WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/AG/N/HND/19 
4 May 2005 
 
 (05-1859) 
Committee on Agriculture Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
  The following submission, dated 15 April 2005, is being circulated at the request of the delegation of Honduras .  The notification concerns domestic support commitments ( Table DS:1  and 
relevant supporting tables) for the period 2003-2004 . 
 
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 The only domestic agricultural support meas ures applied by the Republic of Honduras are 
those listed in the attached supporting Tables DS:1 and DS:2.     
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Supporting Table DS:1 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Republic of Honduras  
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  June 2003 to May 2004  
 
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$)  Data source  
1 2 3 4 
General services    
Pest and disease control     
    
National Epidemiological 
Surveillance Project - 
PRONAVESA Protection of national livestock heritage by means of disease 
prevention, control and eradication in order to guarantee to importing 
countries Honduran compliance with the sanitary requirements of international trade in the context of the WTO and other organizations at 
national level.
 916,198.00 (PRONAVESA) 
SAG / SENASA / USDA  
Rural Economy 
Revitalization Programme 
Part II 
Strengthening of Plant and 
Animal Health and Food 
Safety Services 
(SENASA)  The aim of this programme is capacity-building for SENASA, with a 
view to strengthening plant and animal  health and food safety services 
and emphasis on improving the competitiveness of rural production sectors, in particular agri-food, th ereby helping to reduce rural poverty.
 984,500.00 SAG 
    
Training services     
    
African Palm Project Training to improve the profitability, competitiveness and fairness of 
African palm production systems.  1,806,450.00 SAG  
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with reference to criteria in Annex 2  Monetary value of measure 
in year in question 
(US$)  Data source  
1 2 3 4 
Regional Project on Post-
Harvest Technology Transfer 
for Staple Grains (Post-
Harvest Programme) 
(DINADERS)  Provision of training in relation to and monitoring of the transfer of 
family staple grain storage facilities, such as metal silos.  Project 
components include training, promotion and technical assistance.  70,780.00 SAG 
    
Infrastructural services     
    
Construction of irrigation 
works in Quimistan Valley  Socio-economic improvement for Quimistan Valley farmers through increased productivity and agricultural diversification by means of 
training, technical assistance a nd the construction of irrigation 
infrastructure.
 3,587,255.00 SAG 
    
Other services     
    
Research and Technology 
Transfer  
(National Centre for 
Agricultural Technological 
Innovation, CENITA / 
Directorate of Agricultural Science and Technology, 
DICTA)
 Development of an agricultural research system which generates, validates and transfers technology to all bodies involved in the 
country's agricultural chain in orde r to promote and enhance sector 
development.
 79,088.00 SAG 
Tri-National Sustainable 
Development Programme for 
the Upper Lempa River 
Basin Raising the living standards of the inhabitants of the upper Lempa 
River basin by way of measures encouraging the sustainable 
development of the intervention area, with a view to breaking the poverty-degradation of natural resources cycle.
 2,054,102.00 SAG  
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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 
Land-use planning and 
protection of watersheds and 
protected areas  Ensuring, in conjunction with the communities in the departments of 
Ocotepeque, Intibucá and Colón, the conservation, delimitation and 
legalization of small watersheds and water sources.  44,900.00 AFE, COHDEFOR 
Rural Development Project 
for Central-Eastern Honduras 
- PRODERCO 
(DINADERS)  Capacity-building for human, institutional and natural resources in the 
central-eastern region of Honduras with a view to reducing rural 
poverty levels.  311,157.00 SAG 
Self-Managed Local 
Development for Poverty Reduction in Northern Copán 
(DINADERS)
 Municipal management and administration, community and social 
development and adult education; strategic planning and identification, 
design, management and participatory assessment of small-scale 
production and social projects.  1,714,200.00 SAG 
    
    
 
 
DINADERS:  National Directorate for Sustainable Rural Development PRONADERS:  National Sustainable Rural Development Programme 
PRONAVESA:  National Epidemiological Surveillance Project 
SAG:  Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock SENASA:  National Agricultural Health Service 
USDA:  United States Department of Agriculture 
AFE:  State Forestry Association COHDEFOR:  Honduran Forestry Development Cooperation 
DICTA:  Directorate of Agricultural Science and Technology
 
PROSOC:  Rural Development Project for South-Western Honduras  
  
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DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Republic of Honduras  
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  June 2003 to May 2004  
 
Measures Exempt from the Reduction Co mmitment - Special and D ifferential 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 
    
Investment subsidies generally available to agriculture    
Rural Development Project 
for South-Western Honduras 
- PROSOC 
(DINADERS)  Help in raising the standard of living of people with scarce resources 
living in depressed areas in south-western Honduras and in eliminating 
the main manifestations of rural poverty.  1,100,457.00 SAG 
Agribusiness Development 
and Soil and Water 
Conservation Project for the 
Jicatuyo River Basin 
(DINADERS)  Fostering of economic and social development in the area, through an 
increase in household income on the basis of agricultural production, 
within a framework of long-term sustainability.  445,250.00 SAG 
Special Programme for Food 
Security  
(DINADERS)  Help in raising the standard of living of the food-insecure population 
within the framework of the nationa l poverty reduction strategy.  This 
strategy is based on direct or complementary alliances with the development projects or programmes of both international agencies 
and national food security programmes.
 439,359.00 SAG  
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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 
Programme to Support Small- and Medium-Scale Farmers 
in the Department of Olancho - PROLANCHO 
(DINADERS)
 Contribution to the economic and social development of small- and 
medium-scale farmers in the department of Olancho, helping them to 
assume an active role in boosting the local economy.  206,971.00 SAG 
 
 
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