Department of Agriculture(DA)

October 5, 2018 Dear Klaire Partoza, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated Oct 04, 2018 07:30:30 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. Your Request You asked for Supply chain. Response to Request Your FOI request is approved. I enclose copies of the information you requested. 1. The Department of Agriculture - Agribusiness and Marketing Assistance Service is the office responsible for the marketing of agri-produced. I enclosed their function for your reference. Currently, DA promotes TienDA, marketing initiative of DA which aims to eventually eliminate cartels, middlemen and dicers and making available affordable food to Filipinos. Under this initiative, farm products such as fruits and vegetables, dairy produce such as eggs and chicken, basic commodities such as rice and sugar as well as fish and other seafood products produced by local farmers' and fisherfolk were sold in Metro at much lower price or direct to the farmers price. If the farmers' association wanted to link with DA or introduce their products to DA, the basic rule is to submit the company's feasibility study, trade and production data, or they can also submit necessary permit such as SPS permit from BPI (if importers), Good Agricultural Practices (for organic products). 2. I enclosed Administrative Circular from Sec. Piñol suggesting that agri products price must not exceed to 10% increase from the suggested retail price. For more inquiry, you may call DA-AMAS at (632) 920.2216 and (632) 926.6434. Your right to request a review If you are unhappy with this response to your FOI request, you may ask us to carry out an internal review of the response by writing to Sec. Manny F. Piñol. Your review request should explain why you are dissatisfied with this response, and should be made within 15 calendar days from the date when you received this letter. We will complete the review and tell you the result within 30 calendar days from the date when we receive your review request. If you are not satisfied with the result of the review, you then have the right to appeal to the Office of the President under Administrative Order No. 22 (s. 2011). Thank you. Respectfully, AFID FOI Officer