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G/AG/N/NIC/32 
19 October 2012 
 (12-5666) 
Committee on Agriculture Original: Spanish 
 
 
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
 
 The following submission, dated 17 October 2012, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of Nicaragua .  The notification concerns domestic support commitments ( Table DS:1  and 
the corresponding supporting tables) for 2011 . 
 
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 In accordance with the notification requirements set out in paragraph (ii), page 11, of document G/AG/2, Nicaragua hereby notifies th at in 2011 it provided domestic support for 
agricultural producers through the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Forestry (MAG-FOR), the 
Nicaraguan Institute of Agricultural and Livestock Technology (INTA) and the Ministry of Finance 
and Public Credit (MHCP).  This support came under the domestic support category exempt from 
reduction commitments under the Agreement on Ag riculture.  Supporting Table DS:1 (attached) 
provides details of these exempt measures. 
  
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Page 2 Supporting Table DS:1 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Nicaragua  
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  2011  
 
Measures Exempt from the Reduc tion 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$ thousand1) Data source 
1 2 3 4 
(a) General services     
Pest and disease control  Programme for the prevention of exotic diseases 
Maintain national territory free from exotic diseases through the 
implementation of epidemiological surveillance, including screwworm 
surveillance, in livestock areas. 265.80 Ministry of Agriculture, 
Livestock and Forestry 
(MAG-FOR) 
Ministry of Finance and 
Public Credit (MHCP)
(b) Domestic food aid     
 Food aid for persons affected by na tural disasters (Protracted Relief and 
Recovery Operation, PRRO) 
Supplementary food for vulnerable groups (pregnant women, nursing 
mothers and children up to 36 months). 
Food-for-asset-creation and/or food-for-work schemes in the regions 
of Matagalpa and Jinotega and the Autonomous North Atlantic 
Region, (RAAN). 
Assistance for vulnerable populations with a view to strengthening their 
disaster preparedness and mitigation capacity. 148.20 Ministry of Agriculture, 
Livestock and Forestry 
(MAG-FOR) 
Ministry of Finance and 
Public Credit (MHCP)  
 Support for rural families affected by drought and flooding (Food and 
Nutrition Security Programme) 
Supplementary food for vulnerable groups (pregnant women, nursing 
mothers and children up to 36 months). 
Food-for-asset-creation and/or food-for-work schemes in the Madriz and 
Nueva Segovia regions. 
Enhance livelihood activities in order to improve the food and nutrition 
security of the more vulnerable households. 128.90 Ministry of Agriculture, 
Livestock and Forestry 
(MAG-FOR) 
Ministry of Finance and 
Public Credit (MHCP)   
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 Page 3Measure type Name and description of measure with 
reference to criteria in Annex 2 Monetary value of measure 
in year in question 
(US$ thousand1) Data source 
1 2 3 4 
 Food Production Programme (PPA) 
Eradicate hunger, chronic malnutrition, extreme poverty and 
unemployment.  The programme aims to assist 80,000 poor rural 
households in the period 2007/2011 by means of a quantitative and 
qualitative increase in production and the consumption of protein foods, 
and encouraging a reduction in firewood consumption through the use 
of other cooking methods, biogas, more modern stoves, etc.  319.29 Ministry of Agriculture, 
Livestock and Forestry 
(MAG-FOR) 
Ministry of Finance and 
Public Credit (MHCP)  
TOTAL  862.19  
 
1 Average annual exchange rate for 2011:  C 22 .4243 to US$1 (Central Bank of Nicaragua). 
 
Source :  Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Forestry (MAG-FOR) and Ministry of Finance and Public Credit (MHCP). 
 
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