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BY 
s.B.N~. 740 
Introduced by Senator Ramon Bong Revilla, Jr. 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
A previous legislation-Republic Act 7900 or High Value Crops Development Act 
promotes the development of high value crops and provides the market orientation of 
developing the industry 
High Value Crops Program provides the national directions and framework for 
harmonizing local initiatives. High value crops offer alternative profitable opportunities 
to smallholders and lend well to value adding activities and marketing agreements or 
joint ventures with users or processors. The market orientation of high value crops 
production systems is imperative in a free market economy and within the full 
implementation of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) where large 
corporations will have to explore new management, production and marketing 
approaches to sustain their business operations. Structural adjustments need to be made to 
involve smallholders, Policy refoms have been defined with some in full implementation 
providing clear signals to the private sector as basis for making medium and long term 
investment decisions. 
The proposed amendment will further heighten the development of high value 
crops that will significantly be more competitive in a free market, develop agriculture in 
general, improve investment climate, competencies and efficiency of agribusiness and 
develop high value crops as export that that will significantly expand the foreign 
exchange earnings of the country. 
In view of the foregoing, the immediate passage of this bill is highly 
recommended. 


14‘” CONGRESS OF TEE REPUBLIC 
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OF THE PHILIPPINES 
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First Regular Session 
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SENATE 
S.B.No. 740 
Introduced by Senator Ramon Bong Revilla, dr. 
AN ACT 
A-NDWG 
SECTIONS 3, 5, AND 7 OF THE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7900, 
OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE HIGH VALUE CROPS DEVELOPMENT ACT 
OF 1995 AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress 
assem bled: 
SECTION 1. Sections 3, 5, and 7 of Republic Act No. 7900, otherwise known as 
the High Value Development Act of 1995 and or other purposes is hereby amended to 
read as follows: 
“Section 3. Scope of Application - This Act shall cover, BUT SHALL 
NOT BE LIMITED TO, upland dwellers as well as lowland tenant, indigenous 
and cultural communities, Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) 
beneficiaries, 
upland 
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owners, 
farmers, 
farmers 
organizatlonlassociations/cooperatives, community 
associations 
and 
farm 
workers, and to the extent herein provided, the departments, offices, agencies, 
subdivisions, branches of instrumentalities in the areas. 
“Section 5. Site Identification - The Department of Agrarian Reform and 
the Department of Agriculture, in coordination with the Department of 
Environment and Natural resources, and the municipal government concerned, 
ALONG WITH PRIVATE SECTOR INITIATIVE OR VOLUNTEERS, 
shall identify the broad areas suitable for high value crops production within six 
(6) months after the effectivity of this Act. Provided, that such identification shall 
reviewed at appropriate intervals to ensure consistency with agrarian reform 
program and the national land use policy. 
“Section 7. Farm Model - For the program, [farmers may adopt] 
PORTIONS OF LARGE LANDHOLDINGS NOT COVEmD UNDER 
CARP MAY BE MADE AVAILABLE TO LANDLESS WARMERS FORT 
HE ADOPTION OF the cooperative system in putting up economically-sized 
farms for high value crops farming. Farmers-members shall collectively manage 
an individual farm which includes the contracting process and mean of 
production; planning and coordinating crop varieties; and raising breed hectarage, 
distribution and some measures with reference to the market it shall serve. Said 
farm models may be replicated by farmers’ organizations all over the country.” 
SECTION 2. Repealing Clause - All laws or parts thereof, decrees, orders, rules 
and regulations inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed or 


modified accordingly; Provided, however, That nothing in this Act shall construed or 
applied as amending the CARE’ and other laws on Agrarian Reform. 
SECTION 3. Separability Clause - If any of the provisions o this Act is declared 
invalid, he other provisions not affected thereby shall remain full force and effect. 
SECTION 4. Effetivity Clause - This Act shall be effective fifteen (15) days after 
completion of its publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general 
circulation. 
Approved,