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Sweetpotato Industry Profile

Sweetpotato, locally known as “camote” and scientifically named Ipomoea batatas L., is popularly known as the poor man’s crop in the Philippines. It is a nutritious food primarily consumed as a staple and vegetables. From a mere supplemental source of income to small farmers, sweetpotato has become a vital livelihood crop due to new and high market demand for sweetpotato products such as flour, confections, wine, and feedstuff. Based on the data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), as of 2019, Eastern Visayas remained the top sweetpotato producer with 98.95 thousand metric tons, sharing 18.8 percent of the total output in 2019. Bicol Region followed this with 16.0 percent share; Central Luzon, 9.9 percent; Western Visayas, 8.6 percent; and Caraga, 7.6 percent. The crop is commonly consumed boiled, fried, or roasted and is also used traditionally to create snacks and ingredients for various dishes. It can also be processed into different food products such as chips, noodles, and alcohol. Some products not for human consumption derived from the sweetpotato include animal feed and its use as a thickening agent.

Problems in the Industry

The following key constraints should be addressed to meet growing demands for the sweetpotato: 1. Lack of access to appropriate high-yielding varieties; 2. Inadequate supply of high-quality planting materials; 3. High pest and disease pressures; 4. Poor soil quality; and 5. Weak links to technology sources, markets, and commercial users. One challenge for the sweetpotato industry is the lack of suitable planting materials with high yield and high starch content. In addition, lack of information and technical proficiency in farming, compounded by the limited financial capability of farmers to purchase the necessary inputs, also limits crop yield and quality. Transportation costs for the fresh roots are also high, and there are a limited number of proper storage facilities. These factors jointly hinder further growth and production for smallholders.

