Irr Ra 8435

July 10, 1998
DA ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 6-98
IMPLEMENTING RULES AND REGULATIONS PURSUANT TO REPUBLIC ACT 8435:

"AN ACT PRESCRIBING URGENT RELATED MEASURES TO MODERNIZE THE
AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES SECTORS OF THE COUNTRY IN ORDER TO
ENHANCE THEIR PROFITABILITY, AND PREPARE SAID SECTORS FOR THE
CHALLENGES OF GLOBALIZATION THROUGH AN ADEQUATE, FOCUSED AND
RATIONAL DELIVERY OF NECESSARY SUPPORT SERVICES, APPROPRIATING
FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES", OTHERWISE KNOWN AS "THE
AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES MODERNIZATION ACT OF 1997"
WHEREAS, Section 120 of Republic Act 8435 (RA 8435) sets its effectivity ". . .
thirty days (30) days from the date of its publication in the O cial Gazette or in at least
two (2) newspapers of general circulation". RA 8435 was published in two (2)
newspapers of general circulation on January 10, 1998 and thus effective beginning
February 9, 1998.
NOW, THEREFORE, these Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) are issued as
Department of Agriculture Administrative Order Number 2A (1998) to guide the
Department of Agriculture, hereinafter referred to as the Department, and all other
concerned departments, o ces, agencies and stakeholders, in the implementation of
RA 8435.
SECTION 1. Short Title. — This Administrative Order (AO) shall be known as
the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) Pursuant to Republic Act (RA) 8435 .
SECTION 2. Declaration of Policy. — These IRR are issued pursuant to the
policies declared under RA 8435, to wit: "The goals of the national economy are a more
equitable distribution of opportunities, income and wealth; a sustained increase in the
amount of goods and services produced by the nation for the bene t of the people; and
an expanding productivity as the key to raising the quality of life for all, especially the
underprivileged.
The State shall promote industrialization and full employment based on sound
agricultural development and agrarian reform, through industries that make full and
e cient use of human and natural resources, which are competitive in both domestic
and foreign markets. In pursuit of these goods, all sectors of the economy and all
regions of the country shall be given optimum opportunity to develop. Private
enterprises, including corporations, cooperatives, and similar collective organizations,
shall be encouraged to broaden the base of their ownership.
Thus, it is hereby declared the policy of the State to enable those who belong to
the agriculture and sheries sectors to participate and share in the fruits of
development and growth in a manner that utilizes the nation's resources in the most
e cient and sustainable way possible by establishing a more equitable access to
assets, income, basic and support services and infrastructure.
The State shall promote food security, including su ciency in our staple food,
namely rice and white corn. The production of the rice and white corn shall be
optimized to meet our local consumption and shall be given adequate support by the
State.
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The State shall adopt the market approach in assisting the agriculture and
sheries sectors while recognizing the contribution of said sectors to food security,
environmental protection, and balanced urban and rural development, without
neglecting the welfare of the consumers, especially the lower groups. The State shall
promote market-oriented policies in agricultural production to encourage farmers to
shift to more profitable crops.
The State shall empower the agriculture and sheries sectors to develop and
sustain themselves. Toward this end, the State shall ensure the development of the
agriculture and fisheries sectors in accordance with the following principles:
a) Poverty Alleviation and Social Equity — The State shall ensure that the
poorer sectors of society have equitable access to resources, income
opportunities, basic and support services and infrastructure especially in
areas where productivity is low as means of improving their quality of life
compared with other sectors of society;
b) Food Security — The State shall assure the availability, adequacy,
accessibility and affordability of food supplies to all at all times;
c) Regional Use of Resources — The State shall adopt a rational approach in
the allocation of public investments in agriculture and sheries in order to
assure e ciency and effectiveness in the use of scarce resources and
thus obtain returns on its investments;
d) Global Competitiveness — The State shall enhance the competitiveness of
the agriculture and sheries sectors in both domestic and foreign
markets;
e) Sustainable Development — The State shall promote development that is
compatible with the preservation of the ecosystem in areas where
agriculture and sheries activities are carried out. The State should exert
care and judicious use of the country's natural resources in order to attain
long-term sustainability;
f) People Empowerment — The State shall promote empowerment by
enabling all citizens through direct participation or through their duly
elected, chosen or designated representatives the opportunity to
participate in policy formulation and decision-making by establishing the
appropriate mechanisms and by giving them access to information; and
g) Protection from Unfair Competition — The State shall protect small
farmers and sherfolk from unfair competition such as monopolistic and
oligopolistic practices by promoting a policy environment that provides
them priority access to credit and strengthened cooperative-based
marketing system."
RULE 2.1The IRR shall remain effective unless explicitly and speci cally amended
by the Secretary of Agriculture.
SECTION 3. Statement of Objectives. — These IRR are issued consistent with
the objectives of RA 8435, as follows:
a) "To modernize the agriculture and sheries sectors by transforming these
sectors from a resource-based to a technology-based industry;
b) To enhance pro ts and incomes in the agriculture and sheries sectors,
particularly the small farmers and sherfolk, by ensuring equitable access
to assets, resources and services, and promoting higher-value crops,
value-added processing, agribusiness activities, and agro-industrialization;
c) To ensure the accessibility, availability and stable supply of food to all at
all times;
d) To encourage horizontal and vertical integration, consolidation and
expansion of agriculture and sheries activities, groups, functions and
other services through the organization of cooperatives, farmers' and
sherfolk's associations, corporations, nucleus estates, and consolidated
farms and to enable these entities to bene t from economies of scale,
afford them a stronger negotiating position, pursue more focused,
e cient and appropriate research and development efforts and enable
them to hire professional managers;
e) To promote people empowerment by strengthening people's
organizations, cooperatives and NGOs and by establishing and improving
mechanisms and process for their participation in government decision-
making and implementation;
f) To pursue a market-driven approach to enhance the comparative
advantage of our agriculture and fisheries sectors in the world market;
g) To induce the agriculture and sheries sectors to ascend continuously the
value-added ladder by subjecting their traditional or new products to
further processing in order to minimize the marketing of raw, un nished or
unprocessed products;
h) To adopt policies that will promote industry dispersal and rural
industrialization by providing incentives to local and foreign investors to
establish industries that have backward linkages to the country's
agriculture and fisheries resource base;
i) To provide social and economic adjustment measures that increase
productivity and improve market e ciency while ensuring the protection
and preservation of the environment and equity for small farmers and
fisherfolk; and,
j) To improve the quality of life of all sectors."
SECTION 4. Definitions of Terms. —
"Agrarian Reform Community" is a barangay at the minimum or a cluster of
contiguous barangay where there is a critical mass of farmers or farm workers and
which features the main thrust of agrarian development: land tenure improvement and
effective delivery of support services.
"Agriculture Sector" is the sector engaged in the cultivation of soil, planting of
crops, growing of fruit trees, raising of livestock, poultry, or sh, including the
harvesting and marketing of such farm products, and other farm activities and
practices.
"Agriculture and Fisheries Modernization" is the process of transforming the
agriculture and sheries sectors into one that is dynamic, technologically advanced and
competitive yet centered on human development, guided by the sound practices of
sustainability and the principles of social justice.
"Agriculture Land Use Conversion" refers to the process of changing the use of
agricultural land to non-agricultural uses.
"Agricultural Lands" refers to lands devoted to or suitable for the cultivation of
the soil, planting of crops, growing of trees, raising of livestock, poultry, sh and
aquaculture production, including the harvesting of such farm products, and other farm
activities and practices performed in conjunction with such farming operations by
persons whether natural or juridical and not classi ed by law as mineral land, forest
land, residential land, commercial land, or industrial land.
"Agricultural Mechanization" is the development, adoption, manufacture and
application of appropriate location-speci c, and cost-effective agricultural technology
using human, animal, mechanical, electrical and other non-conventional sources of
energy for agricultural production and post-harvest operations consistent with
agronomic conditions and for efficient and economic farm management.
"Agro-Processing Activities" refers to the processing of raw agricultural and
shery products into semi-processed or nished products which include materials for
the manufacture of food and/or non-food products, pharmaceuticals and other
industrial products.
"Banks" collectively used, means government banks and private banks, rural
banks and cooperative banks.
"Basic Needs Approach to Development" involves the identi cation, production
and marketing of wage goods and services for consumption of rural communities.
"Communal Irrigation System (CIS)" is an irrigation system that is managed by a
bona fide Irrigators Association.
"Competitive Advantage" refers to competitive edge in terms of product quality
and/or price. It likewise refers to the ability to produce a product with the greatest
relative efficiency in the use of resources.
"Cooperatives" refers to duly registered associations of persons with a common
bond of interest who have voluntarily joined together to achieve a lawful common social
and economic end, making equitable contributions to the capital required and
accepting a fair share of the risks and bene ts of the undertaking in accordance with
universally accepted cooperative principles.
"Department" refers to the Department of Agriculture.
"Economies of Scale" refers to the decrease in unit cost as more units are
produced due to the spreading out of xed costs over a greater number of units
produced.
"Economic Scale" refers to the minimum quantity or volume of goods required to
be efficient.
"Empowerment" involves providing authority, responsibility and information to
people directly engaged in agriculture and shery production, primarily at the level of
the farmers, sherfolk and those engaged in food and non-food production and
processing, in order to give them wider choices and enable them to take advantage of
the benefits of the agriculture and fishery industries.
"Extension Services" refers to the provision of training, information, and support
services by the government and non-government organizations to the agriculture and
sheries sectors to improve the technical, business and social capabilities of farmers
and fisherfolk.
"Farmer's and Fisherfolk's Organization or Associations" refers to farmers and
sherfolk's cooperatives, associations, or corporations duly registered with
appropriate government agencies and which are composed primarily of small
agricultural producers, farmers, farm workers, agrarian reform bene ciaries, sherfolk
who voluntarily join together to form business enterprises or non-business
organizations which they themselves own, control and patronize.
"Farm-to-Market Roads" refers to roads linking the agriculture and sheries
production sites, coastal landing points and post-harvest facilities to the market and
arterial roads and highways.
"Fisheries Sector" is the sector engaged in the production, growing, harvesting,
processing, marketing, developing, conserving, and managing of aquatic resources and
fisheries areas.
"Fisheries" refers to all systems or networks of interrelated activities which
include the production, growing, harvesting, processing, marketing, developing,
conserving, and managing of all aquatic resources and fisheries areas.
"Fishing Grounds" refers to areas in any body of water where sh and other
aquatic resources congregate and become target of capture.
"Fishing" refers to the application of techniques using various gear in catching
fish and other fisheries products.
"Food Security" refers to the policy objective, plan and strategy of meeting the
food requirements of the present and future generations of Filipinos in substantial
quantity, ensuring the availability and affordability of food to all, either through local
production or importation, or both, based on the country's existing and potential
resource endowment and related production advantages, and consistent with the
overall national development objectives and policies. However, su ciency in rice and
white corn should be pursued.
"Fresh Agricultural and Fishery Products" refers to agricultural and sheries
products newly taken or captured directly from its natural state or habitat, or those
newly harvested or gathered from agricultural areas or bodies of water used for
aquaculture.
"Global Competitiveness" refers to the ability to compete in terms of price,
quality and volume of agriculture and shery products relative to those of other
countries.
"Gross Value-Added" refers to the total value, excluding the value of non-
agricultural or sheries intermediate inputs, of goods and services contributed by the
agricultural and fisheries sectors.
"Headworks" refers to the composite parts of the irrigation system that divert
water from natural bodies of water such as rivers, streams, and lakes.
"Industrial Dispersal" refers to the encouragement given to manufacturing
enterprises to establish their plants in rural areas. Such rms normally use agricultural
raw materials either in their primary or intermediate state.
"Irrigable Lands" refers to lands which display marked characteristics justifying
the operation of an irrigation system.
"Irrigated Lands" refers to lands serviced by natural irrigation or irrigation
facilities. These include lands where water is not readily available as existing irrigation
facilities need rehabilitation or upgrading or where irrigation water is not available year-
round.
"Irrigation System" refers to a system of irrigation facilities covering contiguous
areas.
"Irrigator's Associations (IA)" refers to an association of farmers within a
contiguous area served by a National Irrigation System or Communal Irrigation System.
"Land Use Plan" refers to a document embodying a set of policies accompanied
by maps and similar illustrations which represent the community-desired pattern of
population distribution and a proposal for the future allocation of land to the various
land-using activities, in accordance with the social and economic objectives of the
people. It identi es the location, character and extent of the area's land resources to be
used for different purposes and includes the process and the criteria employed in the
determination of the land use. cSTDIC
"Land Use Planning" refers to the act de ning the allocation, utilization,
development and management of all lands within a given territory or jurisdiction
according to the inherent qualities of the land itself and supportive of sustainable,
economic, demographic, socio-cultural and environmental objectives as an aid to
decision-making and legislation.
"Land Use" refers to the manner of utilizing the land, including its allocation,
development and management.
"Main Canal" refers to the channel where diverted water from a source ows to
the intended area to be irrigated.
"Market Infrastructure" refers to facilities including, but not limited to, market
buildings, slaughterhouses, holding pens, warehouses, market information centers,
connecting roads, transport and communication and cold storage used by the farmers
and fisherfolk in marketing their produce.
"National Information Network (NIN)" refers to an information network which
links all offices and levels of the Department with various research institutions and local
end-users, providing easy access to information and marketing services related to
agriculture and fisheries.
"National Irrigation System (NIS)" refers to a major irrigation system managed by
the National Irrigation Administration.
"Network of Protected Areas for Agricultural and Agro-industrial Development
(NPAAAD)" refers to agricultural areas identi ed by the Department through the Bureau
of Soils and Water Management in coordination with the National Mapping and
Resource Information Authority in order to ensure the e cient utilization of land for
agriculture and agro-industrial development and promote sustainable growth. The
NPAAAD covers all irrigated areas, all irrigable lands already covered by irrigation
projects with rm funding commitments; all alluvial plain land highly suitable for
agriculture whether irrigated or not; agro-industrial croplands or lands presently
planted to industrial crops that support the viability of existing agricultural
infrastructure and agro-based enterprises, highlands, or areas located at an elevation of
ve hundred (500) meters or above and have the potential for growing semi-temperate
and high-value crops; all agricultural lands that are ecologically fragile, the conversion
of which will result in serious environmental degradation, and mangrove areas and sh
sanctuaries.
"On-Farm Irrigation Facilities" refer to composite facilities that permit entry of
water to paddy areas and consist of farm ditches and turnout.
"Post-Harvest Activities" include, but is not limited to, threshing, drying, milling,
grading, storing, and handling of produce and such other activities as stripping,
winnowing, chipping and washing.
"Post-Harvest Facilities" include, but is not limited to, threshers, moisture meters,
dryers, weighing scales, milling equipment, sh ports, sh landings, ice plants and cold
storage facilities, processing plants, warehouses, buying stations, market infrastructure
and transportation facilities.
"Premature Conversion of Agricultural Land" refers to the undertaking of any
development activity, the results of which modify or alter the physical characteristics of
the agricultural lands to render them suitable for non-agricultural purposes, without an
approved order of conversion from DAR.
"Primary Processing" refers to the physical alteration of raw agricultural or
fishery products with or without the use of mechanical facilities.
"Resource Accounting" refers to a process of tracking changes in the
environment and natural resources biophysically and economically (in monetary terms).
"Resource-based" refers to the utilization of natural resources.
"Rural Industrialization" refers to the process by which the economy is
transformed from one that is predominantly agricultural to one that is dominantly
industrial and service-oriented. Agriculture provides the impetus and push for industry
and services through the market that it creates, the labor that it absorbs, and the
income that it generates which is channeled to industry and services. As development
continues, with agriculture still an important sector, industry and services begin to
generate income and markets and concomitantly increase their share of total income.
"Secondary Canal" refers to the channel connected to the main canal which
distributes irrigation to specific areas.
"Secondary Processing" refers to the physical transformation of semi-processed
agricultural or fishery products.
"Shallow Tube Well (STW)" refers to a tube or shaft vertically set into the ground
for the purpose of bringing ground water to the soil surface from a depth of less than
20 meters by suction lifting.
"Small and Medium Enterprise (SME)" refers to any business activity or
enterprise engaged in industry, agribusiness and/or services, whether single
proprietorship, cooperative, partnership or corporation whose total assets, inclusive of
those arising from loans but exclusive of the land on which the particular business
entity's o ce, plant and equipment are situated, must have value falling under the
following categories:
Micro : not more than P1,500,000
Small : P1,500,001 to P15,000,000
P15,000,001 to
Medium :
P60,000,000
The Department, in consultation with the Congressional Oversight

Committee on Agricultural and Fisheries Modernization (COCAFM), may
adjust the above values as deemed necessary.
"Small Farmers and Fisherfolk" refers to natural persons dependent on small-
scale subsistence farming and fishing activities as their primary source of income.
"Socio-culturally Sound" means the consideration of the social structure of the
community such as leadership pattern, distribution of roles across gender and age
groups, the diversity of religion and other spiritual beliefs, ethnicity and cultural
adversity of the population.
"Strategic Agriculture and Fisheries Development Zones (SAFDZ)" refers to the
areas within the NPAAAD identi ed for production, agro-processing and marketing
activities to help develop and modernize, with the support of government, the
agriculture and sheries sectors in an environmentally and socio-culturally sound
manner.
"Technology-based" refers to utilization of technology.
"Zoning Ordinance" refers to a local legislation approving the development/land
use plan and providing for the regulations and other conditions on the uses of land
including the limitation on the infrastructure that may be placed within the territorial
jurisdiction of a city or municipality.
RULE 4.1. Other terms used in these IRR include, and are defined as:
RULE 4.1.1. "Agriculture and Fisheries Education" including non-formal
education, refers to organized and institutionalized learning relating to basic education,
technical, vocational, occupational and professional development, providing the basis
for research and practice for technology development and extension in the various
fields of agriculture and fisheries.
RULE 4.1.2. "Agro-industrial potential" of a given area means the total
production that can be derived therefrom, arising from: (i) new stress for development,
(ii) increased productivity from existing areas, (iii) conversion of use of existing crop
land to alternative, higher-value uses, (iv) reduction of post-harvest losses, and (e) value
adding activities such as food and agro-processing.
RULE 4.1.3. "Applied research" refers to research aimed at gaining
knowledge to meet a speci c, recognized need. Applied research is generally divided
into pre-technology sciences and technology invention. Pre-technology sciences
include soil physics and chemistry, plant and animal genetics, plant and animal
pathology, plant and animal physiology, nutrition, engineering, climatology, computer
science, and economics. Technology invention includes agricultural chemistry, plant
and animal breeding, horticulture, agronomy, veterinary medicine, mechanics, irrigation
methods, anthropology, sociology, communications research, extension research,
computer software development and farm management.
RULE 4.1.4. "Basic research" research conducted to gain more complete
understanding of the subject under study, without any speci c applications in mind.
This can include experimental or theoretical work undertaken primarily to acquire new
knowledge of the underlying foundation or phenomena and observable facts, without
any particular or specific application or use in view.
RULE 4.1.5. "Core funds for research and extension" refers to the recurring
cost of operating a research and extension center or institute, which includes personnel
services of core staff and maintenance and operating expenses. Core funds include
maintenance cost of permanent projects such as germplasm collections and seed
storage.
RULE 4.1.6. "Directed Credit Program" refers to credit projects, activities and
programs targeted at speci c sector or sectors of the population, implemented by a
government or quasi-government non- nancial agency directly or indirectly through an
executing agency, fund manager, administrator or conduit, and whose funding comes at
least partly from government or public resources, appropriations, local or foreign
grants to government, loan proceeds from any source, or which involve government
guarantee.
RULE 4.1.7. "Direct research cost" refers to the cost of undertaking a speci c
research project or program. This includes the salaries and maintenance and other
operating costs directly related to the implementation of the projects.
RULE 4.1.8. "Escheat" refers to the legal process leading to the reversion of
land to the State.
RULE 4.1.9. "Field" refers to an area of academic interest or specialization in
agricultural and fisheries education.
RULE 4.1.10. "Field Operations Service" (FOS), refers to the unit upgraded
from that formerly known as the Field Operations Group (FOG) or Regional Operations
Group (ROG).
RULE 4.1.11. "Food Security" refers to the policy objective, plan and strategy
of meeting the food requirements of the present and future generations of Filipinos in
substantial quantity, safety and nutritional quality that meets desirable dietary
requirements, ensuring the availability and affordability of food to all, either through
local production or importation, or both, based on the country's existing and potential
resource endowment and related production advantages, and consistent with the
overall national development objectives and policies. However, su ciency in rice and
white corn should be pursued.
RULE 4.1.12. "Institutional development" refers to programs and activities
that aim to increase, enhance, or develop human resources and related physical
infrastructure.
RULE 4.1.13. "Model Farms" refers to efficiently-managed, contiguous area of
agricultural land and sheries characterized by a diversi ed and integrated farming or
shery system which shall serve as a demonstration center for agricultural or shery
technologies.
RULE 4.1.14. "Multi-sectoral participation" is where all the various sectors
concerned with an issue, decision, project or program are adequately represented.
RULE 4.1.15. "National Marketing Umbrella" refers to the nationally-federated
farmers' and sherfolk's organizations, cooperatives, associations and other agri-
based service organizations networked to engage in the procurement, processing,
storage and marketing of agri-based raw materials, semi-processed and nished
products for domestic and foreign markets.
RULE 4.1.16. "Participatory processes" are modes of action where decisions
and actions are subjected to open discussion, public hearings or consultations
involving stakeholders prior to finalization and implementation.
RULE 4.1.17. "Planning Service" or PS refers to the o ce of the Department
of Agriculture that prior to the issuance of these IRR was referred to as the Planning
and Monitoring Service (PMS).
RULE 4.1.18. "Planning Division" or PD refers to the o ce of the Regional
Field Unit of the Department of Agriculture that prior to the issuance of these IRR was
referred to as the Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Unit (PMEU).
RULE 4.1.19. "Scienti c and technical personnel" refer to professionals and
individuals working for the development of the agriculture and shery sector such as
scientists, researchers, technical personnel, research managers and coordinators,
extension officers and workers.
RULE 4.1.20. "Working capital" refers to assets including but not limited to
land, buildings, machinery, equipment, raw materials, and cash utilized for the viable
business operation of the farmers and sherfolk and their organizations, cooperatives,
and federations.
TITLE 1
Production and Marketing Support Services
CHAPTER 1
Strategic Agricultural and Fisheries Development Zones
SECTION 5. Declaration of Policy. — It is the policy of the State to ensure that
all sectors of the economy and all regions of the country shall be given optimum
opportunity to develop through the rational and sustainable use of resources peculiar
to each area in order to maximize agricultural productivity, promote e ciency and
equity and accelerate the modernization of the agriculture and sheries sectors of the
country.
SECTION 6. Network of Area for Agricultural and Agro-Industrial
Development. — The Department shall, within six (6) months after the approval of this
Act, and in consultation with the local government units, appropriate government
agencies, concerned non-government organizations (NGOs) and organized farmers'
and sherfolk's groups, identify the Strategic Agriculture and Fisheries Development
Zones (SAFDZ) within the network of protected areas for agricultural and agro-
industrial development to ensure that lands are e ciently and sustainably utilized for
food and non-food production and agro-industrialization.
The SAFDZ, which shall serve as centers where development in the agriculture
and sheries sectors are catalyzed in an environmentally and socio-culturally sound
manner, shall be identified on the basis of the following criteria:
a) Agro-climatic and environmental conditions giving the area a competitive
advantage in the cultivation, culture, production and processing of
particular crops, animals and aquatic products;
b) Strategic location of the area for the establishment of agriculture or
sheries infrastructure, industrial complexes, production and processing
zones;
c) Strategic location of the area for market development and market
networking both at the local and international levels; and,
d) Dominant presence of agrarian reform communities (ARCs) and for small
owner-cultivators and amortizing owners/agrarian reform bene ciaries
and other small farmers and fisherfolk in the area.
The SAFDZ shall have an integrated development plan consisting of production,
processing, investment, marketing, human resources and environmental protection
components.
RULE 6.1. The spatial programming of the Government's interventions and
support for agriculture and fisheries development and shall be organized in three levels:
RULE 6.1.1. The Network of Areas for Agricultural and Agro-industrial
Development (NAAAD),
RULE 6.1.2. The Strategic Agricultural and Fisheries Development Zones
(SAFDZ) within the NAAAD, and
RULE 6. 1.3. The Model Farms within the SAFDZ.

