Agriculture and Fisheries Modernization Act Flashcards

Flashcards covering the key vocabulary and concepts from the provided notes on the Agriculture and Fisheries Modernization Act.

Agricultures and Fisheries Modernization Act (REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8435)

A law prescribing urgent measures to modernize the agriculture and fisheries sectors, enhance profitability, and prepare for globalization challenges.

Principle behind the policy

Improve conditions for farmers and fisherfolk and increase productivity.

Policy seeks to

Transform the agriculture and fisheries sector into a technology-based, advanced, and competitive industry.

Provisions covering the transformation of agriculture and fisheries sector

Production and marketing support services; human resource development; research development, and extension; rural non-farm employment; trade and fiscal incentives; and general provisions.

State shall

Promote industrialization and full employment based on sound agricultural development and agrarian reform.

Poverty Alleviation and Social Equity

Ensure that the poorer sectors of society have equitable access to resources, income opportunities, basic and support services and infrastructure.

Food Security

Assure the availability, adequacy, accessibility and affordability of food supplies to all at all times.

Rational Use of Resources

Adopt a rational approach in the allocation of public investments in agriculture and fisheries.

Global Competitiveness

Enhance the competitiveness of the agriculture and fisheries sectors in both domestic and foreign markets.

Sustainable Development

Promote development that is compatible with the preservation of the ecosystem in areas where agriculture and fisheries activities are carried out.

People Empowerment

Promote people empowerment by enabling all citizens through direct participation in policy formulation and decision making.

Protection from Unfair Competition

Protect small farmers and fisherfolk from unfair competition.

Objective of the Act

Modernize the agriculture and fisheries sectors by transforming them from resource-based to technology-based industries.

Act Objective

Ensure the accessibility, availability, and stable supply of food to all at all times.

Objective of the Act

Encourage horizontal and vertical integration, consolidation, and expansion of agriculture and fisheries activities.

Act Objective

Promote people empowerment by strengthening people's organizations, cooperatives and NGOs.

Objective of the Act

Induce the agriculture and fisheries sectors to ascend continuously the value-added ladder.

Objective of the Act

Provide social and economic adjustment measures that increase productivity and improve market efficiency.

Agricultural Land Use Conversion

Changing agricultural land to non-agricultural uses.

Agriculture and Fisheries Modernization

Transforming agriculture and fisheries sectors into dynamic, technologically advanced, and competitive sectors centered on human development.

Agro-Processing Activities

Processing raw agricultural and fishery products into semi-processed or finished products.

Competitive Advantage

Competitive edge in product quality and/or price.

Economic Scale

Minimum quantity or volume of goods required to be efficient.

Economies of Scale

Decrease in unit cost as more units are produced.

Farm-to-Market Roads

Roads linking agriculture and fisheries production sites to markets.

Food Security

Meeting the food requirements of Filipinos in substantial quantity, ensuring availability and affordability.

Global Competitiveness

Ability to compete in price, quality, and volume of agriculture and fishery products.

Gross Value-Added

Total value of goods and services contributed by the agricultural and fisheries sectors, excluding non-agricultural inputs.

Industrial Dispersal

Encouragement given to manufacturing enterprises to establish plants in rural areas.

Market Infrastructure

Facilities used by farmers and fisherfolk in marketing their produce.

National Information Network (NIN)

Information network linking all offices of the Department with research institutions and local end-users.

Network of Protected Areas for Agricultural and Agroindustrial Development (NPAAAD)

Agricultural areas identified to ensure efficient land utilization for agriculture and agro-industrial development.

Post-Harvest Activities

Threshing, drying, milling, grading, storing, and handling of produce.

Post-Harvest Facilities

Threshers, moisture meters, dryers, weighing scales, milling equipment, fish ports, ice plants and cold storage facilities, processing plants, warehouses, buying stations, market infrastructure and transportation facilities.

Socio-culturally Sound

Consideration of the social structure of the community.

Zoning Ordinance

Local legislation approving land use plan and providing regulations on land uses.

Small and Medium Enterprise (SME)

Any business activity engaged in industry, agribusiness, and/or services with total assets within specified categories.

SAFDZ

Strategic Agricultural and Fisheries Development Zones

SAFDZ aim to

Ensure that lands are efficiently and sustainably utilized for food and non-food production and agro-industrialization.

Agrarian reform communities (ARCs)

Areas within SAFDZ suitable for economic scale production to serve as model farms.

Bureau of Soils and Water Management (BSWM) shall

Undertake the mapping of the network of areas for agricultural and agro-industrial development for all municipalities, cities at an appropriate scale.

The Department shall

Establish and delineate SAFDZ within one year.

All cities and municipalities

Shall have prepared their respective land use and zoning ordinance incorporating the SAFDZ.

Penalty for Agricultural Inactivity

An idle land tax of Three thousand pesos (P3,000) per hectare per year.

Penalty for premature or illegal conversion

Imprisonment of two (2) to six (6) years, or a fine equivalent to one hundred percent (100%) of the government's investment cost, or both.

AFMP

Agriculture and Fisheries Modernization Plan (AFMP)

Agriculture and Fisheries Modernization Plan shall focus on

Food security; poverty alleviation and social equity; income enhancement and profitability; global competitiveness; and sustainability.

Goals and indicators of development

Increased income and profit of small farmers and fisherfolk; availability of rice and other staple foods at affordable prices; reduction of rural poverty and income inequality; reduction of the incidence of malnutrition; reduction of rural unemployment and underemployment; and Improvement in land tenure of small farmers.

Areas of concern in formulating the AFMP

Strategies and programs aimed to achieve growth and profitability targets in the contest of the constraints and challenges of the World Trade Organization (WTO).

Areas of concern in formulating the AFMP

Comprehensive and integrated agriculture and fisheries research, development and extension services.