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PHILIPPINES BANS LAOS PORK IMPORTS DUE TO AFRICAN SWINE FEVER
The Department of Agriculture's temporary import ban on pork goods from Laos will
immediately take effect

By: Anna Mogato

Published 6:05 PM, June 27, 2019

Updated 6:05 PM, June 27, 2019

MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Agriculture (DA) imposed a temporary

ban on pork imports from Laos, the latest Southeast Asian country to be hit by African
swine fever (ASF).
In a memorandum order signed last Monday, June 24, the DA said the importation
ban will cover domestic and wild pigs as well as pork products like pork meat, pig skin,
and semen for insemination. The import ban will immediately take effect.
The memo also immediately suspends the evaluation and processing of sanitary
and phytosanitary import clearances for pork products coming from Laos.
DA veterinary quarantine officers and inspectors at all major ports were also
instructed to block and confiscate shipments of pork goods from Laos. (READ: PH
tightens importation of plant-based feeds from ASF-hit nations)
The Food and Drug Administration earlier issued its own temporary import ban on
processed pork products from 16 countries. The Philippines remains free of ASF, but hog
raisers still want tighter import restrictions. – Rappler.com

Source:https://www.rappler.com/business/234050-philippines-bans-laos-pork-imports-
african-swine-fever-june-2019
PH TIGHTENS IMPORTATION OF PLANT-BASED FEEDS FROM ASF-HIT NATIONS
The Department of Agriculture says there are findings that African swine fever can be
transmitted through plant-based feeds

By: Anna Mogato

Published 9:05 PM, June 25, 2019

Updated 9:05 PM, June 25, 2019

MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Agriculture (DA) tightened the

importation of plant-based feeds from countries infected by African swine fever (ASF).
In a memorandum circular signed by Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol last
Wednesday, June 19, the DA said it based its decision on consultations with stakeholders
and "scientific findings" that ASF can be transmitted through plant-based feeds.
(READ: Customs implements tighter watch over swine products)
To be able to bring in plant-based feeds into the country, an independent third
party surveyor will have to state the last outbreak date of ASF from the country of origin
following the announcement of the World Organisation for Animal Health.
There is no need to place imported feeds in quarantine if these came from non-
Asian countries with a last outbreak date that is more than 2 months or 60 days ago from
the date of arrival in the Philippines.
But feeds coming from countries with a last outbreak date of less than two months
or 60 days ago from the date of arrival will be subjected to quarantine.
The circular states that the quarantine will last for 20 days, counting from the time
the feeds were loaded onto vessels for shipment.
Feeds from non-Asian countries can be immediately used as soon as they are
cleared, since the transport usually takes at least 20 days.
Feeds from Asian countries, on the other hand, will have a 10-day quarantine
period at the consignee's warehouse since shipment usually takes less than 20 days.
The DA started to ban the importation of pork products from ASF-hit countries
months ago, while the Food and Drug Administration also ordered the recall of processed
pork products from countries hit by ASF.
Both the DA and industry stakeholders said they are confident the Philippines still
has enough buffer stock to weather lower imports caused by the ban. (READ: Piñol sacks
NAIA quarantine team)
To further improve the country's hog production, the DA said it allocated 100,000
hectares of land for sorghum, a crop used for animal feeds. – Rappler.com

Source:https://www.rappler.com/business/233878-philippines-tightens-importation-
plant-based-feeds-african-swine-fever-countries
DA TARGETS AT LEAST 1 MILLION KILOS OF EXCESS MANGOES TO BE SOLD
The Department of Agriculture sets up stalls in Metro Manila to boost the sales of excess
mangoes. Here's where to find them.