RULE 6.2. The NAAAD includes all the areas covered under the Network of
Protected Areas for Agricultural and Agro-Industrial Development (NPAAAD) as defined
in RA 8435. The NPAAAD ensures the sustained production of the country's basic
agricultural and sheries commodities through the stewardship and utilization of the
most productive agricultural and shery land and resources for optimal production,
processing and marketing. The NPAAAD includes:
RULE 6.2.1. all irrigated areas,
RULE 6.2.2. all irrigable land already covered by irrigation projects with rm
funding commitments;
RULE 6.2.3. all alluvial plains highly suitable for agriculture, whether irrigated
or not;
RULE 6.2.4. agro-industrial croplands or land presently planted to industrial
crops that support the viability of existing agricultural infrastructure and agro-based
enterprises;
RULE 6.2.5. highland or areas located at an elevation of ve hundred (500)
meters or above and have the potential for growing semi-temperate and high-value
crops;
RULE 6.2.6. all agricultural land that are ecologically fragile, the conversion of
which will result in serious environmental degradation, and mangrove areas and sh
sanctuaries, and
RULE 6.2.7. all shery areas as de ned pursuant to the Fisheries Code of
1998.
RULE 6.3. The National and Regional SAFDZ Committees (National and
Regional SAFDZ Committees) are hereby constituted. The Department Undersecretary
charged with Operations shall serve as the Chairperson and the Bureau of Soils and
Water Management (BSWM) shall serve as the Secretariat of the national SAFDZ
Committee. The Chairperson shall recommend to the Secretary the multi-sectoral
membership of the National SAFDZ Committee.
RULE 6.4. Starting the third quarter of 1998, the Regional and National SAFDZ
Committee shall be convened by the Chairperson at least once each quarter.
RULE 6.5. The National and Regional SAFDZ Committees shall draw their
operating support budget from sources such as, but not limited to, item 12 of Section
111.
RULE 6.6. The Regional SAFDZ Committee shall perform local and regional
analysis and veri cation of data and information related to the SAFDZ and provides
recommendations to the national SAFDZ Committee. The Department Regional Director
(RD) shall serve as the Chairperson while the RFU Planning Division, in coordination with
the BSWM-Soils and Water Action Team (SWAT) Coordinator, shall serve as Secretariat.
RULE 6.7. The National SAFDZ Committee shall periodically review the
technical ndings and recommendations of the Regional SAFDZ Committees and
recommend to the Secretary the list and composition of the NPAAAD in the form of a
draft Department AO. The rst such AO shall be submitted to the Secretary on or
before July 30, 1998, for issuances on or before August 9, 1998. Thereafter the AO on
the NPAAAD shall be reviewed upon the judgment of the Secretary, consistent with the
timing for the delineation of the SAFDZ under Section 9.
RULE 6.8. On or before September 30, 1998, the National SAFDZ Committee
shall, based on the recommendation of the Regional SAFDZ Committees submit for the
approval of the Secretary the list and composition of the SAFDZ in the form of a
Department AO. The Secretary shall issue the AO for the guidance of all concerned on
or before December 30, 1998. This AO shall periodically be reviewed upon the
judgment of the Secretary in coordination with the DAR and the COCAFM consistent
with the timing for the delineation of the SAFDZ under Section 9.
RULE 6.9. The Department Undersecretary designated to be in charge of
Operations, supported by the BSWM and the Planning Service shall prepare, in
coordination with the national and regional SAFDZ Committees, the departments,
o ces, LGUs, NGOs and POs concerned, the integrated development plans for the
SAFDZs. These plans shall serve as components and complements of the Regional
Land Use Plan (RLUP), the Regional Physical Framework Plan (RPFP) and the Regional
Agricultural and Fisheries Modernization Plan (RAFMP). The rst edition of these
regional SAFDZ plans shall be submitted for the review of the Regional SAFDZ
Committee on or before March 30, 1999, and thereafter updated subject to a schedule
consistent with the national and local development planning and budgeting calendar
coordinated by the NEDA and the DBM.
RULE 6.10. The integrated development plan for each zone shall take into
account the production, processing, investment, marketing, human resources and
environmental protection consideration of the SAFDZ. Through a participatory planning
process agreed upon between the Department, NEDA and the LGUs, these plans will be
consolidated and aggregated into Agricultural and Fisheries Modernization Plans
(AFMP) for the municipality, province, region and the country as a whole.
RULE 6.11. The SAFDZs shall be identi ed for each appropriate area of the
country to establish crop, sh and livestock specializations. The sub-zones in a SAFDZ
shall not necessarily be consistent with political and administrative boundaries and
shall cover one or more, or a combination of food crops, livestock, commercial crops,
fisheries and agro-industry.
RULE 6.12. The nancing for the implementation of the integrated
development plans of the SAFDZs shall be submitted by the Department to the DBM for
inclusion in the President's program of expenditures for consideration by Congress
under the General Appropriations Act, consistent with the proportions speci ed in RA
8435.
RULE 6.13. To ensure that the Department is organized to effectively manage
and support the SAFDZs, the Operations Group (FOG) is upgraded into the Field
Operations Service (FOS). The FOS shall serve as the principal central logistics and
support unit for the implementation of the Department's eld programs, the operations
of the Department's Regional Field Units (RFUs), and the services to the extension
functions of the LGUs. The FOS shall be composed of at least four (4) divisions
responsible for: Central Programs, Field Programs, Operations Management
Information, Projects Coordination, and Infrastructure and Engineering. The
Undersecretary designated to be in charge of Operations shall propose the detailed
structure of the FOS for the approval of the Secretary upon the issuance of these IRR.
SECTION 7. Model Farms. — The Department, in coordination with the local
government units (LGUs) and appropriate government agencies, may designate
agrarian reform communities (ARCs) and other areas within the SAFDZ suitable for
economic scale production which will serve as model farms.
Farmer-landowners whose lands are located within these designated areas shall
be given the option to enter into a management agreement with corporate entities with
proven competence in farm operations and management, high-end quality production
and productivity through the use of up-to-date technology and collateral resources
such as skilled manpower, adequate capital and credit, and access to markets,
consistent with existing laws.
RULE 7.1. Based on the recommendations of the Regional and National
SAFDZ Committees, the Department shall designate areas within the SAFDZs, including
ARCs, farms owned by private entities, associations of smallholders, SUC lands and
government-owned lands and priority shery and aquaculture areas which are suitable
for economic scale production as model farms. The SAFDZ Committee shall
recommend an initial list of these areas for the approval of the Secretary on or before
December 30, 1998.
RULE 7.2. The Department shall formulate and implement a program of
technical, investment and infrastructure support and/or incentives that will establish
SAFDZ model farms that shall:
RULE 7.2.1. be organized in the areas identi ed for economic scale
production, with the scale dependent on the particular nancial and economic viability
of each commodity or enterprise;
RULE 7.2.2. be managed and organized according to terms and conditions in
management agreements, joint ventures and other modalities of investment and
cooperation,
RULE 7.2.3. utilize appropriate sustainable agriculture and shery production
systems which are private-led, market-based, competitive yet not harmful to the
environment,
RULE 7.2.4. be targeted for priority commercialization and/or expansion and
the provision of investment incentives such as, but not limited to, the Investment
Priorities Program, and
RULE 7.2.5. be considered as participants under the Basic Needs Program
mandated under Sections 98, 99 and 102.
RULE 7.3. The rst model farm under the program shall be identi ed and
operational on or before December 30, 1998.
RULE 7.4. The designation of a particular area as a model farm shall not
contravene the provisions of RA 6657 or the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law
(CARL).
SECTION 8. Mapping. — The Department, through the Bureau of Soils and
Water Management (BSWM), in coordination with the National Mapping and Resources
Information Authority (NAMRIA) and the Housing and Land Use Regulatory Board
(HLURB) shall undertake the mapping of the network of areas for agricultural and agro-
industrial development for all municipalities, cities at an appropriate scale. The BSWM
may call on other agencies to provide technical and other logistical support in this
undertaking.
RULE 8.1. The BSWM, in coordination with the NAMRIA, shall undertake the
mapping of the NPAAAD and SAFDZ. These maps shall also be digitized and
incorporated into a National Information Network (NIN) mandated under Section 41.
The BSWM shall publish and make the maps available to the public on or before
December 30, 1998.
RULE 8.2. The initial nancing for these maps shall be drawn from, among
other sources, item 12 of Section 111. Thereafter the maps shall be made available to
the public by the BSWM at cost. For this purpose the Department and the Department
of Budget and Management shall propose to Congress the creation of a revolving fund
to be managed by the BSWM.
SECTION 9. Delineation of Strategic Agricultural and Fisheries Zones. — The
Department, in consultation with the Department of Agrarian Reform, the Department of
Trade and Industry, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Department
of Science and Technology, the concerned LGUs, the organized farmers and sherfolk
groups, the private sector and communities shall, without prejudice to the development
of identi ed economic zones and free ports, establish and delineate, based on sound
resource accounting the SAFDZ within one (1) year from the effectivity of this Act.
All irrigated lands, irrigable lands already covered by irrigation projects with rm
funding commitments, and lands with existing or having the potential for growing high-
value crops so delineated and included within the SAFDZ shall not be converted for a
period of ve (5) years from the effectivity of this Act : Provided, however, That not
more than ve percent (5%) of the said lands located within the SAFDZ may be
converted upon compliance with existing laws, rules, regulations, executive orders and
issuances, and administrative orders relating to land use conversion: Provided further,
That thereafter: 1) a review of the SAFDZ, speci cally on the productivity of the areas,
improvement of the quality of life of farmers and sherfolk, and e ciency and
effectiveness of the support services shall be conducted by the Department and the
Department of Agrarian Reform, in coordination with the Congressional Oversight
Committee on Agricultural and Fisheries Modernization; 2) conversion may be allowed,
if at all, on a case-to-case basis subject to existing laws, rules, regulations, executive
orders and issuances, and administrative orders governing land use conversion; and, 3)
in case of conversion, the land owner will pay the Department the amount equivalent to
the government's investment cost including inflation.
RULE 9.1. The effects of agriculture and sheries activities resources and the
ecosystem in general will be explicitly considered in the delineation of the SAFDZ and in
the formulation of the integrated SAFDZ development plans.
RULE 9.2. The Department shall participate in the Philippine Economic
Environmental and Natural Resources Accounting (PEENRA) system. Speci cally,
participation will involve:
RULE 9.2.1. The BAS in the collection and periodic reporting of environmental
and natural resource accounting data;
RULE 9.2.2. The NIN incorporating the results and data arising from the
PEENRA system; and
RULE 9.2.3. The formulation and enactment of policy instruments in uencing
natural resource exploitation, including command and control instruments, economic
measures and combinations thereof.
RULE 9.3. The DENR shall provide training and technical assistance to the
Department in ENRA activities.
RULE 9.4. The conversion of use from agricultural to non-agriculture of lands
covered under the SAFDZ as set in the AO establishing the SAFDZ shall be limited per
Sections 9 and 12, in addition to any existing rules, regulation and procedures regarding
applications for land use conversion and the protection of watershed areas, including
RA 6657 or the CARL and Presidential Administrative Orders (PAO) 20 and 363, and
Section 20 of the Local Government Code (LGC) and other Presidential issuances.
RULE 9.5. All irrigated land, irrigable land already covered by irrigation
projects with rm funding commitments, potentially irrigable land and lands with
existing or having the potential for growing high-value crops included within the SAFDZ
shall not be converted to non-agricultural use over the period beginning February 10,
1998 to February 9, 2003. Provided, conversion may be allowed, except for areas
identified as watersheds per Section 12, under the following conditions:
RULE 9.5.1. The maximum of 5% of the total area covered by the conversion
moratorium within the SAFDZ which may be eligible for conversion to non-agricultural
use shall be limited by any existing rules, regulations and procedures regarding
applications for land use conversion and the protection of watershed areas, including
RA 6657 and PAOs 20 and 363, Section 20 of the LGC, and other Presidential
issuances,
RULE 9.5.2. The maximum of 5% equivalent to the total area of land
determined to be eligible for conversion to non-agricultural use shall be jointly
determined by the Department and the DAR, upon the recommendation of the Regional
and National SAFDZ Committees. Provided, that:
RULE 9.5.2.1. the conversion of land use is consistent with the natural
expansion of the municipality or locality, as contained in the approved physical
framework and land use plan;
RULE 9.5.2.2. the area to be converted in use is not the only remaining food
production area of the community,
RULE 9.5.2.3. the land use conversion shall not hamper the availability of
irrigation to nearby farmlands,
RULE 9.5.2.4. the areas with low productivity will be accorded priority for use
conversion, and
RULE 9.5.2.5. su cient disturbance compensation shall be given to the
farmers whose livelihoods are negatively affected by the land use conversion as
provided for by existing laws and regulations.
RULE 9.5.3. the monitoring and evaluation (M&E) of the SAFDZ approach to
be operationalized by the Department in coordination with the DAR, the COCAFM and
other stakeholders shall periodically assess the e ciency and effectiveness of the
SAFDZ approach in terms of the welfare of the bene ciaries and communities within
the SAFDZ, and
RULE 9.5.4. that in case of approved conversion of land to non-agricultural
use, the registered landowner will pay the government's investment cost including
in ation, estimated to include all expenditures for capital goods expended by any and
all agencies, nanced from public, national or local budget resources, whether sourced
from domestic or foreign, on the land applied for use conversion of. Provided, that:
RULE 9.5.4.1. the valuation of such investments will be equivalent to the total
government expenditure made on the land in question, adjusted for average in ation
over the period since the beginning of investment up to the month of approval of
conversion;
RULE 9.5.4.2. the valuation shall be determined jointly by the Municipal
Assessor and Municipal Treasurer, in consultation with those agencies which have
made public investments in the area, and reviewed by the Provincial Assessor; and
RULE 9.5.4.3. the payment by the landowner shall be made in a single lump
sum payment to the Treasurer of the Philippines, through the Municipal Treasurer of the
Municipality where the farmland concerned is located.
RULE 9.6. Agricultural land located outside the SAFDZ may be converted
upon compliance with existing laws, rules, regulations, executive and administrative
orders and other issuances relating to land use conversion and the sustainability of
agriculture and sheries production particularly in those areas determined by the
Department to be part of the NPAAAD.
SECTION 10. Preparation of Land Use and Zoning Ordinance. — Within one
(1) year from the nalization of the SAFDZ, in every city and municipality, all cities and
municipalities shall have prepared their respective land use and zoning ordinance
incorporating the SAFDZ, where applicable. Thereafter, all land use plans and zoning
ordinance shall be updated every four (4) years or as often as may be deemed
necessary upon the recommendation of the Housing and Land Use Regulatory Board
and must be completed within the rst year of the term of o ce of the mayor . If the
cities/municipalities fail to comply with the preparation of zoning and land use plans,
the DILG shall impose the penalty as provided for under R.A. 7160.
RULE 10.1. The Housing and Land Use Regulatory Board (HLURB), using
maps and information obtained from and/or provided by the BSWM, and in
coordination with the DILG, will issue guidelines to LGUs regarding the incorporation of
the SAFDZ in the enactment and updating of LGU land use and zoning plans and
ordinances. The guidelines will be issued by the HLURB on or before December 30,
1998. Thereafter, the guidelines shall be updated by the HLURB through participatory
processes at least once every four (4) years.
SECTION 11. Penalty for Agricultural Inactivity and Premature Conversion. —
Any person or juridical entity who knowingly or deliberately causes any irrigated
agricultural lands seven (7) hectares or larger, whether contiguous or not, within the
protected areas for agricultural developments, as speci ed under Section 6 in relation
to Section 9 of this Act, to lie idle and unproductive for a period exceeding one (1) year,
unless due to force majeure, shall be subject to an idle land tax of Three Thousand
Pesos (P3,000.00) per hectare per year. In addition, the violator shall be required to put
back such lands to productive agricultural use. Should the continued agricultural
inactivity, unless due to force majeure, exceed a period of two (2) years, the land shall
be subject to escheat proceedings.
Any person found guilty of premature or illegal conversion shall be penalized with
imprisonment of two (2) to six years (6), or a ne equivalent to 100% of the
government's investment cost, or both, at the discretion of the court, and an accessory
penalty of forfeiture of the land and any improvement thereon.
In addition, the DAR may impose the following penalties, after determining, in
administrative proceeding, that violation of this law has been committed:
a) Cancellation or withdrawal of the authorization for land use conversion;
and
b) Blacklisting, or automatic disapproval of pending and subsequent
conversion applications, that they may file with the DAR.
RULE 11.1. The farming and shery areas and farmlands referred to as
"within the protected areas for agricultural development" include all areas listed in the
AOs on the NPAAAD and the SAFDZ.
RULE 11.2. The determination of the condition of "agricultural inactivity" of an
area, or the "productive agricultural use" of an area previously determined to be idle and
unproductive shall be through the following process:
RULE 11.2.1. The Municipal Agriculturist (MA) shall monitor agricultural land
use activities within the municipality as a regular function. Through the MA's individual
initiative, or in response to a request for investigation from any concerned individual or
farmers; or sherfolk's group, the MA shall send a written notice to the concerned
landowner or lessee to attend a hearing concerning the allegation of inactivity of the
latter's area;
RULE 11.2.2. within thirty (30) days after the rst notice of hearing was
received by the concerned landowner or lessee, the MA shall render a report and a
ruling;
RULE 11.2.3. The landowner or lessee may appeal the ndings of the MA to
the Provincial Agriculturist (PA) within ten (10) days upon receipt of the decision of the
MA, otherwise, the same shall become nal and a certi cation of inactivity for the said
land shall be forwarded to the Municipal Treasurer for the imposition of the idle land
tax, and to the landowner for the return of the farmland to productive use;
RULE 11.2.4. Appeals received by the PA shall be resolved within fteen (15)
days upon filing of the appeal at the office of the PA;
RULE 11.2.5. The landowner or lessee may appeal the decision of the PA to
the Regional Director of the Department within ten (10) days from the receipt thereof.
The Regional Director shall resolve the appeal within fteen (15) days after ling of the
appeal;
RULE 11.2.6. Appeal against the decision of the Regional Director shall be
made within ten (10) days from the receipt thereof to the Secretary, who shall resolve
the appeal within fteen (15) days upon receipt. Appeal from the decision of the
Secretary shall be made to the appropriate Court in accordance with the New Rules of
Court.
RULE 11.3. The idle land tax due arising from a determination of an area
being in the state of "inactivity" shall be paid by the registered owner of the farmland
concerned to the Treasurer of the Philippines, through the Municipal Treasurer of the
concerned Municipality.
RULE 11.4. Escheat proceedings due to the continued inactivity referred to in
Section 11 may be initiated by the municipality or city where the land is situated or by
the Department or the DAR, through the assistance of the Solicitor General. After the
administrative determination based on the preceding section recommending the
institution of escheat proceedings, the same shall be instituted in the proper court in
accordance with the New Rules of Court.
RULE 11.5. The DAR shall issue guidelines on the investigation and ling of
charges relating to the premature use conversion of agricultural land. The guidelines
shall be issued on or before August 30, 1998.
RULE 11.6. Violators of the law against premature conversion of land use
may also be penalized through blacklisting, or automatic disapproval of applications
for conversion, including any future applications.
SECTION 12. Protection of Watershed Areas. — All watersheds that are
sources of water for existing and potential irrigable areas and recharge areas of major
aquifers identi ed by the Department of Agriculture and the Department of
Environment and Natural Resources shall be preserved as such at all times.
RULE 12.1. The Department, particularly the BSWM, shall ensure that
watershed areas are covered in the NPAAAD and clearly delineated in the maps issued
by the BSWM.
RULE 12.2. All logging, clearing or any other activity within watershed areas
shall be limited and regulated per existing law and regulations. Reforestation, agro-
forestry and conservation and optimal management projects are eligible for support
and nancing from resources made available under RA 8435. The Department shall
collaborate with the DENR to implement such watershed protection and conservation
projects.
CHAPTER 2
The Agriculture and Fisheries Modernization Plan
SECTION 13. Agriculture and Fisheries Modernization Plan (AFMP) — The
Department, in consultation with the farmers and sherfolk, the private sector, NGOs,
people's organizations and appropriate government agencies and o ces, shall
formulate and implement a medium- and long-term comprehensive Agriculture and
Fisheries Modernization Plan.
The Agriculture and Fisheries Modernization Plan shall focus on ve (5) major
concerns:
a) Food security;
b) Poverty alleviation and social equity;
c) Income enhancement and pro tability especially for farmers and
fisherfolk;
d) Global competitiveness; and
e) Sustainability
RULE 13.1. The Department shall formulate the AFMP using participatory
methods and where close linkages with all stakeholders shall be maintained throughout
the planning cycle. The NAF Council shall review the AFMP prior to its finalization.
RULE 13.2. The Department Planning and Monitoring Service (PMS) is
renamed the Planning Service (PS) and charged with the execution and coordination of
all Department activities related to the participatory achievement of the plans and goals
listed in Section 13 and 14. The PS shall develop, process, analyze and consolidate the
AFMP. The PS shall collaborate with the Department's Finance and Management
Service (FMS) to ensure adequate and timely budget support for the AFMP. The PS and
the Policy Analysis Service (PAS) referred to in Section 15, in collaboration with the
other o ces of the Department shall provide principal staff support to the Secretary in
the preparation of the AFMP, and its presentation to the NAF Council and all other
concerned bodies.
RULE 13.3. The PS shall include the following divisions: Planning and Budget
Division (PBD), Public Investment Program Division (PIPD) and the Program Monitoring
and Evaluation Division (PMED). The current Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Unit
(PMEU) at the Regional Field Unit (RFU) is hereby constituted into a Planning Division
(PD). The PD shall provide principal staff assistance to the Regional Director (RD) in
preparing the regional AFMP. The PD will coordinate closely with the PS at the O ce of
the Secretary (OSEC).
RULE 13.4. The Secretary, upon the recommendation of the PS, shall issue:
RULE 13.4.1. the over-all planning framework and parameters of the AFMP,
RULE 13.4.2. the calendar and timetable for the planning process which will
establish the regular and cyclical Department, regional and sector-wide schedule for
planning, monitoring and evaluation activities and deadlines for the formulation,
publication and regular updating of the AFMP, and
RULE 13.4.3. the guidelines, in collaboration with the DILG, covering the
implementation by LGUs in the formulation of the plans.
RULE 13.5. The AFMP shall serve as the Agriculture and Fisheries Sector
Development Plan in the national system of development planning and nancing
coordinated by the NEDA and DBM. The AFMP shall also cover the medium-term and
annual Agriculture and Fisheries Sector Public Investment Program (PIP) which will be
submitted to the NEDA for incorporation into the Philippine Medium Term and annual
PIP.
RULE 13.6. Where necessary and appropriate, separate but synchronized and
coordinated Fisheries Sector development plans shall be formulated, particularly in
collaboration with the BFAR. The national AFMP shall be formulated based on the
aggregation of local, regional and subsectoral AFMPs.
RULE 13.7. The local (municipal, provincial, and regional) AFMP shall
incorporate the local integrated SAFDZ plans. Aggregation shall consider, in particular,
multi-area projects and programs that cross administrative and political boundaries.
After the municipal SAFDZ Integrated Development Plans have been consolidated, the
resulting Provincial SAFDZ Integrated Development Plans shall be consolidated into the
Regional SAFDZ Integrated Development Plan. The aggregate Regional SAFDZ
Integrated Development and Sub-sector Plans shall be submitted to the PS for
incorporation as the National AFMP.
RULE 13.8. The rst annual local and national AFMP shall be completed on or
before June 30, 1999 and shall cover the balance of the year 1999. The rst medium-
term local and national AFMP shall cover the period 1999—2004, or according to the
schedule set by NEDA. The rst medium-term AFMP shall incorporate the rationale and
allocation of the appropriation for agriculture and fisheries modernization.
RULE 13.9. The Department, particularly the ATI and the RFUs in collaboration
with the DILG and the CHED, shall immediately accelerate and strengthen capability-
building activities for LGUs and small holders in agriculture and sheries sector
planning, development budgeting and management.
RULE 13.10. The Department, particularly the O ces charged with Policy and
Planning and Operations shall consolidate and strengthen its units and capacity in
program and project development, appraisal and nancing, to ensure that the overall
modernization program as well as the local and national AFMPs are provided with the
nances necessary for implementation. The actions related to the strengthening of
project development in the Department include:
RULE 13.10.1. The upgrading of the various divisions in the OSEC currently
responsible for project development, appraisal and sourcing of nancing, from both
domestic and foreign donors into the Project Development Service (PDS) under the
officer charged with Policy and Planning;
RULE 13.10.2. The assignment of responsibilities and performance targets
for project development in each of the RFUs, Bureaus and Attached Agencies of the
Department, linked to the OSEC PDS for coordination and programming;
RULE 13.10.3. The full implementation of the Project Clearinghouse System;
RULE 13.10.4. The linkage between project development coordinated by the
PDS and budget formulation and programming coordinated by the FMS and the PS, and
RULE 13.10.5. The enlargement of the project development group through
designation and/or transfer of personnel from other units of the Department, RFUs,
Bureaus and Attached Agencies.
SECTION 14. Food Security, Poverty Alleviation, Social Equity and Income
Enhancement. — The Department, in coordination with other concerned departments or
agencies shall formulate medium- and long-term plans addressing food security,
poverty alleviation, social equity and income enhancement concerns based on, but not
limited to, the following goals and indicators of development:
a) Increased income and profit of small farmers and fisherfolk;
b) Availability of rice and other staple foods at affordable prices;
c) Reduction of rural poverty and income inequality;
d) Reduction of the incidence of malnutrition;
e) Reduction of rural unemployment and underemployment; and
f) Improvement in land tenure of small farmers.
RULE 14.1. The Department shall also refer to the following additional
indicators:
RULE 14.1.1. Human Development Index (HDI), as developed by the United
Nations, which provides measures of social, economic and cultural status, and
RULE 14.1.2. Balanced urban-rural development as defined by the NEDA.
RULE 14.2. The above indicators shall be explicitly incorporated in the
formulation of the AFMP and its associated performance monitoring and evaluation
system.
SECTION 15. Global Competitiveness and Sustainability. — The Department
shall formulate medium- and long-term plans aimed at enhancing the global
competitiveness and sustainability of the country in agriculture and sheries based on,
but not limited to, the following goals and indicators of development:
a) Increase in the volume quality and value of agriculture and fisheries
production for domestic consumption and for exports;
b) Reduction in post-harvest losses;
c) Increase in the number/types and quality of processed agricultural and
fishery products;
d) Increase in the number of international trading partners in agriculture and
fishery products;
e) Increase in the number of sustainable agriculture and fisheries firms
engaged in domestic production, processing, marketing and export
activities;
f) Increase in and wider level of entrepreneurship among farmers and
fisherfolk in the area;
g) Increase in the number of farms engaged in diversified farming; and
h) Reduced use of agro-chemicals that are harmful to health and the
environment.
RULE 15.1. The formulation of the AFMP shall be consistent with the
principles of sustainable development and international competitiveness within the
context of the WTO, as contained in Philippine Agenda 21 coordinated by the NEDA.
RULE 15.2. The Department shall enable the wide dissemination of the AFMP
through the National Information Network (NIN) and other channels, in collaboration
with the Philippine Information Agency (PIA) and the tri-media.
RULE 15.3. To enhance the strategic planning and policy formulation capacity
of the Department in order to meet the challenges of globalization and long-term
sustainability, the Department Policy Analysis Division is upgraded into the Policy
Analysis Service (PAS). The PAS shall serve as the core of the Department's capacity on
policy formulation and advocacy. The PAS will focus on medium to long-term, strategic
concerns of agricultural and sheries modernization. The PAS will be composed of
three divisions focusing on:
RULE 15.3.1. Economic and Policy Analysis: domestic and world trade and
markets policy analysis; domestic and world demand, prices and supply projections;
analysis and advocacy of "market-friendly" yet sustainable policies; staff support to the
Secretary in ensuring policy consistency across bureaus, agencies, programs and
activities of the Department, and conduct of policy consultation with the public and
stakeholders;
RULE 15.3.2. Legislation Support and Advocacy: analysis, research, drafting
and background work on legislation in progress; preparation of Department inputs and
responses to Congressional directives and initiatives on various matters including
taxation and international commitments; formulation of an agenda of proposed
legislation in support of agricultural and sheries modernization, and collaboration with
the Agricultural and Fisheries Information Service (AFIS) in advocacy supportive
agricultural and fisheries modernization;
RULE 15.3.3. International Relations: logistical support and preparations on
the Department's role in the Philippines' agriculture and sheries agenda within
international organizations and bodies, both multilateral and bilateral, such as the World
Trade Organization (WTO), ASEAN, Asia-Paci c Economic Cooperation (APEC), Food
and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and other international groupings and agreements,
preparations toward bilateral technical exchanges, the monitoring of o cial assistance
ows and cooperation, and secretariat support for the Department's Agricultural
Attaches stationed abroad.
RULE 15.4. The Department shall ensure that all of its o ces shall follow
consistent policies and strategies toward agricultural and sheries modernization and
global competitiveness.
SECTION 16. Global Climate Change. The Department, in coordination with
the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration
(PAGASA) and other appropriate government agencies, shall devise a method of
regularly monitoring and considering the effect of global climate changes, weather
disturbances and annual productivity cycles for the purpose of forecasting and
formulating agriculture and fisheries production programs.
RULE 16.1. The BSWM shall coordinate with the PAGASA, the National
Disaster Coordinating Committee (NDCC), Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources
(BFAR), Philippine Institute of Volcanology and other agencies, to device a method of
regularly monitoring, forecasting and considering the effect of global climate changes,
weather disturbances, and annual productivity cycles. Such methods will be for the
purpose of forecasting the status and impact of agriculture and sheries production
programs. The methodology shall be agreed upon among the concerned agencies and
documented for the approval of the Secretary on or before December 30, 1998. The
phenomenon of concern include:
RULE 16.1.1. "Red tide",
RULE 16.1.2. "El Niño" and "La Nina",
RULE 16.1.3. Volcanic and geological disturbances and their aftermaths,
RULE 16.1.4. Weather patterns, particularly typhoons, drought and unusual
rainfall,
RULE 16.1.5. Regional differentials in the above phenomena, and
RULE 16.1.6. Potential adjustment, mitigation and management
interventions.
RULE 16.2. The information gathered regarding the above phenomena shall
be incorporated into, and accessible through, the NIN.
SECTION 17. Special Concerns. — The Department shall consider the
following areas of concerns, among others, in formulating the AFMP:
a) Strategies and programs aimed to achieve growth and profitability targets
in the context of the constraints and challenges of the World Trade
Organization (WTO);
b) Programs arising from the implementation of the Agrarian Reform
Program;
c) Identification of SAFDZ;
d) Infrastructure and market support for the SAFDZs;
e) Infrastructure support to make agriculture and fisheries production inputs,
information and technology readily available to farmers, fisherfolk,
cooperatives and entrepreneurs;
f) Credit programs for small farmers and fisherfolk, and agricultural
graduates;
g) Comprehensive and integrated agriculture and fisheries research,
development and extension services;
h) Preservation of biodiversity, genetic materials and the environment;
i) Adequate and timely response against environmental threats to agriculture
and fisheries;
j) Rural non-farm employment;
k) Access to aquatic resources by fisherfolk;
l) Basic needs program for the impoverished sectors of society who will be
affected by liberalization;
m) Indigenous peoples;
n) Rural youth;
o) Women;
p) Handicapped persons; and
q) Senior citizens.
RULE 17.1. In order to enable the coverage of all of the "special concerns"
mandated above, and to ensure that the capability-building of farmers and LGUs are
attended to in the formulation of the local AFMPs, the Department shall mobilize itself
to effectively manage and implement the regular and cyclical, participatory formulation
of the AFMP to be linked at the local and the national levels. In coordination with the
NAFC, the Department FOS, ATI, concerned POs and NGOs, and other o ces as
required, the PS and PAS shall draw up a plan and budget of the participatory planning
and capability-building activities, including technical advisory services, for approval by
the Secretary and nancing from, among other sources, item 7 of Section 111, on or
before September 30, 1998.
RULE 17.2. To support the capability-building activities for farmers, shers
and LGUs, the Department, particularly the PS, PAS, ATI and FOS shall issue reading and
other information materials, suggested procedures and formats, templates and other
manuals which will serve as references for Provincial and Municipal Agricultural
personnel in their planning activities. The materials shall be in su cient quantities and
shall be prepared at least in the English, Pilipino and Visayan languages. While initial
materials may be in print, succeeding editions shall be improved and be accompanied
and supplemented by multi-media materials. The PS and PAS shall, in coordination with
the Department FOS, AFIS and ATI, mobilize itself to effectively prepare the learning
materials on local agriculture and fisheries development planning. The Department shall
update these materials at least every three years. The PS, PAS, ATI and the FOS may
draw from the capability-building funds allocated under item 7 of Section 111 for this
purpose, subject to the approval of the Secretary. The Department on or before
December 30, 1998 shall make the first editions of these materials available.
SECTION 18. Monitoring and Evaluation. — The Department shall develop the
capability of monitoring the AFMP through a Program Bene t Monitoring and
Evaluation System (PBMES). In addition, it can secure the services of independent
consultants and external evaluators in order to assess its over-all impact. The
Department shall make periodic reports to the Congressional Oversight Committee on
Agriculture and Fisheries Modernization. SCaEcD
RULE 18.1. The PS shall bear primary responsibility and authority for the
design and the participatory, coordinated and interlinked execution of the Program
Bene t Monitoring and Evaluation System (PBMES) for the AFMP, the Department and
the agricultural and fisheries sector.
RULE 18.2. The PBMES shall be used to assess the effectivity of the AFMP.
Effective immediately, the design of all Department programs and activities shall
include a M&E component. The PS shall formulate and issue guidelines on system and
data standards for compliance and corresponding Guidelines for Operations, for
reference by the various M&E units of the Department. The PS on or before December
30, 1998 shall issue the initial guidelines. The guidelines shall be reviewed and updated
at least every two (2) years.
RULE 18.3. In coordination with the Bureau of Agricultural Statistics (BAS)
and the Information Technology Center for Agriculture and Fisheries (ITCAF) and the
AFIS, the PS shall ensure that the information arising from the PBMES shall be
consistent with the NIN.
RULE 18.4. To implement the PBMES, the PS is authorized to mobilized and
obtain resources, if necessary, from other units of the Department and external
assistance, subject to the approval of the Secretary. The implementation of the PBMES
shall be nanced from, in addition to other sources, item 10 of Section 111, subject to
the approval of the Secretary.
RULE 18.5. A major initial activity of the PMS with regard to the PBMES shall
be the inventory of beneficiaries and their status.
SECTION 19. Role of Other Agencies. — All units and agencies of the
government shall support the Department in the implementation of the AFMP.
In particular, the Department of Public Works and Highways shall coordinate with
the Department with respect to the infrastructure support aspect of the plan in order to
accomplish networking of related infrastructure facilities.
The Department of the Interior and Local Government shall provide assistance to
the Department in mobilizing resources under the control of local government units.
The Departments of Trade and Industry, Agrarian Reform, Science and
Technology, and Environment and Natural Resources shall coordinate their investment
programs and activities to complement the Department's implementation of the AFMP.
The Department of Education, Culture and Sports, the Technical Education and
Skills Development Authority, the Department of Health and the Department of Social
Services and Development shall coordinate with the Department to determine the
nancial requirements of small farmers and sherfolk to adjust to the effects of
modernization as envisioned in the Agriculture and Fisheries Modernization Plan.
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources shall provide technical
assistance and advice on the delineation of the SAFDZ and on the development of the
Department's environment protection plans.
The Department referred to above shall be required to identify in their budget
proposals the allocation intended for the improvement of the environmental and other
conditions affecting agriculture and fisheries.
Congressional initiatives shall also be coordinated by the Committees of
Agriculture of both Houses to complement and enhance the programs and activities of
the Department in the implementation of the AFMP.
CHAPTER 3
Credit
SECTION 20. Declaration of Policy. — it is hereby declared the policy of the
State to alleviate poverty and promote vigorous growth in the countryside through
access to credit by small farmers, sherfolk, particularly the women involved in the
production, processing and trading of agriculture and sheries products and the small
and medium scale enterprises (SMEs) and industries engaged in agriculture and
fisheries.
Interest rates shall be determined by market forces, provided that, existing credit
arrangements with agrarian reform bene ciaries are not affected. Emphasis of the
credit program shall be on proper management and utilization.
In this regard, the State enjoins the active participation of the banking sector and
government financial institutions in the rural financial system.
RULE 20.1. The Secretary, as Chairperson of the Agricultural Credit Policy
Council (ACPC), in collaboration with the National Credit Council (NCC), shall organize
dialogue sessions among all stakeholders in rural, agricultural and sheries nancing.
The sessions shall be held at least on a semestral basis beginning the second
semester of 1998. The sessions will assess the status of rural, agricultural and
sheries nancing and recommend and initiate policies, actions and mechanisms for
the improvement of the banking and nancial system's contribution to agricultural and
fisheries modernization.
SECTION 21. Phase-out of the Directed Credit Programs (DCPs) and
Provision for the Agro-Industry Modernization Credit and Financing Program (AMCFP).
— The Department shall implement existing DCPs; however, the Department shall, within
a period of four (4) years from the effectivity of this Act, phase-out all DCPs and
deposit all its loanable funds including those under the Comprehensive Agricultural
Loan Fund (CALF) including new funds provided by this Act for the AMCFP and transfer
the management thereof to cooperative banks, rural banks, government nancial
institutions and viable NGOs for the Agro-Industry Modernization Credit Financing
Program (AMCFP). Interest earnings of the said deposited loan funds shall be reverted
to the AMCFP.
RULE 21.1. The Executive Director (ED) and staff of the Agricultural Credit
Policy Council (ACPC), jointly with the National Credit Council (NCC) shall, through a
participatory process with the bene ciaries and stakeholders, formulate the program
of phase-out of all directed credit programs (DCP), including the Comprehensive
Agricultural Loan Fund (CALF). The program shall include the plan, guidelines and
timetable for the inventory, appraisal, accounting and funds transfer and phaseout of
the DCPs so that the DCP funds shall be consolidated in order to nance the Agro-
industry Modernization Credit and Financing Program (ACMFP). The phase-out
program shall be consulted with the speci c agencies and units managing and
operating the various DCPs. The proposed program shall be submitted for approval by
the ACPC ED to the ACPC Council and the NCC on or before September 30, 1998. Upon
approval, the program will be implemented by the Department and completed on or
before February 9, 2001.
SECTION 22. Coverage. — An agriculture, sheries and agrarian reform credit
and nancing system shall be designed for the use and bene t of farmers, sherfolk,
those engaged in food and non-food production, processing and trading, cooperatives,
farmers'/ sherfolk's organization, and SMEs engaged in agriculture and sheries,
hereinafter referred to in this chapter as the "beneficiaries."
RULE 22.1. The ED and staff of the ACPC, in collaboration with the NCC, shall
draft the design of the AMCFP and submit the design for approval by the ACPC Council
and the NCC on or before December 30, 1998. The AMCFP shall be operational on or
before March 30, 1999 and nanced from, among other sources, the proceeds of the
phase out of DCPs. The draft design shall also cover the operating guidelines for the
AMCFP; funding sources and requirements; the eligibility criteria for participating
nancial institutions; and modes, terms and conditions of nancial arrangements and
instruments, including safeguards. The ACPC ED shall consult the private sector
nancial system in the drafting process and shall call meetings and workshops with the
Bankers' Association of the Philippines, the Chamber of Thrift Banks, the Financial
Executives Association of the Philippines (FINEX), the Development Bankers'
Association (DBAP), the Rural Bankers' Association (RBAP), the Federation of
Cooperative Banks (Bangkoop ) and other concerned groups.
SECTION 23. Scope of the Agro-Industry Modernization Credit and Financing
Program (AMCFP). — The Agro-industry Modernization Credit and Financing Program
shall include the packaging and delivery of various credit assistance programs for the
following:
a) Agriculture and sheries production including processing of sheries and
agri-based products and farm inputs;
b) Acquisition of work animals, farm and fishery equipment and machinery;
c) Acquisition of seeds, fertilizer, poultry, livestock, feeds and other similar
items;
d) Procurement of agriculture and sheries products for storage, trading,
processing and distribution;
e) Acquisition of water pumps and installation of tube wells for irrigation;
f) Construction, acquisition and repair of facilities for production, processing,
storage, transportation, communication, marketing and such other
facilities in support of agriculture and fisheries;
g) Working capital for agriculture and sheries graduates to enable them to
engage in agriculture and fisheries-related economic activities;
h) Agribusiness activities which support soil and water conservation and
ecology-enhancing activities;
i) Privately-funded and LGU-funded irrigation systems that are designed to
protect the watershed;
j) Working capital for long-gestating projects; and,
k) Credit guarantees on uncollateralized loans to farmers and fisherfolk.
RULE 23.1. The LBP, DBP and QuedanCor shall initiate the nancing of viable
long-gestating projects within the second quarter of 1998. Such projects will include
plantation crops, orchards, tree farms and other high-value crops consistent with the
provisions of RA 7900.
RULE 23.2. Subject to the viability of the projects and the creditworthiness of
the borrowers, the coverage of the AMCFP in items a through k of Section 23 above are
further specified as follows:
RULE 23.2.1. Agriculture and sheries production including processing of
sheries and agri-based products and farm inputs including but not limited to eld and
sea beds preparation for mariculture, construction of shponds, materials used in
canning, dehydration, manufacturing of fertilizers and pesticides and weaving nets;
RULE 23.2.2. Acquisition of work animals, farm and shery equipment and
machinery including but not limited to carabaos, tillers, harvesters and threshers of all
applicable power ranges, post-harvest facilities, weighing scales and packaging
equipment, fishing vessels and gears;
RULE 23.2.3. Acquisition of seeds, fertilizer, poultry, livestock, feeds and
other similar items including but not limited to the procurement of high-yielding
varieties, organic and inorganic fertilizers, hybrid animal stock and fish meal;
RULE 23.2.4. Procurement of agriculture and sheries products for storage,
trading, processing and distribution including but not limited to procurement, forward-
selling, order-taking and contract-growing of rice and corn, legumes, bers, fruits and
rootstocks, coconut, raw rubber, livestock and meat products, sh and other marine
products;
RULE 23.2.5. Acquisition of water pumps and installation of tube wells and
low-lift pumps for irrigation including but not limited to the procurement of power
trains, motors, pipes, tubing's, accessories and spare parts;
RULE 23.2.6. Construction, acquisition and repair of facilities for production,
processing, storage, transportation, communication, marketing and such other facilities
in support of agriculture and sheries including but not limited to the equipment, spare
parts and infrastructure of processing plants, ice plants and cold storage facilities,
grain dryers, warehouses, grains silos, reefer vans, barges, trucks and vehicles, IT and
telecommunication equipment;
RULE 23.2.7. Working capital for agriculture and sheries graduates to
enable them to engage in agriculture and sheries-related economic activities including
but not limited to production, processing and trading of agricultural and shery
products and inputs, research and development activities, extension work,
management consultancy and community organizing;
RULE 23.2.8. Agribusiness activities which support soil and water
conservation and ecology-enhancing activities including but not limited to research,
development and extension activities and management consultancy in soil, water and
resources conservation;
RULE 23.2.9. Privately-funded and LGU-funded irrigation systems that are
designed to protect the watershed including but not limited to development, planning,
construction, operation and maintenance of communal irrigation systems, small water
impounding projects (SWIPs), STWs, HTWs, and LLPs;
RULE 23.2. 10. Working capital for long-gestating projects including but not
limited to the cost of labor such as land preparation and salaries and wages for their
staff, employees and consultants, and inputs such as seed, seedlings, fertilizers,
pesticides, transportation and farm machinery, communication and IT equipment; and
RULE 23.2. 11. Credit guarantees, subject to the following criteria: (a) credit-
worthiness of the borrowers, (b) competence in project and loan management, and (c)
Project viability.
SECTION 24. Review of the mandates of Land Bank of the Philippines,
Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation, Guarantee Fund For Small and Medium
Enterprises, Quedan and Rural Credit Guarantee Corporation, Agricultural Credit Policy
Council. — The Department of Finance shall commission an independent review of the
charters and the respective programs of the Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP),
Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation (PCIC), Guarantee Fund for Small and Medium
Enterprises (GSFME), Quedan and Rural Credit Guarantee Corporation (Quedancor), and
Agricultural Credit Policy Council (ACPC), and recommend policy changes and other
measures to induce the private sector's participation in lending to agriculture and to
improve credit access by farmers and sherfolk; Provided, That agriculture and
sheries projects with long gestation period shall be entitled to a longer grace period in
repaying the loan based on the economic life of the project.
The Land Bank of the Philippines, shall, in accordance with its original mandate,
focus primarily on plans and programs in relation to the nancing of agrarian reform
and the delivery of credit services to the agriculture and sheries sectors, especially to
small farmers and fisherfolk.
The review shall start six (6) months after the enactment of this Act. Thereafter,
the review shall make recommendations to the appropriate Congressional Committees
for possible legislative actions and to the Executive Branch for policy and program
changes within six (6) months after submission.
RULE 24.1. The Secretary of Finance shall issue a directive on or before
August 30, 1998 to execute the review mandated above. The review shall consider the
structure and results so far of the work of the NCC ongoing since 1993, and shall
provide for substantial inputs from the private sector and intended bene ciaries. The
Secretary of Finance shall engage an independent panel of experts to perform the
review. The review will be nanced by the guarantee institutions according to a sharing
formula determined by the Secretary of Finance. The review shall start no later than
November 1, 1998 and shall be completed by March 30, 1999.
RULE 24.2. On or before May 1, 1999 the results of the review shall be
presented for executive action to the O ce of the President; the Secretaries of Finance
and Agriculture; the BSP; the ACPC Council; the NCC; the Governing Boards of the Land
Bank of the Philippines (LBP), Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation, the Guarantee
Fund for Small and Medium Enterprises, QuedanCor, stakeholders and bene ciaries,
and finally the appropriate Congressional Committees for possible legislation.
RULE 24.3. T h e Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas and the ACPC Council shall
formulate, through a participatory process involving representatives of lenders,
bene ciaries and independent nancial and agribusiness analysts, the implementing
guidelines for the setting of variable grace periods on the repayments on loans and
guarantees to long-gestating and viable agricultural and sheries projects. The
guidelines shall be presented to the Monetary Board and the Secretaries of Agriculture
and Finance for consideration and implementation on or before December 30, 1998.
SECTION 25. Rationalization of Credit Guarantee Schemes and Funds. — All
existing credit guarantee schemes and funds applicable to the agriculture and shery
sectors shall be rationalized and consolidation shall cover the credit guarantee
schemes and funds operated by the QuedanCor, the GSFME and the Comprehensive
Agricultural Loan Fund. The Agriculture and Fisheries Credit Guarantee Fund shall be
managed and implemented by the Quedancor, provided that, representation to the
Quedancor Board shall be granted to cooperatives, local government units and rural
nancial institutions; provided further that, credit guarantee shall be given only to small-
scale agriculture and sheries activities and to countryside micro-, small and medium
enterprises. It may also cover loan guarantees for purchase orders and sales contracts.
The Agriculture and Fisheries Credit Guarantee Fund shall be funded by at least
ten percent (10%) of the funding allocation for the AMCFP.
RULE 25.1. The QuedanCor, subject to the overview of the ACPC Council and
the NCC, shall engage an independent team of experts to undertake a review of the
performance of the various guarantee schemes and funds and to draft a rationalization
plan for these schemes and funds, and a design of the Agriculture and Fisheries Credit
Guarantee Fund (AFCGF). The Terms of Reference of the review team shall be jointly
drafted by the QuedanCor and GFSME for approval by the Secretary on or before
August 30, 1998.
RULE 25.2. The results of the review and the subsequent rationalization plan
shall be submitted by the QuedanCor for approval by the Secretaries of Finance and
Agriculture, the ACPC Council and the NCC on or before June 30, 1999.
RULE 25.3. The Department and the QuedanCor shall implement the
rationalization plan upon its approval. Implementation shall include the transfer of
funds allocated from the AMCFP and the funds consolidated as a result of the
rationalization and consolidation of the credit and guarantee funds.
RULE 25.4. The Quedancor Board shall be enlarged, effective August 30,
1998 by representative of the following sectors: cooperatives, local government units
and rural nancial institutions. The representatives shall be appointed by the Secretary
upon the recommendation of the QuedanCor President based on consultations with
respective sectoral associations.
CHAPTER 4
Irrigation
SECTION 26. Declaration of Policy. — It is the policy of the State to use its
natural resources rationally and equitably. The State shall prevent the further
destruction of watersheds, rehabilitate existing irrigation systems and promote the
development of irrigation systems that are effective, affordable, appropriate, and
efficient.
In the choice of location-speci c irrigation projects, the economic principle of
comparative advantage shall always be adhered to.
RULE 26.1. The Department, particularly through the NIA, BSWM and FOS,
shall collaborate with the DENR and concerned LGUs, SUCs, POs and NGOs in the
preparation and implementation of programs and projects for watershed protection
and rehabilitation. All irrigation projects utilizing surface supply sources shall be
prepared considering their relation to the sustainability of watershed areas. All
irrigation projects drawing from groundwater supply sources shall be prepared
considering the aquifers' sustainable yields and recharge areas.
RULE 26.2. To ensure the participatory and coordinated planning and
management of irrigation services and to monitor the implementation of Sections 26
through 37, the Department and the NIA shall prepare a proposed bill for the
amendment of the NIA charter such that the membership of the NIA Board is expanded
to include representatives of the Department's FOS and BSWM, as well as key
representatives of stakeholders, particularly IAs. The proposed bill shall be submitted
by the NIA and the Department to Congress on or before July 30, 1998.
RULE 26.3. The Department shall program for rehabilitation only those
existing systems whose sources can supply the dry season irrigation requirements of a
minimum level set by a Department SO. The rst SO shall be recommended by the NIA
on or before September 30, 1998.
RULE 26.4. In general, the jurisdictions for the delivery of technical assistance
services shall be de ned in terms of height of the dams. The BSWM shall be
responsible for the delivery of technical assistance in relation to dams fteen (15)
meters or lower, and the NIA for dams higher than 15 meters.
SECTION 27. Research and Development. — Irrigation Research and
Development (R & D) shall be pursued and priority shall be given to the development of
effective, appropriate and efficient irrigation and water management technologies.
The Department shall coordinate with the Department of Environment and
Natural Resources concerning the preservation and rehabilitation of watersheds to
support the irrigation systems. IDASHa
RULE 27.1. The Department, particularly through the NIA, BAR and the BSWM,
in coordination and collaboration with the rest of the Irrigation Research and
Development Network (IRDN) shall conduct R & D activities to improve the
management, effectivity and e ciency of irrigation systems, the protection and
sustainability of watersheds, and the adaptation or adoption of modern irrigation
technology. Irrigation research shall be a speci c component of the National Research
and Extension Agenda (NAREA) under the overall coordination of the Council for
Extension, Research and Development in Agriculture and Fisheries (CERDAF). The NIA
shall also strengthen its Irrigation Engineering Center by upgrading its research
facilities and technical training programs.
RULE 27.2. The Department, particularly through the IRDN, in collaboration
with the DENR, National Water Resources Board (NWRB) and DOST, shall increase its
level of nancial, manpower and logistical support for the Comprehensive Irrigation R &
D Umbrella Program (CIRDUP), on concerns such as:
RULE 27.2.1 The assessment of surface water potentials for irrigation,
protection and management of critical watersheds, enhancing water and resources
capability and identi cation and zoning of areas potentially irrigable by various modes
of irrigation,
RULE 27.2.2. The assessment of drainage and irrigation efficiency,
RULE 27.2.3. the aquifer characterization program, and
RULE 27.2.4. The assessment of development priorities in the rehabilitation
of gravity irrigation versus other modes of irrigation.
RULE 27.3. The Department, particularly through entities collaborating under
the CIRDUP shall institutionalize and strengthen the IRDN. The IRDN shall be expanded
to include private sector entities, POs, NGOs, SUCs and appropriate research
institutions. Technical support for the research activities shall be provided by the
appropriate NCEs while the BAR, in collaboration with the IRDN shall monitor CIRDUP
activities.
RULE 27.4. The Department shall lead, through the BSWM, in coordination
with the DENR and appropriate R & D institutions and SUCs in the planning and
implementation of R & D and action programs concerning the preservation and
rehabilitation of watersheds. Emphasis shall be on strategies for erosion control,
sediment transport, reservoir sedimentation, water yield enhancement and the
development of cost-effective and socially acceptable watershed rehabilitation
measures.
SECTION 28. Criteria for Selection of Irrigation Development Scheme. — The
selection of appropriate scheme of irrigation development shall be location-speci c
and based on the following criteria:
a) Technical feasibility;
b) Cost-effectiveness;
c) Affordability, low investment cost per unit area;
d) Sustainability and simplicity of operation;
e) Recovery of operation and maintenance cost;
f) Efficiency in water use;
g) Length of gestation period; and,
h) Potential for increasing unit area productivity.
All irrigation projects shall, in addition to the criteria enumerated above, be
subjected to a social cost-benefit analysis.
RULE 28.1. The technical details of the criteria for the selection and
prioritization of irrigation projects shall be further speci ed by the Department in the
form of a Departmental AO. This AO shall be drafted through a participatory process
involving stakeholders and analysts convened on or before August 30, 1998.
RULE 28.2. The above criteria are further speci ed, such that the selection of
appropriate scheme of irrigation development shall consider geographical differences
in production and economic conditions, as well as agro-ecological characteristics,
opportunities and problems as follows:
RULE 28.2.1. Technical feasibility . — Based on location-speci c design
criteria such as a minimum percentage of dependable water supply, land suitability for
irrigation, a minimum cropping intensity, drainability, feasibility of water diversion and
conveyance;
RULE 28.2.2. Cost-effectiveness — A threshold Economic Internal Rate of
Return (EIRR), favorable Benefit Cost Ratio (BCR) and relatively short payback period;
RULE 28.2.3. Sustainability and simplicity of operation — Investment fully
recoverable or shouldered by the private sector, simple to operate that the system can
easily be turned over to water users and amenable to privatization
RULE 28.2.4. Potential for increasing unit area productivity — Optimum
bene t or production increase with project, focus on area with low yield and cropping
intensity level.
RULE 28.2.5. Affordability, low investment cost per unit area — A maximum
investment cost per hectare;
RULE 28.2.6. Recovery of operation and maintenance cost — Easy to operate
for quick and easy turn-over to water users or amenable to privatization. There should
be no subsidy or gradual removal of subsidy on operation and maintenance cost;
RULE 28.2.7. Efficiency in water use — A minimum overall water efficiency;
RULE 28.2.8. Length of gestation period — A maximum gestation period and,
RULE 28.2.9. The above-listed criteria are not mutually exclusive, and the rst
four (4) must all be met and therefore serve as minimum criteria. Prioritization of the
projects can then be made on the basis of the remaining four (4) criteria.
RULE 28.2.10. These above criteria shall be reviewed by the Department and
the NIA Board given the results of the regular review of irrigation undertaken by the
Department's M&E system.
RULE 28.3. All irrigation projects shall, in addition to the criteria enumerated
above, be subjected to a social cost-bene t and acceptability analysis, the
methodology for which shall be established for all publicly- nanced irrigation projects
by the Department in coordination with the Investment Coordination Committee (ICC)
through a Department AO. The Department PDS, assisted by the NIA and BSWM, shall
draft the AO for the approval of the Secretary on or before September 30, 1998.
RULE 28.4. Subject to the above criteria issued as an AO, the NIA shall
recommend for the approval of the Secretary and implementation by the Department,
NIA, BSWM, NEDA and other o ces as required the priority irrigation structures and
schemes for development and investment, including those with nancing drawn from,
among other resources, item 1 of Section 111. The NIA shall submit its
recommendations on the rst set of irrigation structures deemed priority for
construction and nancing to the Secretary on or before September 30, 1998. The NIA
Board shall review the criteria and the list of priority projects on an annual basis.
SECTION 29. Simpli ed Public Bidding . — The construction, repair,
rehabilitation, improvement, or maintenance of irrigation projects and facilities shall
follow the Commission on Audit (COA) rules on simplified public bidding.
Irrigation projects undertaken by farmers, farmers' organizations and other
private entities whose funding is partly or wholly acquired by way of loan from
government financial institutions shall not be subject to the bidding requirements of the
government.
RULE 29.1. The Department, particularly through the NIA and BSWM, shall in
consultation with the Commission on Audit, prepare the detailed guidelines on
simplified public bidding. The draft guidelines shall be submitted for the approval of the
NIA Board and the Secretary in the form of a draft Department AO on or before July 30,
1998.
RULE 29.2. Irrigation projects undertaken by farmers, farmers' organizations
and other private entities whose funding is partly or wholly acquired with nancing from
government financial institutions shall not be subject to the bidding requirements of the
government. These projects include, among others, the loans for shallow tube wells and
low-lift pumps, STW credit scheme and the LBP small-scale irrigation lending facility.
RULE 29.3. The authority to undertake the construction, Approval of
resolution, Award and Approval of Contracts under Local Minor Contracts (LMC) are
within the delegated authority of the NIA Regional Irrigation Managers/Project
Managers concerned and shall have a limit of ten million pesos (P10,000,000) per
contract. Work schedule per LMC package shall be de ned by speci c station limits,
identifiable points, specific structures and performance parameters.
RULE 29.4. Force Account Works, categorized as "Pacquiao (pakyaw)
Contract" and/or Labor Intensive Contracts are packaged for labor provision only.
Priority in the award of these contracts is accorded to end-users, farmer-bene ciaries,
IAs, POs and NGOs who are capable and interested in the work(s).
SECTION 30. National Irrigation Systems (NIS). — The National Irrigation
Administration (NIA) shall continue to plan, design, develop, rehabilitate and improve
the NISs. It shall continue to maintain and operate the major irrigation structures
including the headworks and main canals.
In addition, the NIA is mandated to gradually turn over operation and
maintenance of the National Irrigation System's secondary canals and on-farm facilities
to Irrigators' Associations.
RULE 30.1. The NIA shall continue to plan, design, develop, rehabilitate and
improve the NISs. It shall continue to maintain and operate the major irrigation
structures including the headworks and main canals.
RULE 30.2. The NIA, in consultation with the Department, IAs and other
relevant entities shall accelerate and complete the turnover of the Operation and
Maintenance (O&M) of secondary canals and on-farm structures of the NIS to the
management and O&M by IAs. Effective upon the issuance of these IRR, the preparation
and execution of any national irrigation project shall provide for the participation of IAs
and/or LGUs from initiation and also include a time-bound component of complete
turnover to IAs and/or LGUs.
RULE 30.3. The turnover of the O&M of existing NIS structures shall be
completed on or before June 30, 1999. Provided, that:
RULE 30.3.1. The physical and technical capacity to deliver and distribute
adequate and timely irrigation water is not impaired, and
RULE 30.3.2. The relevant IA is deemed jointly by the DA and the NIA to be
prepared to assume the responsibility of O&M, according to criteria and capacity
building activities agreed upon between the Department, NIA and the Federation of IAs,
and
RULE 30.3.3. Appropriate transition measures are provided for any personnel
who may be adversely affected by the turnover.
RULE 30.4. The Department and the NIA shall collaborate on a program of
capability-building for IAs to enable these to independently and successfully manage
their NIS O&M tasks. The NIA, in consultation with the ATI, FOS and the IRDN shall draft
a capability-building program for approval by the Secretary on or before October 30,
1998. The capability-building program for the IAs shall incorporate components for,
among others, technical assistance, logistical support and training.
SECTION 31. Communal Irrigation Systems (CIS) — The Department shall,
within ve (5) years from the effectivity of this Act, devolve the planning, design, and
management of CISs, including the transfer of NIA's assets and resources in relation to
the CIS, to the LGUs. The budget for the development, construction, operation and
maintenance of the CIS and other types of irrigation systems shall be prepared by and
coursed through the LGUs. The NIA shall continue to provide technical assistance to
the LGUs even after complete devolution of the Irrigation Systems to the LGUs, as may
be deemed necessary.
RULE 31.1. The Department, particularly the NIA and the BSWM, in
consultation with the DILG, DPWH, DBM, DOF, DENR, IAs, Leagues of LGUs and other
relevant entities, shall formulate and implement a program to devolve responsibilities
related to CISs to the relevant LGUs. Turnover shall include responsibilities related to
nancing, planning, management, design, operation and maintenance, relevant assets
and resources, and transition measures for affected personnel. The proposal for the
turnover program shall be jointly submitted by the NIA and the BSWM for approval by
the Secretary on or before December 30, 1998. The turnover of existing CIS to LGUs
shall be completed by February 9, 2003, or sooner if deemed feasible by the NIA Board.
RULE 31.2. Effective Fiscal Year 2003, the public investment, capital and
other budgets for all CIS and CIS Projects shall be prepared by and coursed through
LGUs. Such approval of such projects and the nancing of these from national
resources will be subject to the completion of coordinated public investment,
integrated SAFDZ and AFMP plans consistent across administrative/political
boundaries.
RULE 31.3. Henceforth, the preparation and execution of any and all irrigation
projects shall provide for the participation of IAs and/or LGUs from initiation and also
include a time-bound component not to exceed ve (5) years from project initiation, of
complete turnover to IAs and/or LGUs:
RULE 31.4. The NIA shall continue to provide technical assistance to LGUs
and IAs even after the complete devolution of the irrigation systems. LGUs may appoint
and engage NIA and its NIACONSULT or other rms, under mutually-acceptable terms,
to provide technical and management services for CIS.
RULE 31.5. The Department, particularly through the NIA and the ATI, in
collaboration with the DOF and the DILG shall collaborate on a program of capability-
building to enable LGUs to independently and successfully sustain the CIS. The NIA
shall enable a participatory process to draft a capability-building program for LGUs for
approval by the Secretary on or before December 30, 1998. The capability-building
program for the LGUs shall incorporate components for, among others, technical and
financial assistance, logistical support and training.
SECTION 32. Minor Irrigation Schemes. — The Department shall formulate
and develop a plan for the promotion of a private sector-led development of minor
irrigation systems, such as Shallow Tube Wells (STWs), Low-Lift pumps (LLPs) and
other inundation systems. The plan shall be included in the Short-term Agriculture and
Fisheries Modernization Plan.
RULE 32.1. The Department shall promote an atmosphere that will encourage
the innovation of private-sector owned and operated irrigation systems. These systems
shall be independently executed and managed specially by farmers, farmers'
associations or NGOs and include such modes and mechanisms such as, but not
limited to, shallow tube wells, low-lift pumps, pressurized irrigation systems, small farm
reservoirs, small water-impounding and diversion dams and other inundation systems
and structures.
RULE 32.2. The Department will encourage nancial institutions to nance
the private, independent acquisition of irrigation equipment such as pumpsets and
drilling rigs.
RULE 32.3. The Department will also support programs on the capacity-
building and training of well drillers and machinery manufacturers and farmers; agro-
industrial extension; concerted R&D and improved delivery of other essential irrigation
support services and functions.
RULE 32.4. The Department, particularly the FOS, NIA and BSWM shall
formulate, through a participatory process, the plan and program to promote the
accelerated development of independent, privately owned and operated irrigation
systems. The program shall build and expand upon the experience of the existing
program to promote STWs and other minor systems. The proposed plan and program
shall be presented for review and approval by the Secretary on or before September 30,
1998 for implementation by or before January 1, 1999. DTEcSa
SECTION 33. Other Irrigation Construction Schemes. — The Government shall

