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Block Farm Advantages
Block Farm Advantages
Introduced in pilot farms in 2012 by the SRA in collaboration with other government
agencies such as the DAR.
Pres. Benigno Aquino, III on March 27, 2015, signed into law Republic Act 10659 otherwise
known as the Sugarcane Industry Development Act (SIDA) 2015.
Under the SIDA, 300 million pesos will be allocated every year from the President’s
program of expenditures for submission to Congress to assist sugarcane block farm starting
2016.
2017 SRA Allocation for Block Farming – 324 million; Allocation for Visayas -194 million