AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES MODERNIZATION ACT

1. Agriculture and
Fisheries
Modernization
Act
Presented by:
Boleche, Jesselle Joy
Bachelor of Science in Agriculture

2. CONTENTS
I. History of AFMA
II. Major Concerns and Principles of
AFMA
III. Objectives of AFMA

3. HISTORY OF AFMA
The landmark Agriculture and
Fisheries Modernization Act
(AFMA), or Republic Act 8435, was
signed into law in December 1997
by former President Fidel V.
Ramos.

4. Agriculture and Fisheries
Modernization Act of 1997
( Republic Act No. 8435)
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 therefore and for
other purposes.

5. Major Concerns and
Principles of AFMA
Poverty Alleviation and Social Equity
Food Security
Rational Use of Resources
Global Competitiveness
Sustainable Development
People Empowerment
Protection from Unfair Competition

6. 1. Poverty Alleviation and Social Equity-
The State shall ensure that the poorer sectors of the
society have equitable access to resources, income
opportunities, basic and support services and
infrastructure especially in areas where productivity is
low as a means of improving their quality of life
compared with other sectors of society.

7. 2. Food Security- The State assures the availability, adequacy,
accessibility and affordability of food supplies at all times.
3. Rational Use of Resources - The State shall adopt a rational
approach in the allocation of public investment in agriculture and
fisheries in order to assure efficiency and effectiveness in the use of
scarce resources and thus obtain optimal returns on its investment.

8. 4. Global Competitiveness - The State shall enhance the
competitiveness of the agriculture and fisheries sectors in both
domestic and foreign market.
5. Sustainable Development - The State shall promote
development that is complete with the preservation of the
ecosystem in areas where agriculture and fisheries are carried.
The State should exert care and judicious use of the country's
natural resources in order to attain long-term sustainability.

9. 6. People Empowerment - The State shall promote people
empowerment by enabling all citizens through direct
participation or through their duly elected chosen or
designated representatives the opportunity to participate in
policy formulation and decision-making by establishing the
appropriate mechanisms and by giving them access to
information.

10. 7. Protection from Unfair Competition - The State shall
protect small farmers and fisher folk from unfair
competition such as monopolistic and oligopolistic practices
by promoting a policy environment thatprovides them
priority access to credit and strengthened cooperative-
based marketing system.

11. Objectives of the Act
1. To modernize the agriculture and fisheries sectors by transforming these sectors from a
resource-based to a technology-based industry.
2. To enhance profits and incomes in the agriculture and fisheries sectors particularly the small
farmers and fisherfolks, by ensuring equitable access to assets, resources and services, and
promoting higher-value crops, value-added processing, agribusiness activities, and agro-
industrialization.
3. To ensure the accessibility, availability and stable supply of food to all at all times.
4. To encourage horizontal and vertical integration, consolidation and expansion of agriculture
and fisheries activities, groups, functions and other services through the organization of
cooperatives, farmers and fisherfolks associations, corporations, nucleus estates, and
consolidated farms and to enable these entities to benefit from economies of scale, afford them a
stronger negotiating position, purse more focused, efficient and appropriate research and
development efforts and enable them to hire professional Managers.

12. 5. To promote people empowerment by strengthening people's organizations, cooperatives and NGOs
by establishing and improving mechanisms and processes for their participation in government decision
making and implementation.
6. To pursue a market-driven approach to enhance the comparative advantage of our agriculture and
fisheries sectors in the world market.
7. To induce the agriculture and fisheries sectors to ascend continuously the value-added ladder by
subjecting their traditional or new products to further processing in order to minimize the marketing of
raw, unfinished or unprocessed products.
8. To adopt policies that will promote industry dispersal and rural industrialization by providing incentives to
local and foreign investors to establish industries that have backward linkages to the country's agriculture
and fisheries resource base.
9. To provide social and economic adjustment measures that increase productivity and improve market
efficiency while ensuring the protection and preservation of the environment and equity for small farmers
and fisherfolk.
10. To improve the quality of life of all sectors.

13. GOALS AND DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS TO ATTAIN THE
MAJOR CONCERN ABOVE:
* Food Securities, Poverty Alleviation, Social Equity and Income
Enhancement
 Increased income and profit of small farmers and fisherfolks.
 Availability of rice and other stable foods at affordable prices.
 Reduction of rural poverty and income inequality.
 Reduction of the incidence of malnutrition.
 Reduction of rural unemployment and underemployment.
 Improvement in land tenure of small farmers.

14. Thank you for
your time
and have a
good day!