NINETEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
Third Regular Session
SENATE
S.B. No. 2745
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24 JUL 23 All :21
RHCtl/r.D BY.
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR RISA HONTIVEROS
AN ACT
PROVIDING FOR THE MAGNA CARTA OF YOUNG FARMERS 
EXPLANATORY NOTE
The agriculture sector is vital in ensuring a country's food security. The 
Philippines has been experiencing significant challenges to food security; hence, it has 
been depending on imports to ensure sufficient food to meet the demands of a 
growing population. 1 Global issues such as the Ukraine-Russia war and COVID-19 
have had an impact on prices and export restrictions.2 This has only reaffirmed the 
importance of stimulating local agricultural production to ensure food security.
As farmers are the cornerstone of agricultural production, the country has 
witnessed worrisome trends: a declining number of farmers, out-migration from the 
agriculture sector, and an aging farmer population. Since 2012, net employment in 
agriculture, hunting, and forestry has declined.3 This has culminated in a 25% decline 
in agricultural workers in 2017 compared to 2010.4 A 2019 Policy Note by the National 
Economic and Development Authority found that 15 out of 17 regions experienced 
agricultural employment losses.5 The Policy Note also confirmed the out-migration 
from agriculture, most commonly "among the young and educated." 6 The decreased 
interest in farming among youth is alarming alongside an aging farmer population with 
an average age of 57 years old.7 These trends undermine the country from attaining 
food security.
There are multifaceted challenges to the youth's interest and involvement in 
agriculture. In Philippine society, there remains a negative stigma attached to farming
Nguyen, Trinh. "Why the Philippines is So Vulnerable to Food Inflation." July 13 2022, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
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2 Department of Agriculture. "Facing the big challenges in Philippine Agriculture.” June 5 2022,
httpsV/www.da.gov.ph/fdnnq tlK' t)iq clinllenges-in-philippine-agriculture/
3 National Economic and Development Authority. Out-Migration in Aariculture. 2019. httDs;//neda.aov.Dh/wD-contenf/uoloads/2019/11/RD-Pnlirv-
Note_ 103019 ,gdf 
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^ Ocampo, K. (2019, November 7). Where have PH farmers gone? Ncda tracks a 7-yr dip in Agriculture. Inquirer.net 
https://newsinfo.ingulrer.net/1190760/where-have-Dh-farmers-Qnne-neda-tracks-7-vr-diD-in-aari-labor
5 National Economic and Development Authority. Out-Migration in Agriculture. 2019, tittps://neda.qov.ph/wp-content/uDloads/2019/ll/RD-Polic:v- 
Note 103019.Ddf
6 Ibid.
7Porcalla, Delon. "Dwindling number of farmers threaten food security in Philippines." July 29 
2017.
https://WWW.philstar.CQm/business/aqriculture/2017/07/29/17227Q9/dwiridlino number-farmers-threaten-food-',s( iint.v DhiliPDines
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as a "poor man's job."8 Aside from this negative stigma, another obstacle to youth 
involvement in agriculture is their limited access to land, capital, and credit.9 
Furthermore, farming is perceived as a low-paying job, especially with weather 
unpredictability and increased costs of agricultural products.10 According to a 2021 
survey by the Philippine Statistics Authority, farmers have a high poverty incidence 
rate of 30%.11 These factors hinder the youth's involvement in agriculture.
The Philippines cannot neglect the discrimination and harsh circumstances that 
young farmers face. No less than Article II, Section 18 of the 1987 Constitution states 
that the State "shall protect the rights of workers and promote their welfare."12 The 
Magna Carta of Young Farmers aims to address the needs of young farmers 8i 
safeguard their rights. Through the creation of the Young Farmers Council and the 
National Young Farmers Roadmap, these initiatives will ensure that young farmers 
become a primary focus for the formulation and implementation of national policies 
and programs that empower them. Moreover, the bill reinforces that the State shall 
guarantee equal access to technology, credit, and capital. This bill prioritizes the land 
rights of young farmers by guaranteeing improved access to low-cost farmland. 
Furthermore, this bill seeks to provide them with opportunities to become more 
competitive through assistance in farm planning and management and access to 
market spaces. To uphold the rights of young farmers against discrimination and 
violence, young farmers shall be ensured access to free legal services.