also encourage the construction of irrigation facilities through other viable schemes for
the construction of irrigation such as build-operate-transfer, build-transfer and other
schemes that will fast track the development of irrigation systems.
RULE 33.1. The Department shall encourage innovations in the design,
engineering, nancing and O&M of irrigation systems. Financing arrangements shall
include build-operate-transfer, build-transfer and other mechanisms.
SECTION 34. Guarantee of the National Government. — To make build-
operate-transfer (BOT) projects for irrigation attractive to proponents, the national
government shall issue the needed payment guarantee for BOT projects which shall
answer for default of the National Irrigation Administration. Such amounts needed to
answer for the payment guarantee is hereby to be appropriated.
RULE 34.1. The National Government, through the DOF shall issue its
guarantees covering the loan payment obligations of the NIA's solicited and approved
BOT projects for irrigation, provided that, such projects are consistent with the
provisions, guidelines and procedures set under RA 7718 (Amended BOT Law), DOF
Order 35-89 (Guidelines on the Extension of Guarantees by the National Government
for Borrowings of Government-Owned or Controlled Corporations) and DOF
Memorandum-Circular 1-91 (Implementing Guidelines Governing the Collection of
Guarantee Fee Charged by the National Government on Domestic and Foreign
Borrowings of Government-Owned or Controlled Corporations Including Government
Financial Institutions). The Department and the NIA, in coordination with the DBM, shall
ensure that funds needed for the payment guarantee under the BOT contract(s) shall be
included in the President's program of expenditures submitted to Congress.
SECTION 35. Irrigation Service Fees (ISF). — Upon effectivity of this Act the
NIA shall immediately review the ISF rates and recommend to the Department
reasonable rates within six (6) months from the effectivity of this Act.
RULE 35.1. The NIA, through independent R&D entities, in consultation with
the Department, other concerned agencies and representatives of IAs, shall conduct a
review of ISF rates charged in systems managed by the NIA, using participatory
processes. The review shall be completed and the recommendations submitted for
review and approval by the NIA Board and the Secretary on or before August 10, 1998.
RULE 35.2. Reasonable ISF rates shall consider the full recovery of O&M
costs as well as the following factors:
RULE 35.2.1. Yield levels,
RULE 35.2.2. Efficiency of the irrigation system, and
RULE 35.2.3. Quality of irrigation services.
SECTION 36. Monitoring and Evaluation. — The Department shall monitor the
implementation of R and D programs and irrigation projects. The Department shall
review all existing irrigation systems every four (4) years, to determine their viability or
ineffectiveness. The Department shall employ the services of independent evaluators to
assess the over-all impact of the country's irrigation development.
RULE 36.1. The Department shall cause the regular monitoring and
independent evaluation of the implementation of the irrigation program and related
R&D projects. Operational monitoring shall be performed by the implementing agencies
such as the NIA, BSWM and LGUs in coordination with IAs and POs. Strategic M&E shall
be managed by the PS and BAS with, where appropriate, independent analysts. The
design and nancing of all irrigation projects must include a M&E consistent with
PBMES. The information generated in the irrigation M&E and evaluations shall be
included in the NIN.
RULE 36.2. The rst general review of all irrigation projects shall be
completed and reported to the NIA Board and the Department on or before June 30,
1999. The performance of irrigation systems shall be reviewed from the agronomic,
hydrologic engineering, ecological sustainability, environmental safety and socio-
economic aspects. Thereafter, an independent review of the irrigation program and
existing systems shall be conducted every four (4) years.
SECTION 37. Exemption from Election Ban. — The repair, maintenance and
rehabilitation of irrigation facilities as well as BOT irrigation projects shall be exempted
from the scope of the election ban on public works.
RULE 37.1.Based on the recommendation of the NIA Board and the BSWM, the
Secretary shall furnish to the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) the list of irrigation
projects deemed to be essential and covered by the exemption from the ban on public
works during the election period as decreed by the COMELEC. The Secretary shall
provide the COMELEC with the list of irrigation projects exempted from the Election
Ban not later than one calendar month before the start of the campaign period as set
by the COMELEC.
CHAPTER 5
Information and Marketing Support Service
SECTION 38. Declaration of Policy. — It is hereby declared the policy of the
State to empower Filipino farmers and sherfolk particularly the women involved in
agriculture and sheries through the provision of timely, accurate and responsive
business information and e cient trading services which will link them to pro table
markets for their products. They shall likewise be given innovative support toward the
generation of maximum income through assistance in marketing.
SECTION 39. Coverage. — A market information system shall be installed for
the use and bene t of, but not limited to, the farmers and sherfolk, cooperatives,
traders, processors, the LGUs and the Department.
SECTION 40. The Marketing Assistance System. — The Department shall
establish a National Marketing Assistance Program that will immediately lead to the
creation of a national marketing umbrella in order to ensure the generation of the
highest possible income for the farmers and sherfolk or groups of farmers and
fisherfolk, matching supply and demand in both domestic and foreign markets.
RULE 40.1. The Agribusiness Investment and Information Service (AIIS) shall
be renamed the Agribusiness and Marketing Assistance Service (AMAS). The
Marketing Assistance Service is reorganized into the Agricultural and Fisheries
Information Service (AFIS), with functions enumerated in Section 42. All the functions,
as well as the divisions of the former AIIS and MAS shall be merged into the AMAS. The
AMAS shall be under the supervision of the Department o cer charged with
Operations.
RULE 40.2. The appropriate personnel in the RFUs shall be organized into the
Agribusiness and Marketing Assistance Division (AMAD). The AMAS shall collaborate
with, and provide direct assistance to, the private sector, including concerned NGOs
and POs, in marketing ventures and in the conduct of market analysis, identi cation and
matching.
RULE 40.3. The Department's Agricultural Attaches shall, in addition to their
other functions, also provide services under the direction of the Secretary on marketing
related concerns, such as: intelligence, investment, identi cation, sourcing and
matching
RULE 40.4. The Department, particularly the AMAS, assisted by the NFA and
the National Agribusiness Corporation (NABCOR) shall draft the design for the National
Marketing Assistance Program (NMAP). The NMAP shall cover the DA's full set of
projects, activities and services in support of agriculture and sheries marketing and
post-harvest commerce, including the National Marketing Umbrella (NMU). The NMAP
design shall be formulated through a participatory process in consultation with entities
such as:
RULE 40.2.1. Network and system of existing National Marketing
Cooperatives,
RULE 40.2.2. National Market Vendors Service Cooperative (NAMVESCO)
and similar associations, including consumers' associations,
RULE 40.2.3. Marketing small and medium-scale enterprises,
RULE 40.2.4. Agribusiness and Industry associations, including, but not
limited to: Philippine Confederation of Grains Enterprises (PHILCONGRAINS), Philippine
Food Exporters Association (PhilFoodEx), Philippine Exporters Association
(PhilExport), the Management Association of the Philippines (MAP), MAP Agribusiness
for Countryside Development Foundation (MAP-ABCDEF), the Philippine Chamber of
Commerce and Industry (PCCI), and other associations;
RULE 40.2.5. Concerned GFIs, particularly the LBP, QuedanCor, PCIC, GFSME,
and SBGFC;
RULE 40.2.6. Concerned agencies and o ces: the DTI, BOI, CDA, DAR, DOLE,
NAFC, PS, NABCOR, NFA, FTI, PAS, and
RULE 40.2.7. Concerned associations of farmers and sherfolk, POs and
NGOs.
RULE 40.5. Upon the completion of consultations and inputs from the
concerned entities, the AMAS shall consolidate the proposed NMAP for approval by the
Secretary on or before October 30, 1998.
RULE 40.6. In addition to the functions of the former AIIS and MAS, the AMAS
shall be responsible for the following support services and activities:
RULE 40.6.1. Inventory and assessment of the utilization levels of all post-
harvest facilities including storage, transport, materials handling, communication,
laboratory and ancillary facilities owned by the National Food Authority (NFA), Food
Terminal Incorporated (FTI), Philippine Fisheries Development Authority (PFDA) as well
as idle assets acquired by government controlled nancial institutions, banks and other
government entities.
RULE 40.6.2. Upon the completion of the above inventory and assessment,
the facilitation of the turn-over of selected facilities, where feasible and under
appropriate valuation and equity arrangements, to support the operation of the NMU as
part of the NMAP.
RULE 40.6.3.With the support and cooperation of the private sector and
specialized governmental agencies, the provision of management and technical
support and assistance to marketing and agribusiness projects of farmers' and
fisherfolk's organizations and cooperatives. Such assistance may include support for:
i. Preparation of business and institution-building plans,
ii. Training in information technology,
iii. Networking and referrals for enterprise development and investments ,
and
iv. market matching and investment packaging.
RULE 40.6.4. In collaboration with the Post-harvest Horticulture Training and
Research Center (PHTRC), the Bureau of Post-Harvest Research and Extension (BPRE)
and other appropriate o ces, the provision of technical assistance in the rehabilitation
and/or upgrading of existing and viable post-harvest and related facilities for
processing, transport and communication facilities to be used by the NMU, including:
i. Materials handling and packaging, including bulk and institutional
packaging;
ii. Cold storage including blast, plate, and tunnel freezing systems;
iii. Warehousing, including ambient and conventional systems;
iv. Reefer vans, containers and livestock carriers;
v. Telecommunications facilities, and
vi. Wholesale facilities at key production centers.
RULE 40.6.5. Facilitation of linkages of farmers' organizations at the regional
and provincial levels with urban and population centers and markets, and the promotion
of reduced post-harvest losses and value-adding activities;
RULE 40.6.6. Provision of nancial and technical assistance for viable
contract growing schemes or joint agribusiness ventures, smallholder estates in ARC
areas, particularly through financial institutions participating in the AMCFP;
RULE 40.6.7. Financing of technical services for the conceptualization, design
and operationalization of the NMU;
RULE 40.6.8. Promotion of appropriate product standards and quality
management;
RULE 40.6.9. Advocacy for policy reforms supportive of market
modernization, and
RULE 40.6.10. Organization, in collaboration with the appropriate o ces and
entities, of fairs, exhibits, shows and other events which promote the marketing of
various agricultural and fishery commodities and products. Provided, that:
i. Domestic fairs shall primarily be the responsibility of the AMAS, in
consultation with agencies such as the DTI, DOT, LGUs and the private
sector associations;
ii. Participation in foreign fairs shall also be pursued in collaboration with the
DTI, CITEM and DOT; and
iii. In collaboration with the private-sector bene ciaries and exhibitors,
mechanisms for cost recovery and sustainability shall be incorporated into
the exhibits and fairs.
RULE 40.7. The Department, particularly through the AMAS will support the
creation of the NMU. The strategic mechanisms leading to the creation of the NMU
include:
RULE 40.7.1. The NMU is a private marketing system initiated by the broad-
based network of agribusiness cooperatives and entities, created to provide market
access, on a globally-competitive and sustainable basis, to the products of smallholder
and medium-scale farmers, fisherfolk and agro-based processing entrepreneurs.
RULE 40.7.2. The NMU is primarily composed of representatives of farmers'
and sherfolk's organizations, cooperatives and federations of cooperatives and
associations that are:
i. Existing and functional as of the effectivity of RA 8435;
ii. Duly-registered with the CDA or the SEC;
iii. Has a membership whose principal livelihood is in agriculture and/or
fisheries;
iv. Dominated by smallholders, and
v. Regionally and Nationally federated.
RULE 40.7.3. The NMU shall be governed by a Board of Directors that shall be
elected through a democratic process from among the members. The Government
shall sit on the Board, but only in a non-voting, observer capacity. The o cers of the
NMU shall be selected by the Board from among themselves.
RULE 40.7.4. Management of the NMU shall be vested in the Managing
Director who shall be appointed by the NMU Chairman of the Board. The Managing
Director shall assume full responsibility in the organization, planning, human resource
recruitment and training, control of operations and implementation of marketing
programs, projects and related facilities;
RULE 40.7.5. The NMU shall monitor and establish continuing contact with
key agricultural and shery production areas to anticipate marketing needs and link
producers/processors with local and foreign buyers. The NMU shall prepare formal
arrangements to institutionalize the needed physical and funding requirements to
ensure the production, procurement, handling and transportation, processing and
packaging until full delivery of the ordered commodity in consonance with agreed
product quality specifications and programmed delivery schedules.
RULE 40.7.6. The NMU shall establish a strong product database showing
supply and demand indices in coordination and linked with the NIN.
RULE 40.7.7. The role of the Government in the NMU shall be limited to public
investment and technical support during the formative stage of the NMU, principally in
the nancing of start-up, facilitation of turn-over of appropriate facilities under a user
fee and investment recovery scheme and the provision of technical and management
information services;
RULE 40.7.8. Upon the acceptability and approval of the design of the NMU,
its organization shall be nanced from, among other sources, as speci ed in item 5 of
Section 111.
SECTION 41. National Information Network. — A National Information
Network (NIN) shall be set up from the Department level down to the regional,
provincial and municipal o ces within one (1) year from the approval of this Act taking
into account existing information networks and systems.
The NIN shall likewise link the various research institutions for easy access to
data on agriculture and sheries research and technology. All departments, agencies,
bureaus, research institutions, and local government units shall consolidate and
continuously update all relevant information and data on a periodic basis and make
such data available on the Internet.
RULE 41.1. The BAS and the ITCAF shall design and operationalize the NIN, in
collaboration with the AFIS referred to in Section 42. On or before September 30, 1998,
the BAS and the ITCAF shall jointly propose for the approval of the Secretary the
mobilization plans that will enable the BAS and the ITCAF to implement the NIN. The
mobilization design shall include the organization, design and associated investment
requirements for the national structure of the NIN. The organic structure and
organization of the BAS and ITCAF shall be expanded to enable these units to assume
added functions in relation to the NIN. Additional resources shall be provided to the
BAS and ITCAF organization to improve its data collection, processing, analysis and
dissemination capabilities. The facilities of the RFUs and BAS provincial operation
centers shall be upgraded to cope-up with the requirements of the NIN.
RULE 41.2. On or before September 30, 1998, the BAS and ITCAF will submit
for the approval of the Secretary the speci c standards and applicable formats for
information and data to be included in the NIN, including the information and results
arising from the operationalization of the Department and sector-wide PBMES
mandated under Sections 18 and 36. The proposals of the BAS and ITCAF shall
incorporate the existing and partially-implemented information systems currently
operational in the Department.
RULE 41.3. The designs and standards to be employed in the NIN shall be
consulted with the major users and generators of agricultural and fisheries information.
RULE 41.4. The NIN shall be operational on or before December 30, 1998.
RULE 41.5. The NIN shall account for and link with other existing information
networks and systems. Therefore the NIN shall progressively interlink with networks
other than those within the Department such as those supported and maintained by the
PCARRD, PCMARRD, DTI, DENR, DOST, NSO, NSCB, NEDA, NCC, PIDS, SUCs and other
agencies and entities.
RULE 41.6. The NIN shall be accessible to the general public, researchers,
academics, analysts and the media.
RULE 41.7. To optimize access to information via the Internet and advanced
telecommunications, the Department OSEC library, including its budget, personnel and
other resources, is hereby placed within the functional and organizational structure of
the ITCAF. The ITCAF Director and the Department Administrative Services Director
shall draft a SO that, when approved by the Secretary of Agriculture, implements the
transfer of supervision over the OSEC Library from the AS to the ITCAF on or before
July 30, 1998.
RULE 41.8. Upon approval by the Secretary, the organization, plans and
designs for the establishment of the NIN shall be nanced from, among other sources,
items 5 and 10 of Section 111.
SECTION 42. Information and Marketing Service. — The NIN shall provide
information and marketing services related to agriculture and sheries which shall
include the following:
a) Supply data;
b) Demand data;
c) Price and price trends;

