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Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Quezon City, Metro Manila 
NINETEENTH CONGRESS 
1st Regular Session 
House Bill No. ________ 
Introduced by Representatives PAOLO Z. DUTERTE, ERIC G. YAP, 
and EDVIC G. YAP 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
According to the 1987 Constitution, the mandate of the state to the agricultural sector 
includes provision of support for appropriate technology and research and adequate 
financial, production, marketing, and other support services.  
The Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization (PhilMech), 
an attached agency of the Department of Agriculture (DA), highlights that post-
harvest losses among major farm commodities in the Philippines range from 10 to 50 
percent (10% - 50%). For palay alone, the PhilMech accentuates that losses range as 
much as twenty-five percent (25%) for the past ten (10) years.  
The need for an intervention program to accelerate post-harvest industry becomes 
apparent. Hence, the proposed measure seeks to establish post-harvest facilities in 
every rice-producing municipality and city in the Philippines upon the condition that 
in the initial phase of the program, every legislative district with at least one-rice 
producing municipality shall be the beneficiary of at least one (1) warehouse and one 
(1) rice mill. Through the said measure, postharvest losses will be reduced, if not
eliminated, resulting to a massive increase in the food production in the country.
In view of the foregoing, approval of this bill is earnestly sought. 
PAOLO Z. DUTERTE 
       ERIC G. YAP 
EDVIC G. YAP         
March 21, 2023
9:18 am
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Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Quezon City, Metro Manila 
NINETEENTH CONGRESS 
1st Regular Session 
House Bill No. ________ 
Introduced by Representatives PAOLO Z. DUTERTE, ERIC G. YAP, 
and EDVIC G. YAP 
AN ACT 
PROVIDING POST-HARVEST FACILITIES FOR PALAY AND RICE FARMERS 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress 
assembled: 
SECTION 1. Short Title - This Act shall be known as the “Post-Harvest 
Facilities Support Act of 2022”. 
SEC. 2. Declaration of Policy - It shall be the policy of the State to attain 
national food security though the promotion of agricultural and rural development. 
In particular, the State shall endeavor to provide for agricultural infrastructure and 
facilities necessary to increase the farmers’ incomes, and at the same time, decrease 
the prices of agricultural produce, rice and palay, in particular. It shall also be the 
policy of the State to encourage and strengthen farmers’ organizations and 
cooperatives as partners of the government in achieving its economic development 
goals for the agricultural sector in the country. 
SEC. 3. Construction of Post-Harvest Facilities – The Department of 
Agriculture (DA) and the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR), in coordination 
with the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), and in consultation 
with concerned farmer cooperatives, shall construct warehouses and rice mills in 
every rice-producing municipality and city in the Philippines: Provided, that in the 
initial phase of the program, every legislative district with at least one-rice producing 
municipality shall be the beneficiary of at least one (1) warehouse and one (1) rice mill. 
SEC. 4. Provision of Equipment and Machineries – The Department of Trade 
and Industry (DTI), in consultation with the DA, the DAR and farmers’ cooperatives, 
shall provide the equipment and machineries, including transport facilities, necessary 
to complement and operate the warehouses and rice mills: Provided, that such 
warehouses and rice mills, including the equipment, machineries and transport 
facilities required to operate them, shall be sold to the concerned accredited farmers’ 
cooperatives which shall be given a period of twenty-five (25) years within which to 
amortize the cost of the same without interest. 
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SEC. 5. Implementing Rules and Regulations – Within sixty (60) days from the 
effectivity of this Act, the DA, the DAR, the DPWH and the DTI shall jointly formulate 
and promulgate the rules and regulations necessary for the effective implementation 
of this Act. 
 
SEC. 6. Appropriation - The amount of One Billion Pesos (P1,000,000,000.00) is 
hereby initially appropriated for the program upon approval of this Act. Thereafter, 
the amount necessary to pursue the program shall be incorporated in the General 
Appropriations Act, funding of which shall partly be sourced from the savings 
realized from the phasing out of palay and rice subsidies, and from the amortizations 
accumulated thereof. 
 
SEC. 7. Separability Clause. - If any provision of this Act, or any parts thereof, 
is declared unconstitutional, the same shall not affect the validity and effectivity of the 
other portions. 
 
SEC. 8. Repealing Clause. - All laws, executive orders, presidential decrees, 
proclamations, rules, regulations, issuances and enactments of parts thereof 
inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed or modified accordingly. 
 
SEC. 9. Effectivity. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days from its complete 
publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation in the 
Philippines, whichever comes earlier. 
 
 
Approved,