G/AG/N/PRY/24  
11 August  2016 
(16-4322) Page: 1/5 
Committee on Agriculture  Original:  Spanish  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
The following submission, dated 15 July 2016, is being circulated at the request of the delegation 
of Paraguay . The notification concerns domestic support commitments ( Table DS:1  and 
corresponding supporting tables) for  2015. 
 
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Supporting Table DS: 1 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: PARAGUAY  
REPORTING PERIOD: 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 of measure in 
year in  question* 
(US$)  Data source  
1 2 3 4 
(a) General services  
Research  Agricultural research and technology generation and 
transfer (Paraguayan Agricultural Technology Institute 
(IPTA))   6,672,243 Law No. 5.386/2015 "Adopting the General 
Expenditure Budget o f the Nation for Fiscal 
Year 2015"  
Law No. 3.788/2010 " Establishing the 
Paraguayan Agricultural Technology Institute 
(IPTA) " 
Pest and disease control  National Plant and Seed Quality and Health Service 
(SENAVE)  7,228,378 Law No. 5.386/2015 "Adopting the Ge neral 
Expenditure Budget of the Nation for Fiscal 
Year 2015"  
Law No. 2.459/2004 " Establishing the 
National Plant and Seed Quality and Health 
Service  (SENAVE)"  
MERCOSUR Structural Convergence Fund ( FOCEM ) - 
Biosecurity laboratory and strengthening of the food 
control laboratory  30,280 Law No. 5.386/2015 "Adopting the General 
Expenditure Budget of the Nation for Fiscal 
Year 2015" 
Diseases  National Animal Quality and Health Service (SENACSA)  27,537,528 Law No. 5.386/2015 " Adopting the General 
Expenditure Bu dget of the Nation for Fiscal 
Year 2015" 
Law No. 2.426/2004 " Establishing the 
National Animal Quality and Health Servic e 
(SENACSA)"    
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Measure type  Name and description of measure with  
 reference to criteria in Annex 2 Monetary value of measure in 
year in  question* 
(US$)  Data source  
1 2 3 4 
Agricultural extension  Technical assistance for agricultural producers 
(Directorate of Agricultural Extension, DEAG )  7,493,667 Law No. 5.386/2015 " Adopting the General 
Expenditure Budget of the Nation for Fiscal 
Year 2015"  
National Livestock Development Programme 
(PRONAFOPE)  
Contributes to food security and the generation of income 
for small and medium -sized producers and  increases 
production and productivity in the farming of cattle and 
small livestock and in fish farming and apiculture . 
Provides technical assistance and training for livestock 
producers, and livestock products for the implementation 
of production projects . 611,299 Law No. 5.386/2015 " Adopting the General 
Expenditure Budget of the Nation for Fiscal 
Year 2015"  
Decree  No. 2.385/09 " Establishing the 
National Livestock Development Programme 
(PRONAFOPE)"  
Agricultural training  Training of agricultural technician s (Directorate of 
Agricultural Training, DEA ) 5,004,868 Law No. 5.386/2015 " Adopting the General 
Expenditure Budget of the Nation for Fiscal 
Year 2015"  
Marketing  Assistance for agricultural producers throughout the 
marketing chain  1,022,676 Law No. 5.386/ 2015 " Adopting the General 
Expenditure Budget of the Nation for Fiscal 
Year 2015"  
(c) Domestic food aid  
 Programme to Promote Food Produ ction through Family 
Farming (PPA)  
Framework programme for the provision  of institutional 
services : technical assistan ce with organizatio n, 
productio n and marketing ; rural education and transfer of 
incentives . 5,890,988 Law No. 5.386/2015 " Adopting the General 
Expenditure Budget of the Nation for Fiscal 
Year 2015"  
 Sustainable Rural Development Project (PRODERS ) 
Improves  the quality of life of small producers and 
indigenous communities in a sustainable manner through 
support measures to strengthen community organization, 
self-management, and market and value chain 
integration . 11,441,252 Law No. 5.386/2015 " Adopting the G eneral 
Expenditure Budget of the Nation for Fiscal 
Year 2015"    
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Measure type  Name and description of measure with  
 reference to criteria in Annex 2 Monetary value of measure in 
year in  question* 
(US$)  Data source  
1 2 3 4 
 Agricultural Development Programme for  the Eastern 
Region (2KR)  
Supports resource -poor family farmers in implementing 
territorially focused economic development projects with a 
view to the int roduction of environmentally  friendly 
innovative technology suitable for family farming . 427,105 Law No. 5.386/2015 " Adopting the General 
Expenditure Budget of the Nation for Fiscal 
Year 2015"  
(i) Structural adjustment assistance through investment aids  
 Equipment for Agricultural Production in Paraguay  (EPAP)  
project  1,254, 405 Law No. 5.386/2015 " Adopting the General 
Expenditure Budget of the Nation for Fiscal 
Year 2015"  
(j) Environmental programmes  
 Soil management, conservation and recovery  997,206 Law No. 5.386/2015 " Adopting the General 
Expenditure Budget of the Nation for Fiscal 
Year 2015"  
* The average US$ exchange rate for 2015 was US$1 = 5,227.68 Gs (Source : Central Bank of Paraguay (BCP)).    
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Supporting Table DS: 2 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: PARAGUAY  
REPO RTING PERIOD: 2015  
Measures Exempt from the Reduction Commitment - Special and Differential Treatment - "Development Programmes " 
Measure type  Name and description of measure with  
reference to criteria in Article 6.2  Monetary value of 
measure in year in  
question* 
(US$)  Data source  
1 2 3 4 
(a) Investment subsidies 
generally available to agriculture  Support for family farming (DAAF)  
Develops and implements innovative tools  to support family 
farming that  boost  farm production and productivity and, as a 
result , raise family income  with a view to  improving the quality 
of life through  the supportable and sustainable development 
(environmental , social and economic) of the  productive unit s of 
the beneficiary families working in  the agricultural and forestry 
sector .  1,552,583 Law No. 5.386/2015 " Adopting the General 
Expenditure Budget of the Nation for Fiscal 
Year 2015"  
(b) Agricultural input subsidies 
generally available to low -income 
or resource -poor producers  Project  for the Integration of Family Farming in Value Chains - 
Paraguay an Integration Project (PPI) 
Helps to increase  the assets, raise the income  and improve  the 
quality of life  of family smallholders , poor farmers and the rural 
poor through their sustainable integration in  value chains , while 
taking  gende r-sensitive and environmental  concerns  into 
account .  2,500,089  Law No. 5.386/2015 " Adopting the General 
Expenditure Budget of the Nation for Fiscal 
Year 2015"  
 Development of competitiveness in agricultural production  110,750 Law No. 5.386/2015 " Adoptin g the General 
Expenditure Budget of the Nation for Fiscal 
Year 2015"  
* The average US$ exchange rate for 2015 was US$1 = 5, 227.68 Gs (Source : Central Bank of Paraguay (BCP)).  
 
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