G/AG/N/NPL/14  
 
4 September  2020 
(20-6026) Page: 1/8 
Committee on Agriculture  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following submission, dated 14 August  2020, is being circulated at the request of the delegation 
of Nepal . The notification concerns domestic support commitments ( Table DS:1 and the relevant 
supporting tables) for the fiscal year  2018 . 
 
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Table DS:1  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: NEPAL  
REPORTING PERIOD: FISCAL YEAR FROM 16 -07-2018 TO 15 -07-2019  
Current Total Aggregate Measurement of Support  
Total AMS commitment level  Currency  Current Total AMS  
(from Section I of Part IV of the Schedule)  (from Section I of Part IV of the Schedule)  (from attached Supporting Tables)  
1  2  3  
  0 
1 USD = N PR 120.03; 12 July 2020.    
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Supporting Table DS:1  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: NEPAL  
REPORTING PERIOD: FISCAL YEAR FROM 16 -07-2018 TO 15 -07-2019  
Measures exempt from the reduction commitment - "Green Box"  
Measure Type  Name and description of measure with reference to criteria in 
Annex 2  Monetary value  
 
NPR  Data Sources  Note  
1 2 3 4  
2.General Services      
2 (a). Research  Agriculture research program  2,154,286,000  Ministry of 
Agriculture, Land 
Management and 
Cooperatives   
Subtotal:  2,154,286,000    
2 (b). Pest and disease control  Plant quarantine and pesticide management program  79,406,000  Ministry of 
Agriculture, Land 
Management and 
Cooperatives   
Livestock health diseases investigation and quarantine program  518,576,000  Ministry of 
Agriculture, Land 
Management and 
Cooperatives   
Subtotal:  597,982,000    
2 (c). Training services  Agriculture information and training center  107,363,000  Ministry of 
Agriculture, Land 
Management and 
Cooperatives   
Subtotal:  107,363,000      
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Measure Type  Name and description of measure with reference to criteria in 
Annex 2  Monetary value  
 
NPR  Data Sources  Note  
1 2 3 4  
2 (d). Extension and advisory services  Department of agriculture  342,790,000  Ministry of 
Agriculture, Land 
Management and 
Cooperatives   
Department of livestock service  993,648,000  Ministry of 
Agriculture, Land 
Management and 
Cooperatives   
National fruits development program  219,541,000  Ministry of 
Agriculture, Land 
Management and 
Cooperatives   
Crop Development and biodiversity protection program  40,790,000  Ministry of 
Agriculture, Land 
Management and 
Cooperatives   
Pig and poultry farming cooperative program  284,000  Ministry of 
Agriculture, Land 
Management and 
Cooperatives   
Livestock source management and promotion program  488,249,000  Ministry of 
Agriculture, Land 
Management and 
Cooperatives   
Industrial Entomology Development program  50,563,000  Ministry of 
Agriculture, Land 
Management and 
Cooperatives   
Sugarcane development  6,108,000  Ministry of 
Agriculture, Land 
Management and 
Cooperatives   
Special dairy development program (National dairy development board)  43,420,000  Ministry of 
Agriculture, Land 
Management and 
Cooperatives   
Agriculture sector development program  57,979,000  Ministry of 
Agriculture, Land 
Management and 
Cooperatives   
National potato, vegetables and spices development program  186,177,000  Ministry of 
Agriculture, Land 
Management and 
Cooperatives     
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Measure Type  Name and description of measure with reference to criteria in 
Annex 2  Monetary value  
 