In sum, the Magna Carta of Young Farmers aims to institutionalize mechanisms 
and policies that address the challenges faced by young farmers. This initiative is 
crucial to fulfilling our state's commitment to the Article II, Section 18 of the 1987 
Constitution and to honor the critical role that farmers play in ensuring food security 
for the country.
In view of the foregoing, the passage of this bill is earnestly sought.
RISA HONTIVEROS
Senator
8 National Economic and Development Auttx)rity. Out-Migration in Agricuiture. 2019, httDs://neda.aov.Dh/wD-content/uDloads/2019/ll/RD-Policv- 
Note 103019.pdf
9 Asian Fanners' Association for Sustainable Rural Development A Viable Future: Attracting the Youth to Agriculture. 2015,
httos://asianfarmers.ora/wn-content/UDloads/2015/02/5-Youna-Farniers.odf
10 Ibid.
11 
Philippine Statistics Authority. "Poverty Incidence Among the Basic Sectors In the Philippines." 
U.d.,https://psa.gov.ph/sltes/default/files/infographics/Poverty%20Incidence%20Infographics%20on%20the%202021%200ffidal%20Poverty%2 
0Statistics%20Among%20the%20Baslc%20Sectors.pdf
12 Official Gazette. The Constitution of the Repubiic of the Philippines. 1987. httDs://www.officialQazette.aov.Dh/constltutions/1987-constitLition/


NINETEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
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REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
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Third Regular Session 
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24 JUL 23 All :21
SENATE
S.B. No. 2745
RliCEi'. -D B"
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR RISA HONTIVEROS
AN ACT
PROVIDING FOR THE MAGNA CARTA OF YOUNG FARMERS
Be It enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled:
1 
CHAPTER I
2 
GENERAL PROVISIONS
3
4 
Section 1. Short Title. - This Act shall be known as "The Magna Carta of
5 
Young Farmers".
6 
Sec. 2. Declaration of Policy. The state recognizes the economic, political,
7 
and sociocultural realities affecting young farmers' current condition and affirms the
8 
role of young farmers in nation-building and attaining environmental sustainability and
9 
food sufficiency. It shall endeavor to develop plans, policies, programs, measures,
10 
and mechanisms to ensure young farmers' empowerment, productivity, and
11 
competitiveness in local and international trade.
12 
The State recognizes young farmers as supplemental income earners on the
13 
family farms playing a major role in augmenting their family's proceeds. Doing so
14 
entails working odd jobs to sustain the family's source of income most especially in
15 
non-harvesting seasons;
16 
The State acknowledges the invaluable role of young farmers who are present
17 
in the value chain process starting from production, to processing, to value-adding up
18 
to marketing;


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The State recognizes the role of young farmers as eco-warriors and staunch
2 
advocates of environmental protection; and,
3 
The State recognizes the indispensable contribution of young farmers to the
4 
overall food security and national economy.
5 
Towards this end, the State reaffirms the right of young farmers as a separate
6 
basic sector with its own distinct rights and responsibilities to participate in policy
7 
formulation, planning, organization, implementation, management, monitoring, and
8 
evaluation of all programs, projects, and services targeting young farmers as
9 
stakeholders. Further, it shall establish mechanisms for the promotion and protection
10 
of young farmers' rights.