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Coconut Policies

Policy Type	Policy Number	Policy Year	Congress	Policy Title	Policy Description	Policy Objective	Policy Link
Law	Commonwealth Act No. 518	1.940	NULL	An Act to Establish the National Coconut Corporation	This Act aims to create the National Coconut Corporation.	Section 1. A corporation is created under the style and name of “National Coconut Corporation,” which shall be organized within six months after the date of the approval of this Act and shall exist for a term of thirty years from the said date. The Corporation shall have its main office in the City of Manila. Section 6. To carry out the purposes of this Act, there is created a special fund to be known as the “Coconut Industry Promotion Fund”, which shall consist of appropriations out of the Coconut Oil Excise Tax Fund collected on and after January first, nineteen hundred and thirty-nine, to be made available as follows: Two million pesos, which is hereby appropriated, upon approval of this Act, and, thereafter, such amounts as may be provided for, from time to time, in the annual appropriation acts for the Coconut Oil Excise Tax Fund.	NULL
Law	Commonwealth Act No. 521	1.940	NA	An Act Appropriating Amounts from the Coconut Oil Excise Tax Fund Collected on and After January First, Nineteen Hundred and Thirty-Nine, for the Period from January First, Nineteen Hundred and Thirty-Nine, to June Thirtieth, Nineteen Hundred and Forty	This act aims to allocate budget accrued from the collection of Coconut Oil Excise Tax collected on and after January 1, 1939 for the period January 1, 1939 to June 30, 1940.	Section 1. Appropriation of funds – The following sums, or so much thereof as may be necessary, are appropriated out of the collections that accrued and shall accrue to the Coconut Oil Excise Tax Fund in the Philippine Treasury… 1. Department of Agriculture and Commerce – P2.8M 2. Department of Public Works and Communications – P10M 3. Government Corporations – P46.4M Section 7. Purpose for which appropriations may be used.— The amounts appropriated in this Act shall be used for the purpose of meeting new or additional expenditures necessary in adjusting Philippine economy to a position independent of trade preferences in the United States and in preparing the Philippines for the assumption of the responsibilities of an independent state, and shall be accounted for separately from other moneys of the Government of the Commonwealth of the Philippines: Provided, That no part of the appropriation herein authorized shall be paid directly or indirectly as a subsidy to the producers or processors of copra, coconut oil, or allied products, except that this provision shall not be construed as prohibiting the use of a portion of said appropriation for facilities for better curing of copra, or for bona fide production loans to Philippine copra producers.	NULL
Law	Commonwealth Act No. 552	1.940	NA	An Act Appropriating Amounts from the Coconut Oil Excise Tax Fund Collected on and After January First, Nineteen Hundred and Thirty-Nine, for the Fiscal Year Ending June Thirtieth, Nineteen Hundred and Forty-One	This act aims to allocate budget accrued from the collection of Coconut Oil Excise Tax collected collected on and after January 1, 1939 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1941.	Section 1. Appropriation of funds – The following sums, or so much thereof as may be necessary, are appropriated out of the collections that accrued and shall accrue to the Coconut Oil Excise Tax Fund in the Philippine Treasury… 1. Office of the President – P250,000 2. Department of Agriculture and Commerce – P2M 3. Department of Public Works and Communications – P7.5M 4. Government Corporations – P24.5M	NULL
Law	Commonwealth Act No. 627	1.941	NA	An Act Appropriating Amounts from the Coconut Oil Excise Tax Fund Collected on and After January First, Nine Hundred and Thirty-Nine, for the Fiscal Year Ending June Thirtieth, NineTeen Hundred and Forty-Two	This act aims to allocate budget accrued from the collection of Coconut Oil Excise Tax collected collected on and after January 1, 1939 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1942.	Section 1. Appropriation of funds – The following sums, or so much thereof as may be necessary, are appropriated out of the collections that accrued and shall accrue to the Coconut Oil Excise Tax Fund in the Philippine Treasury… 1. Office of the President – P250,000 2. Department of Agriculture and Commerce – P2.9M 3. Department of National Defense – P3.0M 2. Department of Public Works and Communications – P5.7M 3. Government Corporations – P20.7M	NULL
Law	Commonwealth Act No. 718	1.945	NA	An Act Appropriating the Sum of Two Million Nine Hundred Forty-One Thousand Pesos from the Coconut Oil Excise Tax Fund Collected on and After January First, Nineteen Hundred and Thirty-Nine, for Certain Activities Under the Department of Agriculture and Commerce, for the Fiscal Year Ending June Thirtieth, Nineteen Hundred and Forty-Six	This act aims to allocate budget accrued from the collection of Coconut Oil Excise Tax collected collected on and after January 1, 1939 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1946.	Section 1. Appropriation of funds – The following sums, or so much thereof as may be necessary, are appropriated out of the collections that accrued and shall accrue to the Coconut Oil Excise Tax Fund in the Philippine Treasury… (a) Appropriation to continue the agronomical survey of the Philippines in accordance with the provisions of Commonwealth Act No. 418 (b) Appropriation for the establishment, improvement, development, maintenance, and operation of agricultural experiment and demonstration stations under the provisions of section 1754 of the Administrative Code c) Appropriation to continue the reforestation and afforestation of watersheds, denuded areas, and cogon or open lands within forest reserves, communal forests, National parks, and timberlands, sand dunes, and such other areas already certified as public forest lands, in accordance with the provisions of Commonwealth Act No. 304 (d) Appropriation to continue the classification, survey and subdivision of agricultural lands of the public domain especially those lying along the National highways, the sum of ₱170,000 to be spent by the Bureau of Forestry in accordance with Commonwealth Act. No. 627 and the sum of ₱1,180,000 to be spent by the Bureau of Lands in accordance with the said Commonwealth Act No. 630 e) For the organization, maintenance and operation of a School of Fisheries under the Division of Fisheries (f) For the creation of a special fund to be known as the “Cinchona Plantation Revolving Fund” for the establishment, cultivation, development, maintenance, and operation of cinchona plantations in public forest lands to be administered by the Bureau of Forestry	NULL
Law	Republic Act No. 5	1.946	1st	An Act to Amend Sections Two and Five of Commonwealth Act Numbered Five Hundred Eighteen, Entitled “An Act to Establish the National Coconut Corporation, and to Appropriate Additional Operating Capital for Said Corporation”	This Act aims to amend the functions of the National Coconut Corporation.	Section two of Commonwealth Act Numbered Five hundred eighteen is amended to read as follows: “Sec. 2. The National Coconut Corporation shall have the following objects: (c) To buy, sell, barter, export, and in any other manner deal in, coconut, copra, and desiccated coconut, as well as their by-products, and to act as agent, broker or commission merchant of the producers, dealers or merchants of coconut, copra, and desiccated coconut or their by-products.” Sec 5. “The President may, in his discretion, remove any director. The directors serving upon the passage of this Act shall remain in office until relieved by the President. Four members of the board of directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.	NULL
Law	Republic Act No. 362	1.949	2nd	An Act Appropriating the Sum of Three Hundred Thousand Pesos for the Study, Control and Eradication of the “Kadang-Kadang” and Other Diseases or Pests of Coconut Trees	This Act aims to appropriate funds for the study, control, and eradication of the “Kadang-Kadang” and other diseases or pests of coconut trees.	The sum of three hundred thousand pesos, or so much thereof as may be necessary and certified as to its availability by the Auditor General, is hereby appropriated out of any funds in the National Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the study, control, and eradication of the “Kadang-Kadang” and other diseases or pests of coconut trees.	NULL
Law	Republic Act No. 471	1.950	2nd	An Act Providing that Fifty Per Centum of the Fees Collected from the Copra Standardization and Inspection Service by Virtue of Commerce Administrative Order Numbered Two,dated January Sixteen, Nineteen Hundred Forty-Eight, Shall be Paid to the Funds of the National Coconut Corporation for the Rehabilitation of the Coconut Industry	This Act aims to create a special fund from the Copra Standardization and Inspection Service for the rehabilitation of the coconut industry.	To enable the National Coconut Corporation to advance further its program of industrialization of the coconut industry and the proper utilization of coconut by-products as well as the improvement of the quality of Philippine copra, fifty per centum of all the fees collected by the Bureau of Commerce from the Copra Standardization and Inspection Service pursuant to Commerce Administrative Order Numbered Two, dated January sixteen, nineteen hundred forty-eight, of the Department of Commerce and Industry, shall be kept as a special fund and turned over to the National Coconut Corporation beginning June first, nineteen hundred and fifty, to be spent for the purposes mentioned in subsections (a) and (b) of section two of Commonwealth Act Numbered Five hundred eighteen, as amended.	NULL
Law	Republic Act No. 773	1.952	2nd	An Act Appropriating the Sum of Five Hundred Thousand Pesos for the Study, Control and Eradication of Coconut and Other Plant Diseases and Pests, Including Rats	This Act aims to appropriate funds for the study, control, and eradication of the coconut and other plant diseases, including rats.	The sum of five hundred thousand pesos is hereby appropriated out of any funds in the National Treasury not otherwise appropriated for the study, control and eradication of coconut and all other plant diseases and pests, including rats.	NULL
Law	Republic Act No. 1145	1.954	3rd	An Act Creating the Philippine Coconut Administration, Prescribing its Powers, Functions and Duties, and Providing for the Raising of the Necessary Funds for its Operation	This Act aims to establish the Philippine Coconut Administration.	A corporation is hereby created which shall be known as the Philippine Coconut Administration, hereafter called the PHILCOA, which shall be organized within sixty days after the approval of this Act and shall be under the direct supervision of the Office of Economic Coordination. The PHILCOA shall have the following purposes and objectives: (a) To ensure the steady and orderly development of the coconut industry, and to stabilize and strengthen its position in the world markets; (b) To promote the effective merchandising of copra, coconut oil, coconut products and by-products in the domestic and foreign markets so that those who are engaged in the coconut industry will be placed on a basis of economic security; (c) To improve the tenancy relations between coconut proprietors and tenants and the living conditions of laborers engaged in the coconut industry; (d) To encourage the invention of useful machinery that will hasten the development of the coconut industry.	NULL
Law	Republic Act No. 1369	1.955	3rd	An Act Appropriating the Sum of Thirty Million Pesos, Out of the Proceeds of the Sale of Bonds to be Issued Under Republic Act Numbered One Thousand or from Any Loan, for the Purpose of Financing the Manufacture of Coconut Products and By-Products and the Component Parts of Coconut Trees, and Otherwise for the Industrialization of the Coconut Trees and Coconut Products and By-Products	This Act aims to appropriate funds for the industrialization of the coconut industry, particularly provision of budget for the manufacture of coconut products and by-products.	There is hereby appropriated, out of the proceeds of the sale of bonds to be issued under Republic Act Numbered One thousand or from any loan, the sum of thirty million which shall be invested: (a) in the construction, establishment and operation of necessary centrals or mills for the manufacture, on commercial scale, or industrialization of coconut products and by-products and the component parts of coconut trees, hereinafter called coconut centrals; or (b) in loans to persons who are citizens of the Philippines or to associations or corporations organized under the laws of the Philippines, the capital of which is owned by the citizens of the Philippines, for the purpose of financing the establishment of such centrals or mills; or (c) in shares, hereafter called contributions, or in subscriptions by the Government to the capital of such associations or corporations engaged or which will engage in such enterprise or coconut industrialization.	NULL
Law	Republic Act No. 2282	1.959	4th	An Act to Promote the Development of the Coconut Industry	This Act aims to be a national policy that will promote to the fullest extent possible the rapid development of the coconut industry by subproviding for an adequate financing of coconut cooperatives and coconut producers.	To implement the policy declared in this Act there is hereby created a Coconut Financing Fund which shall be deposited with and administered by the Development Bank of the Philippines and which shall be constituted, either (a) by an mount not exceeding thirty million pesos out of the sale of bonds which shall be issued by the President of the Philippines upon recommendation of the National Economic Council, or (b) by the sum of thirty million pesos which is hereby appropriated out of any funds in the National Treasury not otherwise appropriated, ten million pesos of which shall be made available within one year after the approval of this Act and five million pesos made available every year thereafter until the full amount of thirty million pesos is totally released.	NULL
Law	Republic Act No. 4059	1.964	5th	An Act Establishing the Philippine Coconut Research Institute, Defining its Objectives, Powers and Functions, Authorizing the Appropriation of Funds Therefor, and for Other Purposes	This Act aims to create the Philippine Coconut Research Institute.	There is hereby created the Philippine Coconut Research Institute, hereinafter referred to as the PHILCORIN, with its main executive office in the City of Manila. The PHILCORIN shall have the following purposes and objectives: (a) To conduct scientific researches and investigations on: (1) the botanical and genetical aspects of coconut improvement; (2) the agronomical problems relating to coconut culture; (3) the etiology and control of “kadang-kadang” and other diseases of coconut; and (4) the biology and control of important insect pests of coconut; (b) To compile scientific information and disseminate results of scientific and technological researches on coconut; and (c) To train people for the development of the coconut industry.	NULL
Law	Republic Act No. 4403	1.965	5th	An Act Encouraging the Organization of Agro-Industrial Coconut Cooperatives Under the Jurisdiction of the Philippine Coconut Administration, Amending for the Purpose Republic Act Numbered Eleven Hundred Forty-Five	This Act aims to amend RA 1145 and enable the organization of agro-industrial coconut cooperatives under PHILCOA.	Section three of Republic Act Numbered Eleven hundred forty-five is amended to read as follows: “(f) To help planters and processors organize themselves into associations and/or agro-industrial coconut cooperatives with a view to giving them greater control in the marketing of their products, to help them obtain more credit facilities, and to assist them in getting more participation in the income of the coconut industry, such agro-industrial cooperatives shall be registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission and, any law to the contrary notwithstanding, enjoy the following privileges.	NULL
