Combined

RA 8435

aka Agriculture and Fisheries Modernization Act of 1997

RA 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

December 15, 1997

\[RA 8435] Passed by the senate

December 16, 1997

\[RA 8435] Passed by the house of representatives

December 22, 1997

\[RA 8435] Signed into law by Pres. Fidel V. Ramos

To modernize the agriculture and fisheries sectorsTo enhance profits and incomes in the agriculture and fisheries sectorsTo ensure the accessibility, availability and stable supply of food to all at all timesTo encourage horizontal and vertical integration, consolidation and expansion of agriculture and fisheries activitiesTo promote people empowermentTo pursue a market-driven approach

RA 8435 objectives

National Irrigation Administration

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.

Communal Irrigation Systems

aka CIS

RA 9184

aka Government Procurement Reform Act

Government Procurement Reform Act

aka RA 9184

RA 9184

An Act Providing For The Modernization, Standardization And Regulation Of The Procurement Activities Of The Government And For Other Purposes

RA 8981

aka Modernization Act of 2000

Modernization Act of 2000

aka RA 8981

RA 8981

An Act Modernizing The Professional Regulation Commission, Repealing For The Purpose Presidential Decree Numbered Two Hundred And Twenty-three, Entitled "Creating The Professional Regulation Commission And Prescribing Its Powers And Functions," And For Other Purposes

RA 6541

aka National Building Code of the Philippines

National Building Code of the Philippines

aka RA 6541

RA 6541

An Act To Ordain And Institute A National Building Code Of The Philippines

RA 6657

aka Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law of 1988

Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law of 1988

aka RA 6657

RA 6657

An Act Instituting A Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program To Promote Social Justice And Industrialization, Providing The Mechanism For Its Implementation, And For Other Purposes

RA 9700

aka CARPER

Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program

aka RA 9700

RA 7160

aka Local Government Code of 1991

Local Government Code of 1991

aka RA 7160

RA 7160

An Act Providing For A Local Government Code Of 1991

Agricultural and Fisheries Mechanization Law

aka RA 10601

AFMech Law

aka Agricultural and Fisheries Mechanization Law

RA 10601

aka AFMech Law

Agricultural and fisheries machinery

refers to machinery and equipment for the production, harvesting, processing, storage, manufacture, preserving, transporting and distribution of agricultural and fisheries products.

Agricultural and fisheries mechanization

refers to the development, adoption, assembly, manufacture and application of appropriate, location specific and cost-effective agricultural and fisheries machinery using human, animal, mechanical, electrical, renewable and other nonconventional sources of energy for agricultural production and postharvest/postproduction operations consistent with agronomic conditions and for efficient and economic farm and fishery management towards modernization of agriculture and fisheries;

Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization

aka PhilMech

PhilMech

a focal agency who shall integrate and unify all agricultural and fisheries mechanization RDE programs and projects of all concerned national government agencies, Local Government Units (LGUs), state universities and colleges (SUCs), which shall be geared towards development of machineries and equipment, job generation, address market and industry demands and help accelerate agricultural and fisheries modernization in the countryside.

Agricultural and Fisheries Mechanization RDE Network

shall be responsible for the formulation and implementation of the National Agricultural and Fisheries Mechanization RDE Agenda.

PhilMech

shall be responsible for organizing the Network and shall serve as secretariat to the Network.

Agricultural Mechanization Development Program

the \___ of the University of the Philippines, Los Baños (UPLB), which is part of the Network, shall be strengthened and institutionalized to lead and coordinate the agricultural and fishery mechanization RDE program of all academic institutions in the country.

PhilMech

National AFMechRDEN (Chair)

UPLB-BIOMECH

National AFMechRDEN (Vice chair)

Strategic Agricultural and Fishery Development Zones

aka SAFDZs

Bureau of Agricultural Research

aka BAR

BAR, DOST, CHED

shall provide competitive research grants to members of the Network to undertake needs-oriented research as well as institutional development and upgrading of laboratory facilities and equipment.