11
12 
CHAPTER II
13 
Definition of Terms
14
15 
Sec. 3. Definitions - For purposes of this Act, the following terms shall mean:
16 
a) Agriculture refers to the prudent endeavor of cultivating plants and animals
17 
which includes the tillage of the soil, dairy, production, cultivation, growing,
18 
and harvesting of any agricultural, aquacultural, floricultural or horticultural
19 
commodities, the growing and harvesting of forest products upon forest lands,
20 
the raising of livestock including horses, the keeping of horses as a commercial
21 
enterprise, the keeping and raising of poultry, swine, cattle and other
22 
domesticated animals used for food purposes and any forestry or lumbering
23 
operations, performed by a farmer;
24 
b) Farm work refers to the land cultivation and tillage, dairying, production,
25 
growing, harvesting, plowing, planting, application of fertilizers, and farm
26 
supervision performed by an individual or a group of people;
27 
c) Discrimination refers to any distinction, exclusion, or restriction which has the
28 
effect or purpose of impairing or nullifying the recognition, enjoyment, or
29 
exercise by young farmers, irrespective of their age, status, or income, on a
30 
basis of equality, human rights and fundamental freedoms in the political,
31 
economic, social, cultural, civil, or any other field. It includes any act or
32 
omission, including by law, policy, administrative measure, or practice, that


1 
directly or indirectly excludes or restricts young farmers in the recognition and
2 
promotion of their rights and their access to and enjoyment of opportunities,
3 
benefits, or priviieges. A measure or practice of general application is
4 
discrimination against young farmers if it faiis to provide for a mechanism to
5 
offset or address the disadvantages or limitations of young farmers, as a result
6 
of which they are denied or restricted in the recognition and protection of their
7 
rights and in their access to and enjoyment of opportunities, benefits, or
8 
priviieges: Provided, That discrimination compounded by or intersecting with
9 
other grounds, status, or condition, such as ethnicity, age, poverty, or religion
10 
shall be considered discrimination against young fanners under this Act;
11 
d) Eco-warrior refers to the staunch advocates of environmental protection and
12 
practitioners of sustainable farming;
13 
e) Food Security refers to the condition in which all people, at all times, have
14 
physical, social and economic access to sufficient safe and nutritious food that
15 
meets their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life
16 
(as defined by the United Nations Committee on World Food Security);
17 
f) Famiiy Farming is a means of organizing agricultural, forestry, fisheries,
18 
pastoral, and aquaculture production which is managed and operated by a
19 
family and predominantly reliant on family labor, including both women and
20 
men;
21 
g) Lessee refers to a person who, by themseives, or with the aid available from
22 
within their immediate farm househoid, cultivates the iand, beionging 
to or
23 
lawfully possessed by another, with the 
latter's consent, for purposes 
of
24 
agricultural production, for a price certain in money or in produce or both. The
25 
term is distinguished from a civil lessee as understood in the Civil Code of the
26 
Philippines;
27 
h) Organic refers to the particular farming and processing system, described in
28 
the standards and not in the classicai chemical sense. The term "organic" is
29 
synonymous in other languages with "biological" or "ecological". It is also a
30 
labeling term that denoted products considered organic based on the Philippine
31 
National Standards for organic agriculture;


1 
i) Organic Agriculture refers to all agricultural systems that promote the
2 
ecologically sound, socially acceptable, economically viable, and technically
3 
feasible production of food and fibers. Organic agriculture dramatically reduces
4 
external inputs by refraining from the use of chemical fertilizers, pesticides, and
5 
pharmaceuticals. It also covers areas such as, but is not limited to, soil fertility
6 
management, varietal breeding and selection under chemical and pesticide-free
7 
conditions, the use of biotechnology and other cultural practices that are
8 
consistent with the principles and policies of this Act, and enhance productivity
9 
without destroying the soil and harming fanners, consumers and the
10 
environment as defined by the International Federation of Organic Agricultural
11 
Movement (IFOAM): Provided, That the biotechnology herein referred to shall
12 
not include genetically modified organisms or GMOs;
13 
j) Sustainability refers to meeting the needs of the present without compromising
14 
the ability of future generations to meet their own needs as defined by the
15 
United Nations World Commission on Environment and Development;
16 
k) Tenant refers to a person who, themselves, or with the aid available from within
17 
their immediate farm household, cultivates the land belonging to, or possessed
18 
by another, with the latter's consent for purposes of production, sharing the
19 
produce with the landholder under the share tenancy system, or paying the
20 
landholder a price certain or ascertainable in produce or in money or both,
21 
under the leasehold tenancy system;
22 
I) Young Farmer refers to an individual whose primary source of income comes
23 
from agriculture, with an age range of 15-35 years old, is owner, tenant, lessee,
24 
or worker of the land in which they personally cultivate and till
25 
m) Red-tagging refers to the practice of the State of branding or malicious
26 
blacklisting of regular individuals or organizations critical or not fully in support
27 
of the government— they could be branded as anti-government, insurgents,
28 
and members of the leftist groups.
29
30 
CHAPTER III
31 
Duties Related to the Rights of Young Farmers
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1 
Sec. 4. State as Primary Duty-Bearer. - The State, as the primary duty-
2 
bearer shall:
3 
a) Recognize, promote, and protect the rights of young farmers defined and
4 
guaranteed under this Act;
5 
b) Lead against the discrimination and coercion or violence, be physical, verbal,
6 
sexual, emotional, psychological, 
spiritual, 
or cultural in nature of young
7 
farmers;
8 
c) Endorse farm products produced by young farmers for economic development
9 
nationwide;
10 
d) Promote and fulfill the rights of young farmers in all aspects including but not
11 
limited to their rights to food security, education and training, access to land,
12 
social justice, employment, health services, and participation.