Law	Republic Act No. 5898	1.969	6th	An Act Establishing a Coconut Breeding Station and Nursery in the Municipality of Pantukan, Province of Davao del Norte, and Authorizing the Appropriation of Funds Therefor	This Act aims to provide funds for the establishment of a Coconut Breeding Station and Nursery in Pantukan, Davao del Norte.	There shall be established under the supervision of the Philippine Coconut Administration a coconut breeding station and nursery in the Municipality of Pantukan, Province of Davao del Norte, to be known as Pantukan Coconut Breeding Station and Nursery. The sum of one hundred thousand pesos is hereby authorized to be appropriated out of any funds in the National Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the establishment, operation and maintenance of said coconut breeding station and nursery. Thereafter, the necessary funds needed for its operation and maintenance shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.	NULL
Law	Republic Act No. 6260	1.971	7th	An Act Instituting a Coconut Investment Fund And Creating A Coconut Investment Company For The Administration Thereof	This Act aims to be the national policy to accelerate the development of the coconut industry through the provision of adequate medium and long-term financing for capital investment in the industry, by instituting a Coconut Investment Fund capitalized and administered by coconut farmers through a Coconut Investment Company.	Section 2. Declaration of Policy. It is hereby declared to be the national policy to accelerate the development of the coconut industry through the provision of adequate medium and long-term financing for capital investment in the industry, by instituting a Coconut Investment Fund capitalized and administered by coconut farmers through a Coconut Investment Company. Section 8. The Coconut Investment Fund. There shall be levied on the coconut farmer a sum equivalent to fifty-five centavos (P0.55) on the first domestic sale of every one hundred kilograms of copra, or its equivalent in terms of other coconut products, for which he shall be issued a receipt which shall be converted into shares of stock of the Company upon its incorporation as a private entity in accordance with Section seven hereof. For every fifty-five centavos (P0.55) so collected, fifty centavos (P0.50) shall be set aside to constitute a special fund, to be known as the Coconut Investment Fund, which shall be used exclusively to pay the subscription by the Philippine Government for and in behalf of the coconut farmers to the capital stock of said Company Section 9. …Three centavos (P0.03) out of every fifty-five centavos (P0.55) collected shall be set aside to be used exclusively to defray the expenses for: (a) the setting up and continued operation of the machinery for the collection and acknowledgment of payment, (b) the organization of municipal and provincial conventions of coconut planters, (c) the organization, supervision and conduct of regional coconut conventions and a national coconut congress, and (d) production and dissemination of information: Provided, finally, That the remaining two centavos (P0.02) shall be placed at the disposition of the recognized national association of coconut producers with the largest number of membership as determined by the Philippine Coconut Administration for the maintenance and operation of its principal office which shall be responsible for continuing liaison with the different sectors of the industries, the government and its own mass base.	NULL
Law	Presidential Decree No. 232	1.973	NA	Creating a Philippine Coconut Authority	This Act aims to create the Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) to promote accelerated growth and development of the coconut and other palm oils industry so that the benefits of such growth shall accrue to the greatest number, and to provide continued leadership and support in the integrated development of the industry.	Section 1. Declaration of Policy. It shall be the policy of the state to promote accelerated growth and development of the coconut and other palm oils industry so that the benefits of such growth shall accrue to the greatest number, and to provide continued leadership and support in the integrated development of the industry. Section 6. Abolished Agencies and Transitory Provisions. The Coconut Coordinating Council (CCC), the Philippine Coconut Administration (PHILCOA) and the Philippine Coconut Research Institute (PHILCORIN) are hereby abolished and their powers and functions transferred to the Philippine Coconut Authority, together with all their respective appropriations, funding from all sources, equipment and other assets, and such personnel as are necessary	https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1973/06/30/presidential-decree-no-232-s-1973/
Law	Presidential Decree No. 276	1.973	NA	Establishing a Coconut Consumers Stabilization Fund	This Act aims to establish a Coconut Consumers Stabilization Fund that will be used to address the abnormal price situtation of utilized to subsidize the sale of coconut-based products at prices set by the Price Control Council.	the Philippine Coconut Authority is hereby authorized to formulate and immediately implement a stabilization scheme for coconut-based consumer goods, along the following general guidelines: a. A levy, initially, of ₱15.00 per 100 kilograms of copra resecada or its equivalent in other coconut products, shall be imposed on every first sale, in accordance with the mechanics established under RA 6260, effective at the start of business hours on August 10, 1973. b. b. The Fund shall be utilized to subsidize the sale of coconut-based products at prices set by the Price Control Council, under rules and regulations to be promulgated by the Philippine Consumers Stabilization Committee The collection of the Stabilization Fund Levy and the existence of the Stabilization Committee shall terminate after one year or earlier, provided the crisis for which the measure was instituted no longer exists as determined by the Philippine Coconut Authority	https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1973/08/20/presidential-decree-no-276-s-1973/
Law	Presidential Decree No. 271	1.973	NA	Amending Presidential Decree No. 232 Creating a Philippine Coconut Authority	This Act aims to amend the composition of the governing board of PCA.	Amended: Section 4. Governing Board. The Authority shall be governed by a Board of nine members who shall meet as often as necessary Section 5. Management. The management of the Authority shall be vested in an Administrator	https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1973/08/09/presidential-decree-no-271-s-1973/
Decree	Presidential Decree No. 514	1.974	NA	Amending Republic Act No. 6260, Entitled An “Act Instituting A Coconut Investment Fund And Creating A Coconut Investment Company For The Administration Thereof.”	This Act aims to modify the composition of the Board to further enhance coordination of the Company’s operations with established government policies and programs.	Section 1. The Chairman of the Board and the General Manager of the Coconut Investment Company shall be appointed by the President during the period that the Company is a government corporation. They shall, together with the eleven (11) members specified under Republic Act No. 6260, comprise a Board of Directors of 13 members which shall exercise the corporate powers of the Company.	https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1973/06/30/presidential-decree-no-232-s-1973/
Law	Presidential Decree No. 527	1.974	NA	Granting Authority to the National Economic and Development Authority to Set Minimum Prices of Coconut Oil, Copra and Other Coconut Products and by Products	This Act aims to protect coconut farmers byt regulating or fixing the minimum prices at which copra and other coconut products and by-products may be purchased from coconut farmers, as well as minimum export prices for copra, coconut oil and other coconut products and by-products.	The National Economic and Development Authority, motu proprio or upon recommendation of the Philippine Coconut Authority, may fix the minimum prices that may be paid to coconut farmers for copra and other coconut products, as well as minimum export prices for copra, coconut oil and other coconut products and by-products whenever the national interest so requires taking into consideration cost of production, transportation, marketing and other relevant factors.	https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1974/08/02/presidential-decree-no-527-s-1974/
Law	Presidential Decree No. 755	1.975	NA	Approving the Credit Policy for the Coconut Industry as Recommended by the Philippine Coconut Authority and Providing Funds Therefor	This Act aims to provide readily available credit facilities to the coconut farmers at preferential rates.	It is hereby declared that the policy of the State is to provide readily available credit facilities to the coconut farmers at preferential rates; that this policy can be expeditiously and efficiently realized by the implementation of the “Agreement for the Acquisition of a Commercial Bank for the benefit of the Coconut Farmers” executed by the Philippine Coconut Authority, the terms of which “Agreement” are hereby incorporated by reference; and that the Philippine Coconut Authority is hereby authorized to distribute, for free, the shares of stock of the bank it acquired to the coconut farmers under such rules and regulations it may promulgate. The Philippine Coconut Authority is hereby directed to draw and utilize the collections under the Coconut Consumers’ Stabilization Fund authorized to be levied by Presidential Decree No. 232, as amended, to pay for the financial commitments of the coconut farmers under the said agreement and, except for the budgetary requirements of the Philippine Coconut Authority as approved by its Governing Board, all collections under the Coconut Consumers’ Stabilization Fund Levy and fifty percent (50%) of the collections under the Coconut Industry Development Fund shall be deposited, interest free, with the said bank of the coconut farmers	https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1975/07/29/presidential-decree-no-755-s-1975/
Law	Presidential Decree No. 961	1.976	NA	An Act to Codify the Laws Dealing with the Development of the Coconut and Other Palm Oil Industry and for Other Purposes, also known as the “Coconut Industry Code”	This Act aims to restate the laws regarding the PCA, levies, penalties, and miscellaneous provisions concerning the coconut industry.	Declaration of Policy. It is hereby declared to be the policy of the State to promote the rapid integrated development and growth of the coconut and other palm oil industry in all its aspects and to ensure that the coconut farmers become direct participants in, and beneficiaries of, such development and growth. Article I. The Philippine Coconut authority Article II. Levies Article III. Penalties Article V. Miscellaneous Provisions	https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1976/07/14/presidential-decree-no-961-s-1976/
Law	Presidential Decree No. 1468	1.978	NA	Revising Presidential Decree Numbered Nine Hundred Sixty One	There is a need to restructure the provisions of Presidential Decree No. 961 in order to meet the changes of the times and to provide more effective means of achieving the objectives of the coconut industry as expressed in said Decree	This Decree shall be known as the “Revised Coconut Industry Code”. To implement and attain the declared national policy, there is hereby created an independent public corporation to be known as the Philippine Coconut Authority, hereinafter referred to as Authority, directly reporting to, and supervised by, the President of the Philippines. The Authority is hereby empowered to impose and collect a levy to be known as the Coconut Consumers Stabilization Fund Levy, on every one hundred kilos of copra rececade, or its equivalent in other coconut products delivered to, and/or purchased by, copra exporters, oil millers, desiccators and other end-users of copra or its equivalent in other coconut products. The levy shall be paid by such copra exporters, oil millers, desiccators and other end-users of copra or its equivalent in other coconut products under such rules and regulations as the Authority may prescribe. There is also hereby created a permanent fund to be known as the Coconut Industry Development Fund, which shall be administered and utilized by the bank acquired for the benefit of the coconut farmers under PD 755. As the initial funds of the Coconut Industry Development Fund, the Authority is hereby directed to pay to the Coconut Industry Development Fund the amount of One Hundred Million Pesos (P100,000,000.00) out of the Coconut Consumers Stabilization Fund and thereafter the Authority shall pay to the said Fund an amount equal to at least twenty centavos (P0.20) per kilogram of copra resecada or its equivalent out of its current collections of the Coconut Consumer Stabilization Fund Levy.	https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1978/06/11/presidential-decree-no-1468-s-1978/
Letter of Instruction	Letter of Instruction No. 926	1.979	NA	Rationalization of the Coconut Oil Milling Industry	This Act aims to rationalize the coconut oil milling industry and insure its survival, viability and stability and thereby assure the consuming countries of an adequate and continuous supply, at fair and reasonable prices, of copra, coconut oil and their by-products	It is hereby declared to be the policy of the State to rationalized the coconut oil milling industry and insure its survival, viability and stability and thereby assure the consuming countries of an adequate and continuous supply, at fair and reasonable prices, of copra, coconut oil and their by-products; that this policy can be expeditiously and efficiently realized by the pooling of the resources and the coordination of the copra buying and selling, oil milling and marketing efforts of both the coconut farmers and the oil millers in order that the optimum benefits resulting from economies of scale may be realized; and that the most appropriate vehicle for such pooling and coordination is a joint venture company between the coconut farmers and the oil millers. The Bank acquired for the benefit of the coconut farmers pursuant to the provisions of P.D. 755, in its capacity as the investment arm of the coconut farmers thru the Coconut Industry Investment Fund (CIIF) created by P. D. 1468, is hereby directed to invest, on behalf of the coconut farmers, such portion of the CIIF as may be necessary in a private corporation which shall serve as the instrument to pool and coordinate the resources of the coconut farmers and the oil millers in the buying, milling and marketing of copra and its by-products	https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1979/09/03/letter-of-instruction-no-926-s-1979/
Law	Presidential Decree No. 1699	1.980	NA	An Act Suspending the Collection of the Coconut Consumers Stabilization Fund Levy and Similar Levies and Providing in Connection Therewith Appropriate Measures to Cushion the Adverse Effects Thereof on the Coconut Farmers	This Act aims to suspend the collection of levies, particulalry of the Coconut Consumers Stabilization fund (CCSF) and Coconut Industry Development Fund (CIDF).	Subject to the provisions of this Act, the collection of the Coconut Consumers Stabilization Fund (CCSF) and the Coconut Industry Development Fund (CIDF) levies for the exportable coconuts, copra, coconut oil, desiccated coconut and their respective by-products and derivatives (hereinafter collectively referred to as “coconut products”) are hereby suspended and the burden thereof shall be shifted to the exporters of such coconut products as herein elsewhere provided. To insure the continuance and the viability of the different developmental projects for the benefit of the coconut farmers that are being financed from out of the collections of the CCSF levy as identified and prescribed by Presidential Decree No. 1468, Article III, Section 2, the exporters of coconut products shall pay, as part of their cost of operations, such amount as may be necessary or required to assure the adequate and the continuous financing of such developmental projects including the cost and expenses incurred in effecting the rationalization of the oil milling industry as prescribed by Letter of Instructions No. 926, the provisions of which are herein incorporated as parts of this Act. Hereafter, no exportation of coconut products shall be allowed unless the Philippine Coconut Authority shall have certified that the assessable collection on the proposed export has been paid by the exporter.	https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1980/05/27/presidential-decree-no-1699-s-1980/
Law	Presidential Decree No. 1644	1.980	NA	Granting Additional Powers to the Philippine Coconut Authority	This Act aims to further promote the rationalization of the coconut oil milling industry by granting the Philippine Coconut Authority additional powers in respect of the marketing and export of copra, coconut oil and their by-products	In the exercise of its powers under Section 1 hereof, the Philippine Coconut Authority may initiate and implement such measures as may be necessary to attain the rationalization of the coconut oil milling industry, including, but not limited to, the following measures: a) Imposition of floor and/or ceiling prices for all exports of copra, coconut oil and their by-products; b) Prescription of quality standards; c) Establishment of maximum quantities for particular periods and particular markets; d) Inspection and survey of export shipments through an independent international superintendent or surveyor.	https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1979/10/04/presidential-decree-no-1644-s-1979/
Law	Presidential Decree No. 1768	1.981	NA	Establishing Agro-Forest Reserves Within the Agusan Valley for the Implementation of the Nationwide Coconut Replanting Program	This Act aims to formulate and implement a nationwide replanting program using precocious high-yielding hybrid seednuts, which program may include the planting of new areas.	PCA is hereby authorized to enter into agreements for the development of the areas referred to in Section 1 above, by way of agro-forest lease, with the coconut farmers of the Philippines, acting thru the Coconut Industry Investment Fund and/or the Coconut Industry Development Fund, and/or with the persons or entities who have availed of the provisions of Republic Act No. 926. The agro-forest reserves established by this Decree shall be incorporated in the nationwide coconut replanting program as formulated and implemented by the PCA.	https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1981/01/12/presidential-decree-no-1768-s-1981/
Law	Presidential Decree No. 1842	1.983	NA	Amending Certain Provisions of Presidential Decree No. 1841 and Creating a Coconut Reserve Fund	This Act aims to amend PD 1841 and create a Coconut Reserve Fund to effect a more realistic system of determining the amount of assessment of coconuts and its products in order to provide urgent relief to coconut farmers while at the same time ensuring continued financial support to on-going socio-economic and developmental programs for coconut farmers.	Sections 1 and 2, Article III of Presidential Decree No. 1468, as amended by Presidential Decree No. 1841 are hereby further amended to read as follows: Sec. 1. Coconut Industry Stabilization Fund. To ensure the viability and stability of the coconut industry as a whole, the copra exporters, the oil millers, the refiners, the desiccators and other end-users of copra or its equivalent in other coconut products are hereby assessed an amount equivalent to a specific percentage of the prevailing copra equivalent of the world market price of coconut oil which shall be imposed on copra resecada or its equivalent in other coconut products delivered to and/or purchased by them. Sec. 2-A. Coconut Reserve Fund. To ensure continued financial support to critical socio-economic and developmental programs mentioned in Section 1 hereof in times of depressed world prices for coconut, a Coconut Reserve Fund is hereby constituted from assessments in excess of ₱50 per on hundred (100) kilos of copra resecada or its equivalent in other coconut products, provided, however, that no disbursements therefrom may be made unless the applicable assessment in specific percentage falls to eleven percent (11%) or below as defined and computed in Section 1 hereof.	https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1982/01/16/presidential-decree-no-1842-s-1982/
Law	Presidential Decree No. 1841	1.983	NA	Prescribing a System of Financing the Socio-Economic and Developmental Program for the Benefit of the Coconut Farmers and Accordingly Amending the Laws Thereon	This Act aims to prescribe a new system of financing the socio0economic and development program for coconut farmers	Sections 1 and 2, Article III, of Presidential Decree No. 1468, are hereby substituted with the following: Sec. 1. Coconut Industry Stabilization Fund. To ensure the viability and the stability of the coconut industry as a whole, the copra exporters, the oil millers, the refiners, the dessicators and other end-users of copra or its equivalent in other coconut products are hereby assessed an amount equivalent to ₱50.00 for every 100 kilos of copra resecada or its equivalent in other coconut products delivered to, and/or purchased by them which assessments are hereby constituted as the Coconut Industry Stabilization Fund. The assessments shall be collected and disbursed by the Authority as herein prescribed.” “Sec. 2. The collections of the Coconut Industry Stabilization Fund shall be utilized for, and the assessment of P50.00 per one hundred kilos of copra resecada or its equivalent in coconut products shall be proportionately allocated among the following socio-economic and developmental programs for the benefit of the coconut farmers, in particular, and the coconut industry Section 5. Hereafter, the words “levy”, “levies” and “Coconut Consumers Stabilization Fund” in PD 1468 shall, if the context so requires, be substituted with the words “assessment”, “assessments” and “Coconut Industry Stabilization Fund,” respectively. Section 11. Financing of other Socio-Economic and Developmental Projects. — The members of the coconut industry, particularly the commercial and industrial sectors thereof may, if they so desire, establish a system of financing the socio-economic and/or developmental projects for the coconut industry in addition to Section 1 hereof under such terms and conditions as they may freely negotiate and agree upon which are hereby declared to constitute an onerous contract enforceable according to its terms.	https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1981/10/02/presidential-decree-no-1841-s-1981/
Law	Presidential Decree No. 1863	1.984	NA	An Act to Promote and Expand the Utilization of Chemicals Derived from Coconut Oil and for Other Purposes	This Act aims to encourage, promote and assist the substitution of coco-chemicals for petro-chemicals in the manufacture of soaps, detergents and other consumer and industrial products	Section 1. Declaration of Policy. It is hereby declared to be the policy of the State to establish, promote, and assist the development of a coco-chemical industry in the country and by way of implementing this policy, the Government has adopted, as one of the major industrial projects of the country, the establishment and operation of manufacturing facilities for the production of coco-chemicals by the United Coconut Chemicals, Inc. (“UNICHEM”) which is owned and controlled by the coconut farmers of the Philippines. Within the period herein prescribed, enterprises established either by existing or new companies which will utilize coco-chemicals as raw materials feedstock in the manufacture, processing or production of goods, products, or commodities are hereby declared pioneer enterprises in a preferred area of investment The importation and the use in the Philippine detergents grade alcohols and their derivatives as may hereafter be determined pursuant to Section 7 herein, are hereby prohibited and shall be allowed only in the manner and n the instances prescribed under Section 6 hereof.	https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1983/04/18/presidential-decree-no-1863-s-1983/#:~:text=%E2%80%94%20It%20is%20hereby%20declared%20to,establishment%20and%20operation%20of%20manufacturing
Law	Presidential Decree No. 1854	1.984	NA	Authorizing an Adjustment of the Funding Support of the Philippine Coconut Authority and Instituting a Procedure for the Management of Such Fund	This Act aims to adjust the authorized industry support to PCA by providing the agency with adequate financial means and resources to more effectively carry out its task.	The PCA fee imposed and collected pursuant to the provisions of R.A. No. 1145 and Sec. 3(k), Article II of P.D. 1468, is hereby increased to three centavos per kilo of copra or husked nuts or their equivalent in other coconut products delivered to and/or purchased by copra exporters, oil millers, desiccators and other end-users of coconut products. The fee shall be collected under such rules that PCA may promulgate, and shall be paid by said copra exporters, oil millers, desiccators, and other end-users of coconut products, receipt of which shall be remitted to the National Treasury on a quarterly basis.	https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1982/12/21/presidential-decree-no-1854-s-1982/
Executive Order	Executive Order No. 1016	1.985	NA	Withdrawing the Inspection, Commodity and Export Clearance Requirements on Philippine Exports	This Act aims to eliminate the inspection, commodity clearance, and export clearance requirements of the government to facilitate exports. Coconut, however, is among the controlled products for exportation.	Section 4. Controlled, prohibited and banned products – For the purposes of these rules and regulations, the following shall be classified as controlled products for exportation from the Philippines, and shall continue to be subject to Certificate of Exemption prior to exportation, issued by the appropriate government office, bureau, agency or instrumentality opposite them: 12. Matured coconuts and coconut seedlings – PCA	http://pca.gov.ph/images/pdf/issuances/EO1016s1985.pdf
Law	Presidential Decree No. 1972	1.985	NA	An Act to Finance the Coconut Replanting Program	This Act aims to finance the replanting program and that for this purpose, the export duty and the additional export duty on coconut products be utilized as the initial source of financing.	Section 1. The basic export duty imposed by Section 514 of Presidential Decree No. 1464, and the additional export duty imposed by Executive Order No. 920-A, on coconut products, as identified and at the rates prescribed by Executive Order No. 920-A, which is hereby incorporated made part hereof any reference, are hereby made permanently constituted as the initial source of financing for the Philippine Coconut Authority (“PCA”), with the active assistance and participation of the recognized organization of the coconut farmers pursuant to the provisions of Act No. 6260. Section 2. In the implementation of the replanting program, the PCA shall service the requirements of small coconut farmers owning not more than twenty-four (24) hectares who volunteer to participate in the replanting program. Initially, the PCA shall give priority to the devastated areas in the Visayas and Mindanao. Section 3. In accordance with the self-reliance program of the country, and to encourage the private sector to device and implement their own area planting and/or replanting program, copra millers/refiners and other exporters of coconut products which voluntarily form associations and/or cooperatives in accordance with the provisions of Presidential Decree No. 1960, are hereby exempted from payment of the basic export duty and the additional export duty on coconut products herein imposed….	https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1985/04/08/presidential-decree-no-1972-s-1985/
Law	Presidential Decree No. 1960	1.986	10th	Prescribing Measures for the Structural Economic Adjustment Program for the Coconut Industry	This Act aims to lessen Government intervention in the marketing of coconut products and allow the private sector greater access to the markets, and at the same time encourage and require the private sector to establish and adopt appropriate measures to enhance the competitiveness of coconut products in the world market.	PCA Administrative Orders are repealed and all oil millers are permitted and authorized to export their coconut products to the world market subject only to such rules and regulations that the Ministry of Trade and Industry, the Central Bank and PCA may prescribe to ensure that coconut products are sold at competitive prices in relation to other fats and oils and that the proceeds of such sales, less actual expenses, are remitted to the country. To ensure the survival of the coconut oil milling/refining industry while there is an excess of copra crushing/refining capacity and to encourage fresh equity to be invested in existing coconut oil milling/refining capacities, no new copra crushing/refining capacity shall be allowed without the respective approvals of the Ministry of Trade and Industry, the Ministry of Agriculture and Food and the PCA. To assure the coconut farmers a return on their investment and to honor the commitments of the cooperative endeavor and the country as well, in the domestic and international markets, including the financial markets, all rights and obligations acquired or incurred by the cooperative endeavor in implementation of the rationalization program for the coconut industry mandated by LOI 926 and duly approved by appropriate governmental agencies must necessarily be assigned, transferred or sold, pro rata and under reasonable terms and conditions, to the coconut oil millers/refiners who desire to service the world market, including oil mills/refineries owned or controlled by the coconut farmers of the Philippines as provided in Presidential Decrees No. 961 and 1468, as amended.	https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1985/01/11/presidential-decree-no-1960-s-1985/
Law	Republib Act No. 8048	1.995	9th	An Act Providing for the Regulation of the Coconut Trees, Its Replenishment, Providing Penalties Therefor and For Other Purposes, also known as the “Coconut Preservation Act of 1995.	This Act aims toregulate the unabated and indiscriminate cutting of the coconut trees. For reasons of national interest, it is hereby declared the policy of the State to provide for the growth of the industry by embarking on a sustainable and efficient replanting program.	SEC. 4. Prohibition. – No coconut tree shall be cut except in the following cases and only after a permit had been issued therefor: a) When the tree is sixty (60) years old; b) When the tree is no longer economically productive; c) When the tree is disease-infested; d) When the tree is damaged by typhoon or lightning; e) When the agricultural land devoted to coconut production shall have been converted in accordance with law into residential, commercial or industrial areas; f) When the land devoted to coconut production shall be converted into other agricultural uses or other agriculture-related activities in pursuance to a conversion duly applied for by the owner and approved by the proper authorities; and g) When the tree would cause hazard to life and property. SEC. 5. Permit to Cut. – No coconut tree or trees shall be cut unless a permit therefore, upon due application being made, has been issued by the PCA pursuant to Section 6 of this Act. The applicant shall pay an application fee in the amount of Twenty-five pesos (P25) for every tree intended to be cut payable to the PCA.	http://www.pca.da.gov.ph/pdf/issuances/ra%208048.pdf
