Agriculture sector
- plays a strategic role in the process of economic development of the country
- an increased agricultural output and productivity tend to contribute substantially to overall economic development of the country
Department of Agriculture
- tasked to promote agricultural development by providing framework, public investment, and support services needed for domestic and export-oriented business enterprises
- envisions a food-secure Philippines with prosperous farmers and fishers
EO 116, s.1987
- ATI was established
- mandated for training the members of rural-based organizations, agricutural extension workers and their clientele to promote and accelerate rural dvelopment
RA 8435, s.1997
- Agriculture and Fisheries Modernization Act
- strengthened the role of ATI as the DA's extension and training arm and overall manager of A&F training and extension of the country
Administrative Order NO.28, series of 2008
ATI take the lead role in the implementation of extension programs of the DA, including the management of extension funds
Executive Order 116, series of 1987
Bureau of Agricultural Research was created
Executive Order 292
- known as the Administrative Code of 1987
- mandated to ensure that agricultural research are coordinated and undertaken for maximum utility to agriculture
Republic Act No. 10601
- known as "Agricultural and Fisheries Mechanization (AFMech) Law"
- Bureau of Agricultural and Fisheries Engineering was created
Bureau of Agricultural and Fisheries Engineering (BAFE)
- mandated to monitor the implementation of the National Agricultural and Fisheries Modernization Plan of the Department of Agriculture
- plan implement, and evaluate the development of agricultural mechanization and infrastructure in the agriculture sector
Bureau anf Agriculture and Fisheries Standards (BAFS)
- mandated to develop and promote standards to ensure food safety, quality, worker's health and welfare, environmental management, and global competitiveness of Philippine agriculture and fishery products
- one of the key players in the Organic Agriculture Industry
Republic Act No. 3639
- dividing the Bureau of Agriculture into two distinc entities:
- Bureau of Animal Industry was organized
- promotes the development of the livestock industry and investigates the causes of dangerous communicable diseases from animals so their speed could be prevented
- Promoting the development of the plant industries through research and development
- crop production
- crop protection
- effective technology promotion and transfer
Bureau of Plant Indudtry Primary Tasks
Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR)
responsible for the development, improvement, management, and conservation of the country's fishery and aquatic resources
Republic Act No. 117
Bureau of Fisheries was established
Republic Act No. 3512
reorganize tge Bureau of Fisheries and became Philippine Fisheries Commission
Presidential Decree No. 461
renamed as Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources
Bureau of Soils and Water Management (BSWM)
- sole national soil resource agency in the Philippines
- established on June 5, 1951 as the Bureau of Soil Conservation
Executive Order 113 (1986)
- Agricultural Credit policy Council (ACPC) was created
- to synchronize all agri-credit policies and programs in support of the Department pf Agriculture's priority programs
- to monitor and evalutate the economic soundness of all credit programs
Executive Order No. 116
- ACPC became an attached agency of the DA
- mandated to administer the Comprehensive Agricultural Loan Fund (CALF) through Administrative Order No.5
Presidential Decree No. 1144
- Fertilizer and Pesticide Authority(FPA) which wa crested (May 30, 1977), replacing the Fertilizer Industry Authority
- mandate can be categorized into regulatory, monitoring, evaluation, and promotion
Presidential Decree No.7
National Meat Inspection Commisssion (NMIC) was created
Republic Act 9296
- known as "The Meat Inspection Code of the Philippines"
- renamed the NMIC as National Meat Inspection Service
Amended by R.A 10536
NMIS is tasked to formulate, promulgate abd implement laws, policies, programs and projects governing the post-harvest flow of meat in order to protect the interest and welfare of consumers and promote the development of the livestock and meat industry
National Meat Inspection Service
sole national controlling and competent authority pertaining to meat inspection and hygiene both for locally produced and imported meat
Republic Act No. 7307
- an Act Creating the Philippine Carabao Center to Propagate and Promote the Philippine Carabao ans for other Purposes
