Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Quezon City 
TWENTIETH CONGRESS 
First Regular Session 
        HOUSE BILL NO. 
Introduced by REPRESENTATIVES JOSEPH KIM C. YU and JEYZEL VICTORIA 
C. YU
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
As an archipelago, comprising numerous waters that connect the islands and vast fertile 
agricultural lands, agriculture is the main source of livelihood for approximately 25-30% of the 
labor force in the Philippines.  
In the 1987 Philippine Constitution, Article XIII, Section 5, the State is mandated to support 
the agriculture sector through appropriate technology and research, and adequate financial, 
production, marketing, and other support services.  
Notwithstanding the constitutional mandate and the rampant delay in the technological 
aspect of agriculture, which makes it difficult for the people in the sector to compete with the fast-
paced demands of agricultural products, there are insufficient programs and aggressive actions 
that are put in place for the agriculture sector to keep up with the changing times.  
This bill proposes a modernized agricultural information system that stores up-to-date 
databases for the agricultural commodities and status of agricultural and fisheries products in 
different local government units across the country. This measure likewise outlines the duties and 
responsibilities of different agencies and local government units from the municipalities up to the 
Department of Agriculture central office for the proper implementation of the policies.  
Should this bill be enacted, it will provide for a systematic monitoring of the updates of the 
agriculture products all over the country, ensuring one step towards achieving the ultimate goal 
of food security. Hence, passage of this bill is earnestly sought.  
          JOSEPH KIM C. YU 
      JEYZEL VICTORIA C. YU 
  1st District, Zamboanga del Sur 
      2nd District, Zamboanga de Sur 
July 10, 2025
2:22 pm
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Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Quezon City 
TWENTIETH CONGRESS 
First Regular Session 
        HOUSE BILL NO. 
Introduced by REPRESENTATIVES JOSEPH KIM C. YU and JEYZEL VICTORIA 
C. YU
AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE AGRICULTURE INFORMATION SYSTEM IN ALL 
CITIES AND MUNICIPALITIES 
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 “Agriculture Information System 
Act.”  
SEC. 2. Declaration of Policy. – It is the policy of the State to uplift the socioeconomic 
conditions of farmers and farming communities nationwide in order to promote their 
welfare and empower their sector in the overall development and progress of the country. 
Pursuant to this, an integrated, computerized, web-based agricultural commodity supply 
inventory and registry system linking farmers and organized communities all over the 
country needs to be established to provide an easy-to-access local and global real time 
information for agricultural commodities, with an end view of creating a wider range of 
market linkages among farmers and agricultural buyers. Furthermore, through a 
synchronized agriculture information system, the National Government shall have 
access to real-time agricultural information, which can rationalize the objectives and 
policy directives in the agricultural sector.  
SEC. 3. Objectives. – This Act aims to attain the following objectives: 
a. Provide an up-to-date database of agricultural and fisheries products in a locality;
b. Foster information sharing between farmers and potential buyers of agricultural and
fisheries products;
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c. Secure a market for agricultural and fisheries products and ensure appropriate return 
of investment for farmers and fisheries stakeholders;  
d. Allow local government units to manage a secure and independent platform that 
creates linkages for farmers and fisheries stakeholders;  
e. Provide data on specific commodities that are readily available in a particular locality 
for purposes of production monitoring in order to meet the demands of the market;  
f. Provide a secure, transparent, and independent modern web application that may be 
accessed anytime by the public through multi-platform support or cross-platform 
support devices, which can be linked to existing systems in the Department of 
Agriculture (DA);  
g. Streamline training and seminars in the management of operations;  
h. Monitor the use of inputs given by producers, buyers, and other segments of the 
value-chain, including information during post-harvest and processing; and 
i. Ensure that all forms of assistance given to local government units (LGUs), registered 
cooperatives and other qualified individuals and organizations are monitored. 
 
SEC. 4. Agriculture Information System. – All cities and municipalities are hereby 
mandated to establish an Agriculture Information System (AIS), hereinafter referred to 
as information on the demand for specific agricultural fisheries commodities is gathered 
and I uploaded simultaneously with the production data from farmers in every barangay. 
The AIS  shall merge and synchronize agricultural data from different sources into a 
cohesive database designed to facilitate linkages from the place of origin or the farm to 
local and, ultimately, global markets.  The AIS shall also be integrated with the existing 
systems of the DA.  
 
The Information System shall have the following features and contents:  
 
a. Municipal and city-wide identification of individual farmers, fish breeders and 
fisherfolk as well as qualified organizations which produce specific farm and fisheries 
products, regardless of quantity;  
b. Crop gravest, volume, and type forecasting;  
c. Inventory of specific classification of crop varieties planted, livestock and type of fish 
raised in a particular LGU;  
d. Farmers’ and fisherfolk demographics, including age group, gender, ethnic group, 
income, seminars and trainings attended, and assistance received;  
e. Selected reports presented in both tabular and graphical form:  
f. Registry of farmers’ contact details and farm location to facilitate market linkages;  
g. A search engine which allows farmers, fish breeders, and fisherfolk to look for 
potential and actual buyers and for such buyers to search for farms, farmers, and 
available agricultural and fisheries products; and 


h. Customizable dashboard which is accessible only to registered farmers and fisherfolk 
clients and contains the farmers; and fisherfolk’s profile such as the area of farm or 
fishpond, crops planted, livestock and type of fish raised.  
 