Executive Order	Executive Order No. 213	2.000	NULL	Constituting The National Enforcement Task Force On Coconut Tree Conservation	This aims to o ensure the preservation and development of the coconut industry, by constituting a national task force that will ensure effective and timely coordination among government agencies, local government units, and the private sector	The National Enforcement Task Force, hereinafter referred to as NETFORCE, is hereby constituted. The NETFORCE shall perform the following functions: a. Formulate plans of action to control the rampant cutting of coconut trees in violation of the provisions of RA 8048 and its implementing rules and regulations; b. Organize Regional Composite Teams composed of the member-agencies under the overall supervision of the Chief of the Philippine National Police to carry out and execute the plans of action. c.Establish such number of detachment stations and designate roving inspectors and patrols	https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/2000/01/30/executive-order-no-213-s-2000/
Bill	House Bill No. 398	2.010	15th	An Act Establishing An Emergency Measure To Alleviate The Plight Of Coconut Farmers Adversely Affected By Low Prices Of Copra And Other Coconut Products, And Providing Funds Therefor, also known as the “Coconut Emergency Measures Act of 2010”	Due to the rapid and steep decline in copra prices, more farmers cut trees and sell them as lumber, instead of harvesting the coconut. In order to immediately address the abnormal price situtation in the cococnut industry sector brought by the worldwide glut of fats and oils in the world market, there is a need to launch an income supplement program for small coconut farmers, tillers, workers, and owner-cultivators.	Coconut farmers and coconut processing sector shall be provided Income Supplement projects for coconut farmers to sell their copra and husked nuts at millgate price or better, as follows: a. transport allowance b. marketing assistance c. direct buying of copra by the NFA at a base price determined by the PCA d. income support e. livestock and seedling dispersal f. information and trainings through DOST g. skills for efficient marketing h. help for acquisition of fertilizers	http://www.congress.gov.ph/legisdocs/basic_15/HB00398.pdf
Bill	Senate Bill No. 2414	2.010	15th	An Act Amending Certain Sections Of Republic Act Number Six Thousand Six Hundred Fifty Seven (R.A. 6657), As Amended, Otherwise Known As The Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law Of 1998, And For Other Purposes	This bill seeks, therefore, to alleviate the present condition of the coconut industry and ensure its continuity and substantially by classifying it as last priority for coverage in the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program of the government so as not to discourage coconut farmers in investing further in coconut farming.	SECTION 1. Section 7 of Republic Act Numbered Six Thousand Six Hundred Fifty Seven (R.A 6657), as amended, otherwise known as the “Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law of 1998” is hereby amended to read as follows: “Section 7. Priority. – The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) in coordination with the Presidential Agrarian Reform Council (PARC) shall plan and program the acquisition and distribution of all agricultural lands through a period of ten (10) years from effectivity of this Act. Land shall be acquired and distributed as follows: Phase One: Rice and corn lands under Presidential Decree No. 27; All idle or abandoned lands; all private lands voluntarily offered by the owners for agrarian reform; all lands foreclosed by government financial institutions; all lands acquired by the presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG); and all other lands owned by the government devoted to or suitable for agriculture, which shall be acquired and distributed immediately upon the effectivity of this Act, with the implementation to be completed within the period of not more than four (4) years. Phase Two: all alienable and disposable public agriculture lands; all arable public agricultural lands under agro-forest, pasture and agricultural leases already cultivated and planted to crop in accordance with Article XIII of the Constitution; all public agricultural lands which are to be opened for new development and resettlement; and all private agricultural lands in excess of fifty (50) hectares, insofar as the excess hectarage is concerned, to implement prinCipally the rights of farmers and regular farm workers, who are landless, to own directly or collectively the lands they till, which shall be distributed immediately upon the effectivity	https://www.senate.gov.ph/lisdata/100608624!.pdf
Bill	House Bill No. 3917	2.011	15th	An Act Granting Subsidy To Coconut Farmers, also known as the “Coconut Farmers subdsidy of 2010”	This bill seeks to provide a threshold price of coconuts so that when the price plunges, the National Government will assume its role and alleviate the coconut farmers’ predicament.	When the price of coconuts go below the threshold level, the National Government thru the PCA shall assume the difference between the prevailing market price and the threshold price. The Authority shall ensure that only small-scale rice coconut farmers and coconut farmers with the annual income below the rural poverty threshold will be entitled to the benefits of this act.	http://www.congress.gov.ph/legisdocs/basic_15/HB03917.pdf
Law	Republic Act No. 10593	2.012	15th	An Act Amending Certain Sections Of Republic Act No. 8048, Entitled “An Act Providing For The Regulation Of The Cutting Of Coconut Trees, Its Replenishment, Providing Penalties Therefor, And For Other Purposes”	The Act aims to amend the prohibitions in cutting coconut trees, amend the application fee for permit to cut, and to provide police powers to PCA to investigate suspected violations of this Act.	Amendment: Sec. 4. Prohibition.— No coconut tree shall be cut except in the following cases and only after a permit had been issued therefor: “(a) When the tree is sixty (60) years old in the case of tall varieties, and at least forty (40) years old for dwarf varieties; (c) When the tree is severely disease-infested and beyond rehabilitation; Sec. 5. Permit to Cut. – No coconut tree or trees shall be cut unless a permit therefore, upon due application being made, has been issued by the PCA pursuant to Section 6 of this Act. The applicant shall pay an application fee in the amount of One hundred pesos (P100.00) for every tree intended to be cut payable to the PCA. Section 7. A new Section 7 is hereby inserted after Section 6 of this Act, to read as follows: “SEC. 7. Police Powers. – The PCA shall be vested with the authority to exercise duly delegated police powers for the proper performance of its functions and duties”	https://www.senate.gov.ph/republic_acts/ra%2010593.pdf
Bill	House Bill No. 1866	2.013	16th	An Act Prohibiting Resicada System In The Coconut Industry And For Other Purposes	This Act aims to abolish the Resicada System. “Resicada” is the amount deducted from the prices of copra by reason of its moisture content which exceeded the established standards. It has been established by traders into a scheme to decieve coconut farmers of the real value of their copra produce.	No amount shall be deducted from the prices of copra for reason that its moisture content exceeded the established standards. The buying proce of corpa in barangays, municipalities and provinces shall be in accordance with the latest price index of copra in the local and international markets as provided by the regional officies of the PCA. Municipal governments and barangay councils shall designate a place in their area where buying and selling copra shall be made.	http://www.congress.gov.ph/legisdocs/basic_16/HB01866.pdf
Executive Order	Executive Order No. 179	2.015	NULL	Providing The Administrative Guidelines For The Inventory And Privatization Of Coco Levy Assets	This seeks to prescribe administrative guidelines for the treatment of the Coco Levy Assets and the deposit of any privatization proceeds in the Special Account in the General Fund for Coco Levies (Coco Levy SAGF) to ensure that the Coco Levy Funds and Coco Levy Assets will only be utilized for the benefit of the coconut farmers and the Philippine coconut industry.	EO 179 requires the inventory, privatization and reconveyance and in favor of the government of all coconut levy assets, including but not limited to the shares of stock in the United Coconut Planters Bank (UCPB), Coconut Industry Investment Fund (CIIF) Companies and CIIF Holding Companies, as well as the 5,500,000 San Miguel Corporation shares registered in the name of the Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG).	https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/2015/03/18/executive-order-no-179-s-2015/
Executive Order	Executive Order No. 180	2.015	NULL	Providing The Administrative Guidelines For The Reconveyance And Utilization Of Coco Levy Assets For The Benefit Of The Coconut Farmers And The Development Of The Coconut Industry, And For Other Purposes	This seeks to prescribe administrative guidelines for the reconveyance and utilization of the Coco Levy Assets already declared by the Supreme Court as owned by the Government, to ensure that Coco Levy Assets will only be utilized for the benefit of the coconut farmers, and the Philippine coconut industry.	EO180 ordered the immediate transfer and reconveyance of the coconut levy assets to the government and use them for the Integrated Coconut Industry Roadmap and the Roadmap for Coco Levy. The PCA, in coordination with the Office of the Presidential Assistant for Food, Security, and Agricultural Modernization, is hereby directed to develop and submit the Roadmap, for the approval of the President.	https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/downloads/2015/03mar/20150318-EO-0179-BSA.pdf
Bill	House Bill No. 1369	2.016	17th	An Act Providing The Enabling Mechanisms For Research And Development Of Coconut Sugar In The Country And Appropriating Funds Therefor, also known as the “Coconut Sugar Research and Development Act”	This bill seeks to further boost the coconut industry in the country by providing the mechanisms to fund the research and development of cooc sugar to ensure this product’s conformity with internationally accepted standards for food and safety. It is hoped that this meqasure will improve the lives of the Filipino families who are directly and indirectly dependent on the coconut industry.	The Department of Science and Technology, in coordination with the Philippine Coconut Authority, Department of Agriculture, and the Food and Nutrition Research Institute, shall conduct an extensive R&D study on the health benefits and nutritional value of coconut sugar in order to develop the same and ensure its compliance with internationally accepted standards on food and safety. The Landbank of the Philippines is hereby mandated to formulate a Coconut Sugar Credit Facility and Loan Package Window, which shall extend tlow interest loans to small and medium enterprises seeking to venture into the business of promoting the consumption and utilization of coconut sugar.	http://www.congress.gov.ph/legisdocs/basic_17/HB01369.pdf
Bill	House Bill No. 1370	2.016	17th	An Act Providing Coconut Husk Decorticating Facilities To Coconut Farmers, also known as the “Kasaganaan sa Niyugan Act”	This measure seeks to provide decorticating machines to small coconut farmers’ organizations and multi-purpose cooperatives in every coconut-producing municipality and city in the country to help them produce the desired quantity and quality of the coir fibers within a short period of time.	The Department of Agriculture shall provide low maintenance, high output mobile decorticating machines to small coconut farmers’ organizations and multi-purpose cooperatives in every coconut-producing municipality and city in the country. The amount of One Hundred Million is initially appropriated for the program.	http://www.congress.gov.ph/legisdocs/basic_17/HB01370.pdf
Bill	House Bill No. 3947	2.016	17th	An Act Establishing The Coconut Research, Development And Extension Center In The Southern Luzon State University And Appropriating Funds Therefor	The bill aims to establish a Center based at the Southern Luzon State Universiyt (SLSU) which shall help catalyze the advancement of coconut research, development and extension to make the industry nationally productive and globally competitive.	This Act shall establish the Coconut Research, Development, and Extension Center. The Center shall be based in SLSU located at the Municipality of Lucban, Province of Quezon. The Center shall coordinate with the DA through the BAR, PCA. DOST, DTI, NEDA and PCARRD in training stakeholders, conducting researchers, extending technologies, adn analyzing demand and supply of coconut in the domestic and international market.	http://www.congress.gov.ph/legisdocs/basic_17/HB03947.pdf
Bill	House Bill No. 6479	2.017	17th	An Act Establishing Quezon Coconut Research And Development Center In Catanauan, Quezon, also known as the “Quezon Coconut Research and Development Act of 2017”	This bill aims to establish a coconut research and development facility in Quezon, particularly in the Municipality of Catanauan, that will serve as the primary research institute for coconut production in the province.	There is hereby established the “Quezon Coconut Research and Development Center” in the municiplaity of Catanauan, Quezon that will serve as the province’s primary institute in conducting research on resilient coconut species, innovation of farming techniques, and development of coconut products. The DOST, DA, DTI, PCA, and the local government of the province of Quezon and Municipality of Catanauan shall enter into a multi-partite cooperation agreement to establish and issue the mandate and functions of the Center and integrate knowledge and capacility for the innovation of the coconut industry.	http://www.congress.gov.ph/legisdocs/basic_17/HB06479.pdf
Bill	House Bill No. 8552	2.018	17th	An Act Further Strengthening The Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA), Amending For The Purpose Section 4 Of Presidential Decree No. 1468, Otherwise Known As The “Revised Coconut Industry Code”, As Amended	The bill seeks to strengthen the structure and the functions of the Philippine Coconut Authority by amending PD 1468, otherwise known as the “Revised Coconut Industry Code”	Section 4. Governing Board – The corporate powers and duties of the PCA shall be vested in and exercised by a Board of Fifteen members, as follows: I.) Six (6) members from the coconut farmers sector J) One (1) representative from the coconut processing industry sector PCA is hereby authorized to implement a reorganization plan to rationalize its staffing pattern, which shall include a dedicated unit for planning, evaluation of proposals, and monitoring of the implementation of programs and projects under the coconut farmers and industry development trust fund.	http://www.congress.gov.ph/legisdocs/third_17/HBT8552.pdf
Bill	Senate Bill No. 1976	2.018	17th	An Act To Further Strengthen The Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA), Repealing PD No. 1468, Otherwise Known As The Revised Coconut Industry Code Of 1978, As Amended, also known as the “Strengthened Philippine Coconut Authority Law”	This bill aims to further strengthen the Philippine Coconut Authority and increase the representation of coconut farmers in the reconstituted PCA board that will ensure that the protection of farmers’ interest in the agency’s decision-making process.	Sec. 5 The corporate powers and duties of the PCA shall be vested in and exercised by a Governing Board. The Governing Board of the PCA is hereby reconstituted to be composed of 11 members. c. Six (6) representatives from the coconut farmers sector, 2 each for Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. The PCA shall formulate a coconut industry roadmap which shall be the basis of its performance and evaluation.	https://www.senate.gov.ph/lisdata/2851925129!.pdf
Bill	Senate Bill No. 1913	2.018	17th	An Act To Further Strengthen The Philippine Coconut Authority, Repealing Pd No. 1468 Otherwise Known As The Revised Coconut Industry Code Of 1978, As Amended	This bill seeks to introducte an icnreased representation of coconut farmers in the reconstituted PCA board that will ensure that the protection of farmers’ interest in the agency’s decision-making process.	Sec. 5 The corporate powers and duties of the PCA shall be vested in and exercised by a Governing Board. The Governing Board of the PCA is hereby reconstituted to be composed of 11 members. c. Six (6) representatives from the coconut farmers sector, 2 each for Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. Sec. 4. The PCA shall execute a reorganization plan and create a dedicated unit for the planning, monitoring and evaluation of the CFITF funded programs and report annually their accomplishments and performance to both Houses of Congress and publish the same in the PCA website	https://www.senate.gov.ph/lisdata/2827624603!.pdf
Bill	House Bill No. 255	2.019	18th	An Act Creating The Genuine Small Coconut Farmers’ Fund And For Other Purposes, also known as the “Genuine Small Coconut Farmers’ Fund Act of 2016”	This bill seeks to address the concern of small coconut farmers. It is meant to effect the return of the control of the coco levy funds to their rightful owners, the millions of small coconut farmers; providing therefor a mechanism so that their rights and interest to those funds shall be protected; and so that they may exercise their ownership rights over the funds and may dispose these as they see fit in line with the development of the local coconut industry.	All the funds established from the proceeds of the levies, including but not limited to the Coconut Investment Fund (CIF), the Coconut Consumers Stabilization Fund (CCSF), the Coconut Industry Development Fund (CIDF), the Coconut Development Fund (CDF), the Coconut Industry Stabilization Fund (CISF), the Coconut Reserved Fund (CRF) as well as all assets acquired or established therefrom – such as but not limited to the United Coconut Planters Bank (UCPB) established and/or acquired under PD 755, the Coconut Industry Investment Fund Companies (CIIFC), and all other assets acquired, established or set up using the coconut levy collections shall form part of a single fund which is hereby created to be known as the Genuine Small Coconut Farmers’ Fund (GSCFF).	http://www.congress.gov.ph/legisdocs/basic_18/HB00255.pdf
Bill	House Bill No. 10	2.019	18th	An Act Declaring The Coconut Levy Assets As A Trust Fund, Providing For Its Management And Utilization, Authorizing The Privatization And Management Office To Dispose The Coconut Levy Assets, And For Other Purposes, also known as the “Coconut Farmers and Industry Trust Fund Act.”	This Act aims to make sure that the coconut farmers benefit from the coco levy fund; that more funds will be provided for infrastructure and research to strengthen the coconut industry, and efforts shall be supported to recover the remaining funds.	Reconstitutes the Philippine Coconut Authority to ensure the participation of coconut farmers in the crafting and implementation of the Coconut Farmers and Industry Development Plan ;Creates a Coconut Farmers and Industry Trust Fund which shall be capitalized, managed, invested, utilized and accounted for in the manner provided in this Act and shall be used for the benefit of the coconut farmers and the development of the coconut industry; Mandates the Designated Disposition Entities assigned by the Trust Fund Management Committee to privatized or disposed Coco Levy Assets subject to the regulatory approvals as required by law and to take title to and possession of, conserve, provisionally manage, and dispose the Coco Levy Assets which have been identified for privatization and disposition.	http://www.congress.gov.ph/legisdocs/basic_18/HB00010.pdf
Bill	House Bill No. 166	2.019	18th	An Act Establishing The Coconut Farmers And Industry Development Trust Fund And Providing For Its Management And Utilization	This bill aims to let the coconut levy funds be utilized for the benefit of the coconut farmers and for the development of the coconut industry.	Seeks to create a trust fund to be maintained for a period not to exceed thirty (30) years or until the fund is fully utilized which shall be used exclusively for the ultimate benefit of coconut farmers and for the development of the coconut industry. Provides for a Ten Billion Pesos (Php 10,000,000,000.00) Jumpstart Fund which may be used within two (2) years commencing from the approval of the Plan by the President to jumpstart the development of the industry; Creates the Coconut Farmers and Industry Trust Fund Committee to coordinate and monitor the implementation of the Coconut Farmers and Industry Development Plan; Conducts complete accounting and inventory of all Coconut Levy Assets by the PCGG; Allows audit by the Commission on Audit on the inventory of the Coconut Levy Assets prepared by the PCGG; and allows privatization of non-cash coconut levy assets which shall be determine by the Governance Commission for Government-Owned or Controlled Corporations.	http://www.congress.gov.ph/legisdocs/basic_18/HB00166.pdf
Bill	House Bill No. 2522	2.019	18th	An Act Creating The Coconut Industry Trust Fund, Providing For Its Management And For Other Purposes	This Act has the following objectives: a. Promote the steady, accelerated and orderly development and vertical integration of the coconut industry; b. Develop and establish coconut based farming systems including but not limited to the establishment of model coconut farms; c. Hasten and advance industrialization in the coconut industry and the diversification and proper utilization of coconut products and by-products; d. Promote the effective utilization and marketing of coconut products and by-products in the domestic and foreign markets and preserve the competitiveness and reliability of the country as a major producer and supplier of said products; e. Increase production by expanding the planting and replanting progrma of coconut trees in strategic areas identified as having the most potential; f. Conduct scientific researches and investigations in all areas pertaining to the agricultural, industrial, marketing and socio-economic aspect of the coconut industry and encourage the participation of small holder farmers in research and technology; g. Encourage and promote organization of coconut farmers’ cooperatives, associations and organization and provide them grants, credits and financing schemes; and h. Generate and disseminate information and communication to farmers, producers, and other sectors to ensure the appreciation and adoption of appropriate technology and practices, inventions, as well as the proper awareness and correct underswtanding of issues and development in the coconut industry	There is hereby created a trust fund to be known as the Coconut Industry Trust Fund (CITF) from the funds and assets of the so-called coconut levy funds consisting of the 753,848,312 CIIF Preferred SMC shares and their accumulated dividends. There is hereby created under the Office of the President of the Philippines, the Philippine Coconut Welfare and Industry Development Corporation which shall manage, administer, utilize, or dipose certain assets of the CITF.	http://www.congress.gov.ph/legisdocs/basic_18/HB02522.pdf
Bill	House Bill No. 2549	2.019	18th	An Act Establishing The Coconut Farmers and Industry Development Trust Fund, Providing For Its Management And For Other Purposes, also known as the “Coconut Farmers and Industry Development Trust Fund Act”	Estimates by the PCA show that there are 3.5 million coconut farmers who are among the nation’s poorest. This is why it is high time to resolve the issues on the Coco Levy Fund that was supposed to be utilized for the development of the coconut industry.	Coconut Levy Funds refer to any and all kinds of property, whether real or personal, tangible or intangible, wherever situated, which have been acquired through or otherwise funded by the Coconut Levy Funds. There is hereby created a trust fund to be maintained for a period not to exceed thirty (30) years or until the fund is fully utilized to be known as the Coconut Farmers and Industry Development Trust Fund, which shall consist of the Trust Principal and Trust Income.	http://www.congress.gov.ph/legisdocs/basic_18/HB02549.pdf
Bill	House Bill No. 2552	2.019	18th	An Act Establishing The Coconut Farmers And Industry Development Trust Fund And Providing For Its Management And Utilization	This bill seeks to address the decades-long struggle of coconut farmers by enacting a genuine law on the use of the coconut levy funds. It is meant to provide a mechanism to protect the rights, welfare, and interest of the small and marginalized coconut farmers and farm workers.	Coconut Levy Funds shall refer to various funds generated from leives, taxes, charges, and other fees exacted or imposed pursuant to or in connection with the sale of opra rececada or its equivalent in other coconut products, and collected for the most part from coconut farmers, planter, millers, refiners, processors, exporter, dessicators, and other end-users of copra rececada or its equivalent in other products. There is hereby created a trust fund to be maintained for a period not to exceed thirty (30) years or until the fund is fully utilized to be known as the Coconut Farmers and Industry Development Trust Fund, which shall consist of the Trust Principal and Trust Income.	http://www.congress.gov.ph/legisdocs/basic_18/HB02552.pdf
Bill	House Bill No. 854	2.019	18th	An Act Declaring The Coconut Levy Assets As A Trust Fund, Providing For Its Management And Utilization, Authorizing The Privatization And Management Office To Dispose The Coconut Levy Assets, And For Other Purposes, also known as the “Coconut Farmers and Industry Development Act”	This bill aims to create a permanent trust fund for the Coco Levy Fund to be utilized for the development of the coconut industry to improve productivity and diversification of the coconut industry, which can effectively translate to a better quality of life of our coconut farmers.	Coconut Levy Funds shall refer to various funds generated from leives, taxes, charges, and other fees exacted or imposed pursuant to or in connection with the sale of opra rececada or its equivalent in other coconut products, and collected for the most part from coconut farmers, planter, millers, refiners, processors, exporter, dessicators, and other end-users of copra rececada or its equivalent in other products. The Coconut Levy Assets are hereby declared as a trust fund to be known as the “Coconut Farmers and Industry Trust Fund”	http://www.congress.gov.ph/legisdocs/basic_18/HB00854.pdf
Bill	House Bill No. 1242	2.019	18th	An Act Establishing The Coconut Farmers And Industry Development Trust Fund And Providing For Its Management And Utilization, also known as the ” “Coconut Farmers and Industry Development Act”	This bill aims to revive the moribund coconut industry by authorizing the use of the Coco Levy Fund through the creation of the Coconut Farmers and Industry Development Trust Fund.	Coconut Levy Funds shall refer to various funds generated from leives, taxes, charges, and other fees exacted or imposed pursuant to or in connection with the sale of opra rececada or its equivalent in other coconut products, and collected for the most part from coconut farmers, planter, millers, refiners, processors, exporter, dessicators, and other end-users of copra rececada or its equivalent in other products. There is hereby created a trust fund to be maintained for a period not to exceed thirty (30) years or until the fund is fully utilized to be known as the Coconut Farmers and Industry Development Trust Fund, which shall consist of the Trust Principal and Trust Income.	http://www.congress.gov.ph/legisdocs/basic_18/HB01242.pdf
Bill	House Bill No. 2434	2.019	18th	An Act Establishing The Coconut Farmers And Industry Trust Fund And Providing For Its Management And Utilization, also known as the ” “Coconut Farmers and Industry Development Act”	The bill aims to consolidate the benefits due to the farmers, especially the poor and marginalized, under the various statutes and the Coco Levy Fund and to expedite thereof to attain a balanced, equitable, integrated and sustainable growth and development of the coconut industry.	Coconut Levy Funds shall refer to various funds generated from leives, taxes, charges, and other fees exacted or imposed pursuant to or in connection with the sale of opra rececada or its equivalent in other coconut products, and collected for the most part from coconut farmers, planter, millers, refiners, processors, exporter, dessicators, and other end-users of copra rececada or its equivalent in other products.There is hereby created a perpetual trust fund to be known as the Coconut Farmers and Industry Development Trust Fund, which shall consist of the Trust Principal and Trust Income.	http://www.congress.gov.ph/legisdocs/basic_18/HB02434.pdf
Bill	House Bill No. 1417	2.019	18th	An Act Establishing The Coconut Farmers And Industry Trust Fund And Providing For Its Management And Utilization, also known as the ” “Coconut Farmers and Industry Development Act”	This bill aims to create a permanent trust fund for the Coco Levy Fund to be utilized for the development of the coconut industry to improve productivity and diversification of the coconut industry, which can effectively translate to a better quality of life of our coconut farmers.	Coconut Levy Funds refer to any and all kinds of property, whether real or personal, tangible or intangible, wherever situated, which have been acquired through or otherwise funded by the Coconut Levy Funds.There is hereby created a trust fund to be maintained for a period not to exceed thirty (30) years or until the fund is fully utilized to be known as the Coconut Farmers and Industry Development Trust Fund, which shall consist of the Trust Principal and Trust Income.	http://www.congress.gov.ph/legisdocs/basic_18/HB01417.pdf
Bill	House Bill No. 2610	2.019	18th	An Act Establishing The Coconut Farmers And Industry Development Trust Funds And Providing For Its Management And Utilization, Prioritizing But Not Limited To Coconut Farmers Cooperative Organization	This bill seeks for the creation and establishment of coconut farmers and industry development trust fund to benefit the coconut farmers which has been long overdue that deprived utilization of our poor farmers being declared conclusively owned by the Republic of the Philippines to be used exclusively to all coconut farmers and for the development of the coconut industry.	Coconut Levy Assets refer to any and all kinds of property, whether real or personal, tangible or intangible, wherever situated, which have been acquired through or otherwise funded by the Coconut Levy Funds. There is hereby created a trust fund to be maintained for a period not to exceed thirty (30) years or until the fund is fully utilized to be known as the Coconut Farmers and Industry Development Trust Fund, which shall consist of the Trust Principal and Trust Income.	http://www.congress.gov.ph/legisdocs/basic_18/HB02610.pdf
Bill	House Bill No. 2657	2.019	18th	An Act Establishing The Coconut Farmers And Industry Development Trust Fund And Providing For Its Management And Utilization	The coconut industry has been waiting for a legislative action that will finally enable the sector to address the serious concerns that it has been confronted with for so long. The Coconut Levy Funds has still to be utilized for the benefit of the coconut farmers and for the development of the coconut industry.	Coconut Levy Assets refer to any and all kinds of property, whether real or personal, tangible or intangible, wherever situated, which have been acquired through or otherwise funded by the Coconut Levy Funds. There is hereby created a trust fund to be maintained for a period not to exceed thirty (30) years or until the fund is fully utilized to be known as the Coconut Farmers and Industry Development Trust Fund, which shall consist of the Trust Principal and Trust Income.	http://www.congress.gov.ph/legisdocs/basic_18/HB02657.pdf
Bill	House Bill No. 3192	2.019	18th	An Act Declaring The Coconut Levy Assets As The Coconut Farmers And Industry Trust Fund, Providing For Its Management And Utilization, Authorizing The Privatization And Management Office To Dispose The Coconut Levy Assets, And For Other Purposes	The bill aims to create a special fund that shall be called the Coconut Farmers and Industry Development Trust Fund. This trust fund shall originate from the coconut levy fund and its assets and shall be allocated to support our coocnut farmers and for the research and development of the coconut industry in the country, in compliance with the Supreme Court decision.	There is hereby created a trust fund to be maintained for a period not to exceed thirty (30) years or until the fund is fully utilized to be known as the Coconut Farmers and Industry Development Trust Fund, which shall consist of the Trust Principal and Trust Income. The Trust Fund shall be used eclusively for the ultimate benefit of coconut farmers and for the development of the coconut industry., as embodied in the Coconut Farmers and Industry Development Plan to be prepared pursuant to Section 21 hereof.	http://www.congress.gov.ph/legisdocs/basic_18/HB03192.pdf
Bill	House Bill No. 3233	2.019	18th	An Act Establishing The Coconut Farmers And Industry Development Trust Fund And Providing For Its Management And Utilization	In line with the 1987 Constitution’s mandate, this bill is seen as timely and necessary measure to consolidate all assets and benefits emanating from the coconut levy in order to create a trust fund for the exclusive benefit of coconut farmers and farm workers as embodied in the Coconut Farmers Development Fund.	Coconut Levy Assets refer to any and all kinds of property, whether real or personal, tangible or intangible, wherever situated, which have been acquired through or otherwise funded by the Coconut Levy Funds. There is hereby created a trust fund to be maintained for a period not to exceed thirty (30) years or until the fund is fully utilized to be known as the Coconut Farmers and Industry Development Trust Fund, which shall consist of the Trust Principal and Trust Income.	http://www.congress.gov.ph/legisdocs/basic_18/HB03223.pdf
Bill	House Bill No. 1035	2.019	18th	An Act Revitalizing The Coconut Industry, Appropriating Funds Therefor And For Other Purposes, also known as the “Coconut Industry Development Act of 2016”	This Act has the following objectives: a. Promote the steady, accelerated and orderly development and vertical integration of the coconut industry; b. Develop and establish coconut based farming systems including but not limited to the establishment of model coconut farms; c. Hasten and advance industrialization in the coconut industry and the diversification and proper utilization of coconut products and by-products; d. Promote the effective utilization and marketing of coconut products and by-products in the domestic and foreign markets and preserve the competitiveness and reliability of the country as a major producer and supplier of said products; e. Increase production by expanding the planting and replanting progrma of coconut trees in strategic areas identified as having the most potential; f. Conduct scientific researches and investigations in all areas pertaining to the agricultural, industrial, marketing and socio-economic aspect of the coconut industry and encourage the participation of small holder farmers in research and technology; g. Encourage and promote organization of coconut farmers’ cooperatives, associations and organization and provide them grants, credits and financing schemes; and h. Generate and disseminate information and communication to farmers, producers, and other sectors to ensure the appreciation and adoption of appropriate technology and practices, inventions, as well as the proper awareness and correct underswtanding of issues and development in the coconut industry	It is the policy of the State to recognize the essential role of coconut as a strategic, indigenous, replenishable and renewable source of livelihood for a great number of people. There is hereby created and established a corporate body known as the Philippine Coconut Industry Development Authority (PHILCIDA). The Authority shall formulate and adopt a general program of development geared towards increased farm productivity, though planting or replanting of suitable seedling varieties, rehabilitation and fertilization of coconut, integrated coconut-based farming systems and product processing, and whenever necessary, the construction of related support and infrastructure facilities, among others. There is hereby established a National Coconut Development Fund to be administered by the Authority for the purpose of financing the growth and development of the coconut industry, including human resource development, training of farmers and other related activities.	http://www.congress.gov.ph/legisdocs/basic_18/HB01035.pdf
Bill	House Bill No. 2113	2.019	18th	An Act Establishing The Central Visayas Coconut Seed Production Center In The Municipality Of Ubay, Province Of Bohol, And Appropriating Funds Therefor	To help improve the coconut industry in Bohol and the entire Central Visayas Region, this bill seeks to establish the Central Visayas Coconut Seed Production Center to be located in Ubay, Bohol. The Center will provide research, technology and training for the Central Visayas with the hope that it will open more job and opprtunities and eventually improve their quality of life.	There shall be established, under the supervision of PCA, the Central Visayas Coconut Seed Production Center, hereinafter referred to as the “Center” in the Municipaplity of Ubay, Province of Bohol. The Center will formulate and offer progrqams that will provide knowledge, technology and training on coconut production to coconut farmers in Central Visayas taking into account their socio-economic profile, literacy and employment conditions. It will likewise provide assistance on the processing and marketing of coconuts and by-products thereof.	http://www.congress.gov.ph/legisdocs/basic_18/HB02113.pdf
Bill	House Bill No. 3192	2.019	18th	An Act Establishing A Coconut Research And Development Center In The Municipality Of Catanauan, Province Of Quezon, And Appropriating Funds Therefor	This bill seeks to revitalize coconut production and enterprise development through the establishment of a coconut industry research and development center in Quezon Province that is geographically accessible to coconut farmers and students of industry-related disciplines as well.	There is hereby established the “Quezon Coconut Research Center” hereinafter referred to as Center, which shall be under the management of the Philippines Coconut Authority (PCA). The Center shall conduct applied research and verify generated technologies on coconut and all its phases of production, processing, management and utilization, towards maximizing its nutritive, health, economic and ecological potentials, among others. The Office of the President through PCA, the DA through BAR, the DTI, and the PCARRD of DOST shall enter into a multi-partite cooperation agreement to provide for the design of the facility, its operations and services, and shall prepare the organizational structure and personnal complement, the proposed furniture and fixtures, the equipment components of the Center and the estimated costs thereof.	http://www.congress.gov.ph/legisdocs/basic_18/HB03089.pdf
Bill	Senate Bill No. 1369	2.020	18th	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, also known as the “Coconut Farmers and Industry Trust Fund Act”	The bill aims to consolidate the benefits due to the farmers, especially the poor and marginalized, under the various statutes and to expedite thereof to attain increased incomes for coconut farmers, alleviate poverty, and achieve social equity.	Coconut LevyAssets shall refer to any and all kinds of property, whether real or personal, tangible or intangible, wherever situated, which have been acquired through the Coconut Levy Funds as defined in this Section, including those assets that may be recovered in favor of the government, as well as the fruits or income therefrom. There is hereby created a Trust Fund to be known as the “Coconut Farmers and Industry Trust Fund,” referred to in this Act as the “Trust Fund,” which shall be capitalized, managed, invested, utilized and accounted for in the manner provided in this Act. The PCA, an independent public corporation created underPresidential Decree No. 1468, shall be reconstituted andstrengthened to ensure the participation of coconut farmers in the crafting and implementation of the Coconut Farmers and Industry Development Plan. The composition of the PCA Board is hereby amended.	https://www.senate.gov.ph/lisdata/3248229334!.pdf
Bill	Senate Bill No. 1127	2.020	18th	An Act Establishing The Coconut Trust Fund, Providing For Its Management And Utilization, Reconstituting The Philippine Coconut Authority, And For Other Purposes	This bill seeks to reinvigorate the PCA, safeguard with the Department of Finance (DOF) and the Privatization and Management Office (PMO) the Coco-Levy Assets, and finally initiate the distribution o f the long-awaited coco-levy funds, if only partially and very prudently.	The cash collections shall remain at the Bureau of Treasury. A management group composed of the Department of Finance (DOF), the Bureau of Treasury (BTr), the Privatization and Management Office (PMO), the Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA), the Commission on Audit (COA), the Presidential Commission on Good Governance (PCGG), and farmer representatives will be constituted to manage and most conservatively invest the funds. The PMO, with the PCGG and COA’s assistance, will assess, value, and dispose of assets. The PCA shall be modestly reconstituted as the Coconut Farmers and Industry Development Fund’s implementing arm for the annual five billion pesos (PhP 5,000,000,000.00) of development projects annually. The consolidated and confirmed National Registry of Coconut Farmers will be the basis for the further five billion pesos (PhP 5,000,000,000.00) to be given as social assistance, livelihood, and job programs for small marginalized coconut farmers.	https://www.senate.gov.ph/lisdata/3173928628!.pdf
Bill	Senate Bill No. 1052	2.020	18th	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	This bill aims to plow back the monies to the coconut industry for the ulitmate benefit of not only our coconut farmers but the entire agricultural economy.	The Coconut Farmers and Industry Trust Fund is being created, to be managed and disbursed in accordance with the Coconut Farmers and Industry Development Plan, which will be prepared by the Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) in consultation with the coconut farmers and their organizations, industry associations, civil society organizations, academe, government agencies concerned, and other stakeholders in the coconut industry and approved by the President of the Philippines. The Plan shall set the directions and policies for the development and rehabilitation of the coconut industry for the next ninety-nine (99) years, the life-span of the Trust Fund. The utilization of the Trust Fund shall be for provisions of facilities essential to the industry, empowerment of coconut farmers’ organizations and cooperatives, farm improvement to encourage self-sufficiency, scholarship program, and health and medical program for industry members.	https://www.senate.gov.ph/lisdata/3156228408!.pdf
Bill	Senate Bill No. 549	2.020	18th	An Act Providing The Enabling Mechanisms For Research And Development (R&D) Of Coconut Sugar In The Country, Appropriating Funds Therefor And For Other Purposes	This measure seeks to further boost the coconut industry in the country by providing the mechanisms to fund the research and development (R&D) of coco sugar to ensure this product’s conformity with internationally accepted standards for food and safety. This measure intends to improve the lives of Filipino families who are directly and indirectly dependent on the coconut industry.	The Department of Science and Technology, in coordination with the Philippine Coconut Authority, Department of Agriculture, and the Food and Nutrition Research Institute, shall conduct an extensive R&D study on the health benefits and nutritional value of coconut sugar in order to develop the same and ensure its compliance with internationally accepted standards on food and safety. The Landbank of the Philippines is hereby mandated to formulate a Coconut Sugar Credit Facility and Loan Package Window, which shall extend tlow interest loans to small and medium enterprises seeking to venture into the business of promoting the consumption and utilization of coconut sugar.	https://www.senate.gov.ph/lisdata/3093227794!.pdf
Bill	Senate Bill No. 266	2.020	18th	An Act Creating The Coconut Farmers And Industry Trust Fund, Providing For Its Management And Utilization, Reconstituting For The Purpose The Philippine Coconut Authority (Pca) And For Other Purposes	This measure mandates the Privatization and Management Office (PMO) to privatize all assets acquired through the use of the Coco Levy Funds. Upon privatization, the funds generated shall then be transferred to a Trust Fund to be known as the Coconut Farmers and Industry Fund, to be created under this proposed legislation.	This bill shall also reconstitute the Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) with the majority of the Board members coming from the coconut farmers and industry sectors. The reconstituted PCA shall craft the Coconut Farmers and Industry Development Plan, manage the Trust Fund; including its investment to government securities and implement the Plan through the implementing agencies. A menu of programs to be funded by the Trust Fund are also listed in the bill. In order to expedite the rehabilitation and development of the coconut industry, the Trust Fund shall be maintained for a period of twenty-five (25) years from the effectivity of this proposed measure. This bill also guarantees an annual appropriation of Ten Billion Pesos (PI0,0000,000.00) for the PCA to augment the Trust Fund and support other programs that will increase the income of farmers.	https://www.senate.gov.ph/lisdata/3054927409!.pdf
Bill	Senate Bill No. 31	2.020	18th	An Act Creating The Coconut Farmers And Industry Trust Fund, Providing For Its Management And Utilization, And For Other Purposes	This bill seeks the establishment of a Trust Fund dedicated for the benefit of coconut farmers and development of the coconut industry. Further, this measure aims to create the mechanism for the mandates prescribed by different Supreme Court decisions on the disposition of some of the coconut levy assets; to conform to governmental procedures on the management and utilization of the available coco levy funds; and to realize the aspirations of the coconut farmers on how the coco levy funds can be managed, invested, allocated, and utilized.	There is hereby created a trust fund to be known as the “Coconut Farmers and Industry Trust Fund,” herein referred to as the “Trust Fund,” which shall be capitalized, managed, invested, utilized, and accounted for in the manner provided in this Act. The Trust Fund shall be perpetually maintained and shall be used exclusively for the benefit of the coconut farmers and for the development of the coconut industry.	https://www.senate.gov.ph/lisdata/3024727076!.pdf

Coconut Programs

Agency	Program Title	Program Description
Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA)	Productivity Management Program	This Program aims to provide a holistic approach in the delivery of interventions in the farm-level. It is focused on contributing to the desired state of a well-managed production responsive to the demand of the industry for both coconut and oil palm.
Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA)	Agricultural Research Program	This Program aims to provide a farm-driven and farmer-focused research outputs that will address the challenges, as well as support the interventions under the Productivity Enhancement Program. It is focused on contributing to the desired state of a well-managed production responsive to the demand of the industry.
Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA)	Community Enterprise Development Program	This Program aims to provide a holistic approach in delivering interventions to provide access to additional income sources for the coconut farmers. This community development system will provide a venue for the transition of coconut farmers from subsistence farming to agribusinessizing, primarily for primary processing. This introduction of cocopreneurship to farmers intends to contribute to the desired state of increased income for farmers
Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA)	Cocohub Enterprise Development Program	This Program aims to provide a holistic approach in delivering interventions to provide coconut farmer organizations (CFOs) a more commercial enterprise undertaking. This enterprise development system will provide a formal business set-up structured to domestically utilize coconut for final processing for the market. This intends to contribute to the desired state of increased competitiveness of coconut products to expand market reach. Project: Community/Household-level Coconut Processing Project
Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA)	Product Development Program	This Program aims to provide a market-driven, processor and consumer-focused research outputs that will address the challenges, as well as support the interventions under the Enterprise Development Programs. This intends to contribute to the desired state of increased competitiveness of coconut products to expand market reach.
Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA)	Accelerated Coconut Planting and Replanting Program (ACPRP)	This program aims to promote the full utilization of idle lands suitable for palm and coconut production. ACPRP is a set of interventions designed to stimulate planting and replanting of coconut farms in the country. It will help address the high demand of coconut products and by products both domestically and internationally. It is also an effort to step up to retain the country’s position as one of the world’s leading supplier of coconut products and as the second top coconut producing country.
Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA)	Indigenous People Outreach Project (IPOP)	This project was devised to encourage the “Lumads” or Indigenous people to develop their lands for coconut production. Like the CSDP, this project involves the distribution of good quality seedlings to the participants and at the same time giving them Php20.00 monetary incentive for every coconut tree established on the field.
Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA)	National Coconut Planting/Replanting (Participatory Coconut Planting Program)	Coconut planting and replanting using open pollinated varieties (OPVs) in identified idle open areas suitable for coconut planting, and in area where senile coconut trees are cut in accordance with the implementation of RA 8048.
Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA)	Oil Palm Industry Development Program	The Smallholders Oil Palm Plantation Development Project aims to develop highly suitable idle lands into oil palm plantation and/or undertake replanting of existing oil palm plantations using high yield F1 hybrids to increase areas allotted to oil palm and improve the current oil palm populations. It also involves the identification of farmers with existing oil palm plantation especially those with outgrowership arrangement with the oil palm mills and providing them with appropriate fertilizers to rehabilitate the palm to increase production.
FAO / PCA / DAR / DENR / NCIP	Coconut-Based Farming Systems programme	This program is part of the FAO’s USD 39.7 million Typhoon Haiyan Strategic Response Plan aiming to address the recovery needs of affected farming families. Through the programme, activities were designed to enable small-scale coconut farmers to plant short term vegetable cash crops and annual crops to provide alternative livelihood sources, while also integrating climate-smart farming technologies. By providing alternative coconut-based farming livelihoods in the targeted communities, the programme helped restore agricultural production, increased access to alternative certified seeds and quality planting materials, improved crop varieties and animal breeds, and introduced new methods of agro-ecology.
Worldbank / PCA	Small Coconut Farms Development Project	The need for a long term development program for the coconut sector has been recognized for many years. This project will constitute the first phase of a long term small coconut farms development program, which, over the next twenty years, will result in the replanting of some 743,000 ha of senile coconuts and the rehabilitation of 418,000 ha of low bearing palms. Project objectives are to : a) launch a long term program of coconut replanting and productivity improvement; b) increase the incomes of coconut smallholders by improving coconut yields and copra quality; and c) boost foreign exchange earnings by ensuring an increasing and reliable supply of higher quality copra for processing and export. Project components include : 1) establishment of seedgardens, nurseries and other infrastructure sufficient to sustain a long term program of replanting 50,000 ha of senile palms per annum; 2) replant 25,000 ha and support intercropping during the first 3 years of replanting; 3) rehabilitate 348,000 ha of middle aged palms and support the development of 50,000 ha of immature palms; 4) support a pilot copra quality improvement program; and 5) provide for the institutional strengthening of the Philippines Coconut Authority (PCA).
Worldbank / DA	Philippine Rural Development Project (PRDP)	PRDP is a six-year national project under the Department of Agriculture (DA) that aims to establish a modern, value chain-oriented and climate-resilient agriculture and fisheries sector. In partnership with local government units (LGUs) and the private sector, the Project shall provide key infrastructure, facilities, technology and information to raise incomes, productivity and competitiveness in targeted areas. Likewise, it aims to strengthen good governance, transparency and accountability mechanisms at all stages of the project cycle. It also intends to operationalize a local-level convergence platform among relevant national line agencies and other stakeholders such as the private sector, civil society and academe to synergize programs and projects. This multi-stakeholder convergence is seen to facilitate the implementation of more relevant interventions that benefit a bigger segment of farmers and fishers, ushering them towards inclusive growth.

Data Source: Philippine Statistics Authority. 1990-2022.

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ISP for Sweetpotato

The ISP for sweetpotato aims to further boost the sweetpotato industry by developing continuous technological innovations mainly through value chain development and improved support systems concentrating on less-favored environments by the National Sweetpotato R&D.

Strategic R&D

Strategic R&D is DOST-PCAARRD’s banner program comprising all R&D activities that are intended to
generate outputs geared towards maximum economic and social benefits

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Development of Sweetpotato Food Value Chains

The sweetpotato industry in Central Luzon, Bicol, and the Visayas is expected to be further boosted through a project led...

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S&T-based Agricultural Farming Interventions on the Production of Camote And Gabi

The project aimed to cultivate high-yielding varieties of camote, specifically the NSIC Sp 30, gabi the Iniito of VG2, and...

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NICER Program for Sweetpotato

The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) launched the NICER Program in 2017 to improve regional research in higher education...

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S&T-based Sweetpotato Value Chain Development for Food in Tarlac, Albay, Leyte and Samar

Then Leyte and Samar were devastated by super-typhoon Yolanda, which left agriculture in disarray. Developments in the aftermath of Yolanda...

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Technology Transfer Initiatives

Technology transfer initiatives ensure that the outputs of R&D and innovations are transformed
into viable and applicable technologies that help intended users

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Science and Technology Community Based Farm (STCBF) on Sweetpotato Production in Basey, Samar

The project focuses on both the production and processing of sweetpotato. For the production, more advanced technological interventions will be introduced in the locale by innovating the traditional method of...

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Sweetpotato-ISP Business Launch and Product Exhibit

The business launching and product exhibit of the S&T-based Sweetpotato Value Chain Development for Food in Tarlac, Albay, Leyte, and Samar Program was conducted during the 1st Magayon Bicol Agri-Expo...

Capacity building efforts of DOST-PCAARRD seek to develop and enhance the R&D capabilities of researchers
and academic or research institutions through graduate assistantships & non-degree trainings
and development and/or upgrading of research facilities

Infrastructure Development

Root crop Food Processing Center

Zero-waste processing system: Commercially acquired equipment

Zero-waste processing system: Developed equipment

Manpower Development

Enhancement training on root crop processing and camote flour utilization

Participants of Enhancement training on root crop processing and camote flour utilization

Training on root crop processing using PhilRootcrops technologies on flour, chips and Pinoy fries production

Participants of Training on root crop processing using PhilRootcrops technologies on flour, chips and Pinoy fries production

Training on product costing and marketing strategies

Participants Training on product costing and marketing strategies

Policy Research & Advocacy

Analysis of policy concerns and advocacy of science-informed policies ensures that the AANR policy environment is conducive for S&T development
and investments

Competitiveness of Philippine Sweetpotato Industry under the ASEAN Economic Community

Sweetpotato production in the Philippines was found to be competitive under the case of import substitution. This implies that it can compete with imported sweetpotato because producing these domestically is cheaper. However, to be competitive under the export trade scenario, the domestic cost must decrease by 17 percent. In computing the break-even yield, the results show that sweetpotato will still be competitive under the import substitution scenario even if yield (6.24 mt/ha) declines by 59 percent.

Reference:

Andal, E. G., Lapiña, G. F., Manalo, N. Q., Dorado, R. A. Valientes, R. M., & Cruz, M. B. (2017). ASEAN Economic Community: Opportunities and Challenges for the Agriculture, Fishery, and Forestry Sectors. Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines: Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development – (Project Report)

PCAARRD's Industry Strategic Science and Technology Programs