- mandated to conserve, propagate, and promote the Carabao as a source of milk, meat, graft power abd hide to benefit the rural farmers
Presidential Decree No.1380
- National Postharvest Institute for Research and Extension (NAPHIRE) was created on May 24,1978
- to accelerate the development of the grains postharvest industry in the country
Executive Order 116
NAPHIRE became aqn attached agency of the Department of Agriculture
Executive Order 494, 1992
- NAPHIRE was transformed as regular agency of the Department of Agriculture
- renamed as the Bureau of Postharvest Research and Extension (BPRE)
Executive Order 366
- known as goverment's 2004 Rationalization Program
- BPRE was rationalized and renamed into the Philippine Center for POsharvest Development and Mechanization
- mandated to generate, extend and commercialized appropriate and problem-oriented agriculture and fishery postharvest and mechanization technologies, practices and system
Executive Order 366, series of 2004
Philippine Council for Agriculture and Fisheries was reated out of the consolidation of two councils the National Agricultural Fishery Council (NAFC) and the Livestock Development Council (LDC)
Executive Order 366, series of 2004
strengthened functions related to coordination and monitoring of agricultural and fisheries modernization processes, and development of public-private partnership as advisory special bodies to the DA
Executive Order 709
- Fiber Industry Development Autority (FIDA) was created dated July 27, 1981
- mandated to promote the growth and development of the Philippine natural fiber, except cotton
Republic Act 8486
- Cotton Development Authority (CODA) that was created on February 11, 1998
- mandated to undertake initiative that will spur the growth of the local cotton industry
Philippine Fiber Industry Develoment Authority (PhilFIDA)
- a result of the consolidation of FIDA and CODA
- mandated to promote the growth and development of the natural fiber industry through research and development; production support; extension support, education and training services; fiber processing and utilization; and standards implementation and trade regulation
Republic Act No. 10089
- Philippine Rubber Researcg Institute Act of 2010
- to initiate and administer research and development programs to improve productivity and quality of rubber in the country
National Dairy Authority (NDA)
National Food Authority (NFA)
National Tobacco Administration (NTA)
Phlippine Coconut Authority (PCA)
Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation (PCIC)
Philippine Fisheries Development Authority (PFDA)
Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice)
Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA)
Corporations attached to the Department of Agriculture
Schools Offering Agriculture Courses
- formal training of agricultural professionals is the responsibility of the more that 270 schools offering agriculture courses in the Philippines
- Eight of there are CHED Centers of Excellence in Agriculture
- University of the Phiippines Los Banos (UPLB)
- Central Luzon State University (CLSU)
- Visayas State University (VSU)
- Central Mindanao University (CMU)
- University of Southern Mindanao (USM)
- University of Southern Philippines (USP)
- Benguet State University (BSU)
- Xavier University (XU)
Schools Offering Agriculture Courses
Bachelor of Science in Agriculture (BSA)
- agronomy
- animal science
- agricultural extension
- agricultural economics
- horticulture
- plant protection
- plant breeding
- soil science
- crop science
Bachelor of Animal Science (BAS)
Bachelor of Agricultural Technology (BAT)
Bachelor of Science in Agribusiness (BSAB)
Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Chemistry (BSAC)
Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Engineering (BSAE)
Agricultural courses offered by universities and colleges
- Agricutural Training Institute (ATI)
- Buruea of Agricultural Research (DA-BAR)
- Bureau of Agricultural and Fisheries Engineering (BAFE)
- Bureau of Agriculture and Fisheries Standards (BAFS)
- Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR)
- Bureau of Plant Industries (BPI)
- Bureau of Soils and Water Management (BSWM)
Bureaus under the umbrella of the Department of Agriculture
- Agricultural Credit Policy Council (ACPC)
- Fertilizer and Pesticide Authoriy (FPA)
- National Meat Inspection Service (NMIS)
- Phlippine Carabao Center (PCC)
- Philippine Center for Postharvest Develoment and Mechanization (PCPDM)
- Philippine Council for Agriculture and Fisheries (PCAF)
- Philippine Fiber Industry Development Authority (FIDA)
- Philippine Rubber Research Institute (PRRI)
Government agencies attached to the Department of Agriculture