Agricultural Policies Quiz

An act prescribing urgent related measures to modernize the agriculture and fisheries sectors of the country in order to enhance their profitability, and prepare said sectors for the challenges of globalization through an adequate, focused and rational delivery of necessary support services, appropriating funds therefor and for other purposes.

An Act to Promote and Develop the Seed Industry in the Philippines and Create a National Seed Industry Council and for Other Purposes

An act to ordain the agricultural land reform code and to institute land reforms in the Philippines, including the abolition of tenancy and the channelling of capital into industry, provide for the necessary implementing agencies, appropriate funds therefor and for other purposes.

An act declaring large-scale agricultural smuggling as economic sabotage, prescribing penalties therefor and for other purposes

Who is the current secretary of Department of Agriculture?

This is an attached corporation mandated to provide insurance protection to farmers against losses arising from natural calamities, plant diseases and pest infestations of their palay and corn crops as well as other crops.

These schemes include block farming, trust farming, contract farming, and corporative farming that will make farming more efficient, where technology is used, where cost of production is reduced, and farm productivity and incomes are increased.

The country should have a systematic and long-term strategy in developing and promoting exports of raw and processed agricultural products. This would require achieving economies of scale in on-farm production that would generate sustained quantity and quality of export products.

This act will remove the previously placed quota on rice imports, permitting traders to import a near-unlimited quantity of rice allowing more competitors to enter the rice market, the law will lower the price of rice by increasing supply

An act strengthening the meat inspection system in the country

An attached agency helps government develop and implement strategies and policies that increase and sustain the flow of credit to agriculture and fisheries, improve the viability of farmers and fisherfolk, and support agriculture modernization, food security and poverty alleviation.

Its major duties include formulating and enforcing standards of quality in the processing, preservation, packaging, labeling, importation, exportation, distribution and advertising of fresh, primary and secondary-processed agricultural and fisheries products

This is the extension and training arm of the Philippine Department of Agriculture, mandated to train agricultural extension workers and their beneficiaries and lead in the delivery of e-extension services for agriculture and fisheries

This is an Act that aims to protect consumers against hazards to health and safety, protect consumers against deceptive, unfair and unconscionable sales acts and practices, provide information and education to facilitate sound choice and the proper exercise of rights by the consumers, provide adequate rights and means of redress, and involve consumer representatives in the formulation of social and economic policies.

This is mandated to ensure the accelerated development of the Philippine dairy industry through policy direction and program implementation.

This is mandated to maintain sufficient rice buffer stocks to be sourced solely from local farmers.

This is mandated to improve the economic and living conditions and raise the quality of life of the tobacco farmers including those who depend upon the industry for their livelihood; and promote the balanced and integrated growth and development of the tobacco industry to help make agriculture a solid base for industrialization.

This is mandated to promote the growth & development of the sugar industry through greater participation of the private sector and to improve the working conditions of the laborers.

This is created to promote the development of the fishing industry through the provision of post-harvest infrastructure facilities and essential services that improve efficiency in the handling and distribution of fish and fishery products and enhance their quality.

This is tasked to develop the coconut industry to its full potential in line with the new vision of a united, globally competitive and efficient coconut industry;