RA 10601

This is an act promoting agricultural and fisheries mechanization development in the country.

This act is known as the "Agricultural and Fisheries Mechanization (AFMech) Law". Generally,

it requires the creation of a thorough national policy on affordable and environmentally safe fishing

and farming to ensure food security and boost farmers' income. This Act, which consists of 42

sections, focuses on promoting the development and adoption of modern, appropriate, cost-

effective, and environmentally safe agricultural and fisheries machinery and equipment to improve

farm productivity and efficiency to achieve food security and safety and increase farmers' income;

and providing a favorable environment for the local assembling and manufacturing of engines,

machinery, and equipment. Additionally, it is accountable to strengthen support services like credit

faculties, research, training, and registration to ensure compliance with prescribed quality

standards. Moreover, it ensures the quality and safety of machinery and equipment locally

manufactured or imported by strengthening regulation through the development and enforcement

of machinery and machine performance standards, regular testing and evaluation, registration,

accreditation, and classification of suppliers, assemblers, and manufacturers to ensure compliance.

This act unifies, rationalizes, and strengthens the implementation, and coordination of activities

and mechanisms on agricultural and fisheries mechanization programs and projects and also

delivers integrated support services to farmers, fisherfolk, and other stakeholders, and assists them

to be able to viably operate and manage their agricultural and fisheries mechanization projects.
 RA 10915

This is an act strengthening, modernizing, and aligning the practice of agricultural

engineering in the country into the internationally recognized method of agricultural and

biosystems engineering, and for other purposes. This act is known as the "Philippine Agricultural

and Biosystems Engineering Act of 2016". Generally, the Philippine Agricultural and Biosystems

Engineering Act, which consists of seven articles are focused to promote, strengthen, and regulate

the practice of agricultural and biosystems engineering in the Philippines by putting in place

measures that will lead to the establishment of relevant agricultural and biosystems engineering

education, improved roles for agricultural and biosystems engineers, and better career prospects.

By encouraging the training and development of a sufficient and qualified pool of agricultural and

biosystems engineers in the nation, it also guarantees the application and delivery of agricultural

and biosystems engineering services to speed up agricultural and fishery modernization and ensure

food and water security, bio-energy development, natural resource conservation, environmental

protection, and human health and safety. The examination, registration, and licensing of the

agricultural and this act cover biosystems engineers.

Furthermore, the practice of agricultural and biosystem engineering is supervised,

controlled, and regulated. Additionally, it addresses the creation, improvement, and updating of

the agricultural and biosystems engineering profession's curriculum. This article also discusses the

growth and improvement of agricultural and biosystems engineers' professional competence and

practice, as well as the unification of all agricultural and biosystems engineers under a single

national Accredited Integrated Professional Organization, which must be approved by both the

Board of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering and the Professional Regulation Commission.
 RA 8435

It is 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. This act is known as the

"Agricultural and Fisheries Modernization Act of 1997". This act outlines measures to support the

growth of the agricultural and fishing industries in 120 sections under five titles. Generally, the

act’s goal is to change these businesses from resource-based to technology-based ones and to

increase earnings, particularly for small farmers and fishers. The republic act proposes a series of

measures in the field of production and marketing. Model farms must be built in strategic zones

for the growth of agriculture and fisheries. The act implies that the Department of Agriculture will

create a medium- and long-term modernization plan after consulting with various government

agencies and non-government organizations. The development of major and minor irrigation

systems, as well as research and development in the irrigation industry, are covered in this republic

act. Other measures address credit expansion, structural development, consumer safety, production

standards, etc. And the rest of the article focuses on improving human resources. In addition, the

policy emphasizes the significance of research and through official and informal education,

extension, and training services, invention, innovation, and application of research findings. It aids

in the creation of a national a system of extension that will hasten the transition of Philippine

agriculture and fisheries from a resource-based to a technology-based sector.