WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/AG/N/HND/24 
19 October 2007 
 
 (07-4541) 
Committee on Agriculture Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
  The following submission, dated 4 October 2007, 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/24 
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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:   Sustainable Rural Development Pr oject for Ecologically Vulnerable 
Areas in the Trifinio Region of Honduras (PRODERT)  
 (2) Domestic legislation reference:   Poverty Reduction Strategy  
 
(3) Detailed description of measure with reference to criteria: 
 
Paragraph 2(c) – Training services – of Annex 2 to the Agreement on Agriculture 
 
The purpose is to raise living standards in ecol ogically vulnerable areas in the Trifinio Region 
and increase their output, productivity and marketing capabilities, by organizing and training the participating families and providing pro duction and social infrastructure as well as the 
necessary specialized services, once the project has been completed. 
 (4) Cost of measure:   US$14,400.00  
 (5) Date of entry into effect:   2005  
 
(6) Period of application:   June 2005 – May 2006  
 (7) Products to principally benefit (if any individual product):   No individual product  
  G/AG/N/HND/24 
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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:   Forest and Rural Productivity Programme (PBPR)  
 
(2) Domestic legislation reference:   Poverty Reduction Strategy  
 
(3) Detailed description of measure with reference to criteria: 
 
Paragraph 2(c) – Training services, comprisi ng both general and specialized services – of 
Annex 2 to the Agreement on Agriculture 
 
To build up land management and administration capacity at municipal, regional, and institutional levels, and to raise living standa rds through training programmes for low-income 
communities and families in rural areas with high forestry potential. 
 
(4) Cost of measure:  US$32,000.00  
 (5) Date of entry into effect:  2005  
 
(6) Period of application:  June 2005 – May 2006  
 (7) Products to principally benefit (if any individual product):  No individual product  
 G/AG/N/HND/24 
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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:   Tri-National Sustainable Deve lopment Programme for the Upper 
Lempa River Basin (PTCARL)  
 (2) Domestic legislation reference:   Poverty Reduction Strategy  
 
(3) Detailed description of measure with reference to criteria: 
 
Paragraph 2(a) – Research, including genera l research – of Annex 2 to the Agreement on 
Agriculture 
 
To stem environmental degradation and help combat poverty in the Upper Lempa River Basin, through sustainable management of the Basin as well as sustainable use of its 
renewable natural resources, generating local income in order to raise the population's 
standard of living. 
 (4) Cost of measure:  US$7,295.00  
 
(5) Date of entry into effect:  2005  
 (6) Period of application:  June 2005 – May 2006  
 (7) Products to principally benefit (if any individual product):  No individual product  
  G/AG/N/HND/24 
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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:   Project for the Modernization of Agricultural Technology 
Services (PROMOSTA)  
 (2) Domestic legislation reference:   Poverty Reduction Strategy  
 
(3) Detailed description of measure with reference to criteria: 
 
Paragraph 2(d) – Extension services – of Annex 2 to the Agreement on Agriculture 
 
To develop the competitive potential of domestic  agricultural output by increasing the sector's 
productivity through expansion of the market for agricultural technology services. 
 
(4) Cost of measure:  US$14,000.00  
 (5) Date of entry into effect:  2005  
 (6) Period of application:  June 2005 – May 2006  
 
(7) Products to principally benefit (if any individual product):  No individual product  
 G/AG/N/HND/24 
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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 fo r South-Western Honduras (PROSOC)  
 
(2) Domestic legislation reference:   Poverty Reduction Strategy  
 
(3) Detailed description of measure with reference to criteria: 
 
Paragraph 2(d) – Extension services – of Annex 2 to the Agreement on Agriculture 
 
To create and strengthen citizen participation mechanisms that seek to reduce the causes of 
poverty in a sustainable manner, relating to food  security, financial income, equity, production 
and productivity, conservation of  natural resources, mobilization of funds and integration in 
the services market. 
 
(4) Cost of measure:  US$54,140.00  
 (5) Date of entry into effect:  2005  
 
(6) Period of application:  June 2005 – May 2006  
 (7) Products to principally benefit (if any individual product):  No individual product  
  G/AG/N/HND/24 
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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:   National Programme for Local Development (PRONADEL)  
 
(2) Domestic legislation reference:   Poverty Reduction Strategy  
 
(3) Detailed description of measure with reference to criteria: 
 
Paragraph 2(d) – Extension services – of Annex 2 to the Agreement on Agriculture 
 
To promote equitable access to investment and services relating to sustainable rural development for people living in clusters of poverty-stricken municipios  in rural areas, in 
order to raise their income levels, provide greater food security and ensure more rational 
management of natural resources. 
 
