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Coconut Farmers and Industry Trust Fund Act (Republic Act No. 11524).

Pays/Territoire
Philippines
Type du document
Législation
Date
2021
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Titre complet
An Act Creating the Coconut Farmers and Industry Trust Fund, Providing for its Management and Utilization, Reconstituting for the Purpose the Philippine Coconut Authority Board, and for Other Purposes.
Sujet
Agriculture et développement rural
Mot clé
Produits agricoles Développement agricole Commerce/industrie/sociétés Coopérative/organisation de producteurs Agriculture familiale Exploitation agricole Mesures financières agricoles Financement Mesures fiscales et de marché Transformation/manutention Institution Politique/planification Pauvreté Recherche Emploi rural Fonds spécial
Aire géographique
Asie, Asie et Pacifique, East Asian Seas, Pacifique Nord, Asie du Sud-Est
Entry into force notes
This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its complete publication in the Official Gazette or in two (2) newspapers of general circulation.
Résumé

This Act describes plans for increasing incomes for coconut farmers, alleviating poverty, and achieving social equality. The coconut farmers and industry development plan shall be guided by the objectives for poverty reduction, rehabilitation and modernization of the coconut industry, setting up community-based enterprises for integrated processing of downstream products, and conducting innovative research projects. The Plan further lays out the requirements for allocation of fund for implementation of the programs and projects such as development of hybrid coconut seed farmers, training of farmers and their families, research, marketing and promotion, crop insurance and organization and empowerment of coconut farmers. The Act lays out provision with regard to setting up the coconut farmers and industry trust fund that shall be capitalized, managed, invested, utilized and accounted for in the manner provided in this Act. The Act consists of 21 Sections divided into 7 Parts.

Texte intégral
Anglais