Framework

Dr. WILLIAM D. DAR

President, InangLupa Movement

Paper presented during the National Multi-Stakeholders Consultation Workshop on the Review and Updating of RDEAP
Luxent Hotel, Diliman, Quezon City on 15-19 February 2016

Poverty, Food Production, and Population Nexus

Climate Change & Environmental
Degradation

20.1

25.2% = 25 M

Philippine Global
Hunger Index

National Poverty
Incidence

Philippines ranked 5th most

vulnerable to Climate Change
Total Degraded Land: 13.2 M ha of
the 30 M ha

Labor Force
About 1/3 (11 M out of 37.4 M is
employed in agri sector)
Unemployment is 9.1%

Agriculture Performance

142 M

Expected Philippine
Population by 2045

Agriculture contribution to GDP

shows a declining trend 10.03% in
2014
Agriculture grew an average of
2.83% from 1986-2014

Performance of Agriculture for the period 1986-2015

was not impressive. The agriculture sector grew by an average of

2.7%.

6.50
5.95

6
4.82

5
4

3.75

3.60

3.30

2.85

3
2

1.89

1.60

0.80

1
0
C. Aquino

Ramos
GDP growth rate

Estrada

Arroyo

BS. Aquino

AHF growth rate

(Philippine Statistics Authority and Business World)

The Framework of a

New Philippine Agriculture

Vision
A Modern and Industrialized
Philippine Agriculture
Strategy: Inclusive Philippine Agri-Industrialization (IPAI)

4 Pillars

4 Sustainable
Development
Goals*

4 Major
Objectives

- Inclusive

- Food Sufficiency

- Productivity

- Science-based

- Economic Security

- Profitability

- Resilience

- Nutritional
Sufficiency

- Competitiveness

- Market-oriented

- Environmental
Security

- Sustainability

Enabling Strategies
Plans and Programs

Legislative Agenda
Note: * The attainment of the 4 sustainable development goals will ensure food security.

10 Action Points for an

Inclusive Agricultural Growth
Irrigation
To address water scarcity along with
initiatives to develop and implement
water saving and harvesting technology
Share of the Service Area in the total
Irrigable Area

Source: NIA

Targets

Irrigation

Provide irrigation to 1.3 M ha

Link irrigation with proper soil

to
complete 3 M ha irrigable farm lots
(Source: NIA)

conservation and fertility

management through promotion of
community watershed management

Accomplish the target of various types of

SSIPs: 646 projects (i.e. Small Water
Impounding, Small Diversion Dam, Small
Farm Reservoir, canal) for 2016 under
rice program

Distribute 62 units and 82 units of

pumps (i.e. wind pump, ram pump, solar
pump) for 2016 and 2017, respectively,
under HVCDP

Organize irrigators association into

cooperatives

Undertake research and development

evaluation to improve the management
of irrigators and effectivity & efficiency
of irrigation systems

Sustainable Land Management

To improve and rejuvenate the soils where cultivation of
suitable/best crops according to agro-ecozones will be key

Bhoochetana (soil rejuvenation)

ICRISAT mission mode project harnessing
science for sustainable use of natural
resources among farmers and increase
rainfed crop yields by 20%.

Yamang Lupa Program (YLP)

Philippine adaptation of the Bhoochetana
concept. It has 3 pilot regions
Quezon (Luzon)
Samar (Visayas)
Zamboanga Sibugay (Mindanao)

Targets
Promote soil rejuvenation program
for reliable fertilizer/nutrient
management : soil health status of
10 M arable land and mapping

Provide soil health cards

Promote soil conservation

measures

Sustainable Land
Management
Undertake a review of existing
laboratories to determine the level
of facilities required and the
corresponding human requirement
in the regions

Develop the strategies and level of

capability in the regions even in the
establishment/enhancement of soil
laboratories

Mechanization
To stay competitive in terms of quality and even availability of products/goods in
the market; substantially increase crop production and reduce cost of operations,
resulting in better incomes for farmers.

