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esources and judicious resource use. There must be bold initiatives to force the issue to rational and sound criteria rather than business-as-usual political expediency. Box 1. Key Success Factors of Asian Agriculture and Fisheries • Strategic directions that remained unchanged despite changes in political leadership; • Continuity in leadership, anchored by a bureaucracy that values professionalism and meritocracy; • A bureaucracy that is not subject to the vagaries of political leadership; • A marketing infrastructure that links producers to buyers at reasonable and speed; • A well-budgeted R & D program, accompanied by human resource development of scientists and researchers, that engages universities and private sector; • A market information system with timely, accurate and accessible information • Producers that are mostly organized and learned on the dynamics of the market place – cost, quality and supply reliability; and • An investment climate that welcomes local and overseas investors. At the same time, the country must launch bold initiatives in R & D investments to address areas such as productivity, variety, input cost reduction, diversification, etc in both land and aqua farming. Data shows that R & D has among the highest impact on agriculture production and poverty alleviation (See below). Impact of R & D on Agriculture and Poverty Reduction China India Thailand Vietnam Item Ranking of Returns in Agriculture Production Agriculture R & D 1 1 1 1 Education 2 3 3 3 Roads 3 2 4 4 Telecommunications 4 - - 2 Irrigation 5 4 5 5 Electricity 6 8 2 - Soil and water conservation - 6 - - Agriculture R & D 2 2 2 2 Roads 3 1 3 4 Education 1 3 4 3 Telecommunication - - - 1 Electricity 4 8 1 - Irrigation 6 7 5 5 Source: Shenggen Fan (2005). The Role of Agriculture in Poverty Reduction: Evidence from Asia. IFPRI iv
There are several principles that must be observed in amending the law and its IRR. 1. A policy environment that delivers a good investment climate. The private sector is the engine of growth. Some 90 percent of the investments are made by the private sector. Investment means jobs. 2. Government resources must be leveraged. Thus cost-sharing must be the order of all programs whether these are from the LGU, education and research institutions, industry associations, farmers groups, in cash or in kind. 3. There must be sound criteria in the use of resources: market-orientation, and social rates of return. This is to correct the disproportionate allocation to rice to the detriment of other crops, such as tree crops, aquaculture, etc. There are also many types of irrigation for different crops. 4. Program budgets, particularly marketing support, R & D, infrastructure (such as farm to market roads, post-harvest facilities, laboratories and equipment), irrigation and human resource development must be made on multi-year basis. 5. Protecting the consumer against unsafe, impure and fraudulently presented agriculture and fishery products is the foremost responsibility of a national agriculture and fisheries product control agency. 6. The government must be fully committed to establish structures and develop policies to deliver the optimum level of consumer protection. Any cost recovery scheme implemented to reduce financial burden on the national government must be carefully evaluated as these costs are often passed on to the consumers and the poor consumers are disproportionately affected. 7. Stakeholders must be engaged in the planning and monitoring of programs. 8. The DA must focus on the “steering” of agriculture development; while the LGUs, on the “rowing.” There should be a manual of engagement between national government (i.e., DA) and the LGUs. v
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CONCLUSIONS AFMA is a good law with
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