SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS )
SENATE OF THE PHILIPPINES ) 18 AUG -6 PI2 334
Third Regular Session )

SENATE RES TP

Senate Bill No. 1911

Introduced by

SENATOR CYNTHIA A. VILLAR

AN ACT AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF RA 10068 OR THE
ORGANIC AGRICULTURE ACT OF 2010.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Organic farming can be profitable, and organic food appeals
to consumers as both a healthy and ethical choice. Beyond
money and ethics, though, organic farming practices result in
numerous environmental benefits. Organic farming discourages
environmental exposure to pesticides and chemicals, which
results in many environmental issues. Organic farming helps
combat serious soil and land issues, such as erosion and builds
healthy soil, which is essential in growing healthy food. It
likewise encourages healthy biodiversity, which plays a critical
role in how resilient, or not, a farm is to issues like bad weather,
disease and pests.!

As defined during the World Food Summit in 2009, food security
is the physical and economic access to sufficient, safe and
nutritious food that meets the individual's dietary needs and
food preferences for an active and healthy life. Organic

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agriculture provides good opportunities to ensure food security
and nutrition. It promotes the use of natural and farm-based
resources and inputs, and therefore, it does not require high
input costs on the part of the farmers. It likewise ensures food
availability by encouraging integrated cropping, which
promotes and results to multiple harvests all year long. This
prevents the use of chemical-based inputs, and thus, it ensures
environmental integrity and enhances food safety and human
nutrition.

Upon the enactment of Organic Agriculture Act of 2010 (R.A.
10068), the NOAB undertook a series of activities in order to
form the National Organic Agriculture Program which was
approved January of 2012. The NOAP 2012-2016 envisions the
organic agriculture sector contributing to the country's over-all
agricultural growth and development, in terms of sustainability,
competitiveness and food security, where at least five percent
(5%) of the Philippine agricultural land Practice organic
farming; and, where consumers both national and international
increasingly support Philippine organic food products.

Essentially, the program aims to promote, propagate, further
develop and implement the practice of organic agriculture in
the Philippines towards a competitive and sustainable organic
agriculture industry that contributes to:

1. Better farm incomes and sustainable livelihood.

2. Improved health of farmers, consumers and the public in
general;

3. Protection of the environment through enhanced soil
fertility and farm biodiversity, reduced pollution and
destruction of the environment.

4. Disaster risk reduction and resilience to climate change.

5. Social justice in meeting the basic material needs and
improving standard of living for all, upholding human
rights, gender equality, labor standards, and the right to



self-determination.2

With these potentials, therefore, there is a need to intensify the
Promotion of organic agriculture in our country as an organic
food producer. A wider promotion and adoption of organic
agriculture would only be possible in our country if appropriate
and relevant institutional support systems will be set up by the
concerned national government agencies. These include the
provision of technical assistance to enhance the technical
capacities of the smallholder farmers; effective linkage-
building between the producers and the consumers to ensure
the sustainable marketing of organic food products; and,
review and amendment of the existing Organic Agriculture Act
particularly the certification standards that would be fit to the
existing conditions of the small farmers who constitute a big
chunk in the farming sector of the country.3

Promoting organic agriculture in our country is faced with
several challenges at the farm and institutional levels, which
needs to be addressed. Among are as follows:

1. Lack of financial and technical capacity of the small
farmers to meet the certification required by the Organic
Agriculture Act of 2010. The Organic Agriculture Act of
the Philippines requires the certification of organic farms
of small farmers by a third-party certifier, to facilitate
labeling and marketing of products to markets. Ironically,
this certification requires big financial capital, which is not
affordable among the small farmers. Aside from the fees
for certification, it requires a significant financial outlay for
establishing the required facilities, maintaining cleanliness
and orderliness in the farm, and keeping an updated
record of farm activities. Hence, small farmers are not
able to have their farms and products certified, which

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puts them at a disadvantage with conventional food
products because of the lack of the organic label.

