Updates on AFMA Implementation (1999-2009)

Background

• The Landmark Agriculture and Fisheries Modernization Act, or Republic Act 8435 (AFMA) was signed into law in December 1997.

• Its vision is to modernize agriculture and fisheries through a dynamic, smallholder, private sector-led and market-driven intervention

• The goal of AFMA is focused on five major concerns: poverty alleviation, food security, rational use of resources, people empowerment, and global competitiveness.

• The law was amended in 2004 through RA 9281 which includes Section 109 (duty free exemption from agriculture inputs) and Section 112 on appropriations.

1999-2010 GAA (Regular and AFMP) in PhP ‘000

Year RA 8435 RegularGATT/AFMP

Total

Base-1998

- 2,838,727 12,892,205 15,730,932

1999 20,000,000 3,344,289 11,612,233 14,956,522

2000 17,000,000 4,164,823 16,635,428 20,800,251

2001 17,000,000 4,656,604 11,449,739 16,106,343

2002 17,000,000 5,599,053 14,440,018 20,039,071

2003 17,000,000 4,534,621 12,289,019 16,823,640

2004 17,000,000 4,252,089 9,473,209 13,725,298

2005 17,000,000 4,273,715 10,261,068 14,534,783

2006 17,000,000 4,210,348 11,173,079 15,383,427

2007 17,000,000 4,736,598 14,428,144 19,164,742

2008 17,000,000 5,771,343 22,003,904 27,775,247

2009 17,000,000 4,787,700 43,428,613 48,216,313

2010 17,000,000 - 41,170,447 41,170,447

Undeveloped1.59 M ha

51%

NIS0.76 M ha

50%

CIS0.56 M ha,

36%

PIS0.22 M ha,

14%

Developed1.54 M ha,

49%

Status of Irrigation Development(as of December 2009)

YearTotal Service

Area (ha)Increase

(ha)Irrigation

Development (%)*

1999 1,350,368 - 43

2009 1,539,937 189,569 (14%) 49

Status of Irrigation Development1999 vs 2009

* Estimated potential irrigable area is 3,126,340 hectares

Post-harvest and Other Post-harvest and Other Infrastructure FacilitiesInfrastructure Facilities

• Distributed 18,638 postharvest machineries & equipment (dryers, shellers, threshers, etc.)

• Constructed, rehabilitated/upgraded 20,890 postharvest facilities (MPDP, warehouse, cold chain, trading centers, etc.)

• Constructed/repaired 8,325 km. of FMRs amounting to P13.18 billion (2001-2009 as of August 2010)

• Established 50 mariculture parks nationwide while 10 are for launching

Credit FacilitationCredit Facilitation

• From 2001-2009, total agricultural production loans amounted to P465 B*– Of this, P96 B was through LBP, benefitting

2,067,185 million beneficiaries

• Provided P10.7 billion insurance

• This benefitted 11.32 million farmers and fisherfolk

* Loans granted under different credit programs of various institutions (DA, ACPC, LBP, DBP, PNB, BAI, RBs, NTA, DENR, CRBs, PCA, CDA, Quedancor, TLRC, NAFC, DAPCOPO, NLSF)

Marketing AssistanceMarketing Assistance

• Assisted around 461,000 individuals and 4,100 farmer organizations through the conduct of 11,156 trade fairs, exhibits, trade missions, congresses, market matching, and other marketing activities

• Participated in the development and operationalization of the RO-RO Transport System (RRTS)

• Established the Agribusiness Exports Showroom (AES)

Research and DevelopmentResearch and Development

• Completed 942 research projects and commercialized 70 technologies

• Developed the Research, Development and Extension Agenda and Programs (RDEAP) 2006-2010 that served as basis for prioritization of R&D programs/projects

• On-going program on capability enhancement to establish the National Extension System for Agriculture and Fisheries (NESAF)

Extension Support, Extension Support, Education and Training Education and Training Services (ESETS)Services (ESETS)• Conducted 28,059 training courses from

1999-2009 benefitting 1.3 million farmers and fisherfolk nationwide

• Issued the Agriculture and Fishery Participatory Planning Manual for LGUs and other information materials for agri & fishery development planning

• Continued the granting of development communication support through tri-media for nationwide extension system

Salary Supplement for LGU Salary Supplement for LGU Extension WorkersExtension Workers

• Continued the provision of support to the LGU agricultural technologists

• Pushed for the allocation of salary augmentation for those AEWs that were affected by the devolution in the DA budget proposals

• Not complied but instead AEWs were provided incentives through the commodity programs

National Information National Information NetworkNetwork• Operationalized around 1,100 info/data systems,

e.g.:– Plant Variety Registry System of BPI– SPS Information System– Computerized Information Tracking Organizer– Agri & Fisheries Marketing Information System– Inward Foreign Manifest Information Retrieval

System– ATI-ITCPH Online Training on Pig Husbandry

• Established and operationalized the DA local area network and wide area network

• Start-up activities for the Unified and Enterprise Geospatial Information System (UEGIS) Project

National Agriculture & National Agriculture & Fisheries Education System Fisheries Education System (NAFES)(NAFES)• Assist in the development of the NAFES Plan

that included:

– Preparation of curricula that tackles agri & fisheries– Network Centers of Excellence (NCE)

– Formulation and implementation of the National Integrated Human Resource Development Plan (NIHRDP)

• On-going Expanded Human Resource Development Program (local & foreign)

• Creation of the Board of Agriculture and Board of Fisheries under the PRC

Rural Non-farm Rural Non-farm Employment (RNFE) Employment (RNFE) TrainingTraining

• Helped in the organization of the RNFE-Basic Needs Program (BNP) core group to develop pilot programs in selected localities

• Set-up the Farmers Information Technology Service (FITS)/Techno Pinoy one-stop shop in collaboration with PCARRD-assisted consortia

SAFDZSAFDZ

• Completed the initial NPAAAD and SAFDZ  maps for the whole country and are available to the public in hard copy or digital format

• Completed the pilot-testing of the National Farmers Registry System (NFRS) and the Inventory System of Agriculture & Fisheries Investments (ISAFI) under the UEGIS project

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