d) Products standards for both fresh and processed agricultural and
fisheries products;
e) Directory of, but not limited to, cooperatives, traders, key market centers,
processors and business institutions concerned with agriculture and
fisheries at the provincial and municipal levels;
f) Research information and technology generated from research institutions
involved in agriculture and fisheries;
g) International, regional and local market forecasts; and
h) Resource accounting data.
RULE 42.1. The Agriculture and Fisheries Information Service (AFIS) shall be
established to ensure the effective packaging and broad dissemination of agriculture
and sheries production and market information. The AFIS shall be composed of the
o ce of the Director of the former MAS and existing Agricultural Information Division
(AID). The AID is hereby renamed the Agriculture and Fisheries Information Division
(AFID). The AFIS shall be organized into a service with divisions on Development
Support Communication, Media Relations and Production and Circulation. At the
Regional level, the existing Agricultural Communication Section shall be constituted into
the Regional Agriculture and Fisheries Information Division (RAFID) which shall be
provided technical assistance and supervision by the AFIS. On or before September 30,
1998 the detailed design and TOR of the AFIS and the RAFID shall be jointly proposed
by the Undersecretary for Operations for approval by the Secretary.
RULE 42.2. The AFIS and the RAFIDs shall collaborate with the PIA and the
entire tri-media network to disseminate agriculture and sheries production,
investment and market information.
RULE 42.3. The AFIS and the AFID shall provide those services provided by
the former AID as well as marketing and agribusiness information services on both
domestic as well as foreign markets.
RULE 42.4. The Department's Agricultural Attaches shall, in addition to their
other functions, provide information relevant to foreign agriculture and sheries
markets and foreign agribusiness investment opportunities, in coordination, as
appropriate, with the Commercial Attaches of the DTI.
SECTION 43. Initial Set-up. — The Department shall provide technical
assistance in setting-up the NIN at the local level through the cooperatives and the
LGUs. Provided that, at the local level, a system that will make marketing information
and services related to agriculture and sheries will be readily available in the
city/municipal public market for the benefit of the producers, traders and consumers.
RULE 43.1. The BAS, ITCAF and AFIS shall collaborate to prepare the
program to ensure that the services of the NIN are made available to LGUs and
cooperatives. Upon approval by the Secretary, the organization, plans and designs for
the establishment of the NIN at the LGU and cooperatives levels shall commence on or
before October 1, 1998 and be nanced from, among other sources, items 5 and 10 of
Section 111.
SECTION 44. Role of Government Agencies. — The Bureau of Agricultural
Statistics will serve as the central information server and will provide technical
assistance to end-users in accessing and analyzing product and market information
and technology.
The Department of Transportation and Communication shall provide technical
and infrastructure assistance to the Department in setting up the NIN.
LGUs shall coordinate with the Department for technical assistance in order to
accelerate the establishment and training of information end-users in their respective
jurisdictions.
The Cooperative Development Authority shall coordinate with the Department for
technical assistance in order to provide training assistance to cooperatives in the use
and analysis of market information and technology.
RULE 44.1. The BAS shall serve as the central information source and server,
while the ITCAF shall ensure the provision of the necessary information technology, IT
training, and basic infrastructure requirements of the NIN. The AFIS shall ensure that
the services of the NIN are directly applicable to actual marketing conditions. Together,
the BAS, ITCAF and the AFIS form the NIN implementation group of the Department.
RULE 44.2. The DOTC shall ensure that the NIN is supported with the
appropriate telecommunications links. Where feasible, the ITCAF and the BAS shall
establish suitable telecommunications links with capable private sector service
providers.
RULE 44.3. The BAS and the ITCAF will collaborate with the National
Computer Center (NCC), the FOS and the DILG to ensure that LGUs are provided access
to the NIN. A program of increasing coverage and access to the NIN by LGUs shall be
jointly drafted by the ITCAF and the DILG for the guidance of the Department, the DILG
and the participating LGUs. LGUs shall be encouraged to participate and invest in the
NIN. The design of this program shall be submitted to the Secretaries of Agriculture
and Interior and Local Government on or before September 30, 1998.
RULE 44.4. The BAS and the DA ITCAF shall establish a continuing training
program for key operators and users of the NIN. The training program may be
implemented in collaboration with appropriate national training institutions, according
to a basic design approved by the BAS and the ITCAF. The training program shall be
operational on or before September 30, 1998.
RULE 44.5. The BAS and the ITCAF will collaborate with the CDA, the NMU
and the appropriate networks to ensure that marketing cooperatives are provided
access to the NIN. A program of increasing coverage and access to the NIN by
marketing cooperatives shall be jointly drafted by the ITCAF, BAS and the CDA.
Cooperatives shall be encouraged to participate and invest in the NIN. The design of
this program shall be submitted to the Secretaries of Agriculture and the Chairperson
of the CDA on or before September 30, 1998.
SECTION 45. Role of Private Sector. — The NIN shall likewise be accessible
to the private sector engaged in agriculture and sheries enterprises. The Department
shall formulate guidelines and determine fees for private sector entities that use the
NIN. HaDEIc
RULE 45.1. The Department shall seek the cooperation and collaboration of
the private sector in the operation of the NIN. The NIN shall be designed to be self-
supporting within ve (5) years of its launching. The BAS and ITCAF shall explore and
innovate mechanisms to ensure cost recovery and sustainability, where recoveries are
applied to the improvement and sustainability of the NIN and its associated training
programs, but without disregarding equity in access to the NIN, particularly by small
and subsistence farmers and sherfolk and their associations. The Department shall
request the DBM to provide authority for a revolving fund to be managed by the ITCAF
and BAS as part of the cost-recovery feature of the NIN.
CHAPTER 6
Other Infrastructure
SECTION 46. Agriculture and Fisheries Infrastructure Support Services. — The
Department of Public Works and Highways, the Department of Transportation and
Communication, Department of Trade and Industry and the LGUs shall coordinate with
the Department to address the infrastructure requirements in accordance with this Act.
Provided that the Department and the LGUs shall also strengthen its agricultural
engineering groups to provide the necessary technical and engineering support in
carrying out the smooth and expeditious implementation of agricultural infrastructure
projects.
RULE 46.1. The Department, particularly the PS, shall formulate the
agriculture and shery infrastructure plan and monitor its implementation. The
agriculture and shery infrastructure plan shall be consolidated based on submissions
from all the various units of the Department and its partner LGUs. The rst edition of
the agriculture and shery infrastructure plan shall be submitted for the approval of the
Secretary on or before December 30, 1998.
RULE 46.2. The Department, particularly the BPRE and the FOS shall
collaborate with other o ces of the Department and with LGUs to strengthen their
agricultural and sheries engineering capacities. The Secretary shall designate an
appropriate o cial to take charge of the Department's program of infrastructure
support for agricultural and fisheries modernization.
SECTION 47. Criteria for Prioritization. — The prioritization of government
resources for rural infrastructure shall be based on the following criteria:
a) Agro-industrial potential of the area;
b) Socio-economic contributions of the investments in the area;
c) Absence of public investment in the area; and
d) Presence of agrarian reform beneficiaries and other small farmers and
fisherfolk in the area.
RULE 47.1. The Department, particularly the FOS, BPRE and the PDS shall
draft, though a participatory process, the guidelines in the form of a draft Department
AO detailing the broad criteria stated in Section 47. The guidelines shall also include
criteria based on sustainability and social acceptability. The draft AO will be submitted
to the Secretary for approval on or before September 30, 1998.
RULE 47.2. Effective immediately, the government and the relevant
departments and entities, including the Department and its component o ces, shall
refer to Sections 46 and 47 and related rules and regulations in the prioritization of
objects for public investment in rural infrastructure. In particular, the Investment
Coordination Committee (ICC), the NEDA and the DBM shall collaborate with the
Department in the programming of rural infrastructure and in the screening of rural
infrastructure projects to be prioritized in the annual and medium-term PIP as nanced
under the Public Works Act and general appropriations.
RULE 47.3. The integrated development plans for the SAFDZs shall include
the prioritized agricultural and shery infrastructure and support services including
funding requirements.
SECTION 48. Public Infrastructure Facilities. — Public infrastructure
investments shall give preference to the kind, type, and model of infrastructure facilities
that are cost-effective and will be useful for the production, conservation, and
distribution of most commodities and should bene t the most number of agriculture
and fisheries producers and processors.
SECTION 49. Private Infrastructure Facilities. — For infrastructure primarily
bene ting private investors, the State shall facilitate the purchase and use of such
facilities and shall keep to the minimum the bureaucratic requirements for these types
of investments. Private investors include cooperatives or corporations of agriculture
and fisheries producers and processors.
SECTION 50. Public Works Act. — The Department of Public Works and
Highways shall coordinate with the Department for the purpose of determining the
order of priorities for public works funded under the Public Works Act which directly or
indirectly affect agriculture and fisheries.
RULE 50.1. The Department, particularly the FOS and PDS shall prepare
recommendations on agriculture and sheries infrastructure which may be
incorporated in the following:
RULE 50.1.1. the public works programmed under the General
Appropriations Act,
RULE 50.1.2. the priority infrastructure programs of the Departments of
Public Works (DPWH) and Transportation and Communications (DOTC), and
RULE 50.1.3. the infrastructure programs of LGUs and legislators in key
production areas.
SECTION 51. Fishports, Seaports and Airports. — The Department of
Transportation and Communications, Philippine Ports Authority and Philippine Fisheries
Development Authority shall coordinate with the Department for the purpose of
determining priority shports, seaports and airports and facilitating the installation of
bulk-handling and storage facilities and other post-harvest facilities needed in order to
enhance the marketing of agriculture and sheries products; Provided, That shports,
seaports and airports are also equipped with quarantine, sanitary and phytosanitary
centers. The Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) shall have the
mandate to cancel arrastre and cargo handling franchises among operators whom it
deems ine cient and/or ineffective owing, but not limited to, a past history of under-
capitalization, lack of equipment and lack of professional expertise. The DOTC shall
recommend to the Philippine Ports Authority and consult with ship-owners and ship-
operators in assessing the cargo-handling capabilities of cargo operators prior to
extending new franchises or awards.
RULE 51.1. The DOTC, the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA), NEDA and other
agencies with infrastructure functions shall coordinate with the Department for the
inventory, appraisal and determination of priority shports, seaports and airports and
facilitating the installation of bulk-handling and storage and other post-harvest facilities
needed in order to enhance the marketing of agriculture and sheries products. For this
purpose the aforementioned agencies shall consult the Department prior to initiating
the process of investment in rural, agricultural and fisheries infrastructure.
RULE 51.2. The PDS shall coordinate with the relevant o ces and agencies,
particularly the Bureau of Agriculture and Fishery Products Standards (BAFPS), the
Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI), the Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI), the Bureau of
Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR), among others, to ensure that the appropriate
quarantine, sanitary and phytosanitary centers are established in the country's major
fishports, seaports and airports.
RULE 51.3. The Department, particularly the FOS, PS, PAS and the PDS, shall
collaborate with the DOTC, DTI, PPA, MARINA, the LGUs concerned, representatives of
farmers and sherfolk's associations and the private agribusiness and shipping sector
to continuously assess the quality and e ciency of such services, including policies
and regulations governing shipping, arrastre, ports infrastructure and services,
stevedoring, charges and tariffs, safety and related matters.
SECTION 52. Farm-to-Market Roads. — The Department shall coordinate with
the LGUs and the resident-farmers and sherfolk in order to identify priority locations
of farm-to-market roads that take into account the number of farmers and sherfolk
and their families who shall bene t therefrom and the amount, kind and importance of
agricultural and fisheries products produced in the area.
Construction of farm-to-market roads shall be a priority investment of the LGUs
which shall provide a counterpart of not less than ten percent (10%) of the project cost
subject to their IRA level.
RULE 52.1. The Department, particularly the PDS and the PS, and its RFUs
shall collaborate with LGUs, DPWH and other stakeholders in the planning, prioritization
and construction of roads and road networks with signi cant impact on the transport
of agricultural and fisheries commodities. On or before September 30, 1998, LGUs shall
provide a minimum 10 percent counterpart for the construction of farm to market
roads in their jurisdictions. The Provincial or City Engineer, or the DPWH shall provide
technical assistance to LGUs.
SECTION 53. Rural Energy — The Department shall coordinate with the
Department of Energy (DOE), the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH),
National Electri cation Administration (NEA) and the National Power Corporation
(NAPOCOR) for the identi cation and installation of appropriate types of energy
sources particularly in the use of non-conventional energy sources for the locality in
order to enhance agriculture and fisheries development in the area.
RULE 53.1. The Department shall establish mechanisms of cooperation,
information-sharing and consultation with the DOE, National Power Corporation (NPC),
National Electri cation Administration (NEA) and the DPWH such that an adequate
supply of electricity, particularly that generated by non-conventional means, is provided
in support of SAFDZs and agro-industrial activities. The DOE, in collaboration with the
PDS, shall prepare an assessment of the state of energy supply to agro-industry for
presentation to the NAF Council on or before December 30, 1998.
SECTION 54. Communications Infrastructure. — The Department shall
coordinate with the DOTC to facilitate the installation of telecommunication facilities in
priority areas, in order to enhance agriculture and fisheries development.
RULE 54.1. The Department, particularly the ITCAF and the PDS, shall
establish mechanisms of cooperation, information-sharing and consultation with DOTC
and the NTC to ensure that adequate telecommunications facilities are provided in
support of SAFDZs and agro-industrial activities. The DOTC shall prepare an
assessment of the state of telecommunications services for agro-industry, in
collaboration with the DA-ITCAF for the NAF Council on or before December 30, 1998.
SECTION 55. Water Supply System. — The Department shall coordinate with
the DPWH and the LGUs for the identi cation and installation of water supply system in
the locality for agro-industrial uses to enhance agriculture and sheries development in
the area.
SECTION 56. Research and Technology Infrastructure . — The Department in
coordination with other government agencies shall give priority and facilitate the
funding of infrastructure necessary for research ventures such as farm laboratories and
demonstration farms with state colleges and universities that derive their core funds
from the Department.
RULE 56.1. The Department in collaboration with other agencies, shall give
priority and facilitate the funding of the R&D infrastructure such as farm laboratories
and demonstration farms of SUCs. The SUCs shall submit R&D proposals for co-
nancing to the Department through the RIARCs and BAR, including scholarships and
thesis support for students.
SECTION 57. Post-Harvest Facilities. — The Department shall coordinate with
the Bureau of Post-harvest for Research and Extension and the Post-harvest
Horticulture, Training and Research Center of the University of the Philippines at Los
Baños, to identify appropriate post-harvest facilities and technology needed to enhance
agriculture and fisheries development in the area.
RULE 57.1. The Department, particularly the PDS, BPRE, PhilRice and PFDA
shall establish a joint planning schedule and work program with the UPLB PHTRC and
other o ces to facilitate the implementation of the post-harvest program. The BPRE
shall lead the formulation and execution of a post-harvest technology development and
promotion program for the major commodities other than rice. The rst post-harvest
work program shall be submitted to the Secretary on or before September 30, 1998 for
the balance of 1998.
SECTION 58. Public Market and Abattoirs. — The Department shall

encourage the LGUs to turn over the management and supervision of public markets
and abattoirs to market vendors' cooperatives and for that purpose, the appropriation
for post-harvest facilities shall include the support for market vendors' cooperatives.
The Department shall coordinate with the LGUs in the establishment of

standardized market systems and use of sanitary market facilities, and abattoirs,
intended to ensure food safety and quality.
All markets shall have a sanitation unit, proper and adequate drainage and
sewerage system, ample water supply, public toilets with lavatories, garbage
receptacles, ice plants and cold storage, adequate lighting and ventilation and supply of
electricity to ensure cleanliness and sanitation. Price monitoring bulletin boards for
selected commodities and weighing scales accessible to the public shall also be
established.
Proper protection and preservation of agriculture and sheries products being