Agricultural Competitiveness Enhancement Fund

Ventures in local manufacture, fabrication and assembly of agri-fisheries machinery and equipment shall be eligible for loans under the \___

Agricultural Machinery Testing and Evaluation Center

Agricultural and fisheries machinery and equipment to be sold in the market shall pass through testing and evaluation by the \___

DA Regional Agricultural Engineering Division

shall maintain a registry of agricultural and fishery machinery at the regional office

BAFE

shall maintain a national database of all registered agricultural and fishery machinery.

3 years

\___ upon the enactment of this Act, registrants must provide certification by an accredited certifying body of all products that they have in the market or intend to market and withdraw all products that have no certification.

6 months

Within \___ upon the enactment of this Act, all manufacturers, fabricators, assemblers and importers must register with the BAFE.

1 year

\___ after the enactment of this Act, the registrants must submit to the BAFE the list of equipment/machineries manufactured/fabricated/assembled/ imported.

Bureau of Agriculture and Fisheries Product Standards

aka BAFPS

BAFPS

shall develop standards specifications and test procedures of agricultural and fishery machinery and equipment.

Agricultural and Fisheries Mechanization Committee

shall act as an advisory body to ensure the success of the programs and activities of the DA concerning agricultural and fisheries mechanization.

Agricultural and Fisheries Mechanization Committee

shall also serve as the consultative and feedback mechanism from the lowest possible level to the top decision makers and to assist in defining and formulating the goals and scope of the country’s agricultural and fisheries mechanization and infrastructure policies, plans and programs.

Bureau of Agricultural and Fisheries Engineering

Pursuant to Section 46 of Republic Act No. 8435, otherwise known as the “Agriculture and Fisheries Modernization Act of 1997”, a \___ is hereby created as a regular bureau of the DA which shall be under the supervision of the DA Undersecretary

AMTEC

is hereby designated as the premier and reference testing center in the country, and for purposes of functional coordination and integration, shall closely coordinate its activities with the BAFS and BAFE.

RA 9003

aka Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000

Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000

aka RA 9003

RA 9003

An Act Providing For An Ecological Solid Waste Management Program, Creating The Necessary Institutional Mechanisms And Incentives, Declaring Certain Acts Prohibited And Providing Penalties, Appropriating Funds Therefore, And For Other Purposes

RA 9367

aka Biofuels Act of 2006

Biofuels Act of 2006

aka RA 9367

RA 9367

An Act To Direct The Use Of Biofuels, Establishing For This Purpose

10%

a minimum of \___ blend of bioethanol by volume into all gasoline fuel distributed and sold by each and every oil company in the country.

1%

a minimum of \___ biodiesel by volume shall be blended into all diesel engine fuels sold in the country

2%

a minimum of \___ blend of biodiesel by volume which may be increased taking into account considerations including but not limited to domestic supply and availability of locally-sourced biodiesel component.

RA 9513

aka Renewable Energy Act of 2008

Renewable Energy Act of 2008

aka RA 9513

RA 9513

An Act Promoting The Development, Utilization And Commercialization Of Renewable Energy Resources And For Other Purposes

7 years; exempted

For the first \___ of its commercial operations, the duly registered RE developer shall be \___ from income taxes levied by the national government.

10 years

Within the first \___ upon the issuance of a certification of an RE developer, the importation of machinery and equipment, and materials and parts thereof, including control and communication equipment, shall not be subject to tariff duties:

RA 9729

aka Climate Change Act of 2009

Climate Change Act of 2009

aka RA 9279

RA 9279

An Act Mainstreaming Climate Change Into Government Policy Formulations, Establishing The Framework Strategy And Program On Climate Change, Creating For This Purpose The Climate Change Commission, And For Other Purposes

