WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/AG/N/HND/20 
4 May 2005 
 
 (05-1854) 
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 new or modified domestic support measures 
exempt from reduction ( Table DS:2 ). G/AG/N/HND/20 
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 Table DS:2 
  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Honduras 
 
Notification under Article 18.3 of the Agreement: 
New or Modified Domestic Support Measures Exempt from Reduction  
 
  (1) Full title of measure:   Regional Project on Post-Harvest Technology Transfer for Staple 
Grains (Post-Harvest Programme)  (National Directorate for Sustainable Rural Development, 
DINADERS).  
 (2) Domestic legislation reference:   Master Plan for National Reconstruction and 
Transformation (PMRTN).  
 
(3) Detailed description of measure with reference to criteria: 
 
Paragraph 2(c) - Training services - of Annex 2 to the Agreement on Agriculture. 
 
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. 
 (4) Cost of measure:  US$70,780.00  
 
(5) Date of entry into effect:  2003  
 (6) Period of application:  June 2003 - May 2004  
 (7) Products to principally benefit (if any individual product):  No individual product.  
  G/AG/N/HND/20 
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 Table DS:2 
  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Honduras 
 
Notification under Article 18.3 of the Agreement: 
New or Modified Domestic Support Measures Exempt from Reduction  
 
  (1) Full title of measure:   Construction of irrigation works in Quimistan Valley.  
 
(2) Domestic legislation reference:   Master Plan for National Reconstruction and 
Transformation (PMRTN).  
 
(3) Detailed description of measure with reference to criteria: 
 
Infrastructural and training services - Annex 2 to the Agreement on Agriculture. 
 
Socio-economic improvement for Quimistan Va lley farmers through increased productivity 
and agricultural diversification by means of training, technical assistance and the construction of irrigation infrastructure. 
 
(4) Cost of measure:  US$3,587,255.00  
 (5) Date of entry into effect:  2003  
 
(6) Period of application:  June 2003 - May 2004  
 (7) Products to principally benefit (if any individual product):  No individual product.  
 G/AG/N/HND/20 
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 Table DS:2 
  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Honduras 
 
Notification under Article 18.3 of the Agreement: 
 New or Modified Domestic Suppor t Measures Exempt from Reduction  
 
  (1) Full title of measure:   Research and Technology Transfer  (National Centre for Agricultural 
Technological Innovation, CENITA / Directorate of Agricultural Science and Technology, 
DICTA).  
 (2) Domestic legislation reference:   Master Plan for National Reconstruction and 
Transformation (PMRTN).  
 
(3) Detailed description of measure with reference to criteria: 
 
Paragraph 2 - General services, other - of Annex 2 to the Agreement on Agriculture. 
 
Development of an agricultural research system  which generates, validates and transfers 
technology to all bodies involved in the country's  agricultural chain in order to promote and 
enhance sector development. 
 (4) Cost of measure:  US$79,088.00  
 
(5) Date of entry into effect:  2003  
 (6) Period of application:  June 2003 - May 2004  
 (7) Products to principally benefit (if any individual product):  No individual product.  
  G/AG/N/HND/20 
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 Table DS:2 
  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Honduras 
 
Notification under Article 18.3 of the Agreement: 
New or Modified Domestic Support Measures Exempt from Reduction  
 
  (1) Full title of measure:   Rural Development Project for Central-Eastern Honduras - 
PRODERCO  (National Directorate for Sustainable Rural Development, DINADERS).  
 (2) Domestic legislation reference:   Master Plan for National Reconstruction and 
Transformation (PMRTN).  
 (3) Detailed description of measure with reference to criteria: 
 
Paragraph 2 - General services, other - of Annex 2 to the Agreement on Agriculture. 
 
Capacity-building for human, institutional and natural resources in central-eastern Honduras with a view to reducing rural poverty levels. 
 
(4) Cost of measure:  US$311,157.00  
 (5) Date of entry into effect:  2003  
 
(6) Period of application:  June 2003 - December 2004  
 (7) Products to principally benefit (if any individual product):  No individual product.  
 G/AG/N/HND/20 
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 Table DS:2 
  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Honduras 
 
Notification under Article 18.3 of the Agreement: 
 New or Modified Domestic Suppor t Measures Exempt from Reduction  
 
  (1) Full title of measure:   Self-Managed Local Development for Poverty Reduction in Northern 
Copán  (National Directorate for Sustainable Rural Development, DINADERS).  
 (2) Domestic legislation reference:   Master Plan for National Reconstruction and 
Transformation (PMRTN).  
 (3) Detailed description of measure with reference to criteria: 
 
Paragraph 2 - General services, other - of Annex 2 to the Agreement on Agriculture. 
 