Japan

7 hp/ha

S Korea

4.11 hp/ha
Vietnam

1.56 hp/ha

China

4.10 hp/ha
Philippines

1.02 hp/ha

(PhilMech, 2012)

Targets
Achieve at least 4 hp/ha and better
for rice and 2.3 hp/ha for all crops

Mechanization
Encourage more private sector
investment in farm industry

(Source: DA & PhilMech)

Promote common service facilities

Conduct demonstration and

intensive training of farmers

Strengthen PhilMech and other relevant

agencies having to do with mechanization of
their functions and links to farmers

Research & Development

To achieve long term economic growth due to several challenges,
which require strategic and operative tasks like sufficient R&D
Innovation is the name of the game
Use of new science tools to harness agriculture
i.e Biotechnology

Philippine R&D investment

GERD (Gross Expenditure for R&D) as a percentage of GDP

among Southeast Asian countries

(at the same level as Vietnam and Myanmar)

2003, GERD was 0.14 % of GDP

2005, GERD was 0.12 % of GDP
2007, GERD was 0.09% of GDP

UNESCOs
recommended GERD

Targets
Allocate 10% of the total
agriculture budget to RDE
(Source: AFMA)

Advocate the use of new

science tools to harness
agriculture i.e Biotechnology,
Genomics etc.
- Breaking yield barriers

Encourage more participatory

research and extension
programs

Implement and institutionalize

urban agriculture nationwide

Research &
Development
Enhance curricula of higher education for
stronger link of instruction, research and
extension

Increase applied research at the DA-RIARCs

Support development of food products

Enhance technology commercialization
- Narrowing yield gaps
Institutionalize rainfed agriculture

Infrastructure/Logistics
To include establishment of processing centers, other post-harvest
facilities, and even farm-to-market roads; all together will hasten
production and delivery of goods

Low investment in
infrastructure
World Bank estimated
at least 5% of GDP
on infrastructure
to improve economic
performance

Philippines spends only

about 2.8%

7 trading centers - operational

5 - under construction
9 - pre-construction phase

Targets
Undertake completion of contracts/
back logs to bring all sectors,
municipalities in the outback especially
of 3rd to 6th class municipalities into the
main stream of society and civilization.

Upgrade and advance facilities of

Infrastructure/
Logistics
Construct at least 48,450 km of FMRs
(Source: AusAID)

34,477 km = Total FMRs constructed by DA

13,873 km = Remaining FMRs (as of 2013)

Earmark at least 3.5 to 4% of GDP for

infrastructure/logistics

27 existing agri-trading centers

More focus on maritime highways

(RORO system) for connectivity of
islands for enhanced trade, commerce,
tourism and even harmony among
cultures.

Establish manufacturing facilities with

private sector leadership

Establish school cafeterias for school

feeding program and warehouses to store
basic food for emergency situations

Credit
To pursue innovations that have
potentials to set off modernization and
industrialization of agricultural activities
Agro Industry Modernization and Credit
Financing Program (AMCFP) created in 1997
by virtue of Republic Act 8435 or the
Agriculture and Fisheries Modernization Act.

AMCFP
Governments umbrella on
financial system for agriculture
and fisheries
Caters to small farmers,
fisherfolks, those engaged in
food and non-food
production, processing and
trading, cooperatives, farmers
and fisherfolks organizations
and small and medium
enterprises or SMEs engaged
in agriculture and fisheries

Targets
Minimize transaction costs especially
for small loans
- Rehabilitation of rural banks
i.e change in the approach to rural lending &
group lending
- In 2014, LBP gave loans of Php 58.4 B to
small farmers & fishers
- Sikat Saka program of LBP & DA provided
financial assistance to farmers who are not
members of a coop & unable to secure loans

Review of the implementation AgroIndustry Modernization Credit and

Financing Program (AMCFP)

Credit
Teach, encourage, and enforce saving of
farm income by farmers to finance future
operations
-i.e. Credit Surety Fund that provides
assistance to institutional members improve their
organizations & management practices like having
a trust fund for payment of defaulted loans

Strengthen peoples organizations as

effective institutions for credit delivery
(micro finance institutions and non-bank
financial institutions)

Agribusiness/Market
As enabling environments to spur development;
emphasizes the role of public sector and
international organizations in promoting business
and even business-climate reforms including
returns to investments

Phase I

Phase II

(4 years)

(4 years)

Focus on rubber,
coconut, mangoes,
coffee, cacao, banana,
palm oil; other high
value crops
Attend to supply chain
gaps

Strengthen agro-processing &

its linkages to production --R&D; strengthen supply chains,
upgrade commodity clusters;
provide access to technologies,
finance; regulatory &
certification system

Phase III
(4 years)
Deepen participation in
inclusive Global Value
Chain (GVC)
Present the Philippines
as an agribusiness
regional hub
(Source: RM Aldaba, DTI)

Targets
Institutionalize reforms in agriculture
as a business with corresponding
reorientation of its institutional
structure

Conduct of domestic and international

fairs and exhibits and related activities
by DA-AMAS to promote the marketing
of agricultural and fishery commodities
and products

Tap non-traditional partners such as

corporations to provide interest- free
capital as part of their corporate social
responsibility (CSR) portfolios

Agribusiness/
Market
Strengthen AMAS services on marketing
related concerns, which include the
conduct of investment missions,
agribusiness information generation and
dissemination, and networking for
enterprise development and investment

Provide incentives to agribusiness

corporations to adopt contract farming
as an inclusive business model

Establish agri-industrial hubs in every

province or district

Empowerment & Capacity Development

To harness the potential of human capital like addressing skills of farmers
and developing relevant educational curriculum and innovative pedagogy
for various interest groups

5 qualities of a farmer

Producer
Team player
Scientist/Technologist
Businessman/Entrepreneur
Environmentalist

Targets
Increase pool of scientists and

Empowerment &
Capacity Development
Strengthen and retooling of ATI

engineers from 85 to 380 per

million people (Source: UNESCO)

Maximize the functionality of ICT in capacity

development and in agribusiness endeavors

Business enterprise, agriculture or

otherwise, should not be left to
business schools or specialized units
in universities

Strengthen connectivity of central and

regional offices for easy access of
information and facilitate communication

More financial support for the

Institutional Development Grant (IDG)
program and other scholarship
opportunities. Collective action will be
strengthened.

Empower LGUs to develop demand-base

planning

Encourage engagement of the youth in

agriculture

Strengthen civil society as role models or

watch dogs in effective implementation of
agricultural development programs

Promote training of professional managers in

agriculture

Adaptation to climate change

FAO (2012) stressed that building resilience to climate change starts by
building resilience through sustainable management of natural resources
and ecosystem restoration. Management of natural disasters will be key.

ICRISAT Hypothesis of Hope states that:

- Practice low input agriculture as CC will have minimal effects to it
- Adoption of recommended improved soil and water management practices
- Adaptation of better temperature-adapted varieties
- Adaptation and mitigation requires strengthened capacity

Targets
Enhance mitigation and adaptation
measures for a climate-resilient
agriculture in the country.

Build the resiliency of smallholder

farmers to various risks and climate
changes through improved or new
tools and means for monitoring

Establish warehouses (regional and

sub-regional) to store seeds and
commodities to rehabilitate farms
after disastrous event

Adaptation to
climate change
Expand and improve the capabilities of
the Philippine Atmospheric,
Geophysical and Astronomical Services
Administration (PAG-ASA) in
monitoring, providing and dispatching
quick and reliable information on agrometeorological condition especially
imminent disasters through new tools
and skills training

Natural disasters management

Implement projects on the reduction of
carbon emission

Reformation of the Bureaucracy

To encompass appropriate legislations/policies as the major building
block for supporting the implementation of the action points.

Targets
Rationalize and streamline the respective
functions of DA, DAR, and DENR

Review, enhance, and effectively

operationalize the salient provisions of
Agriculture and Fisheries Modernization Act
(AFMA)

Reconstitute research institutions with

outstanding performance

Review the process and budget for disaster

relief for agriculture and fishery sectors

Support the enactment of a National

Land Use

Reformation of the
Bureaucracy
Pursue the implementation of crop
insurance including livestock and fishery
sectors

Review the mandate of National Food

Authority (NFA)

Push for the passage of Tulong

Kabataan sa Agrikultura at Kabuhayan
Act of 2013 and Promoting Corporate
Farming Act.

Immediate release and proper use of

coconut levy funds and assets for the
modernization of coconut farming

Thank you!
overnment should nurture
the hand that feeds the
nation, so farmers and fishers can
continue doing so, lest we all starve

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