RA 10659

aka Sugarcane Industry Development Act of 2015

Sugarcane Industry Development Act of 2015

aka RA 10659

RA 10659

An Act Promoting And Supporting The Competitiveness Of The Sugarcane Industry And For Other Purposes

30 ha

the Program is the consolidation of small farms including farms of agrarian reform beneficiaries, as one larger farm, with a minimum area of \___ within a two-kilometer radius, to take advantage of the economies of scale in the production of sugarcane

RA 10912

aka Continuing Professional Development Act of 2016

Continuing Professional Development Act of 2016

aka RA 10912

RA 10912

An Act Mandating and Strengthening the Continuing Professional Development Program for All Regulated Professions, Creating Continuing Professional Development Council, and Appropriating Funds Therefor, and for Other Related Purposes

15 units

minimum CPD units

RA 11203

aka Rice Tarrification Law

Rice Tarrification Law

aka RA 11203

RA 11203

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

50%

\___ of the Rice Fund shall be released to and implemented by the Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization (PHilMech) as grant in kind to eligible farmers associations, registered rice cooperatives and local government units (LGUs), in the form of rice farm equipment, such as tillers, tractors, seeders, threshers, rice planters, harvesters, irrigation pumps, small solar irrigation, reapers, driers, millers, and the like, for purposes of improving farm mechanization

PhilMech

shall conduct or cause the procurement of the rice farm machineries and equipment for the identified recipients in accordance with the Government Procurement Act (RA No. 9184).

10%

\___ of the Rice Fund shall be made available for the extension services provided by PhilMech, PhilRice, Agricultural Training Institute (ATI) and Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) for teaching skills on rice crop production, modern rice farming techniques, seed production,, farm mechanization and knowledge/technology transfer through farm schools nationwide as follows: seventy percent (70%) to TESDA, ten percent (10%) each to ATI, PhilRice and PHilMech.

RA 10611

aka Food Safety Act of 2013

Food Safety Act of 2013

aka RA 10611

RA 10611

An Act To Strengthen The Food Safety Regulatory System In The Country To Protect Consumer Health And Facilitate Market Access Of Local Foods And Food Products, And For Other Purposes

food

refers to any substance or product whether processed, partially processed or unprocessed that is intended for human consumption

feed

refers to any substance or product, including additives, intended to be used for oral feeding to animals.

Good agricultural practices

refer to the practices that address environmental, economic and social sustainability for on-farm processes, and which result in safe and quality food and nonfood agricultural products.

Good manufacturing practices

refer to a quality assurance system aimed at ensuring that products are consistently manufactured, packed, repacked or held to quality standards appropriate for the intended use. It is thus concerned with both manufacturing and quality control procedure.

Hazard analyses at critical control points

refer to a science-based system which identities, evaluates and controls hazards which are significant for food safety at critical points during a given stage in the food supply chain.

Primary production

refers to the production, rearing or growing of primary products including harvesting, milking and farmed animal production up to slaughter; and the rearing and growing of fish and other seafood in aquaculture ponds. It also includes fishing, and the hunting and catching of wild products.

Post harvest stages

refer to the stages in the food supply chain involving the minimal transformation of plant and animal foods after primary production such as removal of field heat for fruits, slaughter of animals, sorting, grading and cutting of fresh plant and animal foods, icing and freezing, and the milling and storage of grain.

DA

shall establish standards and codes of practice for fresh foods or foods from the primary production and postharvest sectors of the food supply chain and the DOH-FDA, for processed and prepackaged foods.

DA

shall be responsible for food safety in the primary production and post-harvest stages of food supply chain and foods locally produced or imported in this category

DA

shall ensure that all laws, standards, policies, and programs assuring the safety of primary and postharvest food, foods locally produced or imported under this category are implemented.

RA 10696

aka Free Irrigation Service Act

Free Irrigation Service Act

aka RA 10696

RA 10696

An Act Providing Free Irrigation Service, Amending For The Purpose Republic Act No. 3601, As Amended, Appropriating Funds Therefor And For Other Purposes