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To ensure that allocation of resources are based on sound economic, social and environmental criteria. 3. Section 111 (General Provisions). Budget allocations by component must reflect regional priorities. C. Proposals by Component To fully appreciate the full significance of the Report, readers are strongly encouraged to read the main findings and recommendation in the Chapter Summaries of the individual AFMA Components. 1. Marketing Support and Information (Sections 38-45) Ensure that AFMA provisions will: (a) Secure the mandated 8 percent of the total AFMP budget. The focus will be diversification of the regions, product development, export market intelligence, and participation in trade fairs with cost-sharing; (b) Revisit the 30 percent allocation to irrigation in regions where rice is not the major economic base; and (c) Support the operation of an expanded network of agriculture (and fisheries) attaches. Amendments (a) Section 41 (NIN). Focus resources to complete the linkage of DA agencies and national research institutions (b) Section 42 (Information and Marketing Service). Expand data collection coverage and frequency by product at the municipal and barangay levels; and (c) New Section. The national and local governments will promote costsharing with the private sector on agriculture and fishery projects such as access infrastructure, irrigation, R & D, etc. Revisions to IRR (a) AMAS. Rule 40.6. AMAS will have an expanded role (See Chapter Summary) (b) NIN. Rule 111.5.10 provides that 4 percent of the AFMP will be for the National Information Network. Given the recent developments in ICT, the NIN should instead focus on linking DA regional offices as well as various research institutions with new cost-effective technologies. Linkages with LGUs must be at their initiative and on a cost-sharing basis. (c) ITCAF. Rule 44.1 Taking advantage of the recent ICT, it will: (a) complete linkages at the regional level of all agriculture agencies using low cost internet technologies. The LGU who wish to be connected must costshare; and (b) accredit universities as repository of commodity information (market, farm technology and economics, value adding, etc.) along the lines of the USDA model. x
(d) BAS Rule 44.1 BAS must be provided with adequate resources under its new mandate of expanded data generation relevant to commodities, rural incomes and consumption patters (See Chapter Summary). (e) AFIS. Rule 42.1. This report supports the transformation of AFIS into a Corporate Communication Office of the DA. (f) NMAP Rules 40.4 – 40.5. Considering that the NMAP has little relevance in a globally competitive market, its mission should be delegated to the producer groups and supply chain players. (g) NMU. Rule 40.7 There is needed to revisit the “big roles” of NMU. The AFMA support is better used under cost-sharing schemes with industry associations and farmers’ associations in building their competitive intelligence capability. It is proposed that a private sector-led Agri-fishery Marketing Advisory Council be convened as and when needed. The High Council will be composed of presidents of leading industry associations. (h) DA Research Service (Policy Analysis Service) will emulate the model of the USDA Economic Research Service. (i) Agricultural Attaches Rule 42.4. The Attaches must be provided with adequate resource to network with industry players overseas, assemble timely and accurate information, and conduct/ purchase market and strategic country studies. The proposals are to: increase by at least 50 percent the number of agriculture attaches by 2010; and benchmark attaché numbers, tasks and budgets with ASEAN nations. (j) Capability Building. Rule 111.5.7 provides that 5 percent of the AFMP budget will be for capability building for scholarships, technical upgrading and training, etc. This should include capability building for marketing, market research, market studies, supply chain and benchmarking, etc. 2. Trade and Fiscal Incentives (Sections 108-110) The recommendations are as follows: (a) Pursuance of a more vigorous macro and sub-sectoral policy reforms and law enforcement relative to agricultural trade, to enhance the evolving gains in export competitiveness during AFMA implementation period. Enforcement of existing laws (e.g. anti-smuggling, quarantine) and enhancement of domestic support measures to gain competitiveness are in the right directions. (b) Continue stronger trade negotiation initiatives with other members of the LDCs (Group of 20, Group of 33 and AFTA) of WTO to level the playing field in agricultural trade. This implies strengthening of the Policy Analysis Division of DA to backstaff trade negotiations. (c) Assist small-medium enterprises and cooperatives in the regions to avail of tariff exemptions of imported agricultural inputs, to enhance their competitiveness in the export market. The feasibility of removing all forms of tariff that constrains agricultural modernization should be explored as a policy. (d) Revisit the ACEF, extend its economic life if necessary, and study alternative strategies to make it more effective as an enhancing mechanism to global competitiveness in the agriculture and fisheries sector; xi
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CONCLUSIONS AFMA is a good law with
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