G/AG/N/URY/52  
10 June 2013  
(13-2996)  Page: 1/3  
Committee on Agriculture  Original: Spanish  
 
  NOTIFICATION 
 The following submission, dated 7 June 2013, is being circulated at the request 
of the delegation of Uruguay . The notification concerns new or modified domestic support 
measures exempt from reduction (Table DS:2) . G/AG/N/URY/52 
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  Table DS:2 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: URUGUAY 
Notification under Article 18.3 of the Agreement: 
New or modified domestic support measures exempt from reduction 
 
 
(1) Full title of measure: 
 
Development and climate change adaptation project ( Proyecto de Desarrollo y Adaptación 
al Cambio Climático , DACC)  
 
(2) Domestic legislation reference:  
Law No. 17.283 on environmental protection; 
Law No. 15.239 declaring the use and conservation of water and soil for agricultural purposes to be a matter of national interest. 
 
See http://www.mgap.gub.uy  and click on Desarrollo y Adaptación al Cambio Climático  
(Development and climate change adaptation) 
 
(3) Detailed description of measure: 
 
The measure was notified in accordance with the criteria established in Annex 2 
to the Agreement on Agriculture: Green box: (j) "Environmental programmes". 
 
Overall project aim:  
To help rural producers to develop sustainable use of natural resources, enhance 
adaptability to climate variability and change, and promote the modernization 
of Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries management of climate- and natural resource-related information and services. 
 
The above objective will be achieved by deve loping and implementing instruments that 
provide producers with essential and timely in formation that enables them to better manage 
natural resources on their farms. Producers will also receive technical and financial 
assistance to encourage them to invest in thei r production systems, with a view to reducing 
risks and increasing their ability to  adapt to extreme weather events. 
 
The project consists of the following components: 
 
a. Development of an information system with interoperable levels as a basis 
for the implementation of a national agricultural information system (coordinated 
by Dr María Nela González). 
b. Mitigation of and/or adaptation to the effects of climate change  by implementing 
comprehensive sub-projects for individual farm holdings and increasing and/or 
stabilizing the production, income and sustaina ble development of such holdings (carried 
out by the Directorate-General of Rura l Development (DGDR) and coordinated 
by Eduardo Maldini). 
c. Improvement of natural resource  management by means of new soil maps 
and the implementation of plans for the use and management of soil, water and rural areas (carried out by the Directorate-Genera l of Renewable Natural Resources (RENARE) 
and coordinated by Marcelo Galain). 
d. Establishment, for the purposes of management, general coordination and cooperation 
with public and private institutions, of a project management unit  responsible 
for administration, finance, communications, dissemination, training, planning 
and monitoring (under the executive management of Jorge Marzaroli). G/AG/N/URY/52 
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  (4) Cost of measure: (*)  
The total cost of the project is US$55 mi llion, of which US$49 million is covered 
by a World Bank loan and US$6 million is pr ovided by Uruguayan counterpart funding. 
 
2012 US$10,690,000 
2013 US$11,384,000 2014 US$12,077,000 
2015 US$12,050,000 
2016 US$8,416,000 
(*) Estimate. 
 
(5) Date of entry into force: 
 
The loan agreement for the Sustainable Management of Natural Resources and Climate 
Change Project (DACC-Prestamo-8099-Uy) was signed on 17 January 2012. 
 (6) Period of application: 
 
 Until March 2017.
 
 
(7) Products to principally benefit: 
 
Direct beneficiaries include 2,600 family producers, while indirect beneficiaries include 65 rural organizations and 16,000 family producers and rural workers. 
 
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