Villar’s Organic Agriculture Act of 2010 passed in Senate
Senator Cynthia Villar, chairperson of the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Food, said the enactment into law of Senate Bill No. 1318 that amends Republic Act No. 10068 (The Organic Agriculture Act of 2010) will provide the much-needed impetus to support the growth of organic agriculture in the country. The said legislation, passed on Third Reading in the Senate on June 1, will put in place a more affordable and accessible system of certifying organic products, the Participatory Guarantee System or PGS. “We have huge potential in organic agriculture but our local organic farmers are disadvantaged because they cannot have their produce or products labelled as organic due to the prohibitive cost of certification. PGS is the solution to that, it will make them more competitive,” said Villar. According to her, ...