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- Problem on the emerging marketing arrangements with
the traders. Because of the difficulty in achieving
certification standards, the big supermarkets could not just
accept organic food products, which are not labeled
accordingly. Hence, only commercial-level organic farms
could access the big market, which again deprives small
farmers the opportunity to market their products in this
type of environment.

3. Insufficient supply of organic inputs/fertilizers. There are
farmers’ groups who reported that at present, the organic
farming practices are difficult, which imply the need for
more capital to meet the labor requirement. They have
also an insufficient supply of organic fertilizers, because it
takes time to produce organic inputs, and sometimes,
they could not follow the recommended rate because of
the insufficient supply.‘

4, Decrease in the quantity of harvest and changes in the
quality of the produce are to be expected during the
transition to organic farming, which may cause a sudden
and substantial decrease in the income of a farmer.5

To address most of these problems, it is recommended that we
encourage, promote and __ institutionalize Participatory
Guarantee Systems (PGS) in our country to help small organic
farmers attain the organic certification they badly need to
compete in local and global markets. PGS offers a
complementary and low-cost system of quality assurance, with
a heavy emphasis on social control and knowledge building.
PGS, as a complementary method to third-party certification, is

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essential to the continued growth of the organic agriculture
anywhere. This will encourage poor and small farmers to adopt
organic agriculture standards and methods to the benefit of
everyone.

The high cost of certification creates a very big barrier for small
farmers to overcome preventing them to participate, which
ultimately hurts the growth and development of the organic
movement. Even though certification requires a large financial
outlay, it is still a risk worth taking for some farmers for it creates
benefits in the form of easy market capturing, which results in
higher and more stable prices for the produce. Complying with
the set standards of the certifying body greatly improves the
condition of the farm, quality of produce and welfare of the
farmers. The right choice and proper application of fertilizer,
Pesticides and other farming inputs, which certification
Promotes, helps improve the condition and productivity of the
farm and helps lessen the wastage incurred by the improper
application of farm inputs.¢

Providing a low cost and efficient alternative to third party
certifications is seen as a solution to help boost the
participation of small farmers and the development of organic
agriculture in the Philippines.

Likewise, we need to increase private sector Participation in
the NOAB as expertise in organic agriculture and
understanding of the practical challenges of the organic law
lies mostly with the private sector. It will be beneficial to add a
few more seats to increase organic expertise and achieve a
more balanced public-private partnership on the NOAB.

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SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC )
SENATE OF THE PHILIPPINES ) 18 AUG -6 PI2 35
Third Regular Session )

REC:

SENATE
Senate Bill No. 1911

Introduced by Senator Cynthia A. Villar

AN ACT AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF RA 10068 OR THE
ORGANIC AGRICULTURE ACT OF 2010.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the Philippines in Congress assembled:

Section 1. Section 2 on Declaration of Policy is hereby
amended to read as follows:

It is hereby declared the policy of the State to promote,
Propagate, develop further and implement the practice
of ORGANIC FARMING AND OTHER SUSTAINABLE
AGRICULTURE PRACTICES in the Philippines that will
cumulatively condition and enrich the fertility of the soil,
increase farm productivity AND FARMERS' _INCOMES,
reduce pollution and destruction of the environment,
prevent the depletion of natural resources, further protect
the health of farmers, consumers, and the general public,
(ANB) save on imported farm inputs AND PROMOTE FOOD
SELF SUFFICIENCY. Towards this end, a comprehensive
Program for the promotion of community-based organic
agriculture systems, which include, among others, farmer-
Produced purely organic fertilizers such as compost,
(pesticides) BIO-PESTICIDES and other farm inputs,
together with a nationwide educational and promotional

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campaign for their use and processing.

LIKEWISE, A NATIONWIDE EDUCATIONAL AND AWARENESS
CAMPAIGN AMONG CONSUMERS ON THE BENEFITS OF
CONSUMING ORGANIC PRODUCTS TO BOOST LOCAL
PRODUCTION OF ORGANIC FOOD AND NON-FOOD
PRODUCTS, as well as adoption of organic agriculture
system as a viable alternative shall be undertaken.

The State recognizes and supports the central role of the
farmers, indigenous people and other stakeholders at the
grassroots in this program.

Section 2. Section 3 on Definition of Terms is hereby amended
to read as follows:

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{N) PARTICIPATORY _GUARANTEE SYSTEMS (PGS) ARE
LOCALLY FOCUSED QUALITY ASSURANCE SYSTEMS THAT
ARE ACTUALLY PRACTICING ORGANIC AGRICULTURE. THEY
CERTIFY PRODUCERS BASED ON ACTIVE PARTICIPATION OF
PRODUCERS AND FARMERS ACTUALLY PRACTICING.
ORGANIC AGRICULTURE, AND ARE BUILT ON A
FOUNDATION _OF TRUST, SOCIAL NETWORKS _ AND
KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE.

MALL FARMERS ARE DEFINED AS THOSE TIVATING
NOT MORE THAN FIVE (5) HECTARES OF LAND AND/OR ARE
ENGAGED AS SMALL POULTRY/LIVESTOCK RAISERS DEFINED
AS THOSE RAISING NOT MORE THAN THE FOLLOWING:

. POULTRY - 1,000 POULTRY LAYERS OR 5,000
BROILERS

SWINE — 10 SOW LEVEL OR 20 FATTENERS

CATILE — 10 FATTENERS OR 5 BREEDERS

DAIRY — 10 MILKING COWS

GOAT - 50 HEADS



(P) AGRIBUSINESS REFERS TO _AGRICULTURE-RELATED
ACTIVITIES THAT PUT FARMERS, PROCESSORS, DISTRIBUTORS
AND CONSUMERS WITHIN _A_ SYSTEM THAT PRODUCES,
PROCESSES, TRANSPORTS, MARKETS AND _ DISTRIBUTES
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS.

Section 3. Section 4 on Coverage is hereby amended to read
as follows:

Coverage. - The provisions of this Act shall apply to the
development and promotion of organic agriculture and
shall include, but not limited to, the following:
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(c) Promotion and encouragement of the establishment
of facilities, equipment and processing plants that would
accelerate the production and commercialization of
organic fertilizers, (pesticides) BIO-PESTICIDES, (herbicides)
BIO-HERBICIDES (. sales z

Hizers, tok cides) and other appropriate
farm inputs; and
(d) Implementation of organic agricultural programs,
projects and activities, including the provision and
delivery of support services with focus on the farmers,

PRIORITIZING SMALL FARMERS AND THEIR. ORGANIZATIONS

and other stakeholders.

Section 4. Section 7 on the Composition of the NOAB is hereby
amended to read as follows:

The NOAB shall consist of:

(a) The Secretary of Agriculture, or his duly authorized
permanent representative, with a rank of
Undersecretary, as Chairperson;

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(i) A representative each from #e an NGO involved in
sustainable agriculture for at least three (3) years;
agricultural colleges and universities; aad—private
sectororagribusiness-tirms; as members.

{K) THREE (3) REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE PRIVATE SECTOR
OR AGRIBUSINESS FIRMS INVOLVED OR PRACTICING IN
ORGANIC AGRICULTURE FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS.
ORGANIC FARMERS, PROCESSORS AND DISTRIBUTORS
SHALL EACH BE GIVEN ONE SEAT.

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The representatives of small farmers and NGO and of
agricultural colleges and universities shall be chosen by
the Secretaries of Agriculture and Science and
Technology, respectively, from among nominees
submitted by their respective national organizations. These
representatives must REPRESENT FARMERS'
ORGANIZATIONS AT LEAST AT THE PROVINCIAL LEVEL,
ACTUALLY AND ACTIVELY PRACTICING, PROMOTING
ORGANIC _AND OTHER SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE
PRACTICES, conversant in organic agriculture and
committed to the policies and programs provided under
this Act. THE THREE SEATS GIVEN TO SMALL FARMERS SHALL
BE CHOSEN FROM THE LIVESTOCK AND. CROP_SECTORS,
WHICH WILL HAVE ONE (1) AND TWO _(2) SEATS
RESPECTIVELY.

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Section 5. Section 8 on Organization of the NOAB is hereby
amended to read as follows:

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The Chairperson shall call the members of the NOAB, or a

majority thereof if not all have been designated, to a meeting
to organize themselves and Prescribe its rules and procedure
for the attainment of this Act. A majority of all the members of

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the NOAB shall constitute a quorum. THE MEMBERS OF THE
NOAB SHALL MEET AT LEAST ONCE EVERY QUARTER AFTER ITS
ORGANIZATION.

Section 6. Section 10 on Bureau of Agriculture and Fisheries
Product Standards (BAFPS) of the DA is hereby amended to
read as follows:

The BAFPS of the DA shall be strengthened and
empowered in terms of establishing functional divisions and
incremental staffing to serve as the national technical and
administrative secretariat of the NOAB with the member
agencies providing additional staff support as the need arises.
THERE SHALL BE CREATED AND ORGANIZED AN ORGANIC
AGRICULTURE CENTER (OAC) ATTACHED UNDER THE BAFPS,
ACTING AS THE SECRETARIAT OF THE NOAB, TO COORDINATE
THE IMPLEMENTATION OF NATIONAL ORGANIC AGRICULTURE
PROGRAM PROMULGATED BY THE NOAB. IT WILL BE THE
PRIMARY ADMINISTRATOR OF THE PROGRAM AND RESPONSIBLE
IO MAINTAIN A DATABASE AND SHOWROOM OF ALL AVAILABLE
ORGANIC PRODUCTS AND TECHNOLOGIES IN THE MARKET,
WHICH CAN BE ACCESSED READILY BY THE PUBLIC.

Section 7. A new provision on Participatory Guarantee Systems
is hereby inserted after Section 10, The Bureau of Agriculture
and Fisheries Product Standards (BAFPS) of the DA:

SECTION 11. PARTICIPATORY GUARANTEE SYSTEMS (PGS).
PARTICIPATORY ORGANIC __CERTIFICATIONS __ FROM
ASSOCIATIONS _OR GROUPS, WHO ARE ACTUALLY
PRACTICING ORGANIC AGRICULTURE, ORGANIZED FOR
THIS PURPOSE WILL BE PROMOTED AND ACCEPTED.
PRODUCTS CERTIFIED BY THESE GROUPS CAN ONLY BE
TRADED IN THE DOMESTIC MARKET.

A PGS SHALL BE REGISTERED BEFORE THE BAFPS ONLY IF IT
HAS AT LEAST 5 MEMBERS WHO ARE ACTUALLY

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PRACTICING ORGANIC AGRICULTURE. ITS REGISTRATION
SHALL_BE RENEWED EVERY THREE YEARS. BAFPS SHALL
APPROVE OR DENY THE REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE WITHIN
15 DAYS OF ANY APPLICATION SUBMITTED BY ANY PGS. THE
BAFPS SHALL NOT CHARGE ANY REGISTRATION OR
APPLICATION FEES.

THE BAFPS SHALL ACTIVELY PROMOTE AND FIND
ASSOCIATIONS OR GROUPS WHO PRACTICE ORGANIC
AGRICULTURE TO BE REGISTERED AS PGS AS DEFINED IN
THIS LAW, THE BAFPS SHALL MAKE SURE THAT EVERY ISLAND
GROUP (AT LEAST ONE EACH FOR LUZON, VISAYAS AND
MINDANAO) IN THE COUNTRY HAS A PGS.

THE BAFPS IS MANDATED TO TRAIN AND CONDUCT
RANDOM INSPECTIONS TO MAKE SURE ALL PGS’ FORMED
ARE COMPLIANT _WITH_ THE PHILIPPINE _ NATIONAL
STANDARDS ON ORGANIC AGRICULTURE. BAFPS SHALL
KEEP A RECORD OF COMPLIANT PGS' IN THE COUNTRY
AND SHALL PUBLISH SUCH LIST AT LEAST ONCE A YEAR.

