PH LAW FOR AGRICULTURAL SECTOR
REPUBLIC ACT NO- 10848: ACEE (EXTENSION) LAW
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 :ANTI AGRICULTURAL SMUGGLING ACT OF 2016
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 :PH HALAL EXPORT DEVELOPMENT AND PROMOTION-2016
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 :FARM TOURISM DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 2016
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 : SUGARCANE INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 2016Approved 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: AMENDING RA 8550
Approved by the President on Febuary 27, 2015
AN ACT TO PREVENT, DETER AND ELIMINATE ILLEGAL, UNREPORTED AND
UNREGULATED FISHING, AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO: &550, OTHERWISE KNOWN
AS “THE PHILIPPINE FISHERIES CODE OF 1998,” AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
REPUBLIC ACT NO- 10089 : PH RUBBER RESEARCH INSITUTE ACT OF 2010
Approved by the President on May 13, 2010 Origin: Senate (SBOI6ST / HBO68E2) 14th
Congress
AN ACT CREATING THE PHILIPPINE RUBBER RESEARCH INSTITUTE TO DEVELOP THE
PHILIPPINE RUBBER INDUSTRY AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
REPUBLIC ACT NO- 10068:ORGANIC AGRICULTURE ACT OF 2010
Approved by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on April 06, 2010 Origin: 14th Congress
(Senate: $803264 / House: HB07066)
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND PROMOTION OF ORGANIC
AGRICULTURE IN THE PHILIPPINES AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
REPUBLIC ACT NO-10000:AGRI-AGRA REFORM CREDIT ACT OF 2009
Approved by the President on February 23, 2010 Origin: Senate (5803431 / HBO6095)
14th Congress
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR AN AGRICULTURE AND AGRARIAN REFORM CREDIT AND
FINANCING SYSTEM THROUGH BANKING INSTITUTIONSREPUBLIC ACT NO- 9700: CARPER
Approved by the President on August 07, 2009 Origin: Senate ($B02666 / H804077)
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: HANDLINE FISHING LAW
Approved by the President on March O08, 2007 Origin: House (HBO4067 / $802522)
13th Congress
AN ACT DEFINING HANDLINE FISHING, PROVIDING EFFECTIVE REGULATIONS
THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
REPUBLIC ACT NO- 9296:MEAT INSPECTION SYSYEM IN THE PH
Approved by the President on May 12, 2004 Origin: Senate ($B02691 / 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- 92817
Approved by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on March 30, 2004 Origin: 12th Congress
(Senate: $B02677 / House: HBOS817)AN ACT TO STRENGHTEN AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES MODERNIZATION IN THE
PHILIPPINES BY EXTENDING THE EFFECTIVITY OF TAX INCENTIVES AND ITS
MANDATED FUNDING SUPPORT, AMENDING FOR THIS PURPOSE SECTIONS 109 AND
112 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO: 8435
REPUBLIC ACT NO- 8800: SAFEGUARDS MEASURE ACT
Approved by the President on July 19, 2000 Origin: Senate ($B02033 / 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: THE PH FISHERIES CODE OF 1998
Approved by the President on February 25, 1998 Origin: Senate ($B01708 / HBO7366)
10th Congress
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE DEVELOPMENT, MANAGEMENT AND CONSERVATION
OF THE FISHERIES AND AQUATIC RESOURCES, INTEGRATING ALL LAWS PERTINENT
THERETO, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
REPUBLIC ACT NO- 8532: THE CARP LAW
Approved by the President on February 23, 1998 Origin: Senate ($B02170 / HBO4808)
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: COTTON INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT LAW OF 1998
Approved by the President on February 11, 1998 Origin: Senate (SB00556 / HBO6861)
10th CongressAN 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 : AFMA OF 1997
Approved by President Fidel V- Ramos on December 22, 1997 Origin: 10th Congress
(Senate: $B02245 / 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: AGRICULURAL TARIFFICATION ACT
Approved by President Fidel V- Ramos on March 28, 1996 Origin: 10th Congress (Senate:
$B01450 / 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: REVISED CHARTER OF PCIC ACT OF 1995
Approved by the President on December 29, 1995 Origin: Senate (SBOTIS7 / HBO5S201)
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:HIGH VALUE CROPS OF DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 1995Approved by the President on February 23, 1995 Origin: House (HBO9288 / $B01311)
9th Congress
AN ACT TO PROMOTE THE PRODUCTION, PROCESSING, MARKETING, AND
DISTRIBUTION OF HIGH-VALUE CROPS, PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR
OTHER PURPOSES
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Republic Act 11517 An Act Amending Republic Act No:
10068 or the Organic Agriculture Act of
2010
Republic Act 10068 (Organic. Agriculture Act of 2010) - and
its Implementing Rules and Regulations
(IRR)
Proclamation No 212 Amending Proclamation No: 75 Entitled,
"Declaring the month February as
Countryside Development Month"
Proclamation No- 178 Declaring the Years 2011 to 2020 as
the National Decade on Biodiversity in
the Philippines
Republic Act No: 10068 (27An Act Providing for the Development
July 2009) and Promotion of Organic Agriculture in
the Philippines and for other Purposes
Republic Act No- 8435 Agriculture and Fisheries Modernization
Act (AFMA)
Republic Act No: 8550 Philippine Fisheries Code
Proclamation No: 267 The National Fisherfolks Day
Proclamation No: 33 Farmers! and Fisherfolk's Month
[PROCLAMATION NO: 261]
DECLARING MAY 31st AS "THE NATIONAL FISHERFOLKS DAY" IN THE PHILIPPINES
AND PROVIDING FOR THE CONDUCT OF ACTIVITIES FOR ITS ANNUAL OBSERVANCE
[PROCLAMATION NO- 33] DECLARING THE MONTH OF MAY OF EVERY YEAR
“FARMERS' AND FISHERFOLK'S MONTH”