By: Rappler.com

Published 2:40 PM, June 10, 2019

Updated 8:50 PM, June 10, 2019

MANILA, Philippines – After mango farmers struggled to make profit due to excess
supply, the Department of Agriculture (DA) launched a metro-wide marketing
campaign to reduce the oversupply by at least half, or one million kilos of the fruit.
Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol on Monday, June 10, admitted that while
the oversupply provides an opportunity for farmers to sell more, there was a failure on the
government's part to help develop the industry sooner.
To give immediate aid to these farmers, the DA has set up stalls for its marketing
campaign in the following areas:

 Department of Agriculture Central Office, Quezon City - 8 am to 4 pm

 Bureau of Plant Industry, Manila - 8 am to 4 pm
 Muntinlupa City Hall - 8 am to 4 pm
 Parañaque City Hall - 8 am to 4 pm
 Waltermart North Edsa, Quezon City - 9 am to 9 pm
 Waltermart Makati City - 9 am to 9 pm
 Waltermart Pasay City - 9 am to 9 pm
While the earlier plan was to have the campaign run until Tuesday, June 11, Piñol
said it may last until there are no more stocks left.
Citing farmers, Piñol said the oversupply of mangoes happens every 3 or 4 years.
For this time, the DA chief said El Niño contributed to the two-million-kilo oversupply since
the land was given time to rest due to the drought.

Long-term support
While the DA already finished crafting the mango industry road map in 2018, Piñol
said linking farmers with the market remains to be a problem.
"But now with the aggressive program of the AMAS (Agribusiness and Marketing
Assistance Service), we are pushing to link up the farmers [with the consumers]," he
added.
The DA will hold a workshop for mango growers in Luzon next week to improve
product standards and ensure they pass export requirements, as well as to help farmers
process their goods into high-value products.
"We will identify there what the farmers need, like bottling and storage because
mangoes are a seasonal crop," Piñol said.
 The DA is also working on boosting exports, particularly in Japan where they have
dropped from about 7,000 metric tons (MT) to just 300 MT. The drop in exports was
attributed to the high chemical residues found in Philippine mangoes.
Despite this, Japanese firm Diamond Star Agro Products already pledged to buy
100 MT of mangoes.
The Philippines also exports around 2 MT of mangoes to Dubai. The DA is also
working on getting sanitary requirements to gain access to South Korea and Russia in
2019. – Rappler.com

