Overiew of Agricultural Policy Instruments in the Philippines Flashcards
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The ___ ___ _____ _____ is implemented by the ______ _____ _______ through the following mechanisms: support price, release price, government procurement, and import restrictions.
Rice Price Support Policy - National Food Authority
The law replaces the system of quantitative restriction (QR) on rice importation with a pure tariff system. That generated fund comes from a tariff will be used through
the ____ ______ _______ ________.
Rice Tariffication Law – RA 11203 – 2019 - Rice Competitive Enhancement Program
An Executive Order which lowered the tariffs on imported rice from 35 percent
to 15 percent, was implemented last ____ _, 2024.
Executive Order No. 62 in 2024 that is implemented last July 5, 2024
The RCEP has four key components:
- Rice Farm Mechanization
- Rice Seed Development, Propagation, and Promotion
- Expanded Rice Credit Assistance
- Rice Extension Services
regulates the supply of sugar in the domestic market by setting quotas and maintaining a price stabilization mechanism.
Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA)
introduced in 2011 aims to improve production operations and reduce national average post-harvest losses by at least 5% by the end of 2016.
Rice Mechanization Program
Aims to support the government’s goal of helping small farmers and fisherfolks (sff) in calamity affected areas regain their capacity to earn a living.
Survival and Recovery (SuRe) Assistance Program
– Offers loans to finance working capital and/ or fixed asset acquisition requirements of start-up or existing agri-based projects of young entrepreneurs and agri-fishery graduates
Kapital Access for Young Agripreneurs (KAYA)
- A loan facility to finance capital requirements of individual small farmers and fisherfolk (SFF), farmer and fisherfolk organizations/associations, and micro and small enterprises (MSEs) that are engaged in agriculture and fishery projects
Agri-Negosyo Loan Program (ANYO)
Also known as “Revised Charter of the Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation Act of 1995.”.
Republic Act 8175
➢ It is the policy of the State to promote comprehensive rural development, food self-sufficiency, equitable access to opportunities, and sustained productivity as key strategies to raise the quality of life in rural areas and attain overall national development.
Republic Act 10969 - Free Irrigation Service Act
This Republic Act establishes the policy of the State to promote the productivity of the agriculture sector and to protect farmers from unscrupulous traders and importers, who by their illegal importation of agricultural products, especially rice, significantly affect the production, availability of supply and stability of prices, and the food security of the State.
Republic Act 10845 - Anti Smuggling Act of 2016
was enacted on September 26, 2024, which classifies agricultural smuggling, hoarding, profiteering, and engaging in a cartel as economic sabotage.
Republic Act of 12022 - Anti-Agricultural Economic Sabotage Act
The principle behind the policy is to improve the conditions of farmers and fisherfolk and increase their productivity to meet the demands of the growing markets locally and abroad.
Agriculture and Fisheries Modernization Act - RA 8435 - 1997
The welfare of the landless farmers and farmworkers will receive the highest consideration to promote social justice and to move the nation toward sound rural development and industrialization, and the establishment of owner cultivatorship of economic-size farms as the basis of Philippine agriculture.
Comprehensive Agrarian Reform - RA 6657 - 1988
Also known as the Organic agriculture Act of 2010
Republic Act 10068
is a law that amends the Organic Agriculture Act of 2010 (Republic Act No. 10068).
Republic Act 11511
aims to further promote, develop, and implement organic agriculture in the Philippines.
RA 11511
Climate change adaptation and mitigation program for agriculture which integrates strategies into agricultural planning and development.
RA 9729
promote waste reduction, recycling, and composting to minimize environmental pollution
RA 9003 - Ecological Waste Management Act
– The main government agency responsible for the development and implementation of agricultural policies and programs. It oversees various aspects of agriculture, fisheries, and rural development.
Department of Agriculture (DA)
– An attached agency of the DA, it focuses on rice research, development, and extension to improve rice productivity and farmers’ income.
Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice)
– Formulates policies and implements programs to improve access to credit for the agricultural sector.
Agricultural Credit Policy Council (ACPC)
– Ensures food security and stabilization of the supply and price of staple grains, especially rice.
National Food Authority (NFA)
