1511, or the Act Amending the Organic Agriculture Act of 2010. Its goal is to make organic produce more accessible and affordable by having the government fully subsidize their international certification for a year.
2. THE AMENDED ORGANIC AGRICULTURE ACT
A N A C T A M E N D I N G T H E O R G A N I C A G R I C U L T U R E A C T 2 0 1 0 ( R A 1 0 0 6 8 )
RA 11511
APPROVED: December 23. 2000
PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL GAZETTE: January 05. 2021
EFFECTIVITY : January 21, 2021
IMPLEMENTING RULES & REGULATIONS EFFECTIVITY : March 16, 2022
3. The Act Amending the Organic Agriculture Act of
2010. Its goal is to make organic produce more
accessible and affordable by having the
government fully subsidize their international
certification for a year.increases the potential
income of organic farmers and fisherfolk, and
promotes food self-sufficiency.
SUMMARY
4. WHAT ARE THE PROBLEMS THAT THE
POLICY TRIED TO ADDRESS
Environmental pollution and
destruction
Depletion of natural resources
High farm inputs
Farmers and consumers health
Food security
5. ASSESS THE IMPACT OF THE
POLICY WITH REGARDS TO
THE PROBLEM THAT IT
INTENDS TO ADDRESS
The Board shall constantly devise and
implement ways and means of producing
organic fertilizers and other farm inputs and
of helping to alleviate the problems of
industrial waste and community garbage
disposal.
Its goal is to make organic produce more
accessible and affordable by having the
government fully subsidize their international
certification for a year
6. The observable effect of the policy in the agriculture sector. The policy of the
State to promote, propagate, develop further, and implement the practice of organic
agriculture in the Philippines that will cumulatively condition and enrich the fertility
of the soil, increase farm productivity and farmers' incomes, reduce pollution and
destruction of the environment, prevent the depletion of natural resources,
encourage the participation of indigenous organic farmers in promoting their
sustainable practices, further protect the health of farmers, consumers, and the
general public, save on imported farm inputs and promote food self-sufficiency.
7. Organic farming is becoming very
popular worldwide
Organic farmers use natural fertilizers
Produces healthier food
more accessible and affordable
STRENGTH
Expensive
High production cost
Low yield
WEAKNESS
8. What would you recommend to ammend, delete or add
from the policy