Handout 1: Agricultural Sector

What are the major export products of the Philippines?

• Cotton and soybeans

• Wheat and barley

• Seaweed and aquaculture products

• Rice and corn

What is the primary source of employment provided by agriculture in the Philippines?

• Information technology

• Farming and fisheries

• Manufacturing

• Mining

Which president established the National Resettlement and Rehabilitation Administration (NARRA) in the Philippines?

• Ferdinand Marcos

• Diosdado Macapagal

• Ramon Magsaysay

• Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

The Philippines exports its agricultural

products around the world, including the United States, Japan, Europe, And ASEAN countries.

• Consumer of Industrial

  Products

• Consumer of Industrial

  Products

• Dollar Earner

• Land Reform

is a broad the issue that tackles the changes in the structure and general plan of action concerning the entire agricultural sector.

• Land Reform

• Agrarian Reform

• RA No. 1160

• EO 355

Allows the voluntary consolidation of small farm operations into a medium and large-scale integrated enterprise that can assess long-term capital.

• Joseph Estrada

  EO 151

• Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

  EO 364

• Rodrigo Roa Duterte

  EO No. 75

• Corazon Aquino

  RA No. 6657

A law that states all public and private agricultural lands are Covered by the law.

• Ferdinand Marcos

  PD No. 2

• Joseph Estrada

  EO 151

• Corazon Aquino

  RA No. 6657

• Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

  EO 364

Agriculture and Fisheries Modernization Act

Aims to strengthen the agriculture and fishery sectors through modernization.

• Fidel Ramos

  R.A. No. 8435

• 
  Benigno Aquino III

  ARCCESS

• Rodrigo Roa Duterte

  EO No. 75

• 
  Benigno Aquino III

  ARCCESS

It aims to widen the areas of operation of the Department of land reform making it accountable for all the land reform activities in the Philippines.

• Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

  EO 364

• Manuel Roxas

  RA No. 34

• Ferdinand Marcos

  PD No. 2

• Diosdado Macapagal

  RA No. 3844

AN ACT AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS that the farmers can have 70 – 30 shares of the land also known as “The Philippine Rice Share Tenancy Act”.

• Elpidio Quirino

  EO 355

• Rodrigo Roa Duterte

  EO No. 75

• Benigno Aquino III

  ARCCESS

• Manuel Roxas

  RA No. 34