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G/AG/W/94/Add.1 
18 June 2012 
 (12-3195) 
Committee on Agriculture  
 
  
RESPONSES TO POINTS RAISED BY MEMBERS UNDER THE REVIEW PROCESS 
 
Compilation of responses to questions raised during the Committee 
on Agriculture meeting on 21 March 20121 
 
Addendum 
  
 The present addendum includes the written respon se by Togo to the ques tion by the European 
Union contained in paragraph 99 of document G/AG/W/93.  A comprehensive version of the 
compilation document G/AG/W/94 containing questions and responses will be issued once all 
outstanding written responses have been provided by Members. 
 
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II. POINTS RAISED IN CONNECTION WITH INDIVIDUAL NOTIFICATIONS 
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OMESTIC SUPPORT COMMITMENTS (TABLE  DS:1) 
13. Togo (G/AG/N/TGO/2) 
Question by the European Union:   The European Union would lik e to ask Togo to explain how 
"disaster relief", notified unde r payments for relief from natural disasters, complies with 
paragraph 8 of Annex 2 of the Agreement on Agriculture. 
Since 2007, Togo has been affected by the sharp lift in the Intertropical Front (ITF), leading 
to heavy rainfall between Augus t and September.  The situat ion was particularly serious 
in 2010 in the Southern part of the country, where the Haho, Yoto and Mono Rivers and other 
watercourses burst their banks, destroying habita ts and crops, and even causing loss of human 
life. 
According to a study carried out by the Ministry  responsible for agriculture, the damage to the 
2010-2011 agricultural season caused by the flooding, relates primarily to three areas of 
activity, namely food production, cotton pro duction and livestock production, giving a total 
loss for the entire country of CFAF 3.14 b illion (approximately €4.8 million).  In food 
production, 5,093 hectares sown to maize were  destroyed, accounting for 65 per cent of the 
area flooded (cost:  CFAF 3.1 billion).  The damage to the cotton crop was less extensive.  
The flooding affected a total of 46 hectares of cotton (cost:  CFAF 14.6 million).  In livestock production, most of the animal losses caused by the flooding involved poultry.  2,682 head of 
poultry were lost, as against 646 head of sma ll ruminants and 392 head of pigs (cost:  
CFAF 18.5 million). 
                                                      
 
1 This document has been prepared under the Secret ariat's own responsibility and is without prejudice 
to the positions of Members or to their rights or obligations under the WTO. G/AG/W/94/Add.1 
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  The study carried out by the Government, through the Ministry responsible for agriculture, is 
available.  The victims of this natural disaster are small farmers with low and unstable 
incomes for three consecutive years.  The gove rnment relief granted is intended specifically 
for farmers who have sustained losses exceedi ng 30 per cent of their average production in 
the preceding three-year period,  as compensation for their lo sses.  These payments, totalling 
CFAF 625.7 million and representing only 20 per cen t of the losses record ed, were used to 
purchase seeds and fertilizer. 
In conclusion, the relief granted by the Gove rnment and notified under payments for relief 
from natural disasters complies with paragraph 8 of Annex 2 of the Agreement on 
Agriculture. 
 
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