RESOLUTION URGING THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT, THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, TO DEVISE STRATEGIES THAT PROMOTE MODERN FARMING METHODS AND ADOPT NEW APPROACHES, INCLUDING THE SO-CALLED CLIMATE-SMART AGRICULTURE

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND FOOD TO LOOK INTO THE PROGRAMS AND POLICIES ON MEAT IMPORTATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ON THE NEED TO ENACT LEGISLATION TO STRENGTHEN THE LIVESTOCK INDUSTRY OF THE COUNTRY AND PROTECT LOCAL MEAT RAISERS AGAINST SMUGGLING

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REPORTED IRREGULARITIES IN THE RECEIPT, DISBURSEMENT AND UTILIZATION OF FUNDS BY THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AS STATED BY THE 2007 COMMISSION ON AUDIT REPORT, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF DETERMINING APPROPRIATE MEASURES TO STRENGTHEN ACCOUNTABILITY AND ENSURE TRANSPARENCY IN THE USE OF PUBLIC FUNDS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

RESOLUTION URGING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND FOOD AND OTHER APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEES TO DIRECT THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, THE BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY AND OTHER CONCERNED GOVERNMENT AGENCIES TO FORMULATE AND ESTABLISH MEASURES THAT WILL ALLOW EXPORT OF PHILIPPINE BANANAS TO THE AUSTRALIAN MARKET WITH THE END-IN-VIEW OF INSTITUTING QUARANTINE PROGRAMS THAT WOULD PREVENT SIMILAR BAN OF OUR EXPORT PRODUCTS IN THE FUTURE

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE ALLEGED USE BY THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE OF EMERGENCY LIVELIHOOD FUNDS INTENDED FOR FARMERS TO PURCHASE TELEVISION SETS, GASOLINE, CURTAINS, AND CAR TIRES, AND THE UNREASONABLE EXPENSES INCURRED BY THE DEPARTMENT FOR MOBILE PHONES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND FOOD TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE ALLEGED IRREGULARITIES IN THE USE OF FUNDS BY THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AS REPORTED BY THE COMMISSION ON AUDIT TO THE DETRIMENT OF FILIPINO FARMERS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO ALL MILK PRODUCTS AND BY-PRODUCTS CONTAINING MELAMINE IN THE PHILIPPINES, CREATE A COMPOSITE TEAM COMPRISED OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY (DTI), BUREAU OF FOOD AND DRUGS (BFAD), AND DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (DA) TO CONDUCT RANDOM INSPECTION AND EXAMINATION OF ALL MILK PRODUCTS AND BY-PRODUCTS CONTAINING MELAMINE, AND IN THE MEANTIME, DIRECT THE SECRETARY OF HEALTH TO IMMEDIATELY BAN THE SALE, DISTRIBUTION AND CONSUMPTION OF ALL SAID PRODUCTS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY