G/AG/N/OMN/12  
 
20 June 2014  
(14-3594)  Page: 1/4  
Committee on Agriculture  Original: English  
 
 NOTIFICATION 
The following submission, dated 13 January 2014, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of Oman . The notification concerns domestic support commitments ( Table DS:1  and 
the relevant Supporting Tables) for the year 2012 . 
 
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 The only agricultural domestic support measures applied by Oman in 2012 are those listed in the 
attached Supporting Tables DS:1 and DS:2. 
 
  
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- 2 - Supporting Table DS:1 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: OMAN 
REPORTING PERIOD: 2012 
Measures exempt from the reduction commitment – "Green Box" 
Measure Type Name and description of measure with refere nce to criteria in Annex 2 Monetary value of measure 
in year in question 
(Omani Rials) Data Sources 
1 2 3 4 
General services  (a) Agricultural research  (plant and livestock)   Ministry of Agriculture 
and Fisheries  Agricultural research centres and stations requirements  1,937,703 
 Animal wealth research  support and facilities  475,580  
 Sub-total  2,413,283  
 (b) Pest and disease control    
 National vaccination and treatment 308,812 " 
 Plant protection, aerial spray works, locust control and safe use of pesticide 1,450,656  
 Sub-total  1,759,468  
 (c) Training services   
 Omani cadres training 143,385 " 
 Sub-total  143,385  
 (d) Extension and advisory services    
 Farmers agricultural extension an d encouragement services projects  4,806,343 " 
 Update and improve the agricultural statistics data system 86,862  
 Agricultural Information Center 30,580  
 Studies and advisory consultants to support the Ministry's technical device 213,579  
 Sub-total  5,137,364   
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- 3 - Measure Type Name and description of measure with refere nce to criteria in Annex 2 Monetary value of measure 
in year in question 
(Omani Rials) Data Sources 
1 2 3 4 
 (g) Infrastructure   Ministry of Agriculture 
and Fisheries 
 Establishment of fodder production company in Najd1 692,947 
 Establishment and development of agri cultural and veterinarian quarantine2 1,885,643  
 Development of natural pastures3 93,589  
 Establishment of laboratory for diagnosi ng common diseases between human being 
and livestock 1,163,048  
 Sub-total  3,835,227  
 Total 13,288,727  
1 The support for the establishment of fodder production company in Najd project is concerned with the consultancy study carried  out by the government within the frame of the 
infrastructure required in this farm which includes electricity power distribution, roads and irri gation system needed for its establishment. 
2 The amount spent in this item includes the establishment of the quarantine buildings and purchasing of equipment and does not include the cost of quarantine services. 
3 This is an infrastructure project associat ed with environmental programmes to develo p and maintain natural pastures on governm ent land. 
  
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- 4 - Supporting Table DS:2 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: OMAN 
REPORTING PERIOD: 2012 
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 of measure 
in year in question 
(Omani Rials) Data sources 
1 2 3 4 
Investment subsidies 
generally available to agriculture Soft loan subsidies to agriculture and livestock projects: these soft loan facilities are 
granted to economically viable projects to encourage entrepreneurship in the sector.
1 1,827,900 Oman Development 
Bank and Ministry of 
Agriculture 
 Sub-total  1,827,900  
Others National project for date palm development 128,989 Ministry of 
Agriculture and 
Fisheries 
 Protection of agriculture lands from sweeping away project 43,649  
 Sub-total  172,638  
 Total 2,000,538  
1 The investor/promoter of the project will only  pay 3% interest on the to tal amount of loan sanction ed for the respective projec t. The balance between the prevailing market 
interest rate (9%) and the soft loan intere st charged to the farmer (3%) would be pa id by the Government. The monetary value of  RO 1,827,900 is equivalent to the 6% balance 
on the total amount of loan sanctioned to all the agricultural and livestock projects. 
 
 
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