Sources:https://www.rappler.com/business/232689-department-agriculture-target-
excess-mangoes-to-be-sold
 The Agriculture, Hunting, Forestry, and Fishing (AHFF) managed to grow by 0.8%
in the first quarter of 2019 and is accounted for 8.2% of the total Gross Domestic Product
(GDP). The agricultural sector shared 84.9% of the total AHFF, which actually grew by
0.6% in the first quarter of 2019. However, its growth is at a slower pace compared to its
2% growth in the same period of the previous year. The agricultural policies and laws in
the Philippines help on the addressing the challenges that are being faced by the
agricultural sectors. These laws were implemented on aiding on the legal issues about
the farming industries and such. These laws and policies are created to ensure the food
security, exports and imports, development of the agricultural products, process,
production, distribution, product competitiveness, regulating the agricultural sector, and
such. The government provides policies to enhance the performance of the agricultural
sector on the long-term productivity growth. The government would also like to provide
agricultural education and extension services so that the farming management skills
would be improved and would therefore be a help on the economy of the Philippines.
Since Philippines is a tropical country and is located in the Pacific Ring of Fire, the
government also provide measures for those who are involved with agriculture and agri-
based businesses on adapting to such natural disasters. Since we cannot actually prevent
such things on happening, it is just right to prepare policies that would aid the people on
recovering. The government also issues policies, ordinances, orders, and implement laws
when there is a need to regulate various situations.
The Philippines is an agricultural country. According to the data from World Bank,
the agricultural land in the Philippines was reported to be at 41.72% in 2014. The
agricultural sector aims for food security, sustainability of the natural resource base, social
equity and global competitiveness. To take specific measure for these goals to be
achieved, there are certain government agencies that were established to help on the
management and development of the agricultural land and water resources.
One of which is the Department of Agriculture (DOA) which is the principal agency
of the Philippine government that is responsible for the promotion of agricultural growth
and development. It also provides the policy framework, helps direct public investments,
and in partnership with the local government units (LGUs), it provides the support services
necessary to make agriculture and agri-based enterprises profitable and to help spread
the benefits of development to the poor, particularly those in rural areas.
International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) is a non-profit agricultural research and
training center established to improve the well-being of present and future generations of
rice farmers and consumers, particularly those with low incomes. It is dedicated to helping
farmers in developing countries produce more food on limited land using less water, less
labor, and fewer chemical inputs, without harming the environment.
The National Food Authority has mission of promoting the integrated growth and
development of the grains industry covering rice, corn, feed grains and other grains like
sorghum, mongo, and peanut.
 The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) is the principal agency responsible for
implementing the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP). It improves land
tenure through better access to and a more equitable distribution of land and the fruits
thereof. It also enhances the welfare and promote the development of program
beneficiaries through the coordinated delivery of essential support services.
The following are laws related on the agricultural sector of the Philippines:
•REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10848
Approved by the President on May 23, 2016
AN ACT FURTHER EXTENDING THE PERIOD OF IMPLEMENTATION OF THE
AGRICULTURAL COMPETITIVENESS ENHANCEMENT FUND (ACEF), AMENDING
FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8178, AS AMENDED BY REPUBLIC ACT
NO. 9496, ENTITLED: “AN ACT REPLACING QUANTITATIVE IMPORT
RESTRICTIONS ON AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS, EXCEPT RICE, WITH TARIFFS,
CREATING THE AGRICULTURAL COMPETITIVENESS ENHANCEMENT FUND, AND
FOR OTHER PURPOSES"
•REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10845
Approved by the President on May 23, 2016
AN ACT DECLARING LARGE-SCALE AGRICULTURAL SMUGGLING AS
ECONOMIC SABOTAGE, PRESCRIBING PENALTIES THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES
•REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10817
Approved by the President on May 16, 2016
AN ACT INSTITUTING THE PHILIPPINE HALAL EXPORT DEVELOPMENT AND
PROMOTION PROGRAM, CREATING FOR THE PURPOSE THE PHILIPPINE HALAL
EXPORT DEVELOPMENT AND PROMOTION BOARD, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
•REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10816
Approved by the President on May 16, 2016
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND PROMOTION OF FARM
TOURISM IN THE PHILIPPINES
•REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10659
Approved by the President on March 27, 2015
AN ACT PROMOTING AND SUPPORTING THE COMPETITIVENESS OF THE
SUGARCANE INDUSTRY AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
•REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10654
 Approved by the President on February 27, 2015
AN ACT TO PREVENT, DETER AND ELIMINATE ILLEGAL, UNREPORTED AND
UNREGULATED FISHING, AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8550, OTHERWISE
KNOWN AS “THE PHILIPPINE FISHERIES CODE OF 1998,” AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES
•REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10089
Approved by the President on May 13, 2010 Origin: Senate (SB01651 / HB06882)
14th Congress
