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CORPORATE FARMING
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5
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Legislative History

House Bill/Resolution NO. HB06073
FULL TITLE : AN ACT PROMOTING CORPORATE FARMING AND PROVIDING INCENTIVES THEREOF
SHORT TITLE : Promoting Corporate Farming And Providing Incentives Thereof
ABSTRACT : Seeks to attain food security by re-evaluating and redefining the government's short-term and long-term priorities and resources aimed at improving rice productivity; encourage the private sector to engage in agricultural production by adopting a “corporate farming” scheme, with rice/corn as the primary crop, to feed their own employees, thus, taking the lead role in promoting food security, and; help eliminate the chain of middlemen and bring the producers and processors face-to-face, leading to better product distribution, stimulating higher private in agriculture, and resulting in higher outputs, income and exports.
PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : NOGRALES, PROSPERO C.
DATE FILED : 2009-03-03
SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL
CO-AUTHORS :
1. Mitra 2. Codilla
3. Teves 4. Marañon
5. Briones 6. Amatong
7. Antonino 8. Hofer
9. Lapus 10. Sy-Alvarado
11. Padilla 12. Cajes
CO-AUTHORS (Journal Entries) :
1. Lazatin (064 ) 2. Villarosa (033 )
AUTHORS(Final/Third Reading) :
1. Gonzales (N.) 2. De Guzman
3. Agbayani 4. Velarde
5. Romulo
ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE
COMMITTEE REPORT NO. 01843
SUBMITTED ON 2009-03-03
SUBMITTED BY: AGRICULTURE & FOOD, WAYS AND MEANS
RECOMMENDATIONS: approval
SUBSTITUTED BILLS: HB03837
ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES
REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON RULES ON 2009-03-04
DATE INCLUDED IN OB: 2009-03-04
SECOND READING INFORMATION
FINAL LIST OF AUTHORS : Gonzales (N.), De Guzman, Agbayani, Velarde, Romulo
DATE APPROVED ON SECOND READING : 2009-03-04
REMARKS : On Mar. 04, 2009, the Body approved to consider the Explanatory Note of the Bill as the sponsorship remarks on the measure; terminated the period of sponsorship and debate; terminated the period of amendments; and approved the same on Second Reading.
THIRD READING INFORMATION
DATE COPY DISTRIBUTED TO MEMBERS: 2009-04-13
DATE APPROVED BY THE HOUSE ON THIRD READING :2009-06-03
HOUSE VOTES:    YEAS:172     NAYS:0    ABSTAIN:.0
DATE TRANSMITTED TO THE SENATE:  2009-07-20
ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE SENATE/HOUSE
DATE RECEIVED BY THE SENATE:  2009-07-20
REMARKS : 

Abstract

Seeks to attain food security by re-evaluating and redefining the government's short-term and long-term priorities and resources aimed at improving rice productivity; encourage the private sector to engage in agricultural production by adopting a "corporate farming" scheme, with rice/corn as the primary crop, to feed their own employees, thus, taking the lead role in promoting food security, and; help eliminate the chain of middlemen and bring the producers and processors face-to-face, leading to better product distribution, stimulating higher private in agriculture, and resulting in higher outputs, income and exports.

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