13 
The State shall take measures and establish mechanisms to promote the
14 
coherent and integrated implementation and enforcement of this Act and related laws,
15 
policies, or other measures to effectively recognize young farmers as a distinct basic
16 
sector, stop discrimination against young farmers and farming in general, and advance
17 
their rights and responsibilities.
18 
Sec. 5. Duties of State Agencies and Instrumentalities. - The above-
19 
mentioned duties of the State shall extend to all agencies, offices, and
20 
instrumentalities at all levels and government-owned and controlled corporations,
21 
subject to the Constitution and pertinent laws, policies, or administrative guidelines
22 
that define specific duties of state agencies and entities concerned.
23 
Sec. 6. Duties of Private Sector. - It is the duty of the private sector to
24 
support young farmers' agenda through social partnerships between people's
25 
organizations and industries. Private sectors are encouraged to assist in reform
26 
mechanisms and rural development initiatives which include livelihood strategies
27 
sensitive to the plight of young farmers, as part of their corporate social responsibility
28 
duties.
29 
Sec. 7. Non-Diminution of die Rights of the Young Farmers. - All other
30 
young farmers' rights and programs provided under existing laws shall remain in full
31 
force and effect: Provided, That it follows the definition of a young farmer as stated
32 
in this Act.


1
2 
CHAPTER IV
3 
Rights, Productivity, and Empowerment
4
5 
Sec. 8. Education and Training. - The State shall ensure equal access to
6 
quality education and training of young farmers and encourage partnership and
7 
linkage with state universities and colleges (SUCs) on information and technology
8 
transfer to young farmer individuals and organizations.
9 
a) Curriculum. - To ensure better quality education and training for young farmers
10 
and aspiring farmers, the following will be incorporated in curriculums:
11 
1. K to 12 High Schools offering Technology and Livelihood Education (TLE)
12 
Track with specialization in Agriculture-Fisheries Arts shail be required
13 
to create laboratories for agricultural science and technology researches.
14 
2. Climate Smart and Resilient Agriculture and Agricultural Laws and
15 
Farmers Rights shall be incorporated in both K to 12 and Tertiary
16 
Education Curriculum.
17 
b) Scholarship. - K to 12 students under TLE Track with specialization in
18 
Agriculture-Fisheries Arts shall be entitled to scholarship grants and incentives
19 
through the Department of Agriculture (DA) upon compliance with the
20 
conditions set by the department.
21 
c) Agricultural Training Service Extension. - Agriculturai SUCs shall serve as an
22 
extension service provider for practical application, learning seminars, hands-
23 
on training, and knowledge on technological advancements of young farmers'
24 
organizations and individuals through the proper facilitation of the Department
25 
of Agriculture (DA).
26 
Sec. 9. Right to Resources for Food Production. — The State shall
27 
guarantee young farmers' vital role in food production and food security by prioritizing
28 
their rights to access technology, credit, and capital. It shall ensure that young farmers
29 
are provided with the following:
30 
a) Equal access to support for farm inputs and agricultural tools;
31 
b) Equal access to farm technologies and mechanization;


1 
c) Ensure innovation, development, and proliferation of young farmer-friendly
2 
technologies and mechanization of agricultural production and processing;
3 
d) Equal access to formal sources of credit and capital including forms of clean
4 
loans and Mortgage, Redemption and Insurance (MRI); and,
5 
e) Equitable share of the produce of farms and aquatic resources.
6 
Sec. 10. Access to Information. — Young farmers' access to information
7 
regarding policies, programs, projects, subsidies, and funding outlays that affect them,
8 
shall be ensured.
9 
The DA-Regional Field Offices (RFOs), Provincial Agricultural Offices (PAOs),
10 
and Municipal Agricultural Offices (MAOs) shali endeavor the strengthening
11 
information dissemination of agricultural projects benefiting young farmers. Moreover,
12 
these offices shali offer assistance to farmers to access agricultural services offered
13 
whether offline or online.
14 
Sec. 11. Right to farmland. - The land rights of young farmers shali be
15 
prioritized. In doing so, the State shail guarantee the foliowing:
16 
a) Improve access to low-cost farmland. - Create more flexibility within
17 
CARP/CARPER to allow land trusts to protect farmland quickly and facilitate a
18 
new farmer. The DAR shall also ensure to protect the affordability of conserved
19 
lands and ensure that it remains in farming.