(4) Cost of measure:  US$50,316.00  
 (5) Date of entry into effect:  2005  
 
(6) Period of application:  June 2005 – May 2006  
 (7) Products to principally benefit (if any individual product):  No individual product  
 G/AG/N/HND/24 
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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:   Outreach for food security (EXTENSA) Phase II  
 
(2) Domestic legislation reference:   Poverty Reduction Strategy  
 
(3) Detailed description of measure with reference to criteria: 
 
Paragraph 2(d) – Extension services – of Annex 2 to the Agreement on Agriculture 
 
To increase the availability of and access to food by encouraging subsistence farmers to raise 
their production levels and diversify their cr ops, including staple grains and crops of high 
economic value, through improved agricultural pr oductivity and the use of natural resource 
management techniques. 
 
(4) Cost of measure:  US$83,285.71  
 (5) Date of entry into effect:  2005  
 
(6) Period of application:  June 2005 – May 2006  
 (7) Products to principally benefit (if any individual product):  No individual product  
  G/AG/N/HND/24 
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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:   Strengthening of Research, Organi zation and Training for Sustainable 
Rural Development Processes in Honduras (FISDER)  
 (2) Domestic legislation reference:   Poverty Reduction Strategy  
 
(3) Detailed description of measure with reference to criteria: 
 
Paragraph 2(d) – Extension services – of Annex 2 to the Agreement on Agriculture 
 
To strengthen the information production and ci rculation system, ensuring coordination and 
linkages to improve policy management, planni ng, implementation, follow-up and evaluation 
of activities carried out under the National Progr amme for Sustainable Rural Development in 
Honduras through its Planning and Policy Department. 
 (4) Cost of measure:  US$3,009.75  
 (5) Date of entry into effect:  2005  
 
(6) Period of application:  June 2005 – May 2006  
 (7) Products to principally benefit (if any individual product):  No individual product  
 G/AG/N/HND/24 
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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  
 (2) Domestic legislation reference:   Poverty Reduction Strategy  
 
(3) Detailed description of measure with reference to criteria: 
 
Paragraph 2(f) – Marketing and promotion ser vices – of Annex 2 to the Agreement on 
Agriculture 
 
To foster the area's economic and social devel opment with a view to long-term sustainability. 
 
(4) Cost of measure:  US$13,289.79  
 (5) Date of entry into effect:  2005  
 (6) Period of application:  June 2005 – May 2006  
 
(7) Products to principally benefit (if any individual product):  No individual product  
  G/AG/N/HND/24 
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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:   Quimistán Valley Irrigation Project  
 
(2) Domestic legislation reference:   Poverty Reduction Strategy  
 
(3) Detailed description of measure with reference to criteria: 
 
Investment subsidies generally available to agriculture – Article 6.2 of the Agreement on 
Agriculture 
 
To install irrigation facilities on 1,980 ha of la nd with high agricultural potential, benefiting 
200 producers in the Quimistán Valley. 
 
(4) Cost of measure:  US$15,970.00  
 (5) Date of entry into effect:  2005  
 (6) Period of application:  June 2005 – May 2006  
 
(7) Products to principally benefit (if any individual product):  No individual product  
 G/AG/N/HND/24 
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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:   Irrigation Enhancement Project for the Western Comayagua Valley 
Micro-Watershed (PROMORCO)  
 (2) Domestic legislation reference:   Poverty Reduction Strategy  
 
(3) Detailed description of measure with reference to criteria: 
 
Investment subsidies generally available to agriculture – Article 6.2 of the Agreement on 
Agriculture 
 
To raise income levels and ensure greater food security for 1,222 families and sustainable 
management of natural resources on 5,188 mz of land under irrigation in the Western 
Comayagua Valley.  The target population cons ists of small and medium-size producers who 
own less than 60 mz of land, are mainly involve d in agriculture, and live in agricultural areas. 
 (4) Cost of measure:  US$15,050.00  
 
(5) Date of entry into effect:  2005  
 (6) Period of application:  June 2005 – May 2006  
 (7) Products to principally benefit (if any individual product):  No individual product  
 
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