Category: Agarwood Industry

DENR Administrative Order 2020-18: Promoting Tree Plantation Development and Liberalizing Harvesting and Transport of Planted Trees and Tree Derivatives for Inclusive Growth and Sustainable Development

Private landowners are also enticed to establish their wood processing plants to encourage vertical integration. This means that, as wood-based enterprises control multiple processes in the supply chain (e.g., tree growing, harvesting, wood processing, marketing), they enhance their production efficiency – which translates to lower production cost and improved market competitiveness. 

The policy also calls for the development of a training program for tree plantation certification and guidelines for third-party certifiers, and to strengthen “research and development programs on tree plantation establishment and management to assist tree plantation owners.”

Republic Act 11321 also known as the Sagip Saka Act is an act instituting the Farmers and Fisherfolk Enterprise Development Program of the Department of Agriculture (DA). It mandates the DA through the Agribusiness and Marketing Assistance Service (AMAS) to maintain the Farmers and Fisherfolk Enterprise Development Information System (FFEDIS). 

The FFEDIS is a web-based information system designed to assist the government in formulating plans and programs on enterprise development, and to enable the producer groups, the private sector, and the LGUs and potential donors to respond to the needs of the local and world markets and in generating resources for further enterprise development. The information system shall contain a list of possible and implemented programs and projects, a registry of agricultural and fisheries enterprises, and a roster of private companies engaged in these enterprises or have expressed interest in participating in the Program, and other information that may be identified by the Department.