WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION                 G/AG/N/GUY/12 
11 March 2005 
 (05-1021) 
Committee on Agriculture Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
  
 The following submission, dated 20 November 2003,  is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of Guyana .  The notification  concerns domestic support commitments ( Table DS:1  and 
relevant Supporting Tables) for the calendar year 2002 . 
  
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Page 2 Table DS:1 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Guyana 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 2002 
 
Current Total Aggregate Measurement of Support 
 
Total AMS commitment level for period in question Currency Current Total AMS 
(from Section 1 of Part IV of the Schedule) (from Section 1 of Part IV of the Schedule) (from attached Supporting Tables) 
1 2 3 
No base or annual Total AMS commitment levels exist in Part IV of Schedule CXII (Guyana); 
No non-exempt support is provided to agri cultural producers, according to the range of support policies to be included in the c alculation of AMS set out in Article 6 and 
Annex 3 of the Agreement on Agriculture. 
 
  
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 Page 3Supporting Table DS:1 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Guyana 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 2002 
 
Measures exempt from the reduction commitment  – "Green Box" 
 
Measure Type Name and description of measure with reference to criteria in Annex 2 Monetary value of measure in year in questio n 
Guyana $'000 1 
1 2 3 
  Central Regional Total 
(a)  General Services:     
 (i) research, pest and disease control, 
training services, extension and advisory 
services and inspection services 2 
 Current Expenditure: 
- Crops and Livestock Division 
- National Agricultural Research Institute (NARI) 
- National Dairy Developm ent Programme (NDDP) 
- Guyana School of Agriculture 
- Regional Education Programme for Animal Health Assistants (REPAHA) 
- Pink Mealy Bug Unit  
185,971 
183,844 
35,703 
83,635 
7,551 
  
365,140 
 
 
 
 
31,654  
551,111 
183,844 
35,703 
83,635 
7,551 
31,654 
 Capital Expenditure: 
- National Agricultural Research Institute (NARI) 
- National Dairy Development Programme 
- Guyana School of Agriculture 
- Mahaica-Mahaicony-Abar y/Agricultural De velopment Authority (MMA/ADA)  
8,393 
0 
5,600 
  
 
 
 
11,000  
8,393 
0 
5,600 
11,000 
 - Total (Capital and Current) 510,697 407,794 918,491 
 
(ii) marketing and promotion services 3  - Guyana Marketing Corporation (GMC) 
  (Current Expenditure) 
- Guyana Marketing Corporation (GMC) – Rehabilitation of 
building/Equipment purchase 
  (Capital Expenditure) 
- Total   
38,604 
3,000
 
41,604   
38,604 
 
3,000 
 
 
41,604  
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Page 4 Measure Type Name and description of measure with reference to criteria in Annex 2 Monetary value of measure in year in questio n 
Guyana $'000 1 
1 2 3 
  Central Regional Total 
- Agricultural Sector Hybrid Progra mme:  upgrading of farm access roads 5  25,405  25,405 
- Agricultural Sector / Support Progra mme:  institutional strengthening in 
drainage and irrigation6 29,637  29,637 (iii) infrastructural services – drainage 
and irrigation services and farm feeder 
roads 4 
- Public rehabilitation of drainage and irrigation areas 366,700  366,700 
 - Rural Support Project:  institutional development in drainage and irrigation7 166,316  166,316 
 - Agricultural development in Regions  3, 4 and 9 (drainage and irrigation 
rehabilitation)  49,531 49,531 
 - Drainage and irrigation capital work s in Regions 2, 5, 6 and 10  183,879 183,879 
 - Drainage and irrigation capital work s under the Social Im pact Amelioration 
Programme (SIMAP)  0 0 0 
 - Mahaica-Mahaicony-Ab ary/Agricultural Development Authority (MMA/ADA) 
     – infrastructure  40,000 40,000 
     
 - Total 588,058 273,410 861,468 
 General Services – Total 1,140,359 681,204 1,821,563 
 
(b)  Public stoc kholding for food 
security purposes  
not applicable 8    
(c)  Domestic food aid 9     
(i) Expenditures on food transfers - Purchase of food under the Health an d Nutrition component  of the Social 
Impact Amelioration Programme (include s distribution and supervision costs) 10 
(Capital Expenditure) 
- Total 190,734 
190,734   
190,734 
 