sold in the market shall also be observed. All foods which require no further cooking
shall be wrapped, covered, or enclosed in containers to preserve the freshness and
prevent contamination. Selling of products on market floors shall be prohibited.
RULE 58.1. The NMIC, assisted by the AMAS and in consultation with the
DOF, DILG, DBM and other appropriate entities including financial institutions, shall draft
a program aimed at the turnover of abattoirs and public markets by LGUs to vendors'
or suppliers' cooperatives, subject to the maintenance of the health and safety
standards and the absorption of quali ed abattoir personnel by the LGUs and/or
cooperatives. The program drafted by the NMIC shall be submitted for approval by the
Secretary on or before September 30, 1998.
RULE 58.2. The public markets and abattoirs that need upgrading shall also
be considered as priority infrastructure for funding speci cally those being managed
by the market vendors' associations. Support for initiatives of cooperatives shall be
provided from items 2 to 5 of Section 111, subject to the formulation of feasible
financing schemes operated by financial institutions.
RULE 58.3. The Department, particularly the BAFPS, AMAS and the Food
Development Center (FDC), shall work with the associations and representatives of the
private sector to ensure that appropriate standards are set and maintained with regard
to health and safety concerns in the preservation, packaging and handling of agriculture
and fisheries commodities.
SECTION 59. Agricultural Machinery. — The Department shall give priority to
the development and promotion of appropriate agricultural machinery and other
agricultural mechanization to enhance agricultural mechanization in the countryside.
RULE 59.1. The Department, particularly the BPRE and FOS shall develop, in
association with the appropriate agencies, research and testing centers and industry
associations, a continuing, long-term program of development and commercialization
of appropriate agriculture and fisheries mechanization.
RULE 59.2. The tools, equipment and machinery developed under the
agricultural mechanization programs supported by the Department shall be gender and
youth-friendly.
RULE 59.3. The farm and shery tools and machines developed under the
program must be regularly subjected to social as well as economic feasibility analysis
by the Department, particularly the BAR in collaboration with the appropriate agencies
and technical institutions such as the Agricultural Machinery Testing and Evaluation
Center (AMTEC). The AMTEC may be designated by the Department to issue the
standards for agriculture and fisheries machinery.
RULE 59.4. Where the tools and equipment developed under the program
prove to be technically and economically viable, these shall be promoted by the
Department, particularly the AMAS in coordination with the specialized units of the
Department and other appropriate agencies such as the DTI, for commercialization by
the private sector.
RULE 59.5. The Department shall also provide technical assistance to LGUs
and other agencies in the upgrading of their capabilities in agricultural engineering
support for farmers and fisherfolk.
CHAPTER 7
Product Standardization and Consumer Safety
SECTION 60. Declaration of Policy. — It is the policy of the State that all
sectors involved in the production, processing, distribution and marketing of food and
non-food agricultural and sheries products shall adhere to, and implement the use of
product standards in order to ensure consumer safety and promote the
competitiveness of agriculture and fisheries products.
SECTION 61. Bureau of Agriculture and Fisheries Product Standards. — The
Department, within six (6) months after the approval of this Act, and in consultation
with the Department of Trade and Industry and the Bureau of Food and Drug, shall
establish the Bureau of Agriculture and Fisheries Product Standards (BAFPS).
RULE 61.1. On or before July 30, 1998 the Secretary shall issue an AO to
establish the BAFPS and designate the BAFPS Director. As the BAFPS is being
organized, the Secretary may designate an o cer of the Department to serve in a
concurrent capacity as BAFPS Director.
RULE 61.2. The BAFPS shall be headed by a Bureau Director and two or more
Assistant Directors appointed by the President upon the recommendation of the
Secretary. One of the Assistant Directors shall be concerned with consumer issues and
the BAFPS shall incorporate a Consumer Protection Division.
RULE 61.3. The organization and design of the BAFPS shall consider the
existing Philippine agriculture and sheries product standards, the related functions
and powers of the various agencies and o ces of the Department and other agencies
of government, including those provided under the Fisheries Code of 1998 . On the
basis of the review the BAFPS Task Force referred to in Section 64 shall propose the
speci c roles and activities of the BAFPS, and if necessary and appropriate, propose
how and when functions and their associated resources currently with other agencies
may be consolidated within the BAFPS
SECTION 62. Coverage. — The BAFPS shall set and implement standards for
fresh, primary- and secondary-processed agricultural and fishery products.
RULE 62.1. More speci cally, the coverage of the BAFPS shall include
standards related to consumer health and safety and e cient trade of raw, fresh,
primary and secondary processed agricultural and sheries products, both food and
non-food. On or before December 30, 1998 the Secretary, upon the recommendation of
the BAFPS, shall issue a Department AO specifying the full listing of products covered
by the BAFPS.
SECTION 63. Powers and Functions. — The BAFPS shall have the following
powers and functions:
a) Formulate and enforce standards of quality in the processing,
preservation, packaging, labeling, importation, exportation, distribution,
and advertising of agricultural and fisheries products;
b) Conduct research on product standardization, alignment of the local
standards with the international standards; and,
c) Conduct regular inspection of processing plants, storage facilities,
abattoirs, as well as public and private markets in order to ensure
freshness, safety and quality of products. EDHTAI
RULE 63.1 The BAFPS TF shall consult with the BFAR and the BAI on the
appropriate delineation of their respective functions in consideration of the provisions
of the Animal Welfare Act of 1998 and the Fisheries Code of 1998 , as well as practical
considerations of the logistics, ease of administration, adequacy of budgets and
personnel and agency capability. Their agreements shall be embodied in Departmental
AOs jointly drafted for the approval of the Secretary. More speci cally, in collaboration
with the appropriate agencies and, the BAFPS shall have the following powers and
functions:
RULE 63.1.1. To formulate and enforce standards of quality that will ensure
human health and safety and e ciency in the consumer consumption, marketing and
trade of agricultural and sheries products, both for export and import. Enforcement
shall include the formulation and implementation of standards utilized in the
enforcement of quarantine relative to products for human consumption.
RULE 63.1.2. Develop and implement in association with the Department,
other Departments, selected SUCs and LGUs, the codes of practice and guidelines for
the food safety and e cient trade standards in postharvest handling, primary and
secondary processing, packaging, labeling, advertising, distribution and marketing of
agricultural and fisheries products,
RULE 63.1.3. Assist government o ces and agriculture and shery
enterprises to establish the scienti c basis for domestic food safety and nutrition
standards and codes of practice and the alignment of these with internationally
accepted standards and practices,
RULE 63.1.4. Coordinate with government o ces and agriculture and shery
enterprises to develop an early-warning system on developments and trends in
international food safely and nutrition standards and codes of practice, to enable
adequate domestic adjustment to these,
RULE 63.1.5. Ensure the participation of representatives of all affected
parties, both government and non-government in the formulation of agricultural and
shery product standards and codes of practice for commodity and food safety and
efficient trade,
RULE 63.1.6. Establish and maintain, in collaboration with the NIN and the
appropriate research institution and SUCs, the database, Management Information
System (MIS) and M&E, and research on commodity and food safety and nutrition
standards,
RULE 63.1.7. Conduct product testing, surveillance and inspection of food
handling, processing and storage facilities, including abattoirs, sh ports and landing
areas and markets for compliance with approved standards and codes of practice, and
establish and operate testing centers and research laboratories for this purpose,
RULE 63.1.8. Establish an inspection and certi cation system including third
party accreditation and a professional Certi cation System for commodity standards
professionals to ensure cost-effective implementation of standards and codes of
practice,
RULE 63.1.9. In collaboration with the Department PAS, provide the
organization and manpower expertise to ensure effective preparations and background
for government participation in the deliberations on international food standards,
including those related to the World Trade Organization (WTO), Sanitary and Phyto-
sanitary Standards (SPS), Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), World Health
Organization (WHO), Codex Alimentarius Commission, the O ce Internationale des
Epizootics, the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) and other international
bodies formulating international food safety and e cient trade standards, and, subject
to the direction of the Secretary, be responsible for government participation in the
deliberations of the above international bodies,
RULE 63.1.10. Serve as the Philippines' National Enquiry Point for SPS and
other food safety and standards concerns,
RULE 63.1.11. Determine and implement, in collaboration with the
appropriate o ces and entities, the recall from the market of commodities that are
determined to be un t for human consumption. Provided, that con scated
commodities are to be destroyed, and
RULE 63.1.12. Levy and collect fees for its inspection, testing and
certi cation services. Provided, that the schedule of fees shall be subject to the
approval of the Secretary of Agriculture. Provided further, that such fees shall be
managed under a BAFPS revolving fund, proposed by the Department to the DBM to be
created in the 1999 Appropriations Act.
SECTION 64. Pool of Experts and Advisers. — The BAFPS may coordinate,
seek the services of, and consult with both private and governmental agencies,
research institutes, educational establishments and such other individuals and entities
with expertise in the field of product standards and consumer safety.
The Department of Trade and Industry, the Food and Nutrition Research Institute,
and the Bureau of Food and Drug Administration shall provide technical advice and
form part of the pool of experts/advisers of the BAFPS.
RULE 64.1. In addition to those from government agencies, the pool of
experts shall also include experts from the private sector and concerned industry
associations, POs and NGOs.
RULE 64.2. The multi-sectoral BAFPS Task Force is hereby created to
formulate the design of the BAFPS. On or before July 30, 1998 the Department
Assistant Secretary charged with Regulatory and Consumer Services or another o cer
as designated by the Secretary shall assume the chair of the BAFPS TF. The BAFPS TF
shall enable multi-sectoral consultations and the sharing of resources for the
organization and early operationalization of the BAFPS. The Chairperson of the BAFPS
TF is hereby authorized to draw resources from the concerned agencies such as, but
not limited to: BPI, BAI, LDC, NMIC, BFAR, NFA, NNC, FDC and BAR in order to organize a
secretariat for the BAFPS TF and the initial operations of the BAFPS.
RULE 64.3. The TF shall be appointed from the pool of experts by the
Secretary upon the recommendation of the TF Chairperson. The BAFPS TF shall prepare
the terms of reference, funding and manpower requirements of the BAFPS for approval
by the Secretary not later than September 30, 1998.
RULE 64.4. Upon the approval by the Secretary of the design and initial
workplan of the BAFPS, the BAFPS TF shall cease to exist. The pool of experts will
however, continue to provide technical assistance to the Department on matters
related to the BAFPS.
TITLE 2
Human Resource Development
State to give priority to education and training on science and technology in order to
accelerate social progress and promote total human liberation and development.
The State shall promote industrialization and full employment, based on sound
agriculture and sheries development and agrarian reform, through industries that
make full and efficient use of human and natural resources.
RULE 65.1. Principles in the implementation of the HRD program. — The state
recognizes that the concerted efforts and active participation of academicians,
agriculturists, shery and aquaculture specialists, agribusiness industries, and
farming/ shing communities, POs and NGOs is an important requisite in effective
planning, implementation, and evaluation of human resources development program in
agriculture and fishery.
RULE 65.2. The State shall be guided by the following principles in the
implementation of its human resource development program:
RULE 65.2.1. Quality. — The provision of quality education is the foundation
for the production of quality agriculture and shery graduates who shall have the
competence and professionalism to function in a globally competitive agriculture and
fishery industry.
RULE 65.2.2. Relevance. — A highly competitive global economy demands
responsive and exible curricula and continuing improvement of teachers' competence
and instructional and research facilities; and,
RULE 65.2.3. Access and Equity. — Agriculture and shery education at the
tertiary level should be accessible to all quali ed students regardless of economic and
social status.
SECTION 66. National Agriculture and Fisheries Education System (NAFES).
— The Commission on Higher Education (CHED), in coordination with the Department
and appropriate government agencies, shall establish a National Agriculture and
Fisheries Education System (NAFES) which shall have the following objectives:
a) To establish, maintain and support a complete and integrated system of
agriculture and fisheries education relevant to the needs of the economy,
the community and society;
b) To modernize and rationalize agriculture and fisheries education from the
elementary to the tertiary levels;
c) to unify, coordinate and improve the system of implementation of
academic programs that are geared toward achieving agriculture and
fisheries development in the country; and,
d) to upgrade the quality, ensure sustainability and promote global
competitiveness, at all levels, of agriculture and fisheries education.
RULE 66.1. Coverage of the NAFES. — The NAFES is an integrated system of
agriculture and shery education covering both public and private institutions in all
three levels of education as follows:
RULE 66.1.1. Elementary and secondary schools;
RULE 66.1.2. Post-secondary institutions offering non-degree technical or
vocational programs in agriculture and fishery; and,
RULE 66.1.3. Institutions of higher learning offering degree and post-
graduate programs in agriculture and fishery.
RULE 66.2. The National Agricultural and Fisheries Education System
Committee (NAFES Committee) is hereby created to ensure the coordinated
implementation of the National Agriculture and Fisheries Education System (NAFES)
and strengthening of the human resources of the agriculture and sheries sector as
de ned in RA 8435. To facilitate the performance of its mandate, the NAFES
Committee may create subsidiary sub-committees and/or task forces, specifying their
composition and TORs. The Chairperson of the CHED shall chair the multi-sectoral
NAFES Committee and appoint its members. The Department Undersecretary charged
with research, development and extension shall serve as Vice-Chairperson. The CHED
shall serve as the Secretariat to the NAFES Committee, which effective the third quarter
of 1998 shall meet at least once every quarter, or more often at the behest of the
Chairperson.
SECTION 67. Education Program for Elementary and Secondary Levels. —
There is hereby established an Agriculture and Fisheries Education Program under the
NAFES specially designed for elementary and secondary levels. The program shall be
formulated, organized and implemented by the DECS with the following objectives:
a) to develop appropriate values that form the foundation for sustained
growth in agriculture and fisheries modernization;
b) to increase the attractiveness of agriculture and fisheries education, so
that more young and talented person will look at agriculture and fisheries
as an acceptable option for career and livelihood;
c) to promote appreciation of science in agriculture and fisheries
development;
d) to develop among students positive attitudes towards entrepreneurship
and global competition in the agriculture and fisheries business;
e) to improve the present curriculum in the elementary and secondary levels
by emphasizing the core values necessary for agriculture and fisheries
modernization and,
f) to develop an outreach program where students, parents and the schools
become instruments in effecting positive changes in the pupil's home and
community.
RULE 67.1. The DECS shall design and implement the Agriculture and
Fisheries Education Program for Secondary and Elementary School Levels under the
NAFES. The DECS shall submit the design for the approval of the NAFES Committee on
or before September 30, 1998, for implementation by the DECS in or before the school
year 1999—2000; Provided, that the design and implementation of the Agriculture and
Fisheries Education Program for Secondary and Elementary School Levels shall be
integrated into the accreditation, evaluation and rationalization system of the NAFES in
or before the school year (SY) 2000—2001.
SECTION 68. Post-Secondary Education Program. — There is hereby
established a Post-Secondary Education Program for Agriculture and Fisheries under
the NAFES, which shall be formulated and developed by TESDA in coordination with the
appropriate government agencies and the private sector. The program shall include,
among others, the following:
a mechanism for a flexible process of curriculum development;
a)
b) integration of the dual training system in the various agricultural curricula
and training programs;
c) integration of entrepreneurship and global competitiveness in the agro-
fisheries curricula;
d) institutionalizing agriculture and sheries skills standards and technician
testing and certification;
e) regular upgrading of learning/training facilities, school buildings,
laboratory equipment, and,
f) development of a system for the strict enforcement of school regulations
regarding standards and requirements.
RULE 68.1. The TESDA shall design and implement the Post-secondary
Education Program for Agriculture and Fisheries under the NAFES. The TESDA shall
submit the design for the approval of the NAFES Committee before September 30,
1998, for implementation in or before SY 1999—2000. Provided, that the design and
implementation of the Post-secondary Education Program for Agriculture and Fisheries
shall be integrated into the accreditation, evaluation and rationalization system
developed for the NAFES in or before the SY 2000—2001.
SECTION 69. Network of National Centers of Excellence for Tertiary
Education. — There is hereby established a Network of National Centers of Excellence
in Agriculture and Fisheries Education, composed of quali ed public and private
colleges and universities, duly accredited as National Centers of Excellence (NCE) in the
field of agriculture and fisheries.
For this purpose, the CHED shall formulate and implement a system of
accreditation: Provided, that not more than one provincial institute in every province and
no more than one national university in each eld in every region shall be accredited as
such; and provided further, that the system shall be based on the following criteria:
a) institutional accessibility, population, economic contribution of agriculture
and fisheries in the community, and the needs or unique requirements of
the area;
b) quantity and quality of research studies conducted;
c) degree of utilization of research results;
d) quantity and quality of faculty members;
e) type of facilities;
f) linkage with international organization; and,
g) potential contribution to agriculture and fisheries development in the
target area. TcCSIa
RULE 69.1. The CHED, in consultation with stakeholders, shall design and
implement the periodic evaluation system of the NCEs using output-oriented
performance standards (OOPS).
RULE 69.2. The CHED shall also be responsible for the design and
implementing guidelines for the system of accreditation under the Network of NCEs.
The CHED may engage a team of experts and representatives of key institutions,
particularly the PASUC, to design the evaluation system of NCEs.
RULE 69.3. The database and the design of the evaluation and accreditation
system shall be submitted by the CHED for review by the NAFES Committee on or
before October 1, 1998, for implementation by all institutions concerned on or before
February 9, 1999.
RULE 69.4. Upon approval by the NAFES Committee of the NCE Guidelines,
the CHED shall establish no later than December 30, 1998 the Network of the NCEs in
Agriculture and Fisheries Education.
RULE 69.5. Not more than one agriculture and one shery national university
or college (NUCAF) in agriculture and sheries per region and not more than one
agriculture and one shery institute (PIAF) per province shall be selected to form part
of the NCEs;
RULE 69.6. The NAFES Committee shall determine the speci c roles and
functions of the national and provincial institutions of agricultural and sheries
education.
RULE 69.7. Universities and colleges shall complement each other in the
three-fold functions of instruction, research, and extension.
SECTION 70. Rationalization Plan. — For the purpose of upgrading and
maintaining a high degree of academic excellence in the elds of agriculture and
sheries, all existing public and private colleges and universities that are not hereinafter
designated and accredited as centers of excellence shall be given adequate time to
redirect its program to non-agriculture and/or non- sheries areas needed by the
province or region and/or merge their program with accredited NCEs in accordance
with the Rationalization Plan to be jointly formulated by the CHED and the Philippine
Association of State Universities and Colleges (PASUC) upon consultation with the
institution concerned.
The Rationalization Plan shall include a policy for the effective utilization of
affected personnel and facilities, and shall not be construed as to the result in the
decrease of the budget allocation for the state universities and colleges concerned.
RULE 70.1. Based on guidelines approved by the NAFES Committee, the
CHED, in coordination with the PASUC and the Association of Colleges of Agriculture of
the Philippines (ACAP), shall draft and implement the rationalization plan of NCEs
based on the results of the evaluation and accreditation system and consistent with RA
7722 (The Higher Education Act of 1994 ) and RA 8292 (The Higher Education
Modernization Act of 1997). The rationalization plan shall make use of the output-
oriented performance standards in the assessment of institutions.
RULE 70.2. All existing public and private colleges and universities that are
not hereinafter designated and accredited as NCEs shall be allowed a maximum of ve
(5) years from the date of noti cation to redirect its program to non-agriculture and/or
non- sheries areas needed by the province or region. The rationalization plan shall be
submitted by the CHED for the approval of the NAFES Committee on or before March
30, 1999, and for implementation on or before July 1, 1999; Provided, that:
RULE 70.2.1. Not more than one agriculture and one shery NUCAF in
agriculture and sheries per region and not more than one PIAF per province shall be
selected as an NCE;
RULE 70.2.2. In regions where there is only a single NUCAF and provinces
where there is only a single PIAF, these institutions shall automatically be selected by
CHED as potential NCEs for development. The selection process shall only apply to
regions or provinces where more than one contending institution operates.
RULE 70.2.3. The CHED shall determine no later than March 30, 1999 the
appropriate elds in agriculture or shery, which a selected NUCAF may offer, based on
the human resource needs of the country and capability of the NCE concerned.
RULE 70.2.4. Effective SY 1999—2000, schools not identi ed as NCEs in
agriculture and sheries shall no longer offer agriculture and sheries courses, unless
these are jointly offered with an accredited NCE.
RULE 70.2.5. The CHED may designate an NCE to perform zonal instructional
services in speci c undergraduate or graduate degree programs to achieve economies
of scale.
RULE 70.2.6. The Technical Panel for Agriculture Education (TPAE) shall
propose criteria developed for the selection of NUCAFs to perform zonal instructional
services for degree programs.
RULE 70.2.7. For public NCEs with non-agriculture and shery instructional
mandates, the institutions concerned shall delineate those portions of the institution
which may be designated as the NUCAF or PIAF from the whole university or college
and prepare a separate budgetary requirement for endorsement by the CHED to the
DBM.
RULE 70.2.8. The Rationalization Plan shall include a policy for the effective
utilization of affected personnel and facilities and shall not result in the decrease of the
budget for the SUCs concerned.
RULE 70.2.9. The nancing of the tasks related to the modernization of
agricultural and sheries education as mandated under RA 8435 shall be nanced from
the respective agency budgets of the CHED, TESDA, DECS and the Department. If
necessary, supplementary nancing may be drawn from, among other sources, item 9
of Section 111. For this purpose the CHED, TESDA and DECS shall draw up speci c
annual budgets for the purpose and submit these to the Secretary and the NAFES
Committee for approval and financing.
SECTION 71. Counterpart Funding from LGUs . — The LGUs shall, within two
(2) years from the effectivity of this Act, provide at least ten percent (10%) of the
Maintenance and Other Operating Expenses (MOOE) budget for the operation of the
provincial institutes within their area of responsibility.
In consultation with the LGUs, the CHED shall develop a provincial-national
partnership scheme for a reasonable sharing of nancial support taking into account
social equity factors for poor provinces.
RULE 71.1. In consultation with the LGUs, DBM, DOF and the Department, the
CHED shall develop a partnership- nancing scheme with provincial LGUs for the
accredited NCEs in their provinces, to be implemented on or before February 9, 2000.
The scheme shall account for social equity factors for poor provinces.
SECTION 72. National Integrated Human Resource Development Plan in
Agriculture and Fisheries. — The CHED, in coordination with the Department and
appropriate government agencies, shall formulate, develop and implement an
integrated human resource development plan in agriculture and sheries which shall
serve as an instrument that will provide over-all direction in setting priorities in
curricular programs, enrollment, performance targets, and investment programs.
RULE 72.1. The CHED, in coordination with the Department and other
appropriate agencies shall formulate and implement the National Integrated Human
Resource Development Plan (NIHRDP) in Agriculture and Fisheries. The NIHRDP shall
cover academic, research and development, extension and practitioners in agriculture
and fisheries. The components of the NIHRDP shall include:
RULE 72.1.1. an assessment of the state of human resources, particularly
extension, research and development personnel, in the Department and other agencies
in the NAFES, and
RULE 72.1.2. long-term, continuing program incorporating scholarships,
recruitment, orientation, in-service training, continuing education and if necessary, early
retirement.
RULE 72.2. The NIHRDP shall incorporate the application of the scienti c
career system to the appropriate technology, research and analysis positions and units
of the Department and related agencies, consistent with the Magna Carta for Science
and Technology Personnel.
RULE 72.3. The NIHRDP shall incorporate a competitive compensation and
incentive structure.
RULE 72.4. The CHED and the Department may engage the services of HRD
professionals to provide technical assistance in drawing up the long-term NIHRDP. The
rst NIHRDP shall be submitted for the approval of the NAFES Committee and the
Secretary on or before December 30, 1998, and implementation on or before April 1,
1999.
RULE 72.5. The nancing of the NIHRDP shall be drawn from, among other
sources, items 7, 9 and 11 of Section 111.
SECTION 73. Output-Oriented Performance Standards. — In order to ensure
institutional accountability, e ciency, and quality, there shall be formulated and
developed an Output-Oriented Performance Standards which shall serve as the primary
instruments for institutional evaluation.
For this purpose, all public and private universities and colleges, that are
designated as centers of excellence, shall cause to be installed a computerized
monitoring and evaluation system that periodically collects and regularly measures
variables indicating institutional performance based on the Output-Oriented
Performance Standards.
RULE 73.1. The CHED shall formulate and develop the Output-Oriented
Performance Standards (OOPS), not later than September 30, 1998, that shall serve as
the basis for individual and institutional evaluation. The OOPS shall include qualitative
and quantitative standards of institutional performance on internal productivity
(management systems, governance, leadership and resource utilization) and external
productivity (institutional e ciency and effectiveness in producing the desired
outputs).
RULE 73.2. All designated NCEs in agriculture and sheries shall install
computerized M&E systems which shall facilitate the collection and analysis of data for
output-oriented performance evaluation as well as the third party evaluation every ve
(5) years. The CHED, in collaboration with the NUCAFs and PIAFs shall design, set up
and operate a computerized M&E network which will provide timely and accurate data
on manpower supply and demand, impact of NAFES on the agriculture and shery
graduates, diffusion of relevant and innovative technologies and other developments in
the agriculture and shery sector in the region (for NUCAFs) and the province (for
PIAFs), not later than June 30, 1999.
RULE 73.3. The OOPS and the M&E system for the NCEs shall be linked to the
NIN.
SECTION 74. Evaluation System. — Not later than one (1) year from the
effectivity of this Act, the CHED shall establish a baseline information using the Output-
Oriented Performance Standards referred to in Section 73 of this Title. Once every ve
(5) years thereafter, all designated NCEs in agriculture and sheries shall be subject to
a third party evaluation.
The evaluation shall include, among others, management and educational experts
of national stature and representatives of key sectors of the agriculture and sheries
industries, as well as representatives of the Department, the Department of
Environment and Natural Resources, the Department of Science and Technology, and
the National Economic and Development Authority.
RULE 74.1. The CHED shall establish the baseline OOPS information on NCEs
no later than December 30, 1998. Periodically, once every ve (5) years or at intervals
determined by the NAFES, and thereafter, all designated NCEs in agriculture and
sheries shall be subject to a third party evaluation. The CHED shall formulate
appropriate incentive schemes for institutions that are performing well and appropriate
sanctions for those institutions which are performing below standards.
RULE 74.2. The external or third party evaluation teams shall include, among
others, the following:
RULE 74.2.1. Management and educational experts of international or
national stature,
RULE 74.2.2. Representatives of key sectors of the agriculture and sheries
industries, including POs and NGOs,
RULE 74.2.3. Representatives of the Department, DOST, NEDA, and other
appropriate agencies, and
RULE 74.2.4. Representatives of the relevant LGUs.
SECTION 75. Agriculture and Fisheries Board. — There shall be created an
Agriculture and Fisheries Board in the Professional Regulation Commission to upgrade
the Agriculture and Fisheries profession.
Those who have not passed the Civil Service Examination for Fisheries and
Agriculture but have served the industry in either private or public capacity for not less
than five (5) years shall be automatically granted eligibility by the Board of Examiners.
The rst board of examination for B .S. Fisheries and/or Agriculture Graduates
shall be conducted within one (1) year from the approval of this Act.
RULE 75.1. The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) shall create and
operationalize a Board of Agricultural and Fisheries (BAF), a collegial body, under its
administrative supervision and control, appoint its Chairman and members, provide
their quali cations and terms of o ce, prescribe its powers, functions and
responsibilities other related matters on the licensing and regulations of the practice of
agriculture and sheries. The PRC shall issue and promulgate its rules and regulations
governing the creation and operation of the said Board, the licensing and regulation of
the practice of agriculture and sheries and other related purposes and activities
implementing Section 75 of RA 8435. The Board's Chairman and Members shall be
appointed not later than October 30, 1998.
RULE 75.2. The budget for the organization and operations of the BAF shall
be drawn from a supplemental budget that the PRC shall submit to the DBM.
RULE 75.3. The first licensure examination for BS Fisheries and/or Agriculture
graduates shall be given not later than December 23, 1998.
RULE 75.4. The Civil Service Commission shall confer eligibility on those
graduates of agriculture or sheries courses who have not taken the Civil Service
Examination for Fisheries and Agriculture but have continuously served the industry in
either private or public capacity for at least five (5) years upon application for eligibility.
RULE 75.5. The BAF and the PRC shall, in collaboration with the Department
and representatives of the affected groups, study the feasibility of a licensure
examination for Specialist Practice in particular elds of Agriculture and Fisheries. The
BAF shall, subject to the approval of the PRC, submit its recommendations to the
NAFES Committee and the Secretary on or before June 30, 1999.
SECTION 76. Continuing Agriculture and Fisheries Education Program. — The
Commission on Higher Education, the Department of Education, Culture and Sports and
Technical Education and Skills Development Authority, in coordination with the
Department and the public and private universities and colleges, shall formulate and
develop a National and Integrated Continuing Agriculture and Fisheries Education
Program, which shall address the current education and training requirements of
teachers, professors and educators in agriculture and fisheries.
For this purpose, pre-service and in-service training of teachers in Home
Economics Livelihood Education (HELE) for the primary level and Technology and
Home Economics (THE) for the secondary level, shall be upgraded. cHaDIA
RULE 76.1. The CHED, DECS and TESDA in coordination with the Department
and the public and private universities and colleges in the NAFES, shall formulate the
National and Integrated Continuing Agriculture and Fisheries Education Program
(NICAFEP). The proposal for the NICAFEP shall be presented to the NAFES Committee
on or before September 30, 1998, for implementation on or before SY 1999—2000.
RULE 76.2. The Department, particularly the ATI and the Human Resources
Development Division (HRDD), shall prepare, in coordination with the various institutions
in the NAFES, a program of continuing education for the Department staff. If feasible,
the continuing education requirements of the DAR and the DENR shall also be
considered in the program. The Department shall present to the NAFES Committee its
proposed program on or before September 30, 1998.
RULE 76.3. The DECS shall formulate and implement a program of HELE
upgrading. The DECS shall present its upgrading proposals to the NAFES Committee
RULE 76.4. The TESDA shall formulate and implement a program of THE
upgrading. The TESDA shall present its upgrading proposals to the NAFES Committee
RULE 76.5. The nancing for the NICAFEP, the Continuing Education program
of the Department, as well as the upgrading of HELE and THE, shall be drawn from,
among other sources, item 9 of Section 111.
SECTION 77. Scholarship Program. — The CHED, in coordination with public
and private universities and colleges, TESDA and the DBM, shall develop a national
scholarship program that provides opportunities for deserving academic staff to
pursue advanced degrees in agriculture and sheries . Where appropriate, such
scholarship program shall also provide opportunities for graduate work in foreign
universities.
RULE 77.1. The CHED, in collaboration with the concerned agencies, shall
draft the guidelines for a national scholarship program for deserving academic staff to
pursue advanced degrees in agriculture and sheries. The draft guidelines shall be
submitted for the approval of the NAFES Committee on or before September 30, 1998.
RULE 77.2. The Department, particularly the ATI and the NAFC, shall expand
its existing program of scholarships for degree and non-degree training, both in
national and international institutions, in agriculture and sheries for deserving
technical, scienti c and extension workers in the Department and practitioners in
agriculture and sheries. The Department shall present its expanded program to the
NAFES Committee on or before September 30, 1998.
RULE 77.3. The Department, particularly the ATI and the NAFC, in
collaboration with the concerned agencies, shall expand its existing program of
scholarships for degree and non-degree training in agriculture and sheries for capable
and deserving youth, particularly the children of smallholders, in order to encourage and
support study, service and professional careers in agriculture and sheries. The
Department shall present its expanded program to the NAFES Committee on or before
September 30, 1998.
RULE 77.4. The scholarship programs above shall include the following
provisions:
RULE 77.4.1. The grantees from the government service shall render a
reasonable equivalent years of service under existing government guidelines;
RULE 77.4.2. In cases of grantees from the academe, the program shall be
utilized to strengthen the elds or areas of specialization for which the institutions was
identified as an NCE;
RULE 77.4.3. Local fellows shall be sent to the accredited NCE for a
particular field of specialization.
RULE 77.5. These above listed scholarship programs shall initially be
nanced from, among other sources, item 9 of Section 111. In addition, the CHED and
the Department, subject to the approval and the oversight of the NAFES Committee,
shall establish an endowment fund for scholarship, to be built up over a period of ve
years beginning in 1999.
SECTION 78. Merit System. — To promote the development of scienti c
excellence and academic scholarship, the public and private universities and colleges, in
cooperation with the CHED and the DBM, shall institute an output-oriented uni ed
system of promotion for academic personnel.
RULE 78.1. The public universities and colleges of agriculture and sheries, in
cooperation with the CHED, DBM, Civil Service Commission (CSC) and the Career
Executive Service Board (CESB) shall institute a uni ed, output-oriented system of
promotion for academic personnel which shall be uniformly implemented on or before
SY 1999—2000. The CHED will coordinate with the public tertiary educational system in
the formulation and implementation of the merit-based, uni ed promotion system for
academic personnel. The CHED shall submit the draft guidelines of the merit system to
the NAFES Committee for approval on or before December 30, 1998.
RULE 78.2. Upon the drafting of the guidelines of the merit system, the CHED
will enter into dialogue with the private tertiary educational institutions with the goal of
achieving an merit system that is uni ed across the private and public educational
system.
SECTION 79. Budgetary Allocation Scheme. — The Budgetary Allocation
Scheme for NAFES shall be as follows:
a) The current appropriation or budgets of state universities and colleges
that are herein designated as NCEs shall continue and shall be modi ed and adjusted in
succeeding years in order to meet the standards of the rationalized programs of the
institutions as approved by Congress and shall be included in the annual General
Appropriations Act;
b) NCEs that are created under this Act shall likewise be provided with
budgetary support based on their programs and new sta ng pattern as approved by
DBM and shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.
TITLE 3
Research Development and Extension
CHAPTER 1
Research and Development
State to promote science and technology as essential for national development and
progress.
The State shall likewise give priority to research and development, invention,
innovation, and their utilization and to science and technology education, training, and
services. In addition to appropriate and relevant technology, the State shall support
indigenous and self-reliant scienti c and technological capabilities, and their
application to the country's productive system and national life.
RULE 80.1. These IRR shall cover all existing networks of research and
development, and extension centers and institutions that are in the public domain or are
supported by public funds.
SECTION 81. The National Research and Development System in Agriculture
and Fisheries. — The Department, in coordination with the Department of Science and
Technology and other appropriate agencies and research institutions shall enhance,
support and consolidate the existing National Research and Development System in
Agriculture and Fisheries within six (6) months from the approval of this Act: Provided,
that sheries research and development shall be pursued separately, from but in close
coordination with that of agriculture.
RULE 81.1. The National Research and Development System in Agriculture
and Fisheries (NaRDSAF) is hereby organized. The NaRDSAF shall complement the
National Extension System in Agriculture and Fisheries (NESAF) created under Section
89.
RULE 81.2. The Secretary recommends to the President the creation, on or
before July 30, 1998 of the Council on Extension, Research and Development in
Agriculture and Fisheries (CERDAF) which shall carry out the mandate to enhance,
support and consolidate the NaRDSAF, as well as to ensure the effective linkage with
extension in the NESAF. Provided, that:
RULE 81.2.1. The term "enhance" shall denote the improved responsiveness
and usefulness of research and extension to the livelihood concerns of agricultural and
fisheries operators and entrepreneurs.
RULE 81.2.2. The term "support" shall denote the provision of increased and
more de nite budgetary support for agriculture and sheries research and extension,
both at the national and local levels; as well as the application of the provisions of the
Magna Carta for Science and Technology Personnel to the appropriate positions in the
NaRDSAF, and
RULE 81.2.3. The term "consolidate" means the uni cation in strategy,
approach and vision, of the agriculture and shery components of the ongoing National
Agriculture Research and Extension Agenda (NAREA) formulated by the Department
and the Science and Technology Agenda for National Development (STAND) formulated
by the DOST; as well as the uni cation of the overall management of, and responsibility
for, the research and extension system in agriculture and sheries under the
Department at the national level and under the LGUs at the local level.
RULE 81.3. Fisheries research and development shall be pursued separately,

