Department of Agriculture(DA)

Good AM madam/sir,

Do you have the data of the OA area accomplished by commodities of past years (2012-2018) aside from year 2019? This is in reference to the table Annex D Breakdown of OA Area Accomplished by Commodities from NOAP organic program briefer.

I would also like to request the following data on;
1) total certification fees/cost incurred by the farmers and producers and the counterpart of the NOAP (by region if available) from 2010-2020
2) total number of personnel per RFO of NOAP from 2010-2020

Please respond because noap email doesn't respond. Thank you for helping me madam/sir

April 23, 2021

Dear genevieve,

Greetings!

Thank you for your request dated Apr 23, 2021 under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.

Your request

You asked for Organic Agriculture program briefer.

Response to your request

While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance this Office does not have the information you have requested.

To help you more on your research, please download the National Organic Agriculture Program Milestones 
http://www.bafs.da.gov.ph/assets/Handbook/view_publication?book_id=20

Certification: http://www.bafs.da.gov.ph/assets/Handbook/view_publication?book_id=22

http://www.bafs.da.gov.ph/bafs_admin/admin_page/pns_file/2021-03-03-PNS%20BAFS%20183-2020%20Organic%20Soil%20Amendments.pdf

The certification is handled by the Bureau of Agriculture and Fisheries Standards (BAFS) thru their Organic Agriculture Division http://www.bafs.da.gov.ph/Organic%20Agriculture

For more information, please contact NOAP at (02) 8941-8143 or (02) 8928-8741 to 64 loc. 3322. 

For further assistance you may review the FAQ section of the eFOI site: https://www.foi.gov.ph/help.

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Thank you.

Respectfully,
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