WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/AG/N/HND/21 
25 October 2006 
 
 (06-5147) 
Committee on Agriculture Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
  The following submission, dated 19 October 2006, 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 2004-2005 . 
 
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  The only domestic agricultural support measu res applied by the Republic of Honduras are 
those listed in the attached supporting Tables DS:1 and DS:2.  
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Page 2 Supporting Table DS:1 
 
 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Republic of Honduras  
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  June 2004 to May 2005  
 
Measures Exempt from the Reduc tion Commitment - "Green Box"  
 
Measure type  Name and description of measure 
with reference to criteria 
established in Annex 2  Monetary value of measure in 
year in question (US$)  Data source  
1 2 3 4 
General Services     
Training services     
Natural resour ce management 
and disaster mitigation (AFE-COHDEFOR).
 The objective is to create the cond itions for poor households to achieve 
sustainable livelihoods, to prevent disasters and to mitigate their effects in the departments of Francisco Mora zán, El Paraíso and Choluteca.
 9,049,500.00 SAG 
Management and protection of 
the Río Plátano Man and 
Biosphere Reserve. 
 To create the technical bases – both  social and organizational – for the 
conservation and protection of the bios phere, through sustai nable management 
of natural resources in the zones of influence of the communities living in the 
departments of Olancho, Colón and Gracias a Dios.  15,111,000.00  SAG  
African Palm Project  Training to improve the profitability, co mpetitiveness and fairness of African 
palm production systems.  1,354,837.50 SAG 
Extension Services     
Western Component of the 
National Programme for the 
Conservation/Economic 
Development of Natural 
Resources SAG/DINADERS.  Advisory services to foster participat ory management and diversified use of 
natural resources, in order to help pr omote sustainable hum an development in 
Honduras.  The project aims to benefit 9,100 families in the departments of 
Lempira, Intibucá, Ocotepeque and Copán.  3,923,000.00 SAG  
Other services     
Tri-National Sustainable 
Development Programme for the Upper Lempa River Basin
 To raise the living standards of the i nhabitants of the upper Lempa River basin 
through measures designed to further the sustainable development of the 
intervention area and help break the poverty-degradation of natural resources 
cycle.  2,054,102.00 SAG 
 
  
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 Page 3Supporting Table DS:2 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Republic of Honduras  
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  June 2004 to May 2005  
 
Measures exempt from the reduction comm itment – Special and Diffe rential Treatment – "D evelopment Programmes"  
 
Measure type  Name and description of measure 
with reference to criteria 
Article 6.2  Monetary value of measure in 
year in question (US$)  Data source  
1 2 3 4 
    
Investment subsidies genera lly 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 H onduras 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 
(DINADERS).  To foster the area's economic and so cial development by  raising household 
income on the basis of agricultural production, with a view to long-term 
sustainability.  445,250.00 SAG 
Natural resource management in 
priority river basin areas 
(MARENA).  To further processes aime d at achieving sustainable rural development through 
the strengthening of natural resource management at both central and local 
levels, so as to help reduce pove rty and the physical, economic and 
environmental vulnerability affecting critical areas of rural territory in the 
Ulua, Nacaome and Chamelecón river basins.  27,800.00 SAG 
Support for rural women to 
increase food production 
SAG/DINADERS.  To help the target population achieve food security by strengthening the 
mechanisms giving rural women access to production resources.  264,700.00  SAG 
Improvement of the food 
situation in the Gulf of Fonseca 
SAG/DIGEPESCA.  To improve the standard of living and socioeconomic conditions of the 
population in coastal regions borderi ng the Gulf of Fonseca (southern 
Honduras).  The project will benef it approximately 1,800 inhabitants.  184,620.00 SAG 
 
AFE:  State Forestry Authority  
COHDEFOR:  Honduran Forestry Development Corporation  
SAG:  Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock  
DINADERS:  National Directorate for Sustainable Development  
PROSOC:  Development Project for South-Western Honduras  
MARENA:  Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources  
DIGEPESCA:  Directorate-General of Fisheries and Aquaculture  
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