LAWS AND POLICIES Flashcards
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are non-binding guidelines or principles that help guide decision-making, often within organizations or government agencies.
Policies
are legally binding rules and regulations enforced by a governing authority, applicable to a specific jurisdiction, and violations can lead to legal consequences.
Laws
is the development, adoption and assembly, manufacture and application of appropriate, location specific, and cost-effective agricultural and fishery machinery.
Republic Act No. 10601- Agricultural and Fisheries Mechanization (AFMech) Law
It was created towards to empower the agriculture and fisheries sectors to develop and sustain themselves.
Republic Act No.8435- Agriculture and Fisheries Modernization Act of 1997
It is declared to achieve food security as the overriding consideration in the utilization, management, development, conservation and protection of fishery resources in order to provide the food needs of the population.
Republic Act No. 8550 - The Philippine Fish Code of 1998
is a government-owned and controlled corporation responsible for irrigation development and management.
Republic Act No. 3601 - National Irrigation Administration
This was signed by President Rodrigo Duterte in February 2019. This policy states that farmers with landholdings of 8 hectares or less are exempted from paying the irrigation service fee (ISF) for water derived from national and communal irrigation systems constructed and administered by NIA and other government agencies.
Republic Act No. 10969 – Free Irrigation Service Act (FISA)
is to provide insurance protection to farmers against losses arising from natural calamities, plant diseases and pest infestations of their palay and corn crops as well as other crops.
The Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation (PCIC)
It was created under the administration of President Ferdinand Marcos. It abolished the Fertilizer Industry Authority (FIA) created by PD No. 135.
Presidential Decree No. 1144 - Fertilizer and Pesticide Authority
It is an act to promote the production, processing, marketing and distribution of high value crops.
Republic Act No. 7900 - High-Value Crops Development Act of 1995
This policy integrates and coordinates the then diffuse efforts of the government of promoting the accelerated growth of the coconut and other palm oil industry.
Presidential Decree No. 232 – Philippine Coconut Authority
Considering the importance of the coconut industry in nation building being one of the principal industries and one of the largest income earners of the country,
Republic Act N0. 8048 – Coconut Preservation Act of 1995
This is an act providing the development and promotion of organic agriculture in the Philippines.
Republic Act No. 10068 - Organic Agriculture Act of 2010
This policy promote and accelerate the development of the seed industry.
Republic Act No. 7308 – Seed Industry Development Act of 1992
– National Grains Authority Act
Presidential Decree No. 4
– Plant Quarantine Decree of 1978
Presidential Decree No. 1433
– Cooperative Development Authority
Republic Act No. 6938
– The Philippine Cooperative Code of 2008
This is an act amending the Republic Act 6938-Cooperative Code of the Philippines to be known as The Philippine Cooperative Code of 2008.
Republic Act No. 9520
- Agricultural Credit and Cooperative Financing System
Republic Act No. 821
– Agricultural Competitiveness Enhancement Fund
Republic Act No. 10848
– Rice Tariffication Law
Republic Act No. 11203
This is an act to revise and codify the Tariff and Custom Law of the Philippines.
Republic Act No. 1937
This policy promote competitiveness of domestic industries and producers based on sound industrial and agricultural development policies, and the efficient use of human, natural and technical resources. In pursuit of this global and in the public interest.
Republic Act No. 8800 – Safeguard Measures Act
