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G/AG/N/OMN/8 
19 October 2011 
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Committee on Agriculture Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
  The following submission, dated 21 September 2011, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of Oman .  The notification concerns domestic support commitments ( Table DS:1  and the 
relevant Supporting Tables) for the years 2009  and 2010 . 
 
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 The only domestic agricultural support measures applied by Oman in 2009 and 2010 are those 
listed in the attached Supporting Tables DS:1 and DS:2. 
  
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Page 2 Supporting Table DS:1 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Oman 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:   2009 
 
Measures exempt from the reduction commitment – "Green Box" 
 
Measure type Name and description of meas ure with reference to criteria in Annex 2 Monetary value of measure in year 
in question 
(Rials Omani) Data sources 
1 2 3 4 
General Services  (a) Agricultural Research (Plant and Livestock) 
 
Agricultural research centers and stations requirements  
 
658,877 Ministry of Agriculture 
 Animal wealth research  support and facilities  405,806 
 Sub-total 1,064,683 
 (b) Pest and disease control 
 
National vaccination and treatment  
 
466,171  
 Plant protection, aerial spray works, locust control and safe use of pesticide 1,052,226  
 Sub-total 1,518,397  
 (c) Training services 
 
Omani cadres training   
 
201,630  
 Sub-total 201,630  
 (d) Extension and advisory services 
 
Farmers encouragement and agricultural extension services project  
 
960,218  
 Agricultural information centre 2,304  
 Sub-total 962,522   
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 Page 3Measure type Name and description of meas ure with reference to criteria in Annex 2 Monetary value of measure in year 
in question 
(Rials Omani) Data sources 
1 2 3 4 
 (e) Infrastructure 
 
Subsidy for the introduction of modern irriga tion systems in the farms of the citizens 
in the regions  
 
3,320,414 Ministry of Agriculture 
 Establishment of fodder production company in Najd1 685,919  
 Establishment and developm ent of agricultural and veterinarian quarantine2 304,060  
 Development of natural pastures3 142,207  
 Establishment of laboratory for diagnosi ng common diseases between human being 
and livestock 79,030  
 Sub-total 4,531,630  
 Grand Total 8,278,862  
 
1  The support for establis hment of fodder production company in Najd project is concerned with the c onsultancy study carried ou t by the government within the frame of infrastructure 
required in this farm which includes electricity power distributi on, roads and irrigation system needed for its establishment.  Therefore, it is consider ed as item of Annex 2(g) 
infrastructural general services. 
2  The amount spent in this item includes establishment of the quarantine buildings and purchasi ng of equipments and does not in clude the cost of quarantine services. 
3  This is an infrastructure project asso ciated with environmental programmes to deve lop and maintain natural pastures on govern ment land.  
  G/AG/N/OMN/8 
Page 4 Supporting Table DS:2 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Oman 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  2009 
 
Measures exempt from the reduction comm itment - Special and Differential Tr eatment – "Development Programmes" 
 
Measure type Name and description of measure with reference to criteria in Article 6.2 Monetary value of 
measure in year in 
question 
(Rials Omani)  Data sources 
1 2 3 4 
Investment subsidies available 
to agriculture Soft loan subsidies to agriculture  and livestock projects:  these soft loan facilities are granted 
to economically viable projects to enc ourage entrepreneurship in the sector.1 1,735,000 Oman Development Bank 
and Ministry of Agriculture 
    
 Sub-total 1,735,000  
Other National project for da te palm development 159,577 Ministry of Agriculture 
 Protection of agriculture lands fr om sweeping away project 99,362  
    
 Sub-total  258,939  
 Grand total 1,993,939  
 
1 The investor/promoter of the project will only pay 3 per cent in terest on the total amount of loan sanctioned for the respectiv e project.  The balance between the prevailing market rate of 
interest (9 per cent) and the soft loan interest charged to the farmer (3 per cen t) would be paid by the government.   
The monetary value of RO 1,735,000 is equivalent to the 6 per cent balance on the to tal amount of loan sa nctioned to all the ag ricultural and livestock projects.  
   G/AG/N/OMN/8
 Page 5Supporting Table DS:1 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Oman 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:   2010 
 
Measures exempt from the reduction commitment – "Green Box" 
 
Measure type Name and description of meas ure with reference to criteria in Annex 2 Monetary value of measure in year 
in question 
(Rials Omani) Data sources 
1 2 3 4 
General Services  (a) Agricultural Research (Plant and Livestock) 
 
Agricultural research centers and stations requirements  
 
446,386 Ministry of Agriculture 
and Fisheries 
 Animal wealth research  support and facilities  258,258 
 Sub-total 704,644 
 (b) Pest and disease control 
 
National vaccination and treatment  
 
45,075  
 Plant protection, aerial spray works, locust control and safe use of pesticide 812,934  
 Sub-total 858,009  
 (c) Training services 
 
Omani cadres training   
 
63,775  
 Sub-total 63,775  
 (d) Extension and advisory services 
 
Farmers encouragement and agricultural extension services project  
 
936,171  
 Farmers encouragement and livestock extension services  project 244,043  
 Improve the extension services for development media 29,534   
  G/AG/N/OMN/8 
Page 6 Measure type Name and description of meas ure with reference to criteria in Annex 2 Monetary value of measure in year 
in question 
(Rials Omani) Data sources 
1 2 3 4 
 Update and improve the agricultura l statistics data system 93,596 Ministry of Agriculture 
and Fisheries 
 Sub-total 1,303,344  
 (e) Infrastructure 
 
Introduction of modern irrigation systems in the farms of the citizens in the regions  
 
389,295  
 Establishment and developm ent of agricultural and veterinarian quarantine1 341,930  
 Development of natural pastures2 212,203  
 Establishment of laboratory for polymer chain reaction 88,842   Sub-total 1,032,270  
 Grand Total 3,962,042  
 
1  The amount spent in this item includes establishment of the quarantine buildings and purchasi ng of equipments and does not in clude the cost of quarantine services. 
2  This is an infrastructure project asso ciated with environmental programmes to deve lop and maintain natural pastures on govern ment land.  
   G/AG/N/OMN/8
 Page 7Supporting Table DS:2 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Oman 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  2010 
 
Measures exempt from the reduction comm itment - Special and Differential Tr eatment – "Development Programmes" 
 
Measure type Name and description of measure with reference to criteria in Article 6.2 Monetary value of 
measure in year in 
question 
(Rials Omani)  Data sources 
1 2 3 4 
Investment subsidies available 
to agriculture Soft loan subsidies to agriculture  and livestock projects:  these soft loan facilities are granted 
to economically viable projects to enc ourage entrepreneurship in the sector.1 1,775,000 Oman Development Bank 
and Ministry of Agriculture 
and Fisheries 
    
 Sub total 1,775,000  
Other Sustainable development strategy for livestock 134,575 Ministry of Agriculture and 
Fisheries 
 Protection of agriculture lands fr om sweeping away project 211,307  
 The national strategy to treat the salinity problem and protect wa ter resources 129,400  
 Sub total  475,282  
 Grand total 2,250,282  
 
1 The investor/promoter of the project will only pay 3 per cent in terest on the total amount of loan sanctioned for the respectiv e project.  The balance between the prevailing market rate of 
interest (9 per cent) and the soft loan interest charged to the farmer (3 per cen t) would be paid by the government.   
The monetary value of RO 1,775,000 is equivalent to the 6 per cent balance on the to tal amount of loan sa nctioned to all the ag ricultural and livestock projects. 
 
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