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G/AG/N/NIC/27 
24 October 2011 
 (11-5328) 
Committee on Agriculture Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
  The following submission, dated 23 May 2011, 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 2009 . 
 
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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 2009 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:  2009 
 
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 
(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 animal and plant health and agri-food safety services through training in Good Agricultural Practices and Good Manufacturing 
Practices and upgrading of the equipment of veterinary diagnostic and biological 
residue analysis laboratories. 57.89 Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock 
and Forestry (MAG-FOR) 
Ministry of Finance and Public 
Credit (MHCP) 
 Programme for the preventio n of exotic diseases 
Maintain national territory free from exotic diseases by means of epidemiological 
surveillance, including screwworm surveillance, in livestock areas. 69.27 Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock 
and Forestry (MAG-FOR) 
Ministry of Finance and Public 
Credit (MHCP) 
Training services Agricultural technology project:  Phase II (continuation) 
Provide rural households and communities with broad access to management and 
innovation services in the fields of agri culture and natural resources in order to 
increase agricultural productivity.  3.06 Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock 
and Forestry (MAG-FOR) 
Nicaraguan Institute of 
Agricultural and Livestock 
Technology (INTA) 
Ministry of Finance and Public 
Credit (MHCP) 
 Improvement in the situation of smal l and medium-scale coffee producers in the 
San Juan River basin 
Develop a classification system able to exploit the quality potential of Nicaraguan 
coffee, through training in production techniques, quality improvement and 
marketing (Apanás zone), with a view to ensuring consistent compliance with the 
quality requirements of the international market 14.11 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 
(US$ thousand1) Data source 
1 2 3 4 
 Support for the implementation of agri-food export conditions 
Make all sanitary and phytosanitary standards available to producers in order to 
strengthen and develop exports of Nicaraguan agricultural products to the 
European Union market, especially bovi ne meat, farmed shrimps, cocoa and 
coffee. 32.01 Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock 
and Forestry (MAG-FOR) 
Ministry of Finance and Public 
Credit (MHCP) 
(b) Domestic food aid  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. 134.67 Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock 
and Forestry (MAG-FOR) 
Ministry of Finance and Public 
Credit (MHCP) 
 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. 153.97 Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock 
and Forestry (MAG-FOR) 
Ministry of Finance and Public 
Credit (MHCP) 
 Seed agri-food programme (PAS) 
Improve the food security of rural households, promote and strengthen the 
organization of the beneficiaries and encourage the production of staple grains (maize/corn, beans, rice and sorghum). 66.12 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 qualitative increase in production and the 
consumption of protein foods, while encouraging a reduction in firewood consumption through the use of other cooking methods, biogas, more modern 
stoves, etc. 3,853.53 Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock 
and Forestry (MAG-FOR) 
Ministry of Finance and Public 
Credit (MHCP) 
TOTAL  4,384.63  
1 Average annual exchange rate for 2009:  C20.3395 to  US$1 (Central Bank of Nicaragua indicators). 
 
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