from but in close coordination with that of agriculture.
RULE 81.4. The NaRDSAF has two subsystems: the agriculture research
subsystem and the shery research subsystem. The agriculture research subsystem is
composed of:
RULE 81.4.1. the National Agriculture and Resources Research and
Development Network (NARRDN) including the PCARRD, selected units of the
Department of Agriculture Research and Development System (DARDS), selected SUCs,
DENR, the private sector and specialized agencies.
RULE 8.1.4.2. the DAR, speci cally the Bureau of Agrarian Reform
Bene ciaries Development (BARBD) and the Policy Studies and Research Services
(PSRS), and,
RULE 81.4.3. the CHED and SUCs which include existing and potential NCEs.
RULE 81.5. The shery research subsystem is composed of the National
Aquatic Resources Research and Development System (NARRDS) including the
PCAMRD, selected units of the DARDS. selected SUCs, the DENR, and the private sector
and specialized agencies.
RULE 81.6. The detailed composition, as well as their roles and
interrelationships of the institutions and councils comprising the NARRDN and the
NARRDS shall be reviewed and determined by the CERDAF.
RULE 81.7. The Secretary shall chair the CERDAF, which shall draw resources
from any component agencies and o ces within the NaRDSAF and NESAF to enable
the accomplishment of its tasks. The BAR shall serve as the CERDAF Secretariat for
R&D while the ATI shall serve as the CERDAF Secretariat for Extension and Training. The
Department Undersecretary charged with research, development and extension shall
head both CERDAF Secretariats. Starting the third quarter of 1998 the CERDAF shall
meet semi-annually. The members of the CERDAF shall be appointed by the Secretary
from the relevant agencies, representatives of NCEs, SUCs, LGUs, concerned POs and
NGOs in agriculture and fisheries research, development and extension.
RULE 81.8. The CERDAF shall:
RULE 81.8.1. promote the integration of research, development and
extension functions and enhance the participation of farmers, sherfolk, the industry
and the private sector in the development of the national research, development and
extension agenda.
RULE 81.8.2. prepare and oversee the implementation of a comprehensive
program of RDE to enhance, support, consolidate and make full use of the capabilities
of the interlinked NaRDSAF and NESAF, including the review and rationalization of the
roles, functions and organization of the various agriculture and sheries national
research, development and extension institutions, including the PCARRD and PCAMRD.
RULE 81.8.3. Set policies in agriculture and shery national research,
development and extension in order to ensure sustainable food security, alleviate
poverty, promote people empowerment, agricultural productivity and development and
promote internationally competitive agribusiness and fishery sectors;
RULE 81.8.4. Approve policies for the operationalization and continued
strengthening of the institutional capacities, e ciency, effectiveness and integration of
the national research, development and extension system, including the setting up of
M&E on the effectiveness and efficiency of its various components;
RULE 81.8.5. Create committees, TWGs and Commodity Teams to facilitate
the accomplishment of its objectives;
RULE 81.8.6. Review and approve national research, development and
extension plans and programs developed by the NaRDSAF and NESAF; and
RULE 81.8.7. Set policies on relations and exchange between Philippine and
international institutions on agriculture and sheries national research, development
and extension, and approve the allocation of funds from national as well as foreign
sources for national research, development and extension programs.
RULE 81.9. The PCARRD and PCMARD, under the coordination of the CERDAF,
shall perform the following functions:
RULE 81.9.1. Collaborate with the BAR in the screening of proposals and in
the monitoring of ongoing R&D projects in the country;
RULE 81.9.2. Develop methodologies and systems for effective research,
development and extension planning in agriculture and sheries emphasizing the
quality and intensity of participation on farmers, shers and the industry in setting the
Department's research, development and extension agenda and related allocation of
resources;
RULE 81.9.3. Develop and coordinate the implementation of output-oriented
performance standards for staff, institutions and programs in agriculture and sheries
research and development;
RULE 81.9.4. Set-up an e cient and effective computerized system of M&E
of research, development and extension staff and institutions, including databases
required for the assessment of research excellence, performance and capacity, such as
the "Database of Scienti c and Technical Personnel," "Database for RDE Infrastructure,"
and "Database of RDE Investment;"
RULE 81.9.5. Develop and administer a career development program and a
uni ed merit promotion system for scienti c and technical personnel in agriculture and
fishery research, development and extension;
RULE 81.9.6. Develop and administer an incentive system to support high
quality scientific journals in agriculture and fishery.
RULE 81.9.7. Develop a human resource maintenance system for proving
incentives and bene ts to technical and scienti c personnel in agriculture and shery
aimed at ensuring that agriculture and shery institutions gain and maintain a
competitive edge in attracting and maintaining their staff; and
RULE 81.9.8. Provide technical assistance in the improvement of institutional
and staff capabilities.
RULE 81.10. The BAR shall, for the purposes of the CERDAF and the
NaRDSAF:
RULE 81.10.1. serve as the CERDAF Secretariat for R&D,
RULE 81.10.2. manage the R&D fund of the Department based on the
guidelines approved by CERDAF,
RULE 81.10.3. Provide leadership in the formulation of the NAREA;
RULE 81.10.4. Implement a M&E system on agriculture and sheries R&D, in
collaboration with the appropriate institutions, and
RULE 81.10.5. Develop an agriculture and sheries R&D information system
linked to the NIN.
RULE 81.10.6. On or before July 30, 1998, the BAR shall propose to the
Secretary any measures to enhance its capabilities in order to implement the above
functions.
RULE 81.11. The ATI, for the purposes of the CERDAF and the NESAF, shall:
RULE 81.11.1. Serve as the CERDAF Secretariat for extension and training in
agriculture and fishery;
RULE 81.11.2. Advise the Department in the management of nancial and
logistical support for extension, based on principles approved by the CERDAF;
RULE 81.11.3. Provide leadership in the formulation of the national
agriculture and fisheries extension agenda and budget;
RULE 81.11.4. Implement M&E on extension, in coordination with the rest of
the NESAF,
RULE 81.11.5. Prepare an integrated plan for publicly-funded training in
agriculture and fishery for review by the CERDAF,
RULE 81.11.6. Set up a certi cation system for vocational and technical
training in agriculture and fishery in collaboration with the TESDA;
RULE 81.11.7. Develop and administer a national human resource
development program for short-term and degree and non-degree training for LGU
extension personnel;
RULE 81.11.8. Develop an extension information and communication system,
RULE 81.11.9. On or before September 30, 1998 propose to the Secretary
any and all measures to enhance its capacity to perform the above functions, and
RULE 81.11.10. On or before December 30, 1998, to undertake the study to
recommend to the Secretary and the CERDAF measures on the rationalization and
networking, including the possible integration of the national, regional and provincial
training centers with the RFUs, the NCRs or SUCs.
RULE 81.12. The DARDS is coordinated by the BAR and includes the National
Commodity Research Center (NCRCs), the Regional Integrated Agricultural Research
Centers (RIARCs) and Research Outreach Stations (ROSs) and the RDE units of bureaus
and attached agencies. The speci c institutions comprising the DARDS shall be
reviewed and determined by the CERDAF, upon the recommendation of the Department,
particularly the BAR.
RULE 81.13. Under the guidance of the BAR and ATI, the NCRCs shall, in
relation to their assigned commodities:
RULE 81.13.1. provide national leadership in the planning and orchestration
of the implementation and M&E of the RDE program;
RULE 81.13.2. undertake basic research.
RULE 81.13.3. undertake upstream applied research including strategic
research, and
RULE 81.13.4. develop and maintain a network of national, regional, and
provincial collaborators in their RDE programs.
RULE 81.14. Under the guidance of the NCRs and in close cooperation with
the relevant NUCAF, RFU and PA, the RIARCs shall, in relation to their assigned
commodities or fields:
RULE 81.14.1. provide leadership in the planning and orchestration of the
implementation and M&E of an integrated RDE within a farming systems approach in
coordination with the Regional Training Centers (RTCs);
RULE 81.14.2. Undertake midstream and downstream applied research in the
region, and,
RULE 81.14.3. Develop and maintain a network of provincial collaborators in
undertaking the regional RDE programs.
RULE 81.15. Under the guidance of the RIARCS and in close collaboration
with the PA and the PIAF, the Research Outreach Stations (ROSs) shall:
RULE 81.15.1. Serve as satellite stations of the RIARCS and links between the
regional and provincial RDE programs;
RULE 81.15.2. Undertake downstream applied research;
RULE 81.15.3. Demonstrate new and appropriate technologies;
RULE 81.15.4. Serve as an educational and training facility; and,
RULE 81.15.5. Propagate genetic materials.
RULE 81.16. Selected SUCs shall be included under the NARRDN and NARRDS
as National Multi-Commodity Research Centers (NMCRCs), Regional Research Stations
(RRSs) or Cooperating Stations (CSs). This list of SUCs shall be reviewed and
determined by the CERDAF, NMRCs are NUCAFs that are assigned national or zonal
responsibilities on speci c commodities by the CERDAF based on recommendations
of the PCARRD, PCAMRD or the BAR. The NMCRCs shall, in relation to their assigned
national, zonal or commodity responsibilities:
RULE 81.16.1. Provide leadership in the planning, implementation and M&E of
their RDE programs;
RULE 81.16.2. Undertake basic research;
RULE 81.16.3. Undertake upstream applied research including strategic
research, and,
RULE 81.16.4. Develop and maintain a network of national, regional, and
provincial collaborators.
RULE 81.17. RRSs are NUCAFs or PIAFs that are assigned regional
responsibilities on speci c commodities by the CERDAF as recommended by the
PCARRD, PCAMRD and BAR. Under the technical guidance of the NCRCs and in close
cooperation with the RIARCs and the PAs, the RRSs shall, in relation to their assigned
commodity or area responsibilities:
RULE 81.17.1. provide regional leadership in the planning, implementation
and M&E of the RDE programs;
RULE 81.17.2. Undertake midstream and downstream applied research in the
region; and,
RULE 81.17.3. Develop and maintain a network of provincial collaborators.
RULE 81.18. CSs are NUCAFs or PIAFs that are assigned provincial
responsibilities on speci c commodities or areas by the CERDAF as recommended by
the PCARRD, PCAMRD or BAR. Under the guidance of the RRCs or the RIARCs and in
close collaboration with the ROS and the PA, the CSs shall, in relation to their assigned
commodities or areas:

RULE 81.18.1. Serve as a satellite station of the RIARCS or the RRSs and link
the regional and provincial RDE program,
RULE 81.18.2. Undertake downstream applied research relevant to the
province;
RULE 81.18.3. Demonstrate new and appropriate technologies in the
province; and,
RULE 81.18.4. Serve as educational and training facilities.
RULE 81.19. To ensure the implementation of the Department's mandate to
enhance, support, and consolidate the NaRDSAF and the NESAF, the following
measures shall be undertaken by the Secretary no later than September 30, 1998.
RULE 81.19.1. The functional assignments of the Undersecretaries shall be
defined such that one shall be responsible for RDE.
RULE 81.19.2. The functional assignments of RFU Assistant Regional
Directors (ARDs) shall be de ned such that one shall focus on RDE. The ARD for RDE
shall serve as the Chairperson of the Regional RDE Consortium where the Department is
designated by the Consortium as the base agency.
RULE 81.19.3. Allocation of RDE funds in agriculture and sheries by the
Department shall be based on the NAREA as updated and agreed upon in the CERDAF.
RDE programs shall be integrated in approach, and multi-disciplinary in execution.
Programs shall be composed of at least two (2) projects, which, in turn are made up of
at least two (2) studies.
RULE 81.19.4. Effective January 1, 1999 the Department shall adopt on a
Department-wide basis the PhilRice model of planning, funding, implementing and
monitoring national commodity R&D programs. The Department shall arrange for the
PhilRice to brief all appropriate units on the PhilRice system.
RULE 81.19.5. To enhance accountability and e ciency, the Department shall
adopt contract modes in the administration and funding of RDE programs. Effective
January 1, 1999 all entities, whether internal or external to the Department, participating
in RDE projects nanced by and through the Department shall be issued by the
Department project leader with TORs de ning their speci c deliverables and deadlines
in RDE projects.
SECTION 82. Special Concerns in Agriculture and Fisheries Research
Services. — Agriculture and Fisheries Research and Development activities shall be
multidisciplinary and shall involve farmers, sherfolk and their organizations and those
engaged in food and non-food production and processing including the private and
public sectors. IEcDCa
Research institutions and centers shall enjoy autonomy and academic freedom.
The Department, in collaboration with the Department of Science and Technology and
other appropriate agencies shall harmonize its merit and output-oriented promotion
system governing the scienti c community in order to promote increased research
excellence and productivity and provide the government research system a competitive
edge in retaining its scientific personnel.
Appropriate technology shall be used to protect the environment, reduce cost of
production, improve product quality and increase value-added for global
competitiveness.
RULE 82.1. The BAR shall draft, in coordination with representatives of SUCs,
PCARRD and PCAMRD, the " Guidelines on Planning and Implementation of Agriculture
and Fishery Research". The draft shall be presented for adoption by the CERDAF on or
before December 30, 1998. The guidelines shall include strategies for increasing the
participation of the industry and target clientele and strategies for multi-disciplinary
activities.
RULE 82.2. Research institutions and centers shall enjoy autonomy and
academic freedom.
RULE 82.3. The CERDAF shall ensure that its component institutions
harmonize their merit and output-oriented promotion systems.
RULE 82.4. The BAR and ATI, in close consultation with the appropriate
agencies shall draft guidelines for the review, no later than December 30, 1998, by the
CERDAF of the following:
RULE 82.4.1. "Policies on the Autonomy and Academic Freedom of Research
and Development Institutions in Agriculture and Fishery," which should clarify issues
related to institutional, scal and administrative autonomy and exercise of academic
freedom of professional staff and research institutions. The policies should provide
guidelines on the use and reinvestment of R&D income into R&D activities.
RULE 82.4.2. "Harmonized Merit and Output-oriented Promotion System for
Technical and Scienti c Personnel Involved In Agriculture and Fishery Research and
Development and Extension," which should harmonize performance standards,
quali cations and salary scales and the collegial process of performance evaluation.
The system should set minimum quali cation standards and compensation and
incentive structure for Directors or Heads of Research Centers.
RULE 82.4.3. "Salary and Fringe Bene t System for Technical and Scienti c
Personnel Involved in Agriculture and Fishery Research Development and Extension,"
with the aim of providing a competitive edge in attracting and retaining in the RDE
system the brightest and the most productive technical and science personnel;
RULE 82.5. Appropriate technology shall be used to protect the environment,
reduce cost of production improve product quality and increase value-added for global
competitiveness. The CERDAF shall appoint a Task Force to draft CERDAF policy and
guidelines regarding the integration of sustainable agriculture in RDE. The guidelines
shall cover the generation, development and utilization of sustainable agriculture
technologies for the protection or rehabilitation of the environment. All RDE institutions
are mandated to incorporate in their programs and M&E systems the extent to which
their RDE programs have contributed to the country's objectives of sustainable
agricultural development.
SECTION 83. Funds for Research and Development. — Considering the nature
of research development and extension activities, funding shall be based on the
following guidelines:
a) Allocation of multi-year budgets which shall be treated as research and
development grants.
b) The budget for agriculture and sheries research and development shall
be at least one percent (1%) of the gross value added (GVA) by year 2001
allocating at least one percent (1%) of the total amount by 1999. The
Department of Finance (DOF) in consultation with the Department shall
formulate revenue enhancement measures to fund this facility.
c) At least twenty percent (20%) shall be spent in support of basic research
and not more than eighty percent (80%) shall be used for applied research
and technology development, of which at least ten percent (10%) shall be
used for technology packaging and transfer activities.
d) A science fund shall be established from which the scienti c community in
agriculture and sheries shall draw its nancial resource for sustained
career development: Provided, that only the interest earnings of the funds
shall be used.
The Department and other research agencies, in the national interest, are
encouraged to go into co- nancing agreements with the private sector in the conduct
of research and development provided that the terms and conditions of the agreement
are beneficial to the country.
RULE 83.1. The Department, following guidelines approved by the CERDAF
and working with appropriate departments and committees of Congress, shall
introduce a system of multi-year grants, based on a continuing appropriations system,
from the national budget for the nancing of agricultural and sheries research,
development and extension. The Department shall also develop a system of funding,
including advances, co- nancing and grants sourced from funds under the
responsibility of the Department, to LGUs for the nancing of LGU agricultural and
sheries extension activities. These designs of the grant and funding systems shall be
proposed by the various research, development and extension agencies, reviewed by
the CERDAF then submitted by the Secretary to the DBM for nancing under the
President's proposed national appropriations bill on or before September 30, 1998.
Provided, that, the designs proposed shall include:
RULE 83.1.1. The structures, parameters and mechanisms for the allocation
and management of RDE resources by institution (government departments, institutes,
agencies, SUCs, public and private), commodity (major and minor in terms of GVA) and
level of governance (national and LGU);
RULE 83.1.2. The time limits and performance standards which determine
the continuation of support;
RULE 83.1.3. The provision of advanced, post-graduate training for selected,
deserving scholars in agriculture and sheries both in national as well as international
learning centers; and
RULE 83.1.4. The provision of incentives and awards for extraordinary
contributions to the advancement of knowledge and the innovation of technology for
the benefit of the population and the sector.
RULE 83.2.The nancing systems developed shall be funded from various
sources, including item 9 of Section 111, subject to the approval of the Secretary and
the CERDAF.
RULE 83.3. Avenues and mechanisms for co- nancing with the private sector
shall also be explored, and the fund-raising capacities of the Department and the
various institutions of the CERDAF are enhanced. The co- nancing agreements should
cover ownership of the R&D output. Aside from the co-financing, contract research shall
also be encouraged. A system of incentives (e.g., tax holidays) to attract private
investors to venture in co- nancing and contract research shall be developed. The
CERDAF shall appoint a Task Force to work with the DOF and the DTI Bureau of Patents
in proposing parameters, modes, guidelines, and mechanisms for this purpose.
Provided, that at all times the independence of the research process and inquiry, and
the maintenance of the national interest, shall be preserved.
RULE 83.4. The DBM shall ensure that the total nominal peso value of
allocations for sheries and agriculture R&D from the national budget for scal year
2000, as contained in the President's proposed program of expenditures submitted to
Congress in 1999 shall not be less than one per cent of agricultural GVA (including
livestock and sheries) for the year 1998 as reported by the NSCB. Allocations for
subsequent years shall be similarly determined. Provided, that the total budget for
agriculture and sheries R&D shall be allocated such that at least twenty percent (20%)
shall be expended on basic research and not more than eighty percent (80%) shall be
expended on applied research. Provided, further, that biotechnology is considered as
basic research and as such the allocation of 4% of the total for R&D shall be sourced
from that portion allocated for basic research.
RULE 83.5. In consultation with the CERDAF, the Department and the
Development Budget Coordinating Committee (DBCC), the DOF shall identify revenue
raising measures which may be used for the nancing of expenditures in agriculture
and sheries research, development and extension. The DOF shall submit its proposals
to the Department on or before November 30, 1998, for implementation on or before
January 1, 1999.
RULE 83.6. The Secretary, upon the recommendation of the CERDAF, shall
constitute the Agriculture and Fisheries Science Fund (AFSF) Task Force to be chaired
and convened by the Department Undersecretary charged with research, development
and extension, with the BAR as Secretariat. The AFSFTF shall:
RULE 83.6.1. formulate and propose the design, nancing sources and
modes and operating guidelines for the AFSF.
RULE 83.6.2. present its proposals to the CERDAF for approval on or before
September 30, 1998, for operationalization on or before January 1, 1999. Upon
approval of the guidelines of the AFSF by the CERDAF, the AFSFTF shall cease to exist.
RULE 83.7. The Department, in consultation with the CERDAF, shall allocate
no less than 50% of the funds for R&D during the rst ve years from the effectivity of
RA 8435 for capacity building including institutional strengthening, reorganization, new
positions, graduate scholarship for technical and scienti c personnel and infrastructure
development. The Department and other CERDAF institutions will present their
"Capacity-Building Plans" to the CERDAF no later than December 30, 1998.
RULE 83.8. To guide the CERDAF in the allocation of research funds across
commodities or programs, the BAR shall commission a study to determine present
R&D capacity and the required investments for sustained technological development.
The analysis shall be initiated on or before July 31, 1998 and the results presented to
the CERDAF no later than December 30, 1998. SDHacT
SECTION 84. Excellence and Accountability in Research and Development. —

The Department in collaboration with the Department of Science and Technology and
other appropriate government agencies, shall formulate the national guidelines in
evaluating research and development activities and institutions, which shall involve an
independent and interdisciplinary team of collegial reviewers and evaluators.
RULE 84.1. The BAR, in consultation with all the appropriate agencies and
entities, shall draft the program, parameters and guidelines for the evaluation of
agricultural and sheries R&D performance, activities, institutions and outputs,
incorporating the OOPS and the standards and accreditation guidelines called for in
Section 73 and the provisions of the Magna Carta for Science and Technology
Personnel. The Department shall submit the draft for the review of the CERDAF on or
before December 30, 1998, for implementation on or before March 31, 1999.
SECTION 85. Communication of Research Results and Research-Extension
Linkage. — Research information and technology shall be communicated through the
National Information Network (NIN).
All government agencies including the state colleges and universities and private
educational institutions selected as NCEs shall be computerized, networked, provided
with regular updated information, and shall likewise provide, through the NIN, results of
research and development activities and current available technology relating
agriculture and fisheries.
RULE 85.1. The results of all research conducted by o ces and institutions
within the NaRDSAF shall be reported at regular intervals and integrated into the NIN.
For this purpose all institutions under the NaRDSAF are required to submit reports in
formats consistent with standards and schedules issued by the Department and the
CERDAF.
CHAPTER 2
Extension Services
State to promote science and technology as essential for national development and
progress. The State shall give priority to the utilization of research results through
formal and non-formal education extension and training services. It shall support the
development of a national extension system that will help accelerate the
transformation of Philippine agriculture and sheries from a resource-based to a
technology-based industry.
SECTION 87. Extension Services. — Agriculture and Fisheries extension
services shall cover the following major services to the farming and fishing community:
a) Training services;
b) Farm or business advisory services;
c) Demonstration services; and
d) Information and communication support services through tri-media.
SECTION 88. Special Concerns in the Delivery of Extension Services. — The
delivery of Agriculture and Fisheries Extension Services shall be multidisciplinary and
shall involve the farmers, sherfolk, and their organizations, and those engaged in food
and non-food production and processing, including the private and public sectors.
There shall be a national merit and promotion system governing all extension
personnel, regardless of source of funding, to promote professionalism and achieve
excellence and productivity in the provision of the government extension services.
RULE 88.1. The ATI in consultation with representatives of the institutions in
the NESAF shall issue no later than December 30, 1998 the "Guidelines for the Planning
and Implementation of Agriculture and Fishery Extension," that shall provide guidelines
on multidisciplinary extension work and its linkages to R&D, and strategies for
increasing the participation of the clientele and the industry in the planning and M&E of
extension programs.
RULE 88.2. A national merit and promotion system governing all extension
personnel, whether in the national or local government shall be instituted. The
Department, particularly the ATI, in consultation with the CSC, CESB, DILG and LGUs
shall formulate, the harmonized merit and output-oriented promotion system, and
present this for the approval of the CERDAF no later than March 31, 1999.
RULE 88.3. The national merit and promotion system for extension personnel
shall provide the following:
RULE 88.3.1. A harmonized output-oriented evaluation system for extension
performance;
RULE 88.3.2. A harmonized pay scale and incentive system which provides
for productivity or performance incentives and benefits and,
RULE 88.3.3. A mechanism for professional development including a code of
conduct for extension personnel.
RULE 88.4. The ATI shall maintain a computerized database on the extension
force, covering all agriculture and sheries extension personnel of LGUs, the
Department and its attached agencies and bureaus, and other Departments. On or
before December 30, 1999, the Department shall also expand the database to cover
extension personnel of SUCs, NGOs and POs.
SECTION 89. The National Extension System for Agriculture and Fisheries
(NESAF). — The Department, in coordination with the appropriate government agencies,
shall formulate a National Extension System for Agriculture and Fisheries.
The National Extension System for Agriculture and Fisheries shall be composed
of three (3) subsystems:
a) The national government subsystem which directly complements;
b) The local government subsystems; and,
c) The private sector subsystem.
SECTION 90. The Role of Local Government Units. — The LGUs shall be
responsible for delivering direct agriculture and fisheries extension services.
The provincial governments shall integrate the operations for the agriculture
extension services and shall undertake an annual evaluation of all municipal extension
programs.
The extension program of state colleges and universities shall primarily focus on
the improvement of the capability of the LGU extension service by providing
a) Degree and non-degree training programs;
b) Technical assistance;
c) Extension cum research activities;
d) Monitoring and evaluation of LGU extension projects; and,
e) Information support services through the tri-media and electronics.
RULE 90.1. The LGUs shall be responsible for delivering agriculture and
fisheries extension services to farmers, fisherfolk and agribusiness entrepreneurs.
RULE 90.2. Provincial governments shall integrate the operations for the
agriculture extension services within the province and undertake continuing and
periodic annual evaluation of all municipal extension programs.
RULE 90.3. PAs are mandated to coordinate and consult with the PPDOs,
PVs, PNAOs, MAs and other concerned entities within their respective provinces to
ensure the local-level agricultural and sheries development plans, programs, projects
and investments are consistent, mutually supportive and contributory to provincial and
municipal economic development. More specifically:
RULE 90.3.1. All PAs shall formulate, in consultation with the MAs in their
respective provinces, an annual or periodic planning calendar, which incorporates
schedules, deadlines and guidelines on the municipal and provincial AFMP and PIP. The
schedules and deadlines shall be consistent with the national development-planning
calendar as formulated by the NEDA and the DBM, and the deadlines of the locality and
item d of this Rule.
RULE 90.3.2. The guidelines for the preparation of the annual or periodic
provincial and municipal AFMP shall include the review of all municipal-level agricultural
and sheries plans and projects by the PA, subject to the oversight of their respective
Provincial Governors and Mayors.
RULE 90.3.3. Before being nalized, all draft local (Provincial or Municipal)
AFMPs must be subjected to a scheduled, pre-announced public hearing open for
attendance of all concerned, and held in the local (Provincial or Municipal) town hall.
The public hearings shall be organized by the local MA or PA concerned, and chaired by
the concerned Municipal Mayor or Provincial Governor in consultation with the AFCs,
FARMCs, NGOs and POs.
RULE 90.3.4. All Provincial Governors, PA and PV shall review and aggregate
the AFMP, programs, budgets and operations of all Municipalities within their
provinces. Aggregation shall consider, in particular, multi-area projects and programs
that cross administrative and political boundaries The mechanism for review shall be
through the submission by the Municipal Mayor and MA of the Municipal AFMP for the
succeeding year to the Provincial Governor and PA on or before October 30 of the
preceding year. The PA, in coordination with the PPDO and the O ce of the Provincial
Governor, shall provide written feedback to the Municipal Mayor and MA within 30
calendar days from receipt of the Municipal Plans.
RULE 90.4. The Department particularly the PS, ATI and the DILG shall issue
the "Agriculture and Fishery Participatory Planning Manual for LGUs " no later than
December 31, 1998. The manual should include the planning process, planning cycles,
validation process and a plan for updating information and communication materials.
RULE 90.5. The Department, in coordination with the DILG shall also issue
reading and other information materials, suggested procedures and formats, templates
and other manuals that will serve as references for Provincial and Municipal Agricultural
personnel. The materials shall be in su cient quantities and shall be prepared at least
in English, Visayan and Pilipino. While initial materials may be in print, succeeding
editions shall be improved and be accompanied and supplemented by multi-media
materials. The PS shall, in coordination with the FOS, AID and the ATI, mobilize itself to
effectively prepare the learning materials on local agriculture and fisheries development
planning. The Department shall update these materials at least every three years. The
PS, ATI and the FOS may draw from the capability-building funds allocated under item 7
of Section 111 of RA 8435 for this purpose, subject to the approval of the Secretary.
The rst editions of these materials shall be made available by the Department on or
before December 30, 1998.
RULE 90.6. The Department, through the ATI and the RFUs in collaboration
with the DILG, NEDA, and national and local experts and institutions including the SUCs,
shall periodically assess the agricultural and shery planning and programming
capability of LGUs and formulate a long-term program to provide continuing education
and technical assistance to LGUs in sectoral planning and programming.
RULE 90.7. Effective August 1, 1998 all Local Development Councils (LDCs)
of all provinces and municipalities shall include as a regular member the Chairman or
representative of the Local Agriculture and Fisheries Council (AFC). Provided, that:
RULE 90.7.1. the Municipal Agriculturist shall serve as the Vice-Chairperson
of the MAFC, and the Provincial Agriculturist shall serve as the Vice-Chairperson of the
PAFC.
RULE 90.7.2. In municipalities where at least 5% of households derive their
incomes from shery or aquaculture, the LDC shall also include representation from the
local FARMC as mandated by the Fisheries Code of 1998 , and
RULE 90.7.3. The DILG, in coordination with the Department, is mandated to
monitor the implementation of this provision.
RULE 90.8. SUCs shall focus their extension activities such that their priority
clients, aside from students, are the extension personnel of LGUs. The SUCs shall focus
on the improvement of the extension capabilities of LGUs by providing:
RULE 90.8.1. Degree and non-degree training programs;
RULE 90.8.2. Technical assistance;
RULE 90.8.3. Extension and research activities;
RULE 90.8.4. M&E of LGU extension projects; and,
RULE 90.8.5. Information support services.
RULE 90.9. The Department, particularly the ATI, in collaboration with the
CHED, and LGUs shall develop " Guidelines in the Preparation of Extension Programs of
SUCs" which shall be completed on or before December 30, 1998. These guidelines
shall ensure that the extension programs of the SUCs shall:
RULE 90.9.1. Adhere to participatory principles in planning and
implementation;
RULE 90.9.2. Form part of the integrated regional RDE agenda in the case of
NUCAFs or the provincial RDE agenda in the case of PIAFs;
RULE 90.9.3. Encourage complementation of functions between the NUCAFs
and PIAFs; and,
RULE 90.9.4. Be closely linked with RDE programs.
SECTION 91. Role of the Private Sector in Extension. — The Department shall
encourage the participation of farmers and sherfolk cooperatives and associations
and others in the private sector in training and other complementary extension services
especially in community organizing, use of participatory approaches, popularization of
training materials, regenerative agricultural technologies, agribusiness and
management skills.
The Department is hereby authorized to commission and provide funding for
such training and extension services undertaken by the private sector.
RULE 91.1. The Department shall encourage the participation in extension of
farmers' and sherfolk's cooperatives and associations, NGOs and POs and other
private entities with strong capabilities and track records in training and other
complementary extension services especially in community organizing, use of
participatory approaches, popularization of training materials, regenerative agricultural
technologies, agribusiness, marketing and management skills.
RULE 91.2. The Department is hereby authorized to commission and provide
funding for such training and extension services undertaken by the private sector under
mutually-acceptable terms and conditions.
RULE 91.3. The Department, particularly the ATI shall develop, no later than
December 31, 1998, speci c guidelines harnessing the resources and the expertise of
the private sector in the provision of extension services. The guidelines should include,
among other things, terms and conditions on extension grants to quali ed private
entities which undertake, on behalf of the Department and/or LGUs, speci c extension
services to target clientele.
RULE 91.4. The ATI shall compile a database and an accreditation system for
private entities qualified to provide extension services.
SECTION 92. The Role of Government Agencies. — The Department together
with state colleges and universities shall assist in the LGU's extension system by
improving their effectiveness and e ciency through capability-building and
complementary extension activities such as:
a) technical assistance;
b) training of LGU extension personnel;
c) improvement of physical facilities;
d) extension cum research; and
e) information support services.
RULE 92.1. The extension functions of the Department shall be undertaken by
the RFUs and the ATI training centers, in collaboration with LGUs and SUCs, under the
overall national coordination of the O ce of the Undersecretary of RDE. The ATI
Training Centers are under the overall administration of the ATI, and shall design and
implement programs which are consistent and functionally integrated with the regional
agriculture and sheries development strategy and program as led by the O ce of the
DA Regional Director.
RULE 92.2. The ATI training centers are composed of the National Training
Centers and Institutes (NTCIs), Regional Training Centers (RTCs) and the Provincial
Training Centers (PTCs). The NTCIs are supervised by the ATI and:
RULE 92.2.1. Provide national leadership in the planning, design and M&E of
training programs; and
RULE 92.2.2. Develop a network of national, regional, and provincial
collaborators in undertaking the national training programs of their assigned
commodities.
RULE 92.3. The RTCs are supervised by the ATI. In cooperation with the
NUCAFs, RIARCs and the PAs of the region, the RTCs:
RULE 92.3.1. Provide leadership in the design, planning, design and M&E of
the regional training programs in coordination with the RIARCs; and
RULE 92.3.2. Develop and maintain a network of provincial collaborators in
undertaking the regional training program.
RULE 92.4. The PTCs are supervised by the RTCs. In collaboration with the
PAs and the PIAF of the province, the PTCs:
RULE 92.4.1. Serve as satellite stations of the RTCs and the link between the
regional and provincial research and extension programs;
RULE 92.4.2. Serve as an educational and training facility; and,
RULE 92.4.3. Serve as a provincial center for the distribution of training
materials.
SECTION 93. Funding for Extension Activities. — Extension activities shall be
supported by the following measures:
a) allocation of multi-year budgets that shall be treated as grants;
b) allow transfer of funds from the Department to the local government units
as extension grants;
c) and the budget for agriculture and fisheries extension services shall be at
least one percent (1%) of the gross value added (GVA) by year 2001.
RULE 93.1. The Department, particularly the ATI, shall form a task force to
work with the DOF and the DILG to propose parameters, modes, guidelines and
mechanisms for co- nancing agreement with the LGUs on the nancing of agriculture
and sheries extension. The Department shall present these proposals to the CERDAF
on or before March 30, 1999, for operationalization on or before January 1, 2000.
RULE 93.2. The DBM shall ensure that the total nominal peso value of
allocations for agricultural and sheries extension expenditures from the national
budget for scal year 2000, as contained in the President's proposed program of
expenditures submitted to Congress in 1999 shall not be less than one per cent of
agricultural GVA (including livestock and sheries) for the year 1998 as reported by the
NSCB.
SECTION 94. Excellence and Accountability in Extension. — The Department
shall formulate the guidelines in evaluating extension activities and institutions which
shall involve an independent and interdisciplinary team of collegial reviewers and
evaluators.
RULE 94.1. The ATI, in consultation with all the appropriate agencies and
entities, shall draft the program, parameters and guidelines for the evaluation of
agricultural and sheries extension performance, activities, institutions and outputs,
incorporating the OOPS. The ATI shall submit the draft for the evaluation system to the
CERDAF on or before December 30, 1998, for implementation on or before March 31,
1999.
SECTION 95. Extension Communication Support for LGUs. — The Department
in coordination with the public and private universities and colleges shall develop an
integrated multimedia support for national and LGU extension programs. The
Department shall assist the LGUs in the computerization of communication support
services to clients and linkages to the NIN. HEcIDa
RULE 95.1. The ATI, supported by the AFIs and FOS shall provide continuing
development communication support through the tri-media for the nationwide
extension system.
RULE 95.2. The ITCAF shall collaborate with the DILG and other agencies as
appropriate on the formulation and execution of a program to link LGUs to the NIN and
to introduce IT for their agriculture and fishery-related activities.
TITLE 4
Rural Non-Farm Employment
CHAPTER 1
State to promote full employment. Economic history, however, shows that as an
economy modernizes the number of workers employed in its agricultural sector
declines. It is therefore necessary to formulate policies and implement programs that
will employ workers e ciently in rural areas in order to improve their standard of living
and reduce their propensity to migrate to urban areas.
SECTION 97. Objectives. — Rural non-farm employment aims to
a) promote a basic needs approach to rural development;
b) make rural workers more adaptable and flexible through education and
training;
c) promote rural industrialization and the establishment of agro-processing
enterprises in rural communities; and
d) increase the income of rural workers.
RULE 97.1. The Department, in collaboration with appropriate entities, shall
formulate, implement and evaluate a pilot Basic Needs Program (BNP).
RULE 97.2. The BNP shall serve as a key feature of the SAFDZ approach,
particularly related to the SAFDZ model farms under Section 7, and also be a guiding
principle of the AFMP.
CHAPTER 2
The Basic Needs Program
SECTION 98. Principles. — The Department, in coordination with the
appropriate government agencies, shall formulate the Basic Needs Program to create
employment and cushion the effects of liberalization based on the following principles:
a) No credit subsidies shall be granted. The normal rules of banking shall
apply to all enterprises involved, provided that existing credit
arrangements with ARBs shall not be affected.
b) Enterprises can use training information advisory and related services of
the Government free of charge.
c) The participation of the private sector shall be voluntary.
Teams composed of specialists from government agencies and the private
sectors shall develop pilot programs in selected locales to establish the planning
implementation and evaluation procedures.
RULE 98.1. The BNP shall be a community-based program under the AFMP
and the SAFDZ approach, focused at meeting the basic needs of rural households. It
will assist rural workers, subsistence farmers and sherfolk to adjust to changing
economic and employment conditions as the agricultural and sheries modernization
program proceeds.
RULE 98.2. The Department, particularly the National Nutrition Council (NNC),
FOS and the RFUs, in collaboration with the DSWD, shall formulate the BNP. If
necessary, the NNC shall convene and lead a multi-sectoral BNP Task Force. The design
shall be presented by the NNC to the Secretary and the COCAFM on or before
December 30, 1998, for implementation in 1999.
RULE 98.3. The design of the BNP shall incorporate the following:
RULE 98.3.1. The criteria for the selection of communities where the BNP will
be pilot-tested — including those areas that have been identi ed as priority under the
ongoing Social Reform Agenda (SRA).
RULE 98.3.2. The processes to be undertaken, including:
i. Needs assessment;
ii. Resource-identification;
iii. Community organizing;
iv. Programs/project management; and,
v. M&E.
RULE 98.3.3. The program components, including:
i. Education and training, formal and non-formal;
ii. Rural industrialization and industry dispersal;
iii. Financing;
iv. Health and nutrition including a rural health insurance system; and
v. Basic infrastructure, and
vi. Food security.
RULE 98.3.4. The M&E of the BNP shall use indicators of total human
development such as employment, education, nutritional and health status and income.
RULE 98.3.5. The program shall be documented and published for the
purpose of replication by LGUs.
SECTION 99. Participation of Government Agencies. — The replication of the
program shall be the responsibility of the local government units concerned in
collaboration with the appropriate government agencies, and the private sector. The
local government units shall bear the costs of promoting and monitoring the basic
needs program for which their IRA shall be increased accordingly as recommended by
the Secretary of the Department: Provided, That, the appropriate national government
agencies shall continue to provide the necessary technical as well as nancial
assistance to the LGUs in the replication of the program.
The Cooperatives Development Authority shall encourage the establishment and
growth of associations and cooperatives as vehicles for the stable expansion of basic
needs enterprises.
The Department of Education, Culture and Sports, Department of Health, and the
Technical Education and Skills Development Authority shall coordinate with the
Department and Congress in the review, rationalization and reallocation of their regular
budgets as well as their budgets under the GATT-related measures fund to nance
education, training, health and other welfare services for farmers and fisherfolk.
RULE 99.1. The BNP shall adhere to and employ participatory principles and
approaches in all stages of design and implementation.
RULE 99.2. Upon the recommendation of the NNC, the Secretary shall
appoint teams of specialists from government agencies and the private sectors shall
develop pilot programs in selected locales to establish the planning, implementation
and evaluation procedures.
CHAPTER 3
Rural Industrialization and Industry Dispersal Program
SECTION 100. Principles. — Rural industrialization and industry dispersal
programs shall be based on the interplay of market forces. The Board of Investments
(BOI) is hereby required to give the highest priority to the grant of incentives to
business and industries with linkages to agriculture. SCEDAI
SECTION 101. Role of Government Agencies. — The appropriate government

