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ORGANIZATION   
G/AG/N/NPL/4 
3 October 2012 
 (12-5319) 
Committee on Agriculture Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
  The following submission, dated 20 September 2012, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of Nepal .  The notification concerns domestic support commitments ( Table DS:1 and the 
relevant Supporting Tables) for the calendar years 2010  and 2011 . 
 
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 In accordance with the notification require ments under Article 18.2 of the Agreement on 
Agriculture, the Government of Nepal notifies to  the Committee on Agriculture of its domestic 
support during the calendar years 2010 and 2011 as reported in the enclosed Supporting Tables DS:1.   
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Page 2 Supporting Table DS:1 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Nepal 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 2010 
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 
(Rs) Data Sources 
1 2 3 4 
(a)  General services Agricultural research 505,267,000 Ministry of Agriculture 
Development  Agricultural research and development fund 54,204,185 
 Agriculture training, extension and advisory services 37,049,365  
 Livestock training, extension and advisory services 21,546,677   Cotton development 14,612,524  
 Tea, coffee and cardamom development 20,000,000  
 Crop diversification 3,331,019   Janakpur agriculture development 20,215,508  
 Silk development 40,715,749  
 Horticulture development 76,113,990   Potato, vegetable and spices development 83,554,972  
 Seed promotion and seed quality control 16,940,995  
 Economic entomology development 13,682,266  
 Crop development 40,047,843  
 Livestock development 117,303,968   Community livestock development 316,194,459  
 Agri-business promotion and market development 20,299,975   
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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 
(Rs) Data Sources 
1 2 3 4 
 Commercial agriculture development and market 
promotion 19,243,018  
 Commercial agriculture development 271,335,148  
 Livestock development farm 60,803,593  
 Livestock development (hill lease hold forest) 86,474,897   National dairy development 4,000,000  
(b)  Public stockholding for food 
security purposes Food security address 67,760,997 Ministry of Agriculture 
Development 
(k)  Regional assistance programmes Karnali zone development programme 26,194,167 " 
 Special agriculture production programme (for remote 
areas) 1,501,681,744  
     
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Page 4 Supporting Table DS:1 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Nepal 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 2011 
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 
(Rs) Data sources 
1 2 3 4 
(a)  General services Agricultural research 852,600,000 Ministry of Agriculture 
Development  Agricultural research and development fund 48,336,772.12 
 Agriculture training, extension and advisory services 41,473,590.71  
 Livestock training, extension and advisory services 25,027,086.66  
 Cotton development 9,800,000   Tea, coffee and cardamom development 29,400,000  
 Crop diversification 3,856,366.85  
 Janakpur agriculture development 20,709,647.38   Silk development 45,059,463.27  
 Horticulture development 81,532,224.23  
 Potato, vegetable and spices development 91,316,105.03   Seed promotion and seed quality control 18,695,571.17  
 Economic entomology development 1,411,467.02  
 Crop development 48,156,904.25  
 Livestock development 115,802,887.65  
 Community livestock development 119,065,509.01   High value agriculture commodity development 6,348,122   
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 Page 5Measure type Name and description of measure with reference to 
criteria in Annex 2 Monetary value of measure in year 
in question 
(Rs) Data sources 
1 2 3 4 
 Agri-business promotion and market development 237,108,850.84  
 Commercial agriculture development and market 
promotion 69,195,767.14  
 Commercial agriculture development 284,690,378.76  
 Livestock development farm 69,569,560.54   Livestock development (hill lease hold forest) 68,329,769.23  
 National dairy development 13,230,000  
 Sugarcane and sugar development 2,150,000  
(b)  Public stockholding for food 
security purposes Food security address 115,074,815.08 Ministry of Agriculture 
Development 
(k)  Regional assistance programmes Karnali zone development programme 31,103,270.80 " 
 Special agriculture production programme (for remote 
areas) 2,686,973,949.64  
    
 
Note:  1 US$ = Rs 89.71 (6 September 2012) 
 
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