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Interim Guidelines on Agricultural land Use Conversion (Administrative Order No. 20 of 1992).

Country/Territory
Philippines
Document type
Regulation
Date
1992
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Agricultural & rural development, Land & soil, Water
Keyword
Irrigation Agricultural land Land reform Land-use planning Soil conservation/soil improvement
Geographical area
Asia, Asia and the Pacific, East Asian Seas, North Pacific, South-Eastern Asia
Abstract

Pending adoption of comprehensive guidelines on land conversion to implement section 20 of the Local Government Code which gives powers to local government units to reclassify agricultural land in circumstance where such land ceases to be viable for agricultural purposes, these guidelines regulate place restrictions on conversion of agricultural lands. All irrigated land for cultivation and all land within areas programmed for irrigation facility rehabilitation by the Department of Agriculture and the National Irrigation Administration shall not be subject to conversion.

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