NPR  Data Sources  Note  
1 2 3 4  
National farmers commission  46,530,000  Ministry of 
Agriculture, Land 
Management and 
Cooperatives   
Cotton development  20,200,000  Ministry of 
Agriculture, Land 
Management and 
Cooperatives   
Nepal veterinary medicine council  6,946,000  Ministry of 
Agriculture, Land 
Management and 
Cooperatives   
National Tea, coffee and cardamom development board  82,572,000  Ministry of 
Agriculture, Land 
Management and 
Cooperatives   
Commercial agriculture and business project  113,397 ,000 Ministry of 
Agriculture, Land 
Management and 
Cooperatives   
High value agriculture products development project  46,435 ,000 Ministry of 
Agriculture, Land 
Management and 
Cooperatives   
High hill agriculture business and livelihood improvement project  2,457 ,000 Ministr y of 
Agriculture, Land 
Management and 
Cooperatives   
Prime Minister Agriculture Modernization Project (PMAMP)  1,854,734 ,000 Ministry of 
Agriculture, Land 
Management and 
Cooperatives   
Improved seeds for farmers program  320,821 ,000 Ministry of 
Agriculture, Land 
Management and 
Cooperatives   
Livestock Sector Innovation project  382,735 ,000 Ministry of 
Agriculture, Land 
Management and 
Cooperatives   
Subtotal:  5,306,376,000     
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Measure Type  Name and description of measure with reference to criteria in 
Annex 2  Monetary value  
 
NPR  Data Sources  Note  
1 2 3 4  
2 (e). Inspection services  Central laboratory program  27,202,000  Ministry of 
Agriculture, Land 
Management and 
Cooperatives   
Seed promotion and quality control program  27,212,000  Ministry of 
Agriculture, Land 
Management and 
Cooperatives   
Food, Nutrition and technology program (Food quality control)  318,463,000  Ministry of 
Agriculture, Land 
Management and 
Cooperatives   
Livestock feed and livestock quality management program  56,878,000  Ministry of 
Agriculture, Land 
Management and 
Cooperatives   
Subtotal:  429,755,000    
2 (g). Infrastructural services  Rani jamara kulariya irrigation project  131,679,000  Ministry of 
Agriculture, Land 
Management and 
Cooperatives   
Agriculture infrastructure development and mechanization promotion 
program  367,981,000  Ministry of 
Agriculture, Land 
Management and 
Cooperatives   
Subtotal:  499,660,000    
 Subtotal General Services:  9,095,422,000   
3. Public stockholding for food security purposes  National food bank and SAARC food bank management program  90,000,000  Food Management 
and trade company 
ltd.  
Subtotal:  90,000,000    
8. Payments for relief from natural disasters  Crop insurance  6,225,540  Ministry of 
Agriculture, Land 
Management and 
Cooperatives   
Livestock insurance  102,953,653  Ministry of 
Agriculture, Land 
Management and 
Cooperatives   
Subtotal:  109,179,193      
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Measure Type  Name and description of measure with reference to criteria in 
Annex 2  Monetary value  
 
NPR  Data Sources  Note  
1 2 3 4  
12. Environmental programmes  Building resilience to climate related hazards project (AMIS)  76,602,000  Ministry of 
Agriculture, Land 
Management and 
Cooperatives   
Integrated water resources management project  10,853,000  Ministry of 
Agriculture, Land 
Management and 
Cooperatives   
Subtotal:  87,455,000    
13. Regional assistance programmes  Raising Incomes of Small and Medium Farmers Project  554,707,000  Ministry of 
Agriculture, Land 
Management and 
Cooperatives   
Food and nutrition security enhancement project  81,474,000  Ministry of 
Agriculture, Land 
Management and 
Cooperatives   
Subtotal:  636,181,000    
14. Other direct payments  Agriculture Development Strategy monitoring and coordination program  1,173,695,000  Ministry of 
Agriculture, Land 
Management and 
Cooperatives   
Nepal integrated trade strategy  1,559,000  Ministry of 
Agriculture, Land 
Management and 
Cooperatives   
Subtotal:  1,175,254,000    
Grand Total Green Box  11,193,491,193   
   
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Supporting Table DS:2  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: NEPAL  
REPORTING PERIOD: FISCAL YEAR FROM 16 -07-2018 TO 15 -07-2019  
Measures exempt from the reduction commitment – Special and Differential Treatment – "Development Programmes"  
Measure Type  Name and description of measure with reference to 
criteria in Article 6.2  Monetary value  
 
NPR  Data Sources  Note  
1 2 3 4  
(b) Input subsidies available to low -income or resource -poor producers  Special agriculture production program - Fertilizers 
Subsidy  8,379,659 ,000 Ministry of Agriculture, 
Land Management and 
Cooperatives   
Subtotal:  8,379,659 ,000   
Grand Total Development Programmes  8,379,659,000    
 
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