AN_ASSOCIATION OR GROUP UNDER THE PGS _ MUST
ADHERE TO THE FOLLOWING BASIC ELEMENTS AS
DESCRIBED BY THE INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION _OF
ORGANIC AGRICULTURAL MOVEMENT (IFOAM):

1. SHARED VISION

2. PARTICIPATORY

3. TRANSPARENCY

4. TRUST — INTEGRITY BASED APPROACH
5. LEARNING PROCESS

6. HORIZONTALITY

LIKEWISE, ASSOCIATIONS OR GROUPS UNDER THE PGS
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A. NORMS__CONCEIVED__BY__THE _ STAKEHOLDERS
THROUGH A DEMOCRATIC AND PARTICIPATORY
PROCESS, BUT ALWAYS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
COMMONLY __UNDERSTOOD _ SENSE OF _ WHAT
CONSTITUTES AN ORGANIC PRODUCT. THE NORMS
SHOULD STIMULATE CREATIVITY, WHICH _IS_A
CHARACTERISTIC OF ORGANIC FARMERS, INSTEAD
OF INHIBIT IT.

B. GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATION: THE PARTICIPATORY
CERTIFICATION SHOULD BE PERCEIVED AS A RESULT
OF A SOCIAL DYNAMIC, BASED ON AN ACTIVE

NIZATION OF ALL STAKEH' RS.

C.IS APPROPRIATE TO SMALLHOLDER AGRICULTURE,
BECAUSE THE PARTICIPATORY _ NATURE _ AND
HORIZONTAL STRUCTURE OF THE PROGRAMS
ALLOWS FOR MORE APPROPRIATE AND LESS
COSTLY _MECHANISMS_OF CERTIFICATION, AND
ACTUALLY HIGHLIGHTS AND CELEBRATES AND
ENCOURAGES CONSUMERS TO __SEEK__OUT
SMALLHOLDERS.

D. PRINCIPLES AND VALUES THAT ENHANCE THE
LIVELIHOODS AND WELL BEING OF FARMING
FAMILIES AND PROMOTE ORGANIC AGRICULTURE.

E. DOCUMENTED _ MANAGEMENT _ SYSTEMS AND
PROCEDURES _— THERE MAY BE MINIMAL
PAPERWORK REQUIRED OF FARMERS BUT THERE

WILL BE WAYS IN WHICH THEY ARE EXPECTED TO
DEMONSTRATE THEIR ORGANIC _ COMMITMENT
AND __INTEGRITY, THESE WAYS SHOULD __BE
DOCUMENTED BY THE PGS.

- MECHANISMS TO VERIFY FARMER'S COMPLIANCE
TO THE ESTABLISHED NORMS, WHICH IS ABLE TO
STIMULATE PARTICIPATION, ORGANIZATION, AND
WHICH ALLOW A LEARNING PROCESS FOR ALL THE
STAKEHOLDERS.

G.MECHANISMS FOR SUPPORTING FARMERS TO

PRODUCE ORGANIC PRODUCTS AND BE CERTIFIED

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AS__ORGANIC FARMERS, TO INCLUDE FIELD
ADVISORS, NEWSLETTERS, FARM VISITS, WEB SITES
EIC.

H. SHOULD _HAVE A BOTTOM-LINE DOCUMENT, FOR
EXAMPLE A FARMER'S PLEDGE STATING HIS/HER
AGREEMENT WITH THE ESTABLISHED NORMS.

|. SEALS OR LABELS PROVIDING EVIDENCE OF
ORGANIC STATUS.

J. CLEAR AND PREVIOUSLY DEFINED CONSEQUENCES
FOR FARMERS NOT COMPLYING WITH STANDARDS,
ACTIONS RECORDED IN A DATA BASE OR MADE
PUBLIC IN SOME WAY.

ANY _ ORGANIC AGRICULTURE ENTITY _/ FARMER AND
ORGANIC INPUT PRODUCER CERTIFIED TO BE COMPLIANT
FOR A PERIOD OF 5 YEARS BY A REGISTERED PGS WITHOUT
ANY OFFENSE OR INFRACTION SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR 50%
GOVERNMENT SUBSIDY OF THE COST FOR INTERNATIONAL

CERTIFICATION ACCREDITATION.

