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ORGANIZATION  G/AG/N/OMN/1/Rev.1 
4 October 2006 
 (06-4744) 
Committee on Agriculture Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
Revision
 
  
 The following submission, dated 14 February 2004,  is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of Oman .  The revised notification concerns domestic support commitments ( Table DS:1  
and the relevant Supporting Tables) for the years 2000 , 2001  and 2002 . 
 
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 The only domestic agricultural support measures applied by Oman in 2000 are those listed in the attached Supporting Table DS:1.  The only domestic agricultural support measures applied by Oman in 2001 and 2002 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:  Oman 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:   2000 
 
Measures exempt from the reduction commitment – "Green Box" 
 
Measure type Name and description of meas ure with reference to criteria in Anne x 2 Monetary value of measure in year 
in question 
(Rials Omani) Data sources 
1 2 3 4 
General Services  Research services, including research for livestock development and forestry 
improvement in accordance with item 2(a) of Annex 2 of the Agreement on Agriculture. - Ministry of Agriculture 
and Fisheries, approved 
budget 
 Pest and disease control in accordance with  item 2(b) of Annex 2 of the Agreement 
on Agriculture. 275,000 " 
 Training in accordance with item 2(c) of Annex 2 of the Agreement on Agriculture. - " 
 Extension and advisory services in accordance with item 2(d) of Annex 2 of the 
Agreement on Agriculture. 187,943 " 
 Total General Services 462,943  
  
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 Page 3Supporting Table DS:1 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Oman 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:   2001 and 2002 
 
Measures exempt from the reduction commitment – "Green Box" 
Measure type Name and description of measur e with reference to criteria in Annex 2 Monetary value of measure in year 
in question 
(Rials Omani) Data sources 
1 2 3 4 
  2001 2002  
General Services  (a) Agricultural Research (Plant and Livestock) 
 
Facilities and enhancement of agricultural research stations project  
 
140,308  
 
146,889 
 Facilities and enhancement of animal production and ve terinary health research  109,801 158,812 
 Sub-total 250,109 305,701 6th Five Year Plan 
allocations for the 
Ministry of Agriculture 
and Fisheries 
 (b) Pest and disease control 
 
National vaccination and treatment  
 
239,281  
 
493,500  
 Plant protection and aerial spray wo rks and locust control 332,513 481,855  
 Sub-total 571,794 975,355  
 (c) Training services 
 
Omani cadres training project   
 
48,401  
 
39,997  
 (d) Extension services 
 
Farmers encouragement and agricultural extension services project  
 
66,526  
 
822,000  
 Animal Extension Program  51,712 82,106  
 Sub-total 118,238 904,106  
 (e) Infrastructure 
 
Subsidy for the introduction of modern irriga tion systems in the farms of the citizens 
in the regions  
 
3,808  
 
207,098  
 Grand Total (a+b+c+d+e) 992,350 2,432,257  
  
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Page 4 Supporting Table DS:2 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Oman 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  2001 and 2002 
 
Measures exempt from the reduction co mmitment Special and Differential Tr eatment – "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 
(Rials Omani)  Data sources 
1 2 3 4 
  2001 2002  
Investment subsidies available 
to agriculture Loans and funding in agricultural sector. 306,000 - 
    
Other forms of direct and 
indirect support Development of agricultural met hods (transfer of falaj irrigatio n system to modern irrigation 
systems) 137,611 - 6th Five Year Plan 
allocations for the Ministry 
of Agriculture and 
Fisheries 
 Grand total 443,611  -  
 
 
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