agencies, under the leadership of the LGUs concerned, shall provide integrated services
and information to prospective enterprises under the one-stop-shop concept.
Local government units are authorized to undertake investment and marketing
missions provided that the costs of such missions are borne by the LGUs concerned. In
making their land use plans, the LGUs, in consultation with the appropriate government
agencies concerned shall identify areas for industrial parks.
The Department shall coordinate with the Department of Trade and Industry, in
particular, the Board of Investments, in the formulation of investment priorities for rural
areas.
The Regional Wage Boards shall consult participating enterprises in this program
before they issue wage orders.
RULE 101.1. Private sector enterprises located in the BNP areas within the
SAFDZs may receive special assistance and investment incentives for their start-up and
establishment. Such assistance includes:
RULE 101.1.1. Targeted extension of agricultural and sheries technology
and other enterprise and livelihood support services by LGUs, with intensi ed support
by the Department and its agencies and o ces and other units of government. For this
purpose LGUs shall establish assistance units under the one-stop-shop mechanism, to
be operational on or before March 30, 1999.
RULE 101.1.2. Skills training programs for employment creation and
livelihood enhancement organized by the ATI, DSWD, DECS, TESDA, SUCs, DA, DTI, DOLE
and other agencies, including the identi cation and promotion of alternative sources of
livelihood, to be operational on or before March 30, 1999.
RULE 101.1.3. The highest priority accorded to the grant of incentives by the
BOI to businesses and investments with linkages to agriculture and sheries. The BOI
will formulate a program of investment incentives and registration for enterprises and
investments in the BNP areas and SAFDZs, to be operational on or before December 30,
1998.
RULE 101.1.4. The expansion into the BNP areas and SAFDZs of the
agriculture, sheries and rural portfolios of the various micro nance, lending and loan
guarantee programs implemented by government agencies, subject to the principles
contained in Section 98.
RULE 101.1.5. Close and regular consultation with the affected enterprises
and industries by the DOLE and the Regional Wage Boards in the process of
formulating wage orders, and
RULE 101.1.6. The promotion of rural industrialization, particularly small and
medium scale enterprises (SMEs) in rural communities by the BOI, DTI, LGUs, the AMAS
and other agencies, as appropriate.
SECTION 102. Participating Enterprises. — Participating enterprises may
request any government agency for training, technical and advisory services free of
cost.
A set of incentives shall be given to enterprises that subcontract part of their
production to farmers, sherfolk and landless workers during periods when they are
not engaged in agricultural activities.
RULE 102.1. The BOI, in coordination with the Department, shall formulate
and execute a program of incentives for agriculture and sheries entrepreneurs,
including cooperatives, NGOs and POs, who wish to diversify into agribusiness, off-
farm and non-farm ventures. The BOI shall submit the proposed program for approval
by the BOI and the Secretary on or before September 30, 1998.
SECTION 103. Financing. — Except for basic infrastructure and other goods
that bene t all citizens, the facilities of this program should be undertaken and nanced
by the private sector.
CHAPTER 4
Training of Workers
SECTION 104. Role of TESDA. — TESDA shall organize local committees that
will advise on the scope, nature and duration of training for the above-mentioned
programs.
TESDA is authorized to request the additional budgetary resources for these
programs: Provided, that after a reasonable period, the task of coordinating the training
is transferred to the LGUs concerned.
RULE 104.1. The TESDA shall expand the functions of the existing TESDA
regional and local committees to serve as the local Technical Skills Training Committee
in the BNP areas. The TESDA shall ensure, in addition to the existing members, the
membership of the PA, PV, the Administrator or President of the relevant SUC or School
of Arts and Trades, the relevant RD of the Department RFU and the ATI Training Center
Manager. The local TESDA unit shall serve as the Secretariat and shall coordinate the
preparation of the committee agenda, execute logistical support for meetings, and
follow up on the implementation of the decisions. These committees shall meet at
least once each quarter or more often upon the behest of the Chairperson. The local
committees shall be organized and their deliberations started on or before December
30, 1998. The TESDA shall consolidate the recommendations of the local committees
on a regular basis and present these for consideration and action by the Department or
other appropriate agencies.
SECTION 105. Role of the DENR. — The Department and the DENR shall
organize the training of workers in coastal resources management and sustainable
fishing techniques.
RULE 105.1. The DENR and the BFAR, in coordination with the CHED, TESDA,
DECS, ATI and PFDA shall be responsible for the organization of training in coastal
resources management and sustainable shing for the BNP areas and SAFDZs. The
design and implementation of the training shall provide optimum opportunities for the
participation of NGOs, the SUCs and LGUs. These training programs shall be
operational on or before March 30, 1999.
SECTION 106. Role of the Technology and Livelihood Resource Center
(TLRC). — The TLRC shall undertake eld training in entrepreneurship and management
of workers involved in the basic needs program.
RULE 106.1. The TLRC shall organize courses in the BNP areas in
entrepreneurship and management for agriculture and sheries workers. These training
programs shall be operational on or before March 30, 1999.
SECTION 107. Special Training Projects for Women . — The Department, in
collaboration with the appropriate government agencies concerned shall plan and
implement special training projects for women for absorption in the basic needs and
rural industrialization programs.
RULE 107.1. The ATI shall organize training programs specially directed at
women in the BNP areas. The designs of the courses shall be consulted with the
National Commission on the Role of Filipino Women (NCRFW). The training courses
shall be operational on or before December 30, 1998.
TITLE 5
Trade and Fiscal Incentives
SECTION 108. Taxation policies must not deter growth of value-adding
activities in the rural areas. IDASHa
SECTION 109. All enterprises engaged in agriculture and sheries as duly

certi ed by the Department in consultation with the Department of Finance and the
Board of Investment, shall, for ve (5) years after the effectivity of this act, be
exempted from the payment of tariff and duties for the importation of all types of
agriculture and sheries inputs, equipment and machinery such as, but not limited to,
fertilizer, insecticide, pesticide, tractor, trailers, trucks, farm implements and machinery,
harvesters, threshers, hybrid seeds, genetic materials, sprayers, packaging machinery
and materials, bulk-handling facilities such as conveyors and mini loaders, weighing
scales, harvesting equipment, spare parts of all agricultural equipment, shing
equipment and parts thereof, refrigeration equipment, and renewable energy systems
such as solar panels. Provided, however, that the imported agricultural and shery
inputs, equipment and machinery shall be for the exclusive use of the importing
enterprise.
The Department, in consultation with the Department of Finance and the Board of
Investment, shall, within ninety (90) days from the effectivity of this act, formulate the
implementing rules and regulations governing the importation of agriculture and shery
inputs, equipment and machinery.
RULE 109.1. The multi-sectoral Task Force on Tariff Exemptions for
Agriculture and Fisheries Modernization (TF TEFAM) is hereby created to draft the IRR
regulations governing the importation of agriculture and shery inputs, equipment and
machinery. The TF TEFAM shall initiate its work immediately and shall cease in
existence upon the signing of the IRR. The Department Assistant Secretary for Policy
and Planning shall serve as the Chairperson while the PMS shall serve as the Secretariat
to the TF TEFAM. The A/S shall recommend to the Secretary the members of the TF
TEFAM, convene the meetings and submit the draft IRR to the Secretary on or before
May 9, 1998. The IRR shall be issued jointly by the Secretaries of the Department, DOF
and DTI after consultation with the Cabinet-level Tariffs and Related Matters
Committee on or before August 30, 1998.
SECTION 110. Any person, partnership, corporation, association and other
juridical entity found circumventing the provisions of Section 109 of this Act shall suffer
the penalty of imprisonment for a period of not less than six (6) months but not more
than (1) year, or a ne equivalent to two hundred percent (200%) of the value of the
imported materials, or both, at the discretion of the court, and the accessory penalties
of con scation of the imported goods in favor of the government and revocation of the
privileges given under this title.
In cases where the violator is a juridical entity, the o cers responsible in the
violation of Section 109 shall suffer the penalty of imprisonment prescribed in this
section.
The importation of goods equivalent to or exceeding the declared assets of the
enterprise , partnership, or the authorized capital stock in case of corporations, and/or
the resale of the imported goods shall be a prima facie evidence of the violation of the
provisions of Section 109 of this Act.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
SECTION 111. Initial appropriation. — For the rst year of implementation of
this Act, the amount of Twenty Billion Pesos (P20,000,000,000.00) is hereby
appropriated. The Department is hereby authorized to re-align its appropriations in the
current year of the date of effectivity of this Act to conform with the requirements of
this Act: Provided, That the amount shall be allocated and disbursed as follows:
1) Thirty percent (30%) for irrigation;
2) Ten percent (10%) for post-harvest facilities: provided, that the Secretary
of Agriculture may invest up to fifty percent (50%) of the said amount to
fund post-harvest facilities of cooperatives, especially market vendors'
cooperatives, where said cooperatives exist and are operational: provided
further, that if no cooperatives are operational, said amount shall fund the
post-harvest facilities of the market-assistance system;
3) Ten percent (10%) for other infrastructure including fishports, seaports,
and airports, farm-and-coast-to-market roads, rural energy,
communications infrastructure, watershed rehabilitation, water supply
system, research and technology infrastructure, public markets and
abattoirs;
4) Ten percent (10%) for the Agro-industry Modernization Credit and
Financing Program (AMCFP) to be deposited by the Department in
participating rural-based public and private financial institutions provided
that no less than fifty percent (50%) of said funds shall be deposited in
rural banks and cooperative banks;
5) Eight percent (8%) for the implementation of the Farmer-fisherfolk
Marketing Assistance System and support of market vendors'
cooperatives.
6) Ten percent (10%) for Research and Development, four percent (4%) of
which shall be used to support the Biotechnology Program;
7) Five percent (5%) for capability-building of farmers and fisherfolk
organizations and LGUs for the effective implementation of the agriculture
and fisheries programs at the local level;
8) Six percent (6%) for salary supplement of Extension Workers under the
LGUs;
9) Five percent (5%) for NAFES, for the upgrading of the facilities of State
Universities and Colleges that will be chosen as national centers of
excellence in agriculture and fisheries education;aADSIc
10) Four percent (4%) for the National Information Network (NIN) consisting
of both the national and local levels;
11) One-and-three-fourth percent (1.75%) for SUC and TESDA-administered
Rural Non-Farm Employment Training; and
12) One-fourth percent (0.25%) for the Identification of the SAFDZs.
RULE 111.1. The current year of the date of effectivity of this Act is identi ed
as scal year 1998, during which the realignment of the Department's programs,
projects and activities for 1998 shall be applied for. The rst year of the
implementation of RA 8435 shall be de ned as scal year 1999, and the second to
sixth years of implementation of RA 8435 are identified as fiscal years 2000 to 2004.
RULE 111.2. On or before July 30, 1998, the Department shall submit to the
DBM and the President a proposed budget for 1999 which conforms to the
requirements of this Act. The Department shall identify all of its o ces, agencies,
functions, programs, projects and activities, whether regular or related to GATT
adjustments, including the corresponding appropriations, and classify these according
to the speci c items/categories provided in items (1) through (12) of Section 111, for
example: (1) irrigation, (6) research and (10) National Information Network. Where
items from the 1998 appropriation law cannot be readily classi ed into the RA 8435
categories, these will be listed in a separate row, for example, "general services" or
"administration". Similarly, the functions of Departments and o ces other than the
Department involved in the implementation of RA 8435 shall be classi ed according to
the categories provided in RA 8435, including attributions of their respective budgets.
RULE 111.3. For the current year of the effectivity of RA 8435, or 1998, the
Department, in coordination with the DBM, shall determine the total funding required for
the implementation of RA 8435, and compare this with the funding provided in the CY
1998 Appropriations Act, as adjusted and allotted.
RULE 111.4. For the rst year of implementation of RA 8435, or CY 1999, the
Department shall propose a budget incorporating the additional amount of Twenty
Billion Pesos (P20,000,000,000.00) as appropriated under RA 8435. The Department
shall propose for inclusion in the President's program of expenditures a total budget
representing the appropriation for agricultural and sheries modernization under RA
8435 added to the amount provided as regular appropriations under the 1998
Appropriations Act. In the event a nancing gap is found, then the Department shall
submit a request for additional nancing to the President in order to correct the
shortfall between the 1998 actual appropriation and the total required to ful ll the
tasks and percentage allocations mandated under RA 8435.
RULE 111.5. For the rst year of implementation of RA 8435, or CY 1999, the
amounts actually and additionally appropriated for agricultural and sheries
modernization shall be allocated in the following proportions:
RULE 111.5.1. Thirty percent (30%) for irrigation, to the NIA, BSWM, FOS, PS,
BAR, concerned SUCs, LGUs, POs and NGOs and projects and programs authorized by
the Secretary for purposes supportive of the implementation of the irrigation program,
including activities such as:
i. Rehabilitation of national and communal irrigation systems
ii. Subsidy for the operation and management of NISs and CISs
iii. New CIS and NIS area generation
iv. Financing for the installation and rehabilitation of shallow tube wells and
low-lift pumps, Construction of small water impounding projects (SWIPs)
and small farm reservoirs (SFRs)
v. Construction of other irrigation systems
vi. Upstream services for irrigation: policy analysis, planning and M&E,
vii. R&D on irrigation, drainage and water resources management,
viii. Extension services and training for irrigation,
ix. Irrigation project development and appraisal, and aEcSIH
x. Coordination and management

RULE 111.5.2. Ten percent (10%) for post-harvest facilities. Provided, that
the Secretary may invest up to fty percent (50%) of the said amount to fund post-
harvest facilities of cooperatives, especially market vendors' cooperatives, where said
cooperatives exist and are operational: provided further, that if no cooperatives are
operational, said amount shall fund the post-harvest facilities of the market-assistance
system. These shall be allocated to the AMAS, AFIS, BPRE, NFA, PhilRice, NMIC, PCA,
NTA, BAI, BPI, PFDA, FIDA, PhilCotton, concerned SUCs, LGUs, POs and NGOs and
related agencies, projects and programs, including project development and appraisal,
authorized by the Secretary. The allocations through each of these agencies and o ces
shall ensure that up to fty (50) percent are invested in the post-harvest projects and
facilities of cooperatives, especially market vendors' cooperatives. Where such
cooperatives do not exist or are ineffective, the funds shall be allocated toward
projects supported under the NMAP and NMU.
RULE 111.5.3. Ten percent (10%) for other infrastructure including shports,
seaports and airports, farm-and-coast-to-market roads, rural energy, communications
infrastructure, watershed rehabilitation, water supply system, research and technology
infrastructure, public markets and abattoirs allocated to the BPRE, NFA, FIDA, PhilRice,
BAFPS, BAR, BSWM, PFDA, PCA, BFAR, BPI and BAI, DENR, DOTC, NMIC, DPWH and
concerned SUCs, LGUs, POs and NGOs and related projects and programs, including
project development and appraisal, authorized by the Secretary.
RULE 111.5.4. Ten percent (10%) for the Agro-industry Modernization Credit
and Financing Program (AMCFP) to be deposited by the Department in participating
rural-based public and private nancial institutions provided that no less than fty
percent (50%) of said funds shall be deposited in rural banks and cooperative banks. At
least 10% of the AMCFP shall be allocated to the Agricultural and Fisheries Guarantee
Fund to be operated by the QuedanCor. The Secretary shall also authorize allocations
for the design of the AMCFP and the AFCGF. The allocations under the AMCFP shall be
reviewed by the ACPC Council and approved by the Secretary and will cover projects
such as:
i. Agriculture and fisheries production including processing of fisheries and
agri-based products and farm inputs
ii. Acquisition of work animals, farm and fishery equipment and machinery
iii. Acquisition of seeds, fertilizer, poultry, feeds and other similar items
iv. Procurement of agriculture and fisheries products for storage, trading,
processing and distribution
v. Construction, acquisition of and repair of facilities for production,
processing, storage, transportation, communication, marketing and such
other facilities in support of agriculture and fisheries
vi. Working capital for agriculture and fisheries graduates
vii. Agribusiness activities which support soil and water conservation and
ecology-enhancing activities
viii. Privately-funded and LGU-funded irrigation systems that are designed to
protect the watershed
ix. Working capital for long-gestating projects, and
x. Credit guarantees on uncollateralized loans to farmers and fisherfolk,
through the AFCGF.
RULE 111.5.5. Eight percent (8%) for the implementation of the Farmer-
sherfolk Marketing Assistance System and support of market vendors' cooperatives,
allocated according to the design of the NMU prepared by the AMAS and approved by
the Secretary,
RULE 111.5.6. Ten percent (10%) for Research and Development as multi-
year grants, four percent (4%) of which shall be used to support the Biotechnology
Program. The allocations shall conform to the 80% — 20% allocation between applied
and basic sciences, the further 10% limit on technology packaging on the allocations
under applied research and include the creation of the AFSF and IHRDPAF. The
Department, particularly the FOS, RFUs, ATI and the BAR on programs and activities
consistent with RDE enhancement shall also be supported. These allocations shall be
reviewed by the CERDAF and approved by the Secretary,
RULE 111.5.7. Five percent (5%) for capability-building of farmers and
sherfolk organizations and LGUs for the effective implementation of the local-level
agriculture and sheries programs; Capability-building activities include scholarships,
technical upgrading and training, participatory planning and policy formulation, program
and project development, management, monitoring and evaluation, of the ATI, FOS, PS,
PAS, CDA, other agencies, LGUs, SUCs, POs and NGOs, projects and activities, including
private-sector provided extension activities, project development and appraisal, as
authorized by the Secretary. Provided, that majority of the funds shall be allocated to
the capability-building of farmers and fisherfolk,
RULE 111.5.8. Six percent (6%) for salary supplement of Extension Workers
under the LGUs; These funds shall be allocated in full to nance, to the extent possible,
the shortfall, if any, between, on the one hand, the compensation income received by
agricultural and sheries extension and other personnel at the LGU levels, including
those devolved from the Department pursuant to RA 7160 and subsequently and
currently paid from LGU budgets at the provincial and municipal levels and on the other,
the compensation incomes of extension and other personnel as set in the Salary
Standardization Law, as of the effectivity of RA 8435, or February 10, 1998. The
Secretary shall designate a Department Undersecretary or other o cer to be
responsible for this concern and coordinate with the DBM, DOF, CSC, DILG and other
agencies to draft the guidelines for the implementation on this measure for approval by
the Secretary on or before September 30, 1998.
RULE 111.5.9. Five percent (5%) for NAFES, for the upgrading of the facilities
of State Universities and Colleges that will be chosen as NCEs in agriculture and
sheries education, and for other purposes as reviewed and approved by the NAFESC,
including as follows:
i. to the CHED, to finance:
a) the organization and operations of the NAFESC,
b) the formulation of the National Integrated Human Resource
Development Plan in Agriculture and Fisheries as called for
under Section 72 of RA 8435,
c) the formulation of the guidelines for the national scholarship
programs called for under Section 77 of RA 8435,
d) the formulation and implementation of the system of appraisal
and accreditation of NCEs, and
e) the formulation of the implementation of the rationalization of
NCEs based on the results of the evaluation and accreditation
system;
ii. to the DECS to nance the formulation and implementation of the
Agriculture and Fisheries Education Program for Secondary and
Elementary School Levels;
iii. to the TESDA for the formulation and implementation of the Post-
secondary Education Program for Agriculture and Fisheries;
iv. to the PRC to finance the creation and operations of the AFB;
v. to the CHED, the Department and other institutions concerned to nance
the national scholarship programs for youth, academic, technical and
research staff called for under Section 77;
vi. to the selected NCEs, subject to Section 79 and based on criteria,
procedures and parameters approved recommended by the NAFESC and
vii. to the BAR and the ATI for support of the CERDAF and the NAFES
Committee, other projects, programs, o ces, LGUs and NGOs for
purposes related to the implementation of the national agricultural and
fisheries education system.
RULE 111.5.10. Four percent (4%) for the National Information Network (NIN)
consisting of both the national and local levels, allocated to the BAS, ITCAF, AFIS, and
other o ces, concerned SUCs, LGUs, POs and NGOs, projects and activities authorized
by the Secretary for purposes related to the NIN and based on the joint
recommendation of the Directors of BAS and ITCAF.
RULE 111.5.11. One-and-three-fourth percent (1.75%) for SUC and TESDA-
administered Rural Non-Farm Employment Training; shall be allocated to organization
and implementation of the Basic Needs Program as designed by the ATI, BAR and
TESDA in coordination with the concerned agencies and approved by the Secretary.
RULE 111.5.12. One-fourth percent (0.25%) for the identi cation of the
SAFDZs and the participatory formulation of the integrated agricultural and sheries
integrated modernization and development plans of the SAFDZs, allocated to the
BSWM, FOS, PAS and the PS. The BSWM may make further allocations to the NAMRIA
and other agencies for mapping and other technical activities, including project
development and appraisal in support of the integrated SAFDZ development plans, as
may be required.
RULE 111.6. The agencies listed above shall submit proposals to the
Secretary for allocation from the funds actually mobilized for agricultural and sheries
modernization. Their proposed projects and activities shall be prioritized and broken
down by area, province and region.
RULE 111.7. The Department shall propose for creation in the 1999
Appropriations Act Revolving funds for the following purposes:
RULE 111.7.1. NIN training and information management, managed by the
BAS, AFIS and ITCAF,
RULE 111.7.2. Capability-building for smallholders and LGU extension
workers, managed by the ATI,
RULE 111.7.3. Agricultural and Fisheries Product Standards certi cation and
other services, managed by the BAFPS, and
RULE 111.7.4. Mapping and preparation of the SAFDZ integrated
development plans, managed by the BSWM. AEIHCS
SECTION 112. Continuing Appropriation. — The Department of Budget and