SEC.5. Registration. - All cities and municipalities shall encourage and facilitate the 
free registration of all farmers, fisherfolk, as well as buyers transacting within their 
respective areas in the Information System. 
 
SEC. 6. Functions and Responsibilities of Cities and Municipalities. — The LGU shall 
exercise the following functions and responsibilities: 
 
a. The Municipal Agriculture Office, in coordination with the Municipal Agrarian 
Reform Office, shall gather, encode, and consolidate all pertinent data on the 
profile and demographics of farmers, fisherfolk as well as buyers; 
b. Monitor and control farm inputs including machineries and equipment; 
c. For municipalities and component cities, prepare and submit real-time data  under 
(a) and (b) to the provincial agricultural office and to the respective regional offices  
of the DA; 
d. For highly urbanized cities, submit real-time data to the respective regional  offices 
of the DA; 
e. Establish farmer and buyer linkages and act as a gatekeeper at the city or 
municipal level in the nationwide marketing of agricultural products; and 
f. Serve as the web administrator at the municipal or city level and be responsible 
for integrating farm and fisheries locations into the geographic integration system 
map.  
 
SEC. 7. Functions and Responsibilities of the Province. — The provincial government  
shall have the following functions and responsibilities: 
a. The Provincial Planning and Development Office (PPDO) is the web administrator 
 at the provincial level and is responsible for integrating farm and fisheries data into the 
geographic integration system maps for agriculture and fisheries; 


b. The Local Economic and Investment Promotion Office (LEIPO) acts as the lead 
administrator of the AIS in the provincial level and ensures the balance between 
supply and  demand; 
c. The Provincial Agricultural Office monitors the submission of reports from 
municipalities and component cities, and ensures the completeness, accuracy, and 
validity of  data submitted by the Municipal Agricultural Offices and the Municipal 
Agrarian Reform Offices; and 
d. Except for highly urbanized cities, prepare and submit such data to the regional 
office of the DA. 
 
SEC. 8. Functions and Responsibilities of the Regional Office of the DA. – the 
regional office of the DA shall have the following functions and responsibilities:  
 
a. Integrate the data provided by the provinces and highly urbanized cities in the 
existing information systems of the DA such as the National Farmers and 
Fisheries Information System (NFFIS) which is a web-based data collection 
system that serves as a platform for updating the Registry System for Basic 
Sectors in Agriculture (RSBSA); 
b. Collaborate with the regional offices of the Department of Trade and Industry 
(DTI) in order to facilitate the availment of the various programs of the DTI as 
well as 
strengthen market linkages through such programs; 
 
c. Recommend to the central office of the DA appropriate interventions in the form 
of marketing, importation, and training assistance, as may be needed; 
d. Validate the data from the LGUs acting as the system administrator at the 
regional 
level and provide real-time report to the central office of the DA; and 
e. Endorse for financial assistance the qualified fifth and sixth class municipalities 
that can be given assistance in establishing and maintaining their respective 
AIS. 
 


SEC. 9. Functions and Responsibilities Of the Central Office of the DA. — The 
central 12 office of the DA shall have the following functions and responsibilities: 
a. Allocate funding for the integration of the AIS with existing information systems; 
b. Coordinate with the Department of Information and Communications Technology 
(DICT) to upgrade, expand, and integrate its information systems; 
c. Ensure that the implementation, appropriate verification processes and 
information 
safeguards are in place pursuant to existing laws and regulations, in coordination 
with the DICT, Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), National Privacy Commission 
(NPC), 
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) and the Department of 
Science and Technology (DOST); 
d. Approve the prioritized interventions by the regional offices and allocate 
corresponding funding; 
e. Collaborate with other agencies for the creation of market linkages in the 
domestic 
and international markets; and 
f. Provide safety nets in the import and export of agricultural products in order to 
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SEC. 10. Duties of the Secretary. – The Secretary of the DA shall monitor and ensure 
the compliance of all cities and municipalities as provided for under this Act and shall, as 
soon as practicable, establish a centralized AIS that shall integrate and link all existing  
information systems in the country. 
 
 
 
SEC. 11. Reports. - The Secretary of the DA shall prepare and submit to the 
President  and both Houses of Congress an annual report on the implementation of the 
program which shall contain the list of accomplishments and recommendations for 
improvements. 
 


            SEC. 12. Implementing Rules and Regulations. — Within ninety (90) days after 
the effectivity of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall promulgate the necessary 
rules and regulations for the effective implementation of this Act. 
 
  
SEC.13. Appropriations. — The Secretary of Agriculture shall include in the 
Department's programs the establishment of the integrated and centralized AIS, the 
funding of which shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act. The LGUs 
shall provide the necessary funds for the establishment of an AIS in their respective 
annual budgets. 
 
SEC.14. Separability Clause. — If any provision of this Act is declared invalid or 
unconstitutional, the other provisions not affected by such declaration shall remain in full 
force and effect. 
 
Sec. 15. Repealing Clause. — All laws, presidential decrees, executive orders, 
rules and regulations or parts thereof which are inconsistent with the provisions of this 
Act are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.  
 
SEC. 16. Effectivity, - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication 
in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.  
 
Approved,