RA 10068 Organic Agriculture Act of 2010
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND
PROMOTION OF ORGANIC AGRICULTURE IN THE
PHILIPPINES AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
✓ Salient points
By Monshyne D. Cabual, Silliman University
RA 10068 Organic Agriculture Act of 2010
Approved: April 6, 2010
Published in the Official Gazette: April 6, 2010
IRR was approved on: Jan. 31, 2011
DECLARATION POLICY
…promote, propagate, develop further and
implement the practice of organic agriculture in
the Philippines that will cumulatively condition
and enrich the fertility of the soil, increase farm
productivity; reduce pollution and destruction of
the environment, prevent the depletion of natural
resources, further protect the health of farmers,
consumers and the general public, and save
program for the promotion of community-based
organic agriculture…
Section 2
National Organic Agriculture Program
…a comprehensive organic agricultural
program through the promotion and
commercialization of organic farming practices,
cultivation and adoption of production and
processing methods which have already been
developed, or to be developed, continuing
research and upgrading thereof, the capacity
building of farmers and the education of
consumers thereon, the extension of assistance
to LGUs, POs, NGOs and other stakeholders…
Section 5
National Organic Agriculture Board
…the policy-making body and shall provide direction and
general guidelines for the implementation of the NOAP. The
NOAB shall be attached to the Department of Agriculture (DA).
Members: Members:
✓ DA Secretary ✓ DTI Secretary
✓ DILG Secretary ✓ DOH Secretary
✓ DENR Secretary ✓ 3 reps from small farmers
✓ DepEd Secretary ✓ 1 rep each from NGO,
✓ DAR Secretary College/University,
Private sec
Section 6
The Bureau of Agriculture and Fisheries Product
Standards (BAFPS) of the DA.
… shall be strengthened and
empowered in terms of establishing
functional divisions and incremental
staffing to serve as the national
technical and administrative
secretariat of the NOAB with the
member agencies providing
additional staff support as the need
arises…
Section 10
Organic Agriculture and Protection of the
Environment
… NOAB shall constantly devise and
implement ways and means not only of
producing organic fertilizers and other farm
inputs and needs on and off the farm but also
helping to alleviate the problems of industrial
waste and community garbage disposal…
…BAFPS shall conduct continuing studies…in
order to advise local governments, from the
barangay to the provincial level…
Section 13
Accreditation of Organic Certifying Body
… BAFPS is hereby designated
and authorized to grant official
accreditation to organic certifying
body or entity. The BAFPS is
tasked to formulate the necessary
rules and procedures in the
accreditation of organic certifying
body…
Section 15
Registration of Organic Food and Organic
Input Producers
… All organic food and input
establishments must register with
the director, BAFPS, registration
under this section shall begin
within ninety (90) days of the
enactment of this Act…
Section 16
Labeling of Organic Produce
… The label of organic produce
shall contain the name, logo or
seal of the organic certifying
body and the accreditation
number issued by the BAFPS.
Only third party certification is
allowed to be labeled as
organically produced…
Section 17
Retailing of Organic Produce
… Retail establishments
or stores of organic
produce shall designate a
separate area to display
the organic produce to
avoid mixing it with non-
organic produce…
Section 18
Availability of Trading Post for Organic Inputs
…Local chief executives
shall establish, as far as a
practicable, at least one (1)
trading post for organic
inputs for every LGU in
their area of jurisdiction…
Section 19
Incentives
…incentives for the production and
propagation of organic farm inputs by
maximizing their use in all government
and government –supported agricultural
production, research and demonstration
programs. Incentives shall also be
provided to farmers whose farms have
been duly certified as complaint to the
Philippine National Standard (PNS)…
Section 24
Penal Provision
…upon conviction, be punished by
imprisonment, of not less that one (1)
month nor more than Fifty thousand pesos
(P50,000.00), or both, at the discretion of
the court. If the offender is a corporation
or a juridical entity, the official who
ordered or allowed the commission of the
offense shall be punished with the same
penalty. If the offender is in the
government service, he shall, in addition,
be dismissed from office.
Section 26
Reference:
Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines
