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Question 1

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 THE GLOBALIZATION THROUGH AN ADEQUATE, FOCUSED AND RATIONAL DELIVERY OF NECESSARY SUPPORT SERVICES, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

Answer 1

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Question 2

The ____ which shall serve as centers where development in the agriculture and fisheries sectors are catalyzed in an environmentally and socio-cultural sound manner, shall be identified on the basis of the following criteria

Answer 2

SAFDZ

Question 3

Any person or juridical entity who knowingly or deliberately causes any irrigated agricultural lands seven (7) hectares or larger, whether contiguous for not, within the protected areas for agricultural development, as specified under Section 6 in relation to Section 9 of this Act, to lie idle and unproductive for a period exceeding one (1) year, unless due to force majeure, shall be subject to an idle land tax of ,____ per hectare per year.

Answer 3

Three Thousand Pesos (P3,000.0)

Question 4

Any person found guilty of premature or illegal conversion shall be penalized with imprisonment of ___, or a fine equivalent to one hundred percent (100%) of the government’s investment cost, or both, at the discretion of the court, and an accessory penalty of forfeiture of the land and any improvement thereon.

Answer 4

two (2) to six (6) years

Question 5

All watersheds that are sources of water for existing and potential irrigable areas and recharge areas of major aquifers identified by the ___ shall be preserves as such at all times.

Answer 5

Department of Agriculture and the Department of Environment and Natural resources

Question 6

The ____, shall, in accordance with its original mandate, focus primarily on plans and programs in relation to the financing of agrarian reform and the delivery of credit services to the agriculture and fisheries sectors, especially to small farmers and fisherfolk

Answer 6

Land Bank of the Philippines

Question 7

The Agriculture and Fisheries Credit Guarantee Fund shall be funded by at least ___ of the funding allocation for the AMCFP

Answer 7

ten percent (10%)

Question 8

The ____ shall set and implement standards for fresh, primary-and -secondary-processed agricultural and fishery products. Food safety.

Answer 8

BAFPS

Question 9

The ____ shall organize the training of workers in coastal resources management and sustainable fishing techniques.

Answer 9

Department and the DENR