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G/AG/N/NIC/28 
10 May 2012 
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Committee on Agriculture Original: Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
  The following submission, dated 7 May 2012, is being circulated at the request of the delegation of Nicaragua .  The notification concerns domestic support commitments ( Table DS:1  and 
the corresponding supporting tables) for 2010 . 
 
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 In accordance with the notification requirements set out in paragraph (ii), page 11, of 
document G/AG/2, Nicaragua hereby notifies th at in 2010 it provided domestic support for 
agricultural producers through the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Forestry (MAG-FOR), the Nicaraguan Institute of Agricultural and Livestock Technology (INTA) and the Ministry of Finance 
and Public Credit (MHCP).  This support came  under the domestic support category exempt from 
reduction commitments under the Agreement on Ag riculture.  Supporting Table DS:1 (attached) 
provides details of these exempt measures. 
   
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Page 2 Supporting Table DS:1 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Nicaragua  
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  2010  
 
Measures Exempt from the Reduc tion Commitment - "Green Box"  
 
Measure type Name and description of measure with 
reference to criteria in Annex 2 Monetary value of measure  
in year in question 
 
(US$ thousand1) Data source 
1 2 3 4 
(a) General services    
Pest and disease control Improved agricultural, livestock and forestry health services 
 
Ensure that the main animal, plant, and forestry products comply with the health 
requirements, rules and standards used in domestic and international trade by 
improving the quality of anim al and plant health serv ices and agri-food safety 
services and strengthening traini ng in good agricultural practices, good 
manufacturing practices and sampling and an alysis systems with the acquisition of 
new equipment for veterinary diagnos tic and biological residue analysis 
laboratories. 80.92 Ministry of Agriculture, 
Livestock and Forestry 
(MAG-FOR) 
Ministry of Finance and 
Public Credit (MHCP) 
 Programme for the prevention of exotic diseases 
 
Maintain national territory free from exo tic diseases through the implementation of 
epidemiological surveillance, including screwworm surveillance, in livestock areas. 112.20 Ministry of Agriculture, 
Livestock and Forestry 
(MAG-FOR) 
Ministry of Finance and 
Public Credit (MHCP) 
Training services Support for the implementation of agri-food export conditions 
 
Ensure that producers have access to all sanitary and phytosan itary standards and 
provide them with training in their im plementation in order to strengthen and 
develop exports of Nicaraguan agricultural products to the European Union market, 
especially bovine m eat, farmed shrimps,  cocoa and coffee. 42.50 Ministry of Agriculture, 
Livestock and Forestry 
(MAG-FOR) 
Ministry of Finance and 
Public Credit (MHCP)  
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 Page 3Measure type Name and description of measure with 
reference to criteria in Annex 2 Monetary value of measure  
in year in question 
 
(US$ thousand1) Data source 
1 2 3 4 
(c) Domestic food aid    
 Food aid for persons affected by natural di sasters (Protracted Relief and Recovery 
Operation, PRRO) 
 
Supplementary food for vulnerable groups (pregnant women, nursing mothers and 
children up to 36 months). 
 Food-for-asset-creation and/or food-for-work schemes in the regions of Matagalpa 
and Jinotega and the Autonomous North Atlantic Region, (RAAN). 
 
Assistance for marginal groups with a vi ew to strengthening their disaster 
preparedness and mitigation capacity. 170.40 Ministry of Agriculture, 
Livestock and Forestry 
(MAG-FOR) 
Ministry of Finance and 
Public Credit (MHCP) 
 Support for rural families affected by  drought and flooding (Food and Nutrition 
Security Programme) 
 
Supplementary food for vulnerable groups (pregnant women, nursing mothers and 
children up to 36 months). 
 
Food-for-asset-creation and/or food-for-work schemes in the Madriz and Nueva 
Segovia regions. 
 
Enhance livelihood activities in order to improve the food and nutrition security of 
the more vulnerable households. 303.19 Ministry of Agriculture, 
Livestock and Forestry 
(MAG-FOR) 
Ministry of Finance and 
Public Credit (MHCP) 
 Food Production Programme (PPA) 
 
Eradicate hunger, chronic malnutrition, extreme poverty and unemployment.  
The programme aims to assist 80,000 poor rural households in the period 
2007/2011 by means of a quantitative and qua litative increase in production and the 
consumption of protein foods, while encouraging a reduction in firewood 
consumption through the use of other c ooking methods, biogas, more modern 
stoves, etc. 2,947.03 Ministry of Agriculture, 
Livestock and Forestry 
(MAG-FOR) 
Ministry of Finance and 
Public Credit (MHCP) 
TOTAL  3,656.24  
 
1 Average annual exchange rate for 2010:  C 21.3565 to US$1 (Central Bank of Nicaragua indicators). 
 
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