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Chapter Summaries CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION 1. The Agriculture and Fisheries Modernization Act (AFMA) became a law in late 1997. The Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) was issued in July 1998. From budget resource standpoint, full implementation started in 1999. The AFMA expired in 2004 but was quickly extended by Congress to 2015 in March 2005. 2. The AFMA Review is anchored on Section 117 which provides: • Section 117. Automatic Review – Every five years after the effectivity of the Act, an independent panel composed of experts to be appointed by the President shall review the polices and programs in the Agriculture and Fisheries Modernization Act and shall make recommendations based on its findings, to the President and to both Houses of Congress. 3. The IRR Rule 117.1 further provides that: • The services of an independent review panel shall be recommended to the President by the COCAFM, and upon the President’s approval, be engaged by the COCAFM Secretariat no later than the end of the third year after the effectivity of the Act, to allow for adequate preparation for the automatic review. 4. In July 2005, the Congressional Oversight Committee on Agricultural and Fisheries Modernization (COCAFM) and the CRC Foundation signed the Memorandum of Agreement witnessed by the representatives of the National Agricultural and Fishery Council (NAFC) and Strive Foundation. 5. This draft final report is among the several milestones ending with the final report after comments from COCAFM, DA, and NAFC have been incorporated. This report contains heavy inputs from the stakeholders following the regional consultations and surveys of leading producer associations. 6. The AFMA Review Study is expected to: (a) evaluate and measure the impact of AFMA and its programs on outputs; (b) to analyze the flow of budgetary resources to the sector and specific industries (if possible); (c) determine how AFMA was implemented through specific sector and commodity-specific studies, surveys and consultation workshops; and (d) recommend policy directions, program interventions, and amendments to the law and IRR (Ref: Inception Report, August 1, 2005). 7. The Report will have the following coverage: a. Analysis of agriculture performance, pre-AFMA and post-AFMA; b. Reports by AFMA components with recommendations; and xxiv
c. Commodity specific reports CHAPTER 2. METHODOLOGY 8. Since AFMA visualizes as a strategy the transformation of Philippine agriculture from a resource-based to technology and market-driven agriculture, the team of consultants will assess as an entry point, the development of the Strategic Agriculture and Fisheries Development Zone (SAFDZ) as the convergence for AFMA related development interventions evolving into integrated development plans that will serve as inputs to the National Agriculture and Fisheries Modernization Plan. 9. The project team used both primary and secondary data. Primary data were gathered through interviews with key informants from the government and the private sector. A series of regional consultations were also conducted before report finalization. Meanwhile, secondary data were collected from government agencies, data banks of international organizations, research firms, and private institutions. 10. The analysis covered nine plus two additional components of AFMA as follows: (a) marketing and information; (b) trade and fiscal incentives; (c) irrigation; (d) credit; (e) other infrastructure and post-harvest facilities; (f) budget/finance; (g) product standardization and consumer safety; (h) research, development and extension; and (i) institutions and bureaucracy. The two other components which were not included in the original mainstream terms of reference of the Team of Experts were: (j) human resource development; and (k) rural non-farm employment. Their analysis, however, was not as extensive as the other nine due to budgetary constraints. 11. The chapter assessed the different AFMA components and activities and discussed how these translated into the performance of agriculture and fisheries. It also analyzed the flow of budgetary resources to the agriculture and fishery sectors as well as its effects on employment and poverty alleviation. Given the review and analysis undertaken, the study proposed policy and program recommendations that can enhance the effective implementation of AFMA. CHAPTER 3. AGRICULTURE PERFORMANCE 12. The discussions focused on four areas: agriculture output, agricultural productivity, employment and trade during the pre-AFMA (1993-1998) and AFMA period (1999-2004). Agriculture Output 13. Pre-AFMA Period. Agriculture accounts for about 20 percent of total gross domestic product (GDP). From 1993-1997, the real gross value added in agriculture, fishery and forestry grew by 2.6 percent per year, a moderate record by world standard. The growth leaders were poultry, banana, livestock and palay. In 1998, growth dipped by a record 6.4 percent due to the adverse effects of a severe El Niño episode. xxv
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CONCLUSIONS AFMA is a good law with
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