Municipal management and administration, co mmunity and social development and adult 
education; strategic planning and identifica tion, design, management and participatory 
assessment of small-scale production and social projects.  
 (4) Cost of measure:  US$1,714,200.00  
 (5) Date of entry into effect:  2003  
 
(6) Period of application:  June 2003 - May 2004  
 (7) Products to principally benefit (if any individual product):  No individual product.  
  G/AG/N/HND/20 
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 Table DS:2 
  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Honduras 
 
Notification under Article 18.3 of the Agreement: 
New or Modified Domestic Support Measures Exempt from Reduction  
 
  (1) Full title of measure:   Rural Development Project for South-Western Honduras - PROSOC  
(National Directorate for Sustainable Rural Development, DINADERS).  
 (2) Domestic legislation reference:   Master Plan for National Reconstruction and 
Transformation (PMRTN).  
 (3) Detailed description of measure with reference to criteria: 
 
Article 6.2 of the Agreement on Agriculture  - Development programmes - Investment 
subsidies generally available to agriculture. 
 
Help in raising the standard of living of people with scarce resources living in depressed areas 
in south-western Honduras and in eliminating th e main manifestations of rural poverty. 
 (4) Cost of measure:  US$2,200,914.00  
 (5) Date of entry into effect:  2003  
 
(6) Period of application:  June 2003 - May 2005  
 (7) Products to principally benefit (if any individual product):  No individual product.  
 G/AG/N/HND/20 
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 Table DS:2 
  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Honduras 
 
Notification under Article 18.3 of the Agreement: 
New or Modified Domestic Support Measures Exempt from Reduction  
 
  (1) Full title of measure:   Agribusiness Development and So il and Water Conservation Project 
for the Jicatuyo River Basin  (National Dir ectorate for Sustainable Rural Development, 
DINADERS).  
 (2) Domestic legislation reference:   Master Plan for National Reconstruction and 
Transformation (PMRTN).  
 
(3) Detailed description of measure with reference to criteria: 
 
Article 6.2 of the Agreement on Agriculture  - Development programmes - Investment 
subsidies generally available to agriculture. 
 
Fostering of economic and social development in the area, through an increase in household 
income on the basis of agricultural produc tion, within a framework of long-term 
sustainability. 
 (4) Cost of measure:  US$890,500.00  
 
(5) Date of entry into effect:  2003  
 (6) Period of application:  June 2003 - May 2005  
 (7) Products to principally benefit (if any individual product):  No individual product.  
  G/AG/N/HND/20 
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 Table DS:2 
  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Honduras 
 
Notification under Article 18.3 of the Agreement: 
New or Modified Domestic Support Measures Exempt from Reduction  
 
  (1) Full title of measure:   Special Programme for Food Security  (National Directorate for 
Sustainable Rural Development, DINADERS).  
 (2) Domestic legislation reference:   Master Plan for National Reconstruction and 
Transformation (PMRTN).  
 (3) Detailed description of measure with reference to criteria: 
 
Article 6.2 of the Agreement on Agriculture  - Development programmes - Investment 
subsidies generally available to agriculture. 
 
Help in raising the standard of living of th e food-insecure population within the framework of 
the national poverty reduction strategy.  This st rategy is based on direct or complementary 
alliances with the development projects or pr ogrammes of both international agencies and 
national food security programmes. 
 (4) Cost of measure:  US$439,359.00  
 
(5) Date of entry into effect:  2003  
 (6) Period of application:  June 2003 - May 2004  
 (7) Products to principally benefit (if any individual product):  No individual product.  
 G/AG/N/HND/20 
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 Table DS:2 
  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Honduras 
 
Notification under Article 18.3 of the Agreement: 
New or Modified Domestic Support Measures Exempt from Reduction  
 
  (1) Full title of measure:   Programme to Support Small- and Medium-Scale Farmers in the 
Department of Olancho - PROLANCHO   (Na tional Directorate for Sustainable Rural 
Development, DINADERS).  
 (2) Domestic legislation reference:   Master Plan for National Reconstruction and 
Transformation (PMRTN).  
 
(3) Detailed description of measure with reference to criteria: 
 
Article 6.2 of the Agreement on Agriculture  - Development programmes - Investment 
subsidies generally available to agriculture. 
 
Contribution to the economic and social devel opment of small- and medium-scale farmers in 
the department of Olancho, helping them to  assume an active role in boosting the local 
economy. 
 (4) Cost of measure:  US$206,971.00  
 
(5) Date of entry into effect:  2003  
 (6) Period of application:  June 2003 - May 2004  
 (7) Products to principally benefit (if any individual product):  No individual product.  
 
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