Management (DBM) is hereby mandated to include annually in the next six (6) years, in
the President's program of expenditures for submission to Congress, and release, an
amount not less than Seventeen Billion Pesos (P17,000,000,000.00) for the
implementation of this Act.
Additional funds over and above the regular yearly budget of the Department
shall be sourced from twenty percent (20%) of the proceeds of the securitization of
government assets, including the Subic, Clark and other special economic zones.
Other sources of funds shall be from the following:
a) Fifty Percent (50%) of the net earnings of the Public Estates Authority;
b) Loans, grants, bequest, or donations, whether from local or foreign
sources;
c) Forty Percent (40%) of the TESDA Skills Development Fund;
d) Net proceeds from the privatization of the Food Terminal, Inc. (FTI), the
Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI), the Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI), and
other assets of the Department that will be identi ed by the DA Secretary
and recommended to the President for privatization;
e) Proceeds from the Minimum Access Volume (MAV) in accordance with
the provisions of RA 8178;
f) Poverty Alleviation Fund; and,
g) Fifty Percent (50%) of the Support Facilities and Services Fund under R.A.
6657.
RULE 112.1. The budget for agriculture and sheries modernization to be
proposed by the Department for incorporation in the President's Program of
Expenditures shall, effective the scal year 2000, be based on the Agriculture and
Fisheries Modernization Plan and its various components.
RULE 112.2. The DBM shall ensure that effective the year 2000, the total
nominal peso value of allocations for sheries and agriculture research and
development expenditure from the national budget for each scal year as contained in
the President's proposed program of expenditures submitted to Congress shall not be
less than one per cent of agricultural GVA (including livestock and sheries). The
allocation for the year 2000 shall be based on the NSCB report of GVA for the year
1998. The allocations for succeeding years shall be similarly estimated.
RULE 112.3. The DBM shall ensure that effective the year 2000, the total
nominal peso value of allocations for agricultural and sheries extension expenditures
from the national budget for each scal year as contained in the President's proposed
program of expenditures submitted to Congress shall not be less than one per cent of
agricultural GVA (including livestock and sheries). The allocation for the year 2000
shall be based on the NSCB report of GVA for the year 1998. The allocations for
succeeding years shall be similarly estimated.
RULE 112.4. The DBM shall ensure that effective the scal year 2000 up to
year 2005, the annual appropriations included in the President's program of
expenditures submitted to Congress in support of agriculture and sheries
modernization shall not be less than Seventeen Billion pesos (P17,000,000,000.00) in
addition to the appropriations provided to the Department as provided in the 1998
Appropriations Law. For FY 2000 to 2004, the Department shall submit to the DBM a
budget and expenditure program for the total amount which is consistent with the
Agriculture and Fisheries Sector Public Investment Program integrated in the medium-
term AFMP referred to in Section 13, and broken down on an annual basis. All the funds
appropriated for the purposes of RA 8435 shall be treated as continuing
appropriations.
RULE 112.5. The Secretary shall strengthen and mobilize the units of the
Department responsible for program and project formulation, development and
appraisal for the generation of nancing for the modernization program from domestic
and international sources. The Secretary shall designate a particular Undersecretary or
Assistant Secretary to take charge of all project development responsibilities, and
propose a program such that speci c project development and fund raising units shall
be consolidated and their programs, project and nancing workplans and targets, on an
annual basis clari ed. This program shall be implemented on or before October 1,
1998.
RULE 112.6. The Department shall establish a special unit, reporting to the
Secretary, which shall inventory and appraise all Department assets and recommend
those that may be feasibly privatized, in accordance with law, to generate nancing for
the implementation of the agriculture and sheries modernization plan. This unit shall
also undertake measures and actions leading to privatization and disposal.
RULE 112.7. the Administrator of the Philippine Economic Zone Authority
(PEZA) shall inform in detail and in writing, on a quarterly basis beginning October 1,
1998, the NAF Council about the status of the securitization of government assets
under the stewardship of the PEZA.
RULE 112.8. the Administrator of the Clark Development Corporation (CDC)
shall inform in detail and in writing, on a quarterly basis beginning October 1, 1998, the
NAF Council about the status of the securitization of government assets in the areas
formerly covered by the Clark Air Base Reservation.
RULE 112.9. the Administrator of the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority
(SBMA) shall inform in detail and in writing, on a quarterly basis beginning October 1,
1998, the NAF Council about the status of the securitization of government assets in
the areas formerly covered by the Subic Naval Base.
RULE 112.10. the Administrator of the Public Estates Authority (PEA) shall
inform in detail and in writing on a quarterly basis beginning October 1, 1998, the NAF
Council about the status of the securitization of government assets under the
stewardship of the PEA.
RULE 112.11. the Secretary of Finance and the Director-General of the NEDA
shall inform in detail and in writing, on a quarterly basis beginning October 1, 1998, the
NAF Council about the inventory and status, including the availability for the purposes
of RA 8435, of loans, grants, bequests, or donations, whether from foreign or local
sources.
RULE 112.12. the Administrator of the TESDA shall inform in detail and in
writing, on a quarterly basis beginning October 1, 1998, the NAF Council about the
status of the TESDA Skills Development Fund.
RULE 112.13. the President of the Food Terminal, Inc. (FTI) shall inform in
detail and in writing on a quarterly basis beginning October 1, 1998, the NAF Council
about the status of the privatization of the FTI.
RULE 112.14. the Directors of the BAI, BPI, and other o ces and units of the
Department shall inform in detail and in writing, on a quarterly basis beginning October
1, 1998, the NAF Council about the status of the privatization of assets of the
Department identi ed by the Secretary and recommended to the President for
privatization.
RULE 112.15. the Commissioner of Customs and the Secretary of Finance
shall inform in detail and in writing, on quarterly basis beginning October 1, 1998, the
NAF Council about the status of the Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (CEF) arising
from the proceeds from the Minimum Access Volume (MAV) in accordance with the
provisions of RA 8178.
RULE 112.16. the Secretary of Budget and Management shall inform in detail
and in writing, on a quarterly basis beginning October 1, 1998, the NAF Council about
the status of the Poverty Alleviation Fund.
RULE 112.17. the Secretary of Budget and Management and Secretary of
Agrarian Reform shall inform in detail and in writing, on a quarterly basis beginning
October 1, 1998, the NAF Council about the status of the Support Facilities and
Services Fund under RA 6657.
SECTION 113. Implementing Rules and Regulations. — The Secretary, within
ninety (90) working days after the effectivity of this Act, together with the Department
of Agrarian Reform (DAR), Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR),
Department of Finance (DOF), Department of Science and Technology (DOST),
Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), Commission on Higher Education (CHED),
Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA), Department of
Education, Culture and Sports (DECS), Department of Social Services and Development
(DSSD), National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA), Department of Budget
and Management (DBM), Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), Commission
on Audit (COA), Civil Service Commission (CSC), in consultation with other agencies
concerned, farmers, sherfolk and agri-business organizations, and in coordination with
the Congressional Oversight Committee on Agriculture and Fisheries Modernization,
shall promulgate the rules and regulations for the effective implementation of this Act.
The Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of both Houses of
Congress copies of the implementing rules and regulations within thirty (30) days after
their promulgation.
Any violation of this section shall render the o cials concerned liable under R.A.
6713 otherwise known as the "Code of Conduct and Ethical Standard for Public
Officials and Employees" and other existing administrative and/or criminal laws.
RULE 113.1. The existing National Agriculture and Fisheries Council (NAF
Council) is hereby strengthened to assist the Department in the broad-based
monitoring and coordination of the agricultural and sheries modernization process.
The NAF Council shall serve the integrative and consultative structure for inter-agency
and inter-sectoral collaboration in the activities arising from R.A. 8435. The Secretary
shall serve as the Chairperson-Coordinator of the NAF Council, while the Department
Undersecretary charged with Operations shall serve as the Vice-Chairperson. The
members of the NAF Council shall include the Heads or the designated representatives
of rank lower than Undersecretary, of the following entities:
a) Commission on Higher Education,
b) Department of Agrarian Reform,
c) Department of Budget and Management,
d) Department of Education, Culture and Sports,
e) Department of Environment and Natural Resources,
f) Department of Finance,
g) Department of the Interior and Local Government,
h) Department of Labor and Employment,
i) Department of Public Works and Highways,
j) Department of Science and Technology,
k) Department of Social Services and Development,
l) Department of Trade and Industry,
m) Department of Transportation and Communications,
n) National Economic and Development Authority,
o) Technical Education and Skills Development Authority,
p) Chairpersons of the national committees of the NAFC,
q) Representative of the Fisheries and Aquatic Resource Management
Council, and
r) representatives of key, duly organized and registered national associations
of farmers, farm women, fisherfolk and concerned POs and NGOs,
appointed by the Secretary for one year, with option for reappointment.
RULE 113.2. The Chairperson-Coordinator may call upon the cooperation of
other agencies as may be required.
RULE 113.3. The NAF Council shall meet at least once each semester, or
more often at the behest of the Secretary or Chairperson-Coordinator.
RULE 113.4. The NAF Council shall have the following functions:
RULE 113.4.1. Monitor and promote transparency for coordination, the
programs of the various government agencies toward agricultural and sheries
modernization in research, technology extension, production, stabilization, distribution,
marketing and processing of food, food and other crops, sheries, aquaculture and
animal products and the conservation and proper utilization of natural resources,
RULE 113.4.2. Serve as the consultative/feedback mechanism between and
among the Department, other government agencies, private entities, farmers' and
sherfolk's groups, POs and NGOs, for the collaborative establishment of the goals and
scope of the country's food, agriculture and fisheries policies, plans and programs.
RULE 113.4.3. Assist the Department obtain inputs and commitments of
Secretaries and Heads of National Agencies in unifying the delivery of services in
agriculture and fisheries,
RULE 113.4.4. Assist the Department in mobilizing, monitoring and evaluation
of the contributions of the different agencies toward the policies, plans and programs
for agriculture and fisheries modernization.
RULE 113.4.5. Promote consensus on and support for national agency and
LGU budgets to nance programs and projects for agricultural and sheries
modernization,
RULE 113.4.6. Assist the Department in the oversight and assessment of the
impact of the local and national integrated SAFDZ development plans and AFMPs, in
consultation with other agencies, concerned farmers, sherfolk and agri-business
organizations through conferences, workshops, exchange of documents and open,
regular meetings,
RULE 113.4.7. Appoint a Steering Committee from among its members and
create subcommittees at the national and local levels and for sectoral concerns as
necessary, and
RULE 113.4.8. Review and recommend for the approval of the Secretary
reports for submission to the COCAFM.
RULE 113.5. The Secretariat and staff of the NAF Council shall mobilize and
strengthen its resources and structure in order to serve the requirements of the NAF
Council and the AFMP. The Executive Director shall head the Secretariat and have the
rank of Assistant Secretary. Four (4) services operating under the direction of the NAF
Council and the Executive Director shall comprise the secretariat as follows:
RULE 113.5.1. Agriculture and Fishery Support Staff to monitor the provision
of various support services to clientele through the network of government and non-
government agencies and entities. The service shall be composed of the Rural
Infrastructure Division, Financing and Marketing Division, and the Technology and
Extension Division.
RULE 113.5.2. Sectoral Coordination Staff providing Secretarial services for
the participatory process of decision-making and resource allocation for the various
sectors, integrating issues, concerns and positions. It shall be composed of the
Divisions for Crops; Poultry, Livestock and Feed Crops; and Fisheries and Aquaculture.
RULE 113.5.3. Institutional Development and Linkages Staff carrying out the
NAF Council's agenda to build and nurture linkages and partnerships with all entities
concerned with agriculture and sheries modernization. It will be composed of the
AFC/LGU Coordination Division and the Special Partners and Concerns Division.
RULE 113.5.4. Finance, Administration and General Services Staff shall
provide logistical services to the NAF Council and the Secretariat. It will be composed
of the Finance Division and the Administrative and General Services Division.
RULE 113.6. Two Deputy Executive Directors (DED) shall assist the Executive
Director of the Secretariat. One DED shall be responsible for the Agriculture and Fishery
Support Staff and the Sectoral Coordination Staff, and the other covering the
Institutional Development and Linkages Staff and the Finance, Administration and
General Services Staff. The O ce of the NAF Council Secretary shall operate under the
Chairperson-Coordinator and be responsible for NAF Council Meetings, Minutes and
follow-up on NAF Council decisions and directions. The NAFC Secretariat shall be
supported by units for Legal Concerns and Internal Audit.
SECTION 114. Congressional Oversight Committee on Agricultural and
Fisheries Modernization. — A Congressional Oversight Committee on Agricultural and
Fisheries Modernization is hereby created to be composed of the Chairs of the
Committee on Agriculture of both Houses, six (6) members of the House of
Representatives and six (6) members of the Senate, to be designated respectively by
the Speaker of the House and the President of the Senate, who shall endeavor to have
the various sectors and regions of the country represented.
The Chairs of the Committees on Agriculture in the Senate and House of
Representatives, shall be, respectively, the Chair and Co-Chair of the Oversight
Committee. The other members shall receive no compensation however, traveling and
other necessary expenses shall be allowed.
The Committee shall oversee and monitor the implementation of the
Congressional Commission on Agricultural Modernization (AGRICOM)
recommendations as well as all programs, projects and activities related to agriculture
and sheries, and its allied concerns in both public and private sectors, with a view to
providing all legislative support and assistance within the powers of Congress to
ensure their inclusion, wherever feasible, in the national, regional, provincial, municipal,
and sectoral development plans, to recommend the disposal of assets no longer
needed by the Department to fund the modernization program, and to see them
through their successful implementation. TcCDIS

SECTION 115. Powers and Functions of the Committee. — The Congressional
Oversight Committee on Agriculture and Fisheries Modernization shall have the
following powers and functions:
a) Prescribe and adopt guidelines that will govern its work;
b) Hold hearings, receive testimonies and reports pertinent to its speci ed
concerns;
c) Secure from any department, bureau, o ce or instrumentality of the
Government such assistance as may be needed, including technical
information preparation and production of reports and submission of
recommendations or plans as it may require;
d) Summon by subpoena any public or private citizen to testify before it, or
require by subpoena duces tecum to produce before it such records,
reports or other documents as may be necessary in the performance of its
functions;
e) Use resource persons from the public and private sectors as may be
needed;
f) Carry on the winding-up work of AGRICOM, such as editing and printing all
technical reports and studies as well as bibliographic cataloguing of its
collection of source materials, continue its reformation and advocacy
work;
g) Cause to be transferred to the Committee all works, outputs, source
materials and assets, funds, supplies and equipment of AGRICOM;
h) Approve the budget for the work of the Committee and all disbursements
therefrom, including compensation of all personnel;
i) Organize its staff and hire and appoint such employees and personnel
whether temporary, contractual or on consultancy, subject to applicable
rules; and,
j) Generally, to exercise all the powers necessary to attain the purpose for
which it is created.
RULE 115.1. The Secretariat of the Legislative Commission on Agricultural
Modernization (AGRICOM) created in the Tenth (10th) Congress shall serve Congress
until the o cial creation and organization of the Committee by the eleventh Congress.
The operating requirements during the transition period shall be charged against the
budget for the COCAFM.
RULE 115.2. Selected NCEs, other SUCs and R&D institutions shall assist in
the conduct of studies that will provide guidance and information supportive of the
COCAFM's overnight function.
RULE 115.3. The AGRICOM Secretariat shall prepare for the COCAFM a
program of work that includes the:
RULE 115.3.1. Filing of proposed legislative measures enumerated in the
Legislative Agenda of the AGRICOM's main report.
RULE 115.3.2. Follow-up of the re-filing of the bill on the Rationalization of the
Agricultural Bureaucracy Act of 1997;
RULE 115.3.3. Conduct of studies in aid of the Committee in its oversight
function;
RULE 115.3.4. Printing of technical reports;
RULE 115.3.5. Evaluation of the proposed annual budget for the agricultural
bureaucracy and of other departments concerned with agricultural and sheries
modernization, and,
RULE 115.3.6. Design and implementation of the Committee's M&E tools.
SECTION 116. Periodic Reports. — The Committee shall submit periodic
reports on its ndings and make recommendations on actions to be taken by Congress
and the appropriate departments, and that in order to carry out the objectives of this
Act, an initial amount of Twenty Million Pesos (P20,000,000.00) is hereby appropriated
for the Oversight Committee for the first year of its operation.
SECTION 117. Automatic Review — Every ve (5) years after the effectivity of
this Act, an independent review panel composed of experts to be appointed by the
President shall review the policies and programs in the Agriculture and Fisheries
Modernization Act and shall make recommendations, based on its ndings, to the
President and to both Houses of Congress. TIEHDC
RULE 117.1. The services of the independent review panel shall be

recommended to the President by the COCAFM, and upon the President's approval, be
engaged by the COCAFM Secretariat no later than the end of the third year after the
effectivity of RA 8435, to allow for adequate preparation for the automatic review.
SECTION 118. Repealing Clause. — All laws, decrees, executive issuance,
rules and regulations inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed or modi ed
accordingly.
RULE 118.1. The Department, particularly the PAS and the Legal Service shall
review the relevant Departmental issuances to determine any necessary amendments.
RULE 118.2. The Secretary reserves the authority to at any time amend,
modify or repeal these IRR or any provision thereof in order to ensure the attainment of
the objectives of RA 8435.
SECTION 119. Separability Clause. — The provisions of this Act are hereby
declared to be separable, and in the event one or more of such provisions are held
unconstitutional, the validity of the other provisions shall not be affected thereby.
SECTION 120. Effectivity. — This Act shall take effect thirty (30) days from
the date of its publication in the O cial Gazette or in at least two (2) newspapers of
general circulation.
RULE 120.1. These IRR shall take effect seven (7) days after publication in a
newspaper of general circulation.
APPROVED.
(SGD.) WILLIAM D. DAR
Acting Secretary of Agriculture
July 10, 1998
Annex A
Acronyms and Abbreviations Used in the IRR for RA 8435
A/S Assistant Secretary

AA Attached Agency
AAE Approved Agency Estimate
ABCDEF Agribusiness for Countryside Development Foundation, Inc. (MAP)
ACPC Agricultural Credit Policy Council (DA)
AFC Agricultural and Fisheries Council
AFCGF Agriculture and Fisheries Credit Guarantee Fund
AFMP Agriculture and Fisheries Modernization Plan
AFSF Agriculture and Fisheries Science Fund
AFSFTF Agriculture and Fisheries Science Fund Task Force
AFIS Agriculture and Fisheries Information Service (DA)
AFTA ASEAN Free Trade Area
AGRICOM Congressional Commission on Agricultural and Fisheries Modernization
AID Agricultural Information Division (DA)
AIIS Agribusiness Information and Investment Service (DA)
AMAD Agribusiness and Marketing Assistance Division (RFU)
AMAS Agribusiness and Marketing Assistance Service (DA)
AMCFP Agro-Industry Modernization Credit and Financing Program
AMTEC Agricultural Machinery Testing and Evaluation Center (UPLB)
AO 86 Creating the National Credit Council (1993)
AO Administrative Order
APEC Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
ARC Agrarian Reform Communities
ARD Assistant Regional Director (DA RFU)
AS Administrative Service (DA)
ASEAN Association of Southeast Asian Nations
ATI Agricultural Training Institute (DA)
BAF Board of Agriculture and Fisheries (PRC)
BAFPS Bureau of Agricultural and Fisheries Product Standards (DA)
BAI Bureau of Animal Industry (DA)
Bangkoop Federation of Cooperative Rural Banks
BAP Bankers Association of the Philippines
BAR Bureau of Agricultural Research (DA)
BARBD Bureau of Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Development (DAR)
BAS Bureau of Agricultural Statistics (DA)
BCR Benefit-Cost Ratio
BFAD Bureau of Food and Drugs (DOH)
BFAR Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (DA)
BIS Bureau of Import Services (DTI)
BLGD Bureau of Local Government Development (DILG)
BNP Basic Needs Program
BOC Bureau of Customs (DOF)
BOI Bureau of Investments (DTI)
BOT Build-Operate-Transfer
BPI Bureau of Plant Industry (DA)
BPRE Bureau of Post Harvest Research and Extension (DA)
BS Bachelor of Science
BSP Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas
BSWM Bureau of Soils and Water Management (DA)
BT Build-Transfer
CALF Comprehensive Agricultural Loan Fund
CARL Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law
CDA Cooperatives Development Authority (OP)
CDC Clark Development Corporation
CEF Competitiveness Enhancement Fund
CERDAF Council for Extension, Research and Development in Agriculture and
Fisheries
CESB Career Executive Service Board
CHED Commission on Higher Education
CIRDUP Comprehensive Irrigation Research and Development Umbrella
Program
CIS Communal Irrigation Systems
COA Commission on Audit
COCAFM Congressional Oversight Committee on Agriculture and Fisheries
Modernization
COMELEC Commission on Elections
CRBAP Cooperative Rural Bankers' Association of the Philippines
CS Cooperating Station
CSC Civil Service Commission
CY Calendar Year
DA Department of Agriculture
DAR Department of Agrarian Reform
DARDS Department of Agriculture Research and Development System
DBAP Development Bankers' Association of the Philippines
DBCC Development Budget Coordinating Committee (NEDA)
DBM Development of Budget and Management
DBP Development Bank of the Philippines
DCP Directed Credit Program
DECS Department of Education, Culture and Sports
DENR Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Department Department of Agriculture
DILG Department of the Interior and Local Government
DOE Department of Energy
DOF Department of Finance
DOST Department of Science and Technology
DOTC Department of Transportation and Communications
DSWD Department of Social Welfare and Development
DTI Department of Trade and Industry
ED Executive Director
EIRR Economic Internal Rate of Return
EMB Environmental Management Bureau (DENR)
EO 113 Creating the ACPC and the CALF (1987)
EO 116 Reorganizing the Ministry of Agriculture and Food (1987)
EO 292 Administrative Code of 1987
EO Executive Order
FAO Food and Agricultural Organization (UN)
FARMC Fisheries and Aquatic Resource Management Council
FDC Food Development Center (NFA)
FIDA Fiber Industry Development Administration (DA)
FINEX Financial Executives (of the Philippines)
FOG Field Operations Group (DA)
FOS Field Operations Service (DA)
FTC Farmers Training Center
FTI Food Terminal, Inc. (DA)
FY Fiscal Year
GATT General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
GFSME Guarantee Fund for Small and Medium Enterprises
GVA Gross Value-Added in Agriculture
HDI Human Development Index
HELE
HLURB Home Economics
Housing and LandLivelihood Education
Use Regulatory Board
HRD Human Resources Development
HRDD Human Resources Development Division (DA)
IA Irrigators' Association
ICC Investment Coordination Committee (NEDA)
ICFAM Inter-sectoral Committee on Agricultural and Fisheries Modernization
IESAM Institute for Environmental Sciences and Management (UPLB)
IISSP Integrated Information Systems Strategic Plan
IPPC International Plant Protection Convention
IRDN Irrigation Research and Development Network
IRR Implementing Rules and Regulations
ISF Integrated Service Fee
IT Information Technology
ITC International Training Center
ITCAF Information Technology Center for Agriculture and Fisheries
ITD International Trade and Relations Division (DA)
LBP Land Bank of the Philippines
LDC Livestock Development Council (DA)
LDC Local Development Committee
LGA Local Government Academy (DILG)
LGC Local Government Code
LGU Local Government Unit
LLP Low-lift Pumps
LUP Land Use Plan
M&E Monitoring and Evaluation
MA Municipal Agriculturist (DILG)
MAP Management Association of the Philippines
MARINA Maritime Industry Authority (DOTC)
MARO Municipal Agrarian Reform Officer (DAR)
MAS Marketing Assistance Service (DA)
MAV Minimum Access Volumes
MIS Management Information System
MPDO Municipal Planning and Development Officer (LGU)
NABCOR National Agribusiness Corporation (DA)
NAFC National Agricultural and Fisheries Council (DA)
NAFES National Agricultural and Fisheries Education System (DA)
NAFESC National Agricultural and Fisheries Education System Committee
NAMRIA National Mapping and Resources Inventory Agency
NAMVESCO National Market Vendors' Service Cooperative
NAPOCOR National Power Corporation
NaRDSAF National Research and Development System in Agriculture and
Fisheries
NAREA National Research and Extension Agenda
NARRDN National Agriculture and Resources Research and Development
Network
NARRDS National Aquatic Resources Research and Development System
NCAC National Consumer Affairs Council
NCC National Computer Center
NCC National Credit Committee
NCE National Centers of Excellence (in Agriculture and Fisheries Education)
NCRC National Commodity Research Centers
NDCC National Disaster Coordinating Committee
NEA National Electrification Administration
NEDA National Economic and Development Authority
NESAF National Extension System for Agriculture and Fisheries
NFA National Food Authority (DA)
NFRDI National Fisheries Research and Development Institute
NFTC National Farmers Training Center
NGO Non-government Organization
NIA National Irrigation Administration (DA)
NIHRDP National Integrated Human Resource Development Program
NIN National Information Network
NIS National Irrigation Systems (NIA)
NLWRI National Land and Water Resources Institute (UPLB)
NMAP National Marketing Assistance Program
NMC National Management Committee (NAFC, DA)
NMCRC National Multi-Commodity Research Center
NMIC National Meat Inspection Commission (DA)
NMU National Marketing Umbrella
NNC National Nutrition Council (DA)
NPAAAD Network of Protected Areas for Agricultural and Agro-industrial
Development
NPC National Power Corporation
NSCB National Statistical Coordination Board
NSF National Stud Farm (DA)
NSO National Statistics Office
NTC National Training Center (ATI)
NUCAF National University or College of Agriculture and Fishery
NWRB National Water Resources Board
OOPS Output-Oriented Performance Standards
OSEC Office of the Secretary (DA)
PA Provincial Agriculturist (LGU)
PAFC Provincial Agricultural and Fisheries Council
PAGASA Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services
Administration
PAO Presidential Administrative Order
PARO Provincial Agrarian Reform Officer (DAR)
PAS Policy Analysis Service (DA)
PASUC Philippine Association of State Universities and Colleges
PBMES Program Benefit Monitoring and Evaluation System
PCA Philippine Coconut Authority (DA)
PCAB Philippine Contractors Accreditation Board
PCAMRD Philippine Council for Aquaculture and Marine Research and
Development (DOST)
PCARRD Philippine Council for Agriculture Resources Research and
Development (DOST)
PCC Philippine Carabao Center (DA)
PCCI Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry
PCIC Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation (DOF)
PD Planning Division (RFU)
PDS Project Development Service (DA)
PEA Public Estates Authority
PEZA Philippine Economic Zones Authority
PFDA Philippine Fisheries Development Authority (DA)
PFP Physical Framework Plan
PhilRice Philippine Rice Research Institute (DA)
PHTRC Post-harvest Training and Research Center (UPLB)
PIA Philippine Information Agency
PIAF Provincial Institute of Agriculture and Fisheries
PIDS Philippine Institute for Development Studies
PIP Public Investment Program
PMC Presidential Memorandum-Circular
PMED Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Division (DA)
PMEU Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Unit (RFU)
PMS Planning and Monitoring Service (DA)
PNAO Provincial Nutrition Action Officer (NNC)
PO People's Organization
PPA Philippine Ports Authority
PPDO Provincial Planning and Development Officer (LGU)
PRC Professional Regulation Commission
PRRC Philippine Rice Research Institute (DA)
PS Planning Service (DA)
PSRS Policy Studies and Research Service (DAR)
PTC Provincial Training Center (ATI)
PV Provincial Veterinarian (LGU)
QuedanCor Quedan Rural Credit and Guarantee Corporation (DA)
R&D Research and Development
RA Republic Act
RA 6657 The Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law (1991)
RA 7160 The Local Government Code of 1991
RA 7222 Higher Education Act of 1994
RA 8292 Higher Education Modernization Act of 1994
RA 8435 The Agricultural and Fisheries Modernization Law (1997)
RA 8559 Agricultural Engineering Profession Law (1998)
RAFID Regional Agriculture and Fisheries Information Division (DA)
RAFMP Regional Agriculture and Fisheries Modernization Plan
RBAP Rural Bankers' Association of the Philippines
RD Regional Director (RFU)
RDE Research, Development and Extension
RFTC Regional Farmers' Training Center
RFU Regional Field Unit (DA)
RIARC Regional Integrated Agricultural Research Center
RLUP Regional Land Use Plan
ROS Research Outreach Station
RPFP Regional Physical Framework Plan
RRDEC Regional Research, Development and Extension Consortium
RRS Regional Research Station
RTC Regional Training Center (ATI)
SAFDZ Strategic Agriculture and Fisheries Development Zones
SAFDZC Strategic Agriculture and Fisheries Development Zones Committee
(National and Regional)
SBGFC Small Business Guarantee and Financing Corporation
RAFID Regional Agriculture and Fisheries Information Division (DA)
SEC Securities and Exchange Commission
Secretary Secretary of Agriculture
SO Special Order
SPS Sanitary and Phyto-Sanitary (regulations)
SRA Social Reform Agenda
SRA Sugar Regulatory Administration (DA)
STAND Science and Technology Agenda for National Development
STW Shallow Tube Wells
STWIP Shallow Tube Well Irrigation Project
SUC State Universities and Colleges

SWIP Small Water Impounding Project
SY School Year
TESDA Technical Education and Skills Development Authority
TF Task Force
TF TEFAM Task Force on Tariff Exemptions for Fisheries and Agricultural
Modernization
THE Technology and Home Economics
TIUS Trade, Industry and Utilities Staff (NEDA)
TLRC Technology and Livelihood Resources Center
TOR Terms of Reference
TPAE Technical Panel for Agricultural Education (DECS)
TRM Tariff and Related Matters Committee (NEDA)
TWG Technical Working Group
U/S Undersecretary
UPLB University of the Philippines at Los Baños
UPLBFI University of the Philippines at Los Baños Foundation, Inc.
WHO World Health Organization (UN)
WTO World Trade Organization

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July 10, 1998

DA ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 6-98

IMPLEMENTING RULES AND REGULATIONS PURSUANT TO REPUBLIC ACT 8435:

The Department, in consultation with the Congressional Oversight

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SECTION 33. Other Irrigation Construction Schemes. — The Government shall

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SECTION 58. Public Market and Abattoirs. — The Department shall

The Department shall coordinate with the LGUs in the establishment of

Proper protection and preservation of agriculture and sheries products being

RULE 81.3. Fisheries research and development shall be pursued separately,

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SECTION 84. Excellence and Accountability in Research and Development. —

SECTION 101. Role of Government Agencies. — The appropriate government

SECTION 109. All enterprises engaged in agriculture and sheries as duly

x. Coordination and management

SECTION 112. Continuing Appropriation. — The Department of Budget and

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RULE 117.1. The services of the independent review panel shall be

A/S Assistant Secretary

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