AN ACT AMENDING THE AGRICULTURAL AND FISHERIES MODERNIZATION ACT (AFMA) OTHERWISE KNOWN AS REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8435 BY PROVIDING FOR THE GRANT OF VAT EXEMPTION TO ALL ENUMERATED AGRICULTURAL INPUTS

AN ACT TO ACHIEVE ENDURING RICE AND FOOD SUFFICIENCY, MANDATING FOR THAT PURPOSE AN AGRICULTURAL RENAISSANCE PROGRAM ANCHORED ON A 10-YEAR ACCELERATED AGRICULTURAL INVESTMENT PROGRAM DIRECTED AT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, EXTENSION SERVICES, IRRIGATION AND IMPROVED AGRICULTURE SECTOR GOVERNANCE, INSTITUTIONALIZING KEY REFORMS IN AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT PROMOTING THE USE OF AEROPONICS TECHNOLOGY TO BE APPLIED IN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION OF HIGH VALUE-ADDED CROPS AND VEGETABLE FARMING TO ADDRESS FOOD SECURITY CONCERNS OF THE COUNTRY AND JUDICIOUSLY UTILIZE SCARCE FERTILE LAND RESOURCES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEES ON AGRICULTURE AND FOOD; TRADE AND COMMERCE; AND WAYS AND MEANS TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE PROLIFERATION OF ALLEGEDLY SMUGGLED AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS, PARTICULARLY VEGETABLES, IN THE LOCAL MARKET, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF ENSURING THE WELFARE OF LOCAL FARMERS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES IN THE SENATE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE VIABILITY OF ESTABLISHING AND CREATING A GOVERNMENT-OWNED AND CONTROLLED FERTILIZER MANUFACTURING PLANT, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF PROVIDING QUALITY AND AFFORDABLE ALTERNATIVE SUPPLY OF FERTILIZER IN THE COUNTRY IN ORDER TO ADDRESS THE SOARING PRICES OF IMPORTED FERTILIZERS AND FARMS INPUTS WHICH IN TURN AFFECT THE PRICES OF OUR BASIC AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS SUCH AS RICE AND CORN