Crop (Insurance, Tariffs, High Value, Credit, Protection, etc.) Laws

PD 1467

Created the Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation which shall provide insurance protection to farmers against losses arising from natural disasters as well as plant diseases and pest infestation, initially to palay crops and later on to other crops.

RA 8175

AMENDED PD 1467 IN ORDER TO MAKE THE CROP INSURANCE SYSTEM MORE STABLE AND MORE BENEFICIAL TO THE FARMERS COVERED THEREBY AND FOR THE NATIONAL ECONOMY.

RA 7900

High-Value Crops Development Act of 1995

RA 7900

An act to promote the production, processing, marketing and distribution of high-valued crops, providing funds therefor, and for other purposes

RA 10000

The Agri-Agra Reform Credit Act of 2009

RA 10000

mandates all government and private banking institutions to allocate at least 25% of their total loanable funds for agriculture and agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs)

RA 821

assist small farmers in securing liberal credit and to promote the effective groupings of farmers into cooperative associations to enable them to market efficiently their agricultural commodities, so as to place agriculture (including livestock, poultry and fishing) on a basis of economic equality with other industries, and to improve the standard of living of our people engaged in agriculture

RA 11203

Rice Tariffication Law

RA 8178

Agriculture Tariffication Act of 1996

RA 8178

Establishes the replacing Quantitative Import Restrictions on Agricultural Products, except Rice, with tariffs

RA 11203

An Act Liberalizing the Importation, Exportation and Trading of Rice, Lifting for the Purpose the Quantitative Import Restriction on Rice

RA 11203

amends the RA 8178

RA 11901

Agriculture, Fisheries, and Rural Development Financing Enhancement Act

RA 11901

An act expanded role of the banking industry and eases their compliance with Agri-Agra requirements, allowing banks to lend stronger support to the whole value chain of Agri-enterprises

RA 11901

Repealed RA 10000

RA 6260

Coconut Investment Act of 1971

RA 6260

Created the coconut investment fund wherein all taxes from coconut farmers are collected.

RA 8048

Coconut Preservation Act of 1995

RA 8048

Provides regulation of the cutting of coconut trees as well as to promote the growth of the industry by embarking on a sustainable and efficient replanting program.

RA 11524

Coconut Farmers and Industry Trust Fund Act of 2021

RA 11524

AN ACT CREATING THE COCONUT FARMERS AND INDUSTRY TRUST FUND, PROVIDING FOR ITS MANAGEMENT AND UTILIZATION, RECONSTITUTING FOR THE PURPOSE THE PHILIPPINE COCONUT AUTHORITY BOARD, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

RA 11524

This Act established a trust fund for the benefit of coconut farmers in the Philippines, utilizing funds from the coconut levy (RA 6260) , to promote sustainable development and improve the coconut industry

RA 9168

Philippine Plant Variety Protection Act of 2002

RA 9168

Provides exclusive rights to plant breeders over the propagating material of their protected variety, i.e. the right to authorize the production or reproduction, conditioning for the purpose of propagation, offering to sale, selling or other marketing strategies, exporting, importing and stocking of the plant variety.

DA AO 8 s. 2002

Permitted the PH to be the first in Asia to have a GM crop commercialized in 2002 - the Bt corn