ANY PGS FOUND TO HAVE ISSUED A CERTIFICATION TO A
FARM OR PRODUCER FOUND TO BE NOT IN COMPLIANT
WITH_ANY OF THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL STANDARDS ON
ORGANIC AGRICULTURE SHALL BE PENALIZED AS FOLLOWS:

1, FIRST OFFENSE.SUSPENSION OF ACCREDITATION.

2. SECOND OFFENSE. BLACKLISTING AND CANCELLATION

OF REGISTRATION.

SECTION (44} 12. Functions, Duties and Responsibilities of the
BAFPS. xxx

SECTION {42} 13. Work Plan. xxx

SECTION {43} 14. Organic Agriculture and Protection of the
Environment. xxx

SECTION 14} 15. Local Executive Committees. xxx

SECTION 15} 16. Accreditation of Organic Certifying Body. xxx



Section 8. Section 16 on the Registration of Organic Food and
Organic Input Producers is hereby amended to read as follows.

Section 44} 17. All organic food and input establishments
must register with the director, BAFPS, registration under
this section shall begin within ninety (90) days of the
enactment of this Act. Each such registration shall be
submitted to director through an electronic portal and

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15 information of each organic food or input
16 establishment that the registrant owns or operates;

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19 {g) IN CASE OF DIRECT SELLING TO CONSUMERS, DONE BY
20 SMALL OR FAMILY FARMERS, PREVIOUSLY REGISTERED WITH
2 BAFPS OR LGU COUNTERPART, CERTIFICATION _IS
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25 hereby amended to read as follows:

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27 Section (4) 18. Labeling of Organic Produce. - The label
28 of organic produce shall contain the name, logo or seal
29 of the organic certifying body and the accreditation
30 CEES Ever By pe BAFPS. (!

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32 ORGANIC LABEL SHALL ALSO INCLUDE THE TRADE NAME
33 AND ORIGIN ADDRESS OF THE PRODUCE.

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36 GUARANTEED ORGANIC PRODUCTION SYSTEMS,

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SOLD AS ORGANIC.

AlL_OTHER PRODUCTS, NON-CERTIFIED PRODUCTS AND
FIRST-PARTY_ CERTIFIED PRODUCTS, SHALL BE PROHIBITED
FROM BEING LABELLED AS ORGANIC.

Section 10. Section 19 on Availability of Trading Post for Organic
Inputs is hereby amended to read as follows:

Section (49) 20. Availability of Trading Post for Organic
Inputs. - Local chief executives shall establish, as far as
practicable, at least one (1) trading post for organic
inputs for every LGU in the area of jurisdiction. THE AREA
SHOULD BE IN AN AREA STRATEGICALLY LOCATED LE., AT
THE PUBLIC MARKET AREA, CENTERS OF TRADING AND
LOCAL BUSINESS ACTIVITIES.

SECTION {20} 21. Research, Development and Extension. xxx
SECTION {2}, 22. Creation of Organic Agriculture RDE Network.
XXX

SECTION {22} 23. RDE Centers. xxx

SECTION {23} 24. Organic Agriculture in the Formal and Non-
formal Sectors.xxx

SECTION {24} 25. Incentives. xxx

SECTION 425} 26. Appropriations. xxx

SECTION 426} 27. Penal Provisions. xxx

SECTION {27} 28. Implementing Rules and Regulations. xxx
SECTION {28} 29. Annual Report. xxx

SECTION {29} 30. Congressional Oversight Committee. xxx
SECTION {30} 31. Separability Clause. xxx

SECTION 43} 32. Repealing Clause. xxx

SECTION {32} 33. Effectivity. Xxx

Section 11. Separability Clause. If any provisions of this Act is
declared invalid or unconstitutional, the other provisions not
affected thereby shall remain in full force and effect.

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Section 12. Repealing Clause. - All laws, presidential decrees,
executive orders, presidential proclamations, rules and
regulations or parts thereof contrary to or inconsistent with this
Act are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.

Section 13. Effectivity. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15)
days following its publication in at least two (2) newspapers of
general circulation or in the Official Gazette, whichever comes
first.

Approved.

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