AN ACT CREATING THE PHILIPPINE RUBBER RESEARCH INSTITUTE TO
DEVELOP THE PHILIPPINE RUBBER INDUSTRY AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
•REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10068
Approved by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on April 06, 2010 Origin: 14th
Congress (Senate: SB03264 / House: HB07066)
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND PROMOTION OF
ORGANIC AGRICULTURE IN THE PHILIPPINES AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
•REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10000
Approved by the President on February 23, 2010 Origin: Senate (SB03431 /
HB06095) 14th Congress
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR AN AGRICULTURE AND AGRARIAN REFORM
CREDIT AND FINANCING SYSTEM THROUGH BANKING INSTITUTIONS
•REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9700
Approved by the President on August 07, 2009 Origin: Senate (SB02666 /
HB04077) 14th Congress
AN ACT STRENGTHENING THE COMPREHENSIVE AGRARIAN REFORM
PROGRAM (CARP), EXTENDING THE ACQUISITION AND DISTRIBUTION OF ALL
AGRICULTURAL LANDS, INSTITUTING NECESSARY REFORMS, AMENDING FOR
THE PURPOSE CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6657, OTHERWISE
KNOWN AS THE COMPREHENSIVE AGRARIAN REFORM LAW OF 1988, AS
AMENDED, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
•REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9379
Approved by the President on March 08, 2007 Origin: House (HB04067 /
SB02522) 13th Congress
AN ACT DEFINING HANDLINE FISHING, PROVIDING EFFECTIVE
REGULATIONS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
•REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9296
Approved by the President on May 12, 2004 Origin: Senate (SB02691 / HB06587)
12th Congress
AN ACT STRENGTHENING THE MEAT INSPECTION SYSTEM IN THE
COUNTRY, ORDAINING FOR THIS PURPOSE A "MEAT INSPECTION CODE OF THE
PHILIPPINES" AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
•REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9281
Approved by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on March 30, 2004 Origin: 12th
Congress (Senate: SB02677 / House: HB05817)
AN ACT TO STRENGHTEN AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES
MODERNIZATION IN THE PHILIPPINES BY EXTENDING THE EFFECTIVITY OF TAX
INCENTIVES AND ITS MANDATED FUNDING SUPPORT, AMENDING FOR THIS
PURPOSE SECTIONS 109 AND 112 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8435
•REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8800
Approved by the President on July 19, 2000 Origin: Senate (SB02033 / HB07613)
11th Congress
AN ACT PROTECTING LOCAL INDUSTRIES BY PROVIDING SAFEGUARD
MEASURES TO BE UNDERTAKEN IN RESPONSE TO INCREASED IMPORTS AND
PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION THEREOF
•REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8550
Approved by the President on February 25, 1998 Origin: Senate (SB01708 /
HB07366) 10th Congress
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE DEVELOPMENT, MANAGEMENT AND
CONSERVATION OF THE FISHERIES AND AQUATIC RESOURCES, INTEGRATING
ALL LAWS PERTINENT THERETO, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
•REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8532
Approved by the President on February 23, 1998 Origin: Senate (SB02170 /
HB04808) 10th Congress
AN ACT STRENGTHENING FURTHER THE COMPREHENSIVE AGRARIAN
REFORM PROGRAM (CARP), BY PROVIDING AUGMENTATION FUND THEREFOR,
AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTION 63 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6657,
OTHERWISE KNOWN AS "THE CARP LAW OF 1988"
•REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8486
 Approved by the President on February 11, 1998 Origin: Senate (SB00556 /
HB06861) 10th Congress
AN ACT MERGING THE PHILIPPINE COTTON CORPORATION AND THE
COTTON RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE INTO A COTTON
DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION, VESTING IT WITH REGULATORY POWERS
AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR THE PURPOSE
•REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8435
Approved by President Fidel V. Ramos on December 22, 1997 Origin: 10th
Congress (Senate: SB02245 / House: HB00002)
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
•REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8178
Approved by President Fidel V. Ramos on March 28, 1996 Origin: 10th Congress
(Senate: SB01450 / House: HB06436)
AN ACT REPLACING QUANTITATIVE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS ON
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS, EXCEPT RICE, WITH TARIFFS, CREATING THE
AGRICULTURAL COMPETITIVENESS ENHANCEMENT FUND, AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES
•REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8175
Approved by the President on December 29, 1995 Origin: Senate (SB01157 /
HB05201) 10th Congress
AN ACT FURTHER AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO.1467, AS
AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THECHARTER OF THE PHILIPPINE CROP
INSURANCE CORPORATION (PCIC), IN ORDER TO MAKE THE CROP INSURANCE
SYSTEM MORE STABLE AND MORE BENEFICIAL TO THE FARMERS COVERED
THEREBY AND FOR THE NATIONAL ECONOMY
•REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7900
Approved by the President on February 23, 1995 Origin: House (HB09288 /
SB01311) 9th Congress
AN ACT TO PROMOTE THE PRODUCTION, PROCESSING, MARKETING, AND
DISTRIBUTION OF HIGH-VALUE CROPS, PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR, AND
FOR OTHER PURPOSES
REFERENCES:
•https://psa.gov.ph/nap-press-
release/sector/Agriculture,%20Hunting,%20Forestry%20and%20Fishing
•https://tradingeconomics.com/philippines/agricultural-land-percent-of-land-area-wb-
data.html
•https://pinas.dlsu.edu.ph/gov/agriculture.html
•https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-laws-in-the-Philippines-that-supports-the-
agriculture
•https://www.oecd.org/countries/philippines/title-agricultural-policies-in-the-philippines-
9789264269088-en.htm