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Section 8 • Organic Vegetable Product Certification Process and Marketing Strategies<br />

In 2004, the Philippine National Organic Board (PNOB) was created to support, among others,<br />

the following: (a) implementation <strong>of</strong> Philippine National Organic Standards and Certification<br />

System; and (b) establishment <strong>of</strong> a five-year Organic Industry Development Program <strong>for</strong> adoption<br />

by respective units <strong>of</strong> Department <strong>of</strong> Agriculture (DA), in partnership with the private sector 266 .<br />

Data gathered by Organic Certification Center <strong>of</strong> the Philippines (OCCP) show that major products<br />

sold locally include rice, vegetables (e.g., lettuce, cucumber, tomato, ampalaya, okra, camote,<br />

kangkong, mustard, pechay, squash, eggplant), fruits (e.g., banana, mango, papaya), and muscovado<br />

sugar 267 .<br />

266 DA. 2004. Department <strong>of</strong> Agriculture (DA) Administrative Order No. 25. As cited in: Philippine Organic Agriculture In<strong>for</strong>mation Network. http//www.<br />

pcarrd.dost.gov.ph/phil-organic/policy.<br />

267 OCCP. 2005. Report <strong>of</strong> the Organic Certification Center <strong>of</strong> the Philippines. As cited in: Philippine Organic Agriculture In<strong>for</strong>mation Network. http//www.<br />

pcarrd.dost.gov.ph/phil-organic/market.<br />

399

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