G/AG/N/HND/40  
28 July 2014  
(14-4344)  Page: 1/4  
Committee on Agriculture  Original: Spanish  
 
  NOTIFICATION 
The following submission, dated 4 July 2014, is being circulated at the request of the delegation of 
Honduras . The notification concerns new or modified domestic support measures exempt from 
reduction ( Table DS:2 ). 
 
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  Table DS:2 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: HONDURAS 
Notification under Article 18.3 of the Agreement: 
New or Modified Domestic Support Measures Exempt from Reduction 
 
(1) Full title of measure: EmprendeSur project 
(2) Domestic legislation reference: Poverty Reduction Strategy  
(3) Detailed description of measur e with reference to criteria: 
Paragraph 2(c) - Training services - of Annex 2 to the Agreement on Agriculture. This project seeks to contribute to increase d income, employment opportunities and food 
security for small-scale producers by facilitating their participation in value chains through 
capacity building, and is divided into three components: market access, human 
development and the project management unit. The project is expected to benefit some 
400,000 people in the departments of Francisco Morazán, Choluteca, Valle, La Paz and 
El Paraíso, and is funded by the Internatio nal Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), 
the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), the Central American Bank 
for Economic Integration (CABEI), and the Government of Honduras. 
(4) Cost of measure: US$33 million 
(5) Date of entry into effect: 2011 
(6) Period of application: June 2011 to May 2016  
(7) Products to principally bene fit (if any individual product): No individual product.  G/AG/N/HND/40 
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  Table DS:2 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: HONDURAS 
Notification under Article 18.3 of the Agreement: 
New or Modified Domestic Support Measures Exempt from Reduction 
 
(1) Full title of measure: Santa María del Real project 
(2) Domestic legislation reference: Poverty Reduction Strategy 
(3) Detailed description of measur e with reference to criteria: 
Paragraph 2(d) - Extension and advisory services - of Annex 2 to the Agreement on 
Agriculture. 
Preparation of the study for the Santa María del Real agricultural development project, 
involving the creation of efficient, customized agro-industrial villages in rural areas of the municipality of Santa María del Real in the department of Olancho, for the purposes of 
livestock farming, agro-industrial processing and agriculture, with external funding and a 
matching contribution from the national Government. 
(4) Cost of measure: US$650,000 
(5) Date of entry into effect: 2011 
(6) Period of application: June 2011 to May 2013  
(7) Products to principally bene fit (if any individual product): No individual product.  G/AG/N/HND/40 
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  Table DS:2 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: HONDURAS 
Notification under Article 18.3 of the Agreement: 
New or Modified Domestic Support Measures Exempt from Reduction 
 
(1) Full title of measure: Competitiveness and sustainable rural development project in the 
Northern Zone of Honduras (Northern Horizons) 
(2) Domestic legislation reference: Poverty Reduction Strategy  
(3) Detailed description of measur e with reference to criteria: 
Investment subsidies: Article 6.2 of the Agreement on Agriculture. 
This programme seeks to increase the income, employment and food security of poor rural 
households in the departments of Atlántida, Cortés and Santa Barbara, while reducing their environmental vulnerability and promoting gender equality and rural youth inclusion. The 
programme comprises the following components: human and social development, value 
chains and competitiveness, and project management. It is implemented with funding from the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI), as well as resources provided by the Global Environment 
Facility (GEF). 
(4) Cost of measure: US$24 million  
(5) Date of entry into effect: 2012 
(6) Period of application: June 2012 to May 2018 
(7) Products to principally bene fit (if any individual product): No individual product. 
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