190,734 
 
(ii) Expenditures on food for work 
programmes  
- Food for work programmes under the Co mmunity Development component of 
the Social Impact Amelioration Programme  
(Capital Expenditure)  
146,265   
 
146,265 
 - Total 146,265  146,265 
 Domestic Food Aid – Total 336,999  336,999  
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 Page 5Measure Type Name and description of measure with reference to criteria in Annex 2 Monetary value of measure in year in questio n 
Guyana $'000 1 
1 2 3 
  Central Regional Total 
(d)  Direct payments to producers not applicable    
(e)  Decoupled income support not applicable    
(f)  Government financial participation 
in income insurance and income safety 
net programmes not applicable    
(g)  Payments for relief from natural 
disasters not applicable    
(h)  Structural adjustment assistance 
provided through producer retirement 
programmes not applicable    
(i)  Structural adjustment assistance 
provided through investment aids not applicable    
(j)  Payments under environment 
programmes not applicable    
(k)  Payments under regional 
assistance programmes not applicable    
 GRAND TOTAL 1,477,358 681,204 2,158,562 
 
1 All expenditure items taken from Guyana:  Estimates of the Pub lic Sector – Current and Capital Revenue and Expendi ture for the Year 2003, as Presented to the Na tional Assembly, 
Volume 1, Government of Guyana, 2003.  All expe nditure items taken from Heading:  Revised 2002 , giving the latest estimate of actual  expenditures in that year.  Figures include 
government expenditures from financial resour ces arising both from domestic sources, a nd from grants and loans of international  organizations.  Please see sp ecific expenditure entries for 
the specific international organization concerned. 
2 The services included in category (i) are provided by the Crops a nd Livestock Division of the Mini stry of Agriculture, the Nati onal Agricultural Research Institute (NARI), the National 
Dairy Development Programme (NDDP), the Guya na School of Agriculture (GSA), the Extens ion Services and the Regional Education P rogramme for Animal Health Assistants 
(REPAHA).  The entire centra l government allocations to these agencies (both Capital and Current Expenditures as applicable) ha ve therefore been included. 
3 Agricultural marketing and promotion services are provided by th e Guyana Marketing Corporation.  The entire government allocat ion to this agency has therefore been included in this 
category. 
4 The definition of infrastructural services in Annex 2, paragra ph 2(g) of the Agreement on Agriculture would include drainage a nd irrigation services and work s, and construction of farm 
feeder roads.  Both these are entirely categorised as Ca pital Expenditures in the Budget under the headings given. 
5 Co-financed by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). 
6 Co-financed by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). 
7 Co-financed by the International Fund for Agricultural De velopment (IFAD) and the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB). 
8 Not applicable  indicates that no domestic support was provided in the corresponding category. 
9 Domestic food aid is provided through the Social Impact Amelio ration Programme (SIMAP), an aut onomous agency established to co unter negative economic effects of the structural 
adjustment programme, initiated in 1989.  Eligibility for food aid is defined in terms of the nutr itional and/or income status of potential recipients. 
10 Co-financed by the World Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank.  
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Page 6 Supporting Table DS:2 
 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Guyana 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 2002 
 
Measures exempt from the reduction comm itment – Special and Diffe rential Treatment – "D evelopment Programmes" 
 
Measure type Name and description of measure with refe rence to criteria in Article 6:2 Monetary value of 
measure in year in 
question Data sources 
1 2 3 4 
 
No support is provided in the form of "investment subsidies gene rally available to agriculture", "input subsidies generally ava ilable to low-income or resource-poor producers" or "support 
to encourage diversification from the growing of illicit narcotic crops". 
 
  
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 Page 7Supporting Table DS:3 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Guyana 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 2002 
 
Measures exempt from the reduction commitment – Direct Payments under Production-Limiting Programmes – "Exempt Direct Payments"  
 
Measure Type Name and description of measure with referenc e to criteria in Article 6:5 Monetary value of measure 
in year in question Data sources 
1 2 3 4 
 
No support is provided in the form of "direc t payments under production-limiting programmes". 
 
 
  
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