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DAVAO CITY — Sen. Edgardo Angara is pushing for  the extension of Republic Act 8435, otherwise known as the Agriculture and Fisheries Modernization Act (AFMA), for another five years in an effort to further improve the Philippines’ agriculture industry.
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                    [Title] => Landbank lends P81B to agri-fishery sector in ’05
                    [Summary] => The Land Bank of the Philippines (Landbank) increased its lending to the agriculture and fishery sectors in 2005 to P81 billion which represents 67 percent of the bank’s total loan portfolio of P120 billion.


"We’ve surpassed our year-end 2005 target of 65 percent share for our priority sectors. This reflects our intensified support for our key priority sectors," said Landbank  acting president and CEO Gilda E. Pico. 


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                    [Title] => Congress orders gov’t agencies to fund AFMA
                    [Summary] => Congress has mandated the concerned government agencies to provide funding for the Agricultural and Fisheries Modernization Act (AFMA) which extends  tax perks to importers of  agriculture and fishery machine and equipment until 2015.


The amended AFMA, approved by the bicameral Congressional Oversight Committee on Agricultural and Fisheries Modernization (COCAFM), requires a yearly budgetary support of  P17 billion.


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                    [Title] => Congress OKs incentives for agri equipment imports
                    [Summary] => Congress approved yesterday certain amendments to the Agricultural and Fisheries Modernization Act (AFMA) including the extension of tax holidays and other incentives to importers of  agriculture and fishery machine and equipment until 2015. 


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                    [Title] => Starving the agri sector
                    [Summary] => The agriculture sector faces another demoralizing year.  And it’s not just because of the chicken shortage (artificial or induced?), the mad cow disease, the specter of a water shortage, and the high costs of feeds that have caused agitation of those involved in this sector of the economy. 


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                    [Title] => Senate body wants 5-year extension of AFMA funding support
                    [Summary] => The Senate committee on agriculture is in favor of extending for another five years the funding support for the Department of Agriculture’s (DA) agriculture and fisheries modernization program.


Committee chairman Sen. Ramon Magsaysay Jr. has sponsored Senate Bill 2677,  which amends Sec. 112 of  Republic Act 8435 or the Agriculture and Fisheries Modernization Act (AFMA) so that the mandated appropriation support will be extended by another five years or until 2010. 


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                    [Title] => Angara wants Mindanao to have bigger share of AFMA budget
                    [Summary] => DAVAO CITY –  Sen. Edgardo Angara is pushing for a bigger allocation for Mindanao  under the Agricultural Fisheries and Modernization Act (AFMA).


Angara, who spoke at the Mindanao Food Congress spearheaded by the multisectoral group Growth with Equity in Mindanao (GEM), said   he is pressing Congress which is now discussing the proposal to extend the lifespan of AFMA for another five years to ensure that Mindanao, which accounts for more than 40 percent of  the country’s total food production, gets enough funds.


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"We’ve surpassed our year-end 2005 target of 65 percent share for our priority sectors. This reflects our intensified support for our key priority sectors," said Landbank  acting president and CEO Gilda E. Pico. 


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