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Agriculture in the Philippines is a major sector of the economy, ranking third among the sectors in 2022 behind only Services and Industry. Its outputs include staples like rice and corn, but also export crops such as coffee , cavendish banana , pineapple and pineapple products, coconut , sugar , and mango . [ 1 ]
The Philippines' National Food Authority (Filipino: Pambansang Pangasiwaan ng Pagkain, abbreviated as NFA), is an agency of the Philippine government under the Department of Agriculture responsible for ensuring the food security of the Philippines and the stability of supply and price of rice, the Philippines' staple grain.
The initiative follows a similar undertaking by the Republic of China, which launched a One Town One Product in 1989 to promote companies in Taiwan. [1] OTOP in the Philippines aims to promote goods and products of Filipino towns, cities, and regions, and provides funding for small businesses.
In the Philippines, a government-owned and controlled corporation (GOCC), sometimes with an "and/or", [1] is a state-owned enterprise that conducts both commercial and non-commercial activity. Examples of the latter would be the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS), a social security system for government employees.
The Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002, also known as the 2002 Farm Bill, addressed a great variety of issues related to agriculture, ecology, energy, trade, and nutrition. Signed after the September 11th attacks of 2001, the act directs approximately $16.5 billion of government funding toward agricultural subsidies each year.
The government of the Philippines recognised the initial success of the YISEDA by entrusting its members another 150 ha of CBFM land to manage. The community themselves are promoting the long term sustainability of the project through education of their youth so the scheme can be successfully run for generations to come. [ 6 ]
This category lists GOCCs of the Philippines which have an article in the English-language Wikipedia. The main articles for this category are Governance Commission for GOCCs and Government-owned and controlled corporation .
Agriculture companies of the Philippines (2 C) D. Department of Agriculture (Philippines) (1 C, 13 P) F. Farms in the Philippines (6 P) S. Sugar plantations in the ...