 
Committee on Agriculture  Original: Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following submission, dated 22 March 2023, is being circulated at the request of the delegation 
of Nicaragua . The notification concerns domestic support commitments ( Table DS:1  and the 
relevant supporting tables) for the calendar year 2017 . 
 
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In accordance with the notification requirements set out in paragraph (ii), page 11 of 
document  G/AG/2, Nicaragua hereby advises that in 2017 it provided domestic support t o 
agricultural producers through the Ministry of the Family, Community, Cooperative and Associative 
Economies (MEFCCA), the Nicaraguan Institute of Agricultural and Livestock Technology (INTA), the 
Ministry of Agriculture and the Institute for Agricultural  and Livestock Protection and Health (IPSA). 
This support came under the category of domestic support exempt from reduction commitments 
under the Agreement on Agriculture. Supporting Table DS:1 (attached) provides details of these 
exempt measures.  
  
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- 2 - Supporting Table DS:1  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: NICARAGUA  
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEAR 2017  
Measures Exempt from the Reduction Commitment - "Green Box"  
Measure type  Name and description of measure with reference to criteria in 
Annex 2  Monet ary value  
 
USD  Data source  Note  
1 2 3 4  
2. General services      
2 (a) Research  Project: Genetic herd improvement through the implementation of artificial 
insemination  2,895,107.27  Ministry of Agriculture 
(MAG)  (1) 
Sustainable agricultural production promotion programme  16,298,374.80  Institute for 
Agricultural and 
Livestock Protection 
and Health (IPSA)  (1) 
Subtotal:  19,193,482.07    
2 (g) Infrastructural services  Project: "Adapting agriculture to climate change through water harvesting 
in Nicaragua"  
 
Objective: Develop Government activities that enable rural families in the 
dry corridor to adopt their own water collection technologies, with a view to 
ensuring that  this resource is available for family production.  7,000,000  Ministry of the Family, 
Community, 
Cooperative and 
Associative Economies 
(MEFCCA)   
Subtotal:  7,000,000    
 Subtotal General Services  26,193,482.07    
3. Public stockholding for food security purposes  Project: Support to increase  productivity and food and nutritional security 
on Nicaragua's Caribbean coast (PAIPSAN)  
 
Contribute to improving food and nutritional security in selected 
communities on Nicaragua's Caribbean coast.  33,900,000   Ministry of the Family, 
Community, 
Cooperative and 
Associative Economies 
(MEFCCA)   
Project: "Support for adaptation to market changes and the effects of 
climate change - NICADAPTA"  
 
Sustainable  improvement of the living conditions of rural coffee - and 
cocoa -producing families in the four geographical areas covered by the 
programme by incorporating these families into markets and reducing their 
vulnerability to climate change.  37,051,532  Ministry  of the Family, 
Community, 
Cooperative and 
Associative Economies 
(MEFCCA)    
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- 3 - Measure type  Name and description of measure with reference to criteria in 
Annex 2  Monet ary value  
 
USD  Data source  Note  
1 2 3 4  
Project: "Programme for the development of agricultural, fisheries and 
forestry production systems in indigenous territories in the north Caribbean 
coast autonomous region and the  south Caribbean coast autonomous 
region (NICARIBE)"  
 
Address poverty levels in indigenous territories by promoting, diversifying 
and adapting their production in order to improve food security and 
incomes. This involves reducing the impact of social problems caused by 
conflicts in the region (land invasions by settlers, geographical dispersion 
and abandonment by neoliberal governments) and integrating the project's 
activities into the Government's efforts to support these communities.  12,000,000  Ministry of the Family, 
Community, 
Cooperative and 
Associative Economies 
(MEFCCA)   
Project: "Programme to improve the organizational and productive 
capacities of cocoa producers in the mining triangle. (PHASE I)".  
 
Contribute to the food security and soverei gnty of the rural population in 
the mining triangle, with a focus on  gender equality, by improving 
productivity and quality in the cocoa value chain through a sustainable 
agro-forestry system.  4,215,999  Ministry of the Family, 
Community, 
Cooperative and 
Associative Economies 
(MEFCCA)   
Subtotal:  87,167,531    
4. Domestic food aid  Innovation and dissemination of agricultural technologies for tackling 
climate change  
 
Increase the climate change adaptation capacity of families of small and 
medium agricultural producers and their communities through the 
dissemination, application and adoption of agro -ecological technologies and 
practices in 19 municipalities in Nicaragua 's dry corridor, with a view to 
reducing crop losses, increasing productivity and enhancing the quality of 
life of the families concerned.  909,487.67  Nicaraguan Institute 
of Agricultural and 
Livestock Technology 
(INTA)   
Establishment of an advanced post -harvest quality management model for 
horticultural crops in Latin America  
 
Reduction of post -harvest losses for the main agricultural crops.  9,218.69  Nicaraguan Institute 
of Agricultural and 
Livestock Technology 
(INTA)   
Development of technical capacities to increase the quality of native and 
domesticated seeds used in family farming in Nicaragua - FAO SEMILLA  
 
Contribute to the food security of producer families in regions I, II and VI 
(departments of Chinandega, León, E stelí, Nueva Segovia, Madriz, 
Matagalpa and Jinotega) by helping them to improve how they are 
organized, adopt technologies and make improvements to native and 
domesticated seeds as part of the new agricultural model.  14,408.69  Nicaraguan Institute 
of Agri cultural and 
Livestock Technology 
(INTA)    
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- 4 - Measure type  Name and description of measure with reference to criteria in 
Annex 2  Monet ary value  
 
USD  Data source  Note  
1 2 3 4  
Establishment of the Latin American soil information system  
 
Building the capacities of 30 researchers from the INTA and 90 technicians 
from the national production, consumption and trade system in research 
methods, sampling and the analysis and interpretation of laboratory results 
concerning the chemical properties of soils.  19,628.79  Nicaraguan Institute 
of Agricultural and 
Livestock Technology 
(INTA)   
Development of technologies to improve rice productivity  
 
Dissemination of new rice varieties and application of new farming 
technology in order to boost the income of small producers through 
increased yields and labour -saving methods.  14,793.17  Nicaraguan Institute 
of Agricultural and 
Livestock Technology 
(INTA)   
Development of technologies to increase productivity  in tomato and sweet 
pepper c ultivation  
 
Select, from among the varieties introduced from Korea, the high -yield 
tomato and sweet pepper varieties that are best adapted to the region. 
Increase productivity through the dissemination of the selected varieties of 
tomato and sweet pepper.  9,431.42  Nicaraguan Institute 
of Agricultural and 
Livestock Technology 
(INTA)   
Promotion of sustainable agricultural production  
 
Increase sustainable agricultural production, enhance links to productive 
chains and raise rural families' incomes.  4,313,067.46  Nicaraguan Institute 
of Agricultural and 
Livestock Technology 
(INTA)   
Food security challenge in Latin America and the Caribbean: validation of 
rice farming practices to foster efficient water use  
Contribute to reducing the vulnerability of small rice producers in 
Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama thanks to technological innovation 
through innovation platforms.  17,232.15  Nicaraguan Institute 
of Agricultural and 
Livestock Technology 
(INTA)   
Development of bean varieties with a greater nutrient content to improve 
the diets of rural families  
 
Identify genotypes with a higher yield capacity, such as SMR 88 and SMR 
100. Conduct biofortification trials with new genotypes in regions I, IV, V 
and VI.  7,660.76  Nicaraguan Institute 
of Agricultural and 
Livestock Technology 
(INTA)   
Strengthening of th e Nicaraguan agricultural research and innovation 
system  
 
Help to boost productivity by strengthening the INTA -coordinated 
Nicaraguan agricultural research and innovation system as a mechanism 
for joint action between the public and private sector stakeholders involved 
in raising the living standards of agricultural producer families.  378,355.04  Nicaraguan Institute 
of Agricultural and 
Livestock Technology 
(INTA)    
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- 5 - Measure type  Name and description of measure with reference to criteria in 
Annex 2  Monet ary value  
 
USD  Data source  Note  
1 2 3 4  
Improvement of young producers' production and agricultural management 
in Las Segovias  
Improve the agricultural production of 1,400 agricultural parcels and the 
management of 1,400 producers in northern  Nicaragua by boosting their 
incomes, reducing their environmental vulnerability and promoting families' 
self-sufficiency with rega rd to food security.  14,939.94  Nicaraguan Institute 
of Agricultural and 
Livestock Technology 
(INTA)   
Organic soil fertilization  management  and biological pest management in 
food production, with a view to contributing to food security  
Contribute to the implementation of the agricultural technology research 
programme through the development and dissemination of two forms  of 
fertilization -related technology and two forms relating to biological pest 
management, which contribute to climate change adaptation and to 
increas ing agricultural productivity.  20,604.64  Nicaraguan Institute 
of Agricultural and 
Livestock Technology 
(INTA)   
Support for th e implementation of the action plan with the World Food 
Programme  
Increase the productivity, enhance the production quality, raise family 
incomes and improve the food security of households of small staple grain 
producers who are organized in cooperatives and associations in Nueva 
Segovia, Estelí and Matagalpa.  46,853  Nicaraguan Institute 
of Agricultural and 
Livestock Technology 
(INTA)   
Subtotal:   5,775,681.42    
Total Green Box   119,136,694.49    
 
(1) Bovine genetic improvement programme. Modernization of central services; strengthening of the livestock health system, th e plant health system and agri -food safety system; infrastructural improvement 
to the central building of the IPSA and the agricult ural quarantine facility; and improvement  of the veterinary diagnostic laboratory.  
 
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