20 
b) Land Transfer Tax Exemptions. - Transactions including, but not limited to,
21 
purchase, inheritance, and donation of land, which is one (1) hectare and
22 
below, to young farmers, as defined under this Act, are hereby exempt from all
23 
taxes of whatever kind: Provided, however. That the beneficiary guarantees
24 
that the land will be kept and maintained by him or her for at least five (5)
25 
years.
26 
c) Land and Farm Planning Management. - The Department of Agriculture (DA),
27 
together with the LGUs and other related agencies, shall provide full assistance
28 
to young farmers, from the national scale down to community levels as regards
29 
in farm planning and management to ensure maximum utilization, production,
30 
profitability, and sustainability of their farms. The department shall utilize the
31 
existence of Farmer Field Schools and Agricultural Extension Training Centres
32 
as learning sites to ensure full-scale assistance to young farmers.


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Sec. 12. Access to Market Development Services. - The State shall
2 
guarantee the young farmers rights for market spaces, farm-to-market roads, and
3 
other mechanisms that will ensure that farm produce will reach the family table. In
4 
doing so, the state shall provide the following:
5 
a) Establishment of Farm-to-Market Roads (FMR). - The DA, DPWH, and LGU shall
6 
endeavor to hasten the creation of farm-to-market as per the Farm-to- Market
7 
Road Network Plan (FMRNP) and Comprehensive FMR National Master Plan
8 
2020 to 2030.
9 
b) Creation of a Provincial Market. - The DA Regional Office and the Governor's
10 
Office shall establish a central market within each province. These markets
11 
shall cater to all registered farmers of the different municipalities of the
12 
province who wish to sell their farm produce.
13 
c) Establishment of Municipal Cold Storage and Post-Harvest Facility. The DA
14 
through the support of the LGU shall ensure the establishment of cold storage
15 
and post-harvest facilities that are accessible to the local farmers.
16 
d) National Young Farmers Roadmap. - The DA through the National Young
17 
Farmers Council, including its attached agencies and corporations, in
18 
coordination with the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR), Department of
19 
Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), Department of Trade and Industry
20 
(DTI), Department of Science and Technology (DOST), Department of
21 
Education (DepEd), National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP),
22 
National Youth Commission (NYC), Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA),
23 
Commission on Higher Education (CHED), National Anti-Poverty Commission
24 
(NAPC) and all agricultural-related agencies attached under the Office of the
25 
President (OP) shall formulate and implement a National Young Farmers Plan
26 
within one hundred and twenty (120) days from the creation of the National
27 
Young Farmers Council. The roadmap shall serve as the convergence program
28 
of government line agencies to ensure the maximum role of young farmers in
29 
food security. It shall also present measures that will allocate a safe, culturally
30 
acceptable, nutritionally adequate diet through a sustainable food system that
31 
maximizes self-reliance and social justice. The plan shall include the following:


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1. A color-coded map on the national status of the country's food security;
2 
Baseline data research on young farmers through a Young Farmers
3 
Registry System which includes young farmers' socio-economic status;
4 
2. Community-based Food Security Plan that shall identify viable food
5 
security systems particular to the roles of young farmers along the food
6 
value-supply chain; and,
7 
3. Index of programs of identified government agencies as to the
8 
development of young farmers.
9 
e) Young Farmer Community Seed Banks. - DA shall facilitate the selection,
10 
establishment, and management of strategic community-based seed banks to
11 
ensure sustainable food and agricultural resources for young farmers.
12 
Sec. 13. Environmental Protection. — DA, in partnership with DENR and
13 
DOST shall establish model farms that feature sustainable farming practices such as
14 
integrated and diverse organic farming systems, climate-smart and resilient
15 
agriculture, organic urban farming systems, and the like to serve as knowledge
16 
transfer and training institutions for young farmers and agricultural workers and
17 
provide an avenue for the active participation of young farmers in environmental
18 
protection and practice of sustainable farming.
19 
Sec. 14. Recognition and Preservation of Cultural Identity and
20 
Indigenous Farming Traditions. - The State shall respect, preserve and maintain
21 
knowledge, innovations, and practices of indigenous and local communities of young
22 
farmers embodying traditional lifestyles relevant to the conservation and sustainable
23 
use of biological diversity. These shall be considered in the formulation and
24 
implementation of national policies and programs.
25 
Sec 15. Protection from Discrimination, Red-tagging, and Violence. -
26 
The State shall ensure that all young farmers shall be protected from all forms of
27 
discrimination, red-tagging, and violence as provided for in existing laws. They shall
28 
be ensured access to free legal services from the Public Attorney's Office (PAO).
29 
Sec. 16. Representation and Participation. - The State shall ensure young
30 
farmers' involvement in the planning and design stages of agri-food development
31 
projects from conceptualization to implementation. It shall also ensure the
32 
participation of young farmers in the decision-making and policy-making processes at


1 
regional, national, and international levels initiated by the government and private
2 
entities including but not limited to the National and Local Agrarian Reform Councils,
3 
National Organic Agricultural Board, National Youth Commission, and the National
4 
Anti-Poverty Commission to fully realize their roles as agents and partners for
5 
development.
6 
Sec. 17. Strengthen Young Farmer Organizations. - DA, together with
7 
DAR, DTI, DOST, NYC, DepEd, CHED, and CDA shall create a training module on
8 
organizational management and development specific to the sensitivity and needs of
9 
young farmer organizations within one hundred twenty (120) days upon the effectivity
10 
of this Act to assist and provide young farmer organizations capacity-building,
11 
organizational management and development schemes.
12
13 
CHAPTER V
14 
INSTITUTIONAL MECHANISM
15
16 
Sec. 18. Creation of the National Young Farmers Council. - There is
17 
hereby created the National Young Farmers and Fisherfolk Council which shall be
18 
attached to the DA. The Council shall have the following powers and functions:
19 
a) Formulate, recommend, and implement national policies, plans, programs, and
20 
guidelines to ensure 
young farmers' empowerment, productivity, 
and
21 
competitiveness in local and international trade.
22 
b) Support and assist the DA and relevant government agencies in building strong
23 
and harmonious partnerships with foreign counterparts and relevant agencies,
24 
non-government organizations, and civic groups in order to facilitate the
25 
implementation of strategies and programs for the protection and promotion of
26 
the rights and well-being of young farmers.
27 
c) Develop an online self-service portal for young farmers to access, apply for,
28 
and implement the different DA programs and services
29 
d) Establish Young Farmer Coordinators in each municipality to direct outreach
30 
and help young farmers access information on agricultural 
and fisheries
31 
programs and services.
10


1 
e) Spearhead the drafting and finalization of the National Young Farmer's
2 
Roadmap.
3 
Sec. 19. Farm Insurance. — Young Farmers shall automatically become
4 
members of the Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation (PCIC) as protection from
5 
losses of non-crop agricultural assets from force majeure.
6 
Sec. 20. Legal Protection on Negotiations and Trade Partnership
7 
Agreements. - The State shall ensure the provision of safeguard clauses for
8 
vulnerable, sensitive, and volatile sectors to preserve the family farming model of the
9 
Philippines.
10 
Sec. 21. Implementing Rules and Regulations. - Within one-hundred
11 
twenty (120) days from the effectivity of this Act, the DA shall, in coordination with
12 
Philippine Council for Agriculture and Fisheries (PCAF), Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic
13 
Resources (BFAR), DAR, DENR, DTI, DOST, DepEd, CHED, NYC, and NAPC and with
14 
the participation of representatives from non-government organizations (NGO) and
15 
civil society groups with a proven track record of involvement and promotion of the
16 
rights and welfare of young farmers, issue the necessary rules and regulations for the
17 
implementation of this Act.
18 
Sec. 22. Appropriation of Funds. - The amount necessary for implementing
19 
this Act shall be charged from the budget allocation of the DA including its attached
20 
agencies and corporations, DAR, DENR, DTI, DOST, DepEd, CHED, and NAPC. Such
21 
amounts necessary for the continued implementation of this Act shall be included in
22 
the annual General Appropriations Act.
23 
Sec. 23. Separability Clause. - If any provision or part hereof is held invalid
24 
or unconstitutional, the remainder of the law or the provision or part not otherwise
25 
affected shall remain valid and subsisting.
26 
Sec. 24. Repealing Clause. - Any law, presidential decree or issuance,
27 
executive order, letter of instruction, administrative order, rule, or regulation contrary
28 
to or inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed, modified, or
29 
amended accordingly.
30 
Sec. 25. Effectivity. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its
31 
publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.
Approved,
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