Department of Agriculture

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# Department of Agriculture
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## The FY 2027 proposed budget in context, 2018-2027
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### August 2026
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# Section 1 of 3: Office of the Secretary

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## Executive summary -- the FY 2027 proposal

- **The FY 2027 NEP proposes to *cut* the DA budget** to PHP 171.3B department-wide (PHP 152.0B for the OSEC) -- **down ~PHP 14B (-8%) from the FY 2026 enacted level** -- even as food security and farm-input costs dominate public debate.
- **Farm-to-Market Roads are nearly halved:** the FMR line falls **PHP 33B -> PHP 16B (-PHP 17B)**, by far the single largest change. (FMR is appropriated at DA but implemented by DPWH.)
- **Locally-funded and foreign-assisted projects grow to over half the OSEC.** Grouped together, they rise **+PHP 5.3B to PHP 76.9B -- 50.6% of the entire OSEC budget.** This category bundles many individual projects -- often small and short-lived -- and, as a group, has absorbed slowly (disbursement ~33-53% recently).
- **That is the central risk:** the fastest-growing, largest line is also the **weakest-absorbing and least-transparent** one. Foreign-assisted disbursement-to-allotment was just **33% (2024) and 53% (2025)**.
- **The operational core is roughly held or trimmed:** the National Rice Program PSS stays ~PHP 26B; livestock and corn PSS are cut. Several extension, equipment and modernization lines see modest increases.
- **Most attached agencies are also cut** (Section 2) -- Philippine Carabao Center, NMIS, ACPC and others -- with the Bureau of Fisheries the main exception.
- **The scrutiny question for advocates:** does a smaller DA budget, tilted further toward a large, fast-churning and slow-disbursing portfolio of foreign-assisted projects and away from farm-to-market roads, match the government's stated food-security priorities?

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## A few notes on the data

- **Period:** FY 2018 through FY 2027. **FY 2027 is the NEP (Executive proposal) only** -- not yet debated or enacted, with no execution data. FY 2026 reflects NEP/GAA only. Execution data (Allotments, Obligations, Disbursements) is available for the Office of the Secretary for 2018-2025.
- **Reading the proposal:** wherever a chart or table shows FY 2027, the figure is *proposed*. Attached agencies (Section 2) have no P/A/P-level execution data, so their analysis is NEP/GAA only -- the FY 2027 proposal is exactly the lever advocates can act on before enactment.
- **Scope:** DA Office of the Secretary -- 68 P/A/Ps. Attached agencies (BFAR, ACPC, PCC, and 6 others) covered in Section 2.
- **Expense classes:** PS (Personnel Services), MOOE (Maintenance & Other Operating Expenses), FE (Financial Expenses), CO (Capital Outlays).
- **PREXC structure:** General Admin (1000), Support to Operations (2000), Production and Marketing Support (3101 -- the operational core), Infrastructure (3102), Policy (3103), Regulatory (3104), and a Locally-Funded and Foreign-Assisted bucket (3105).
- **One structural note:** the Farm-to-Market Roads line (PHP 23-33B per year) is appropriated in DA's budget but transferred to DPWH for implementation via MOA. Its execution does not appear in DA's SAAODB. The aggregate GAA-to-Allotment ratio at DA-OSEC runs 55-70%, almost entirely because of FMR and other transferred lines.
- **Absorptive capacity denominator:** Adjusted Allotments (AdjAllot) -- this measures how well DA spent what was actually placed in its hands, separate from the question of how much of its GAA was transferred out.

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## Big picture: the budget keeps growing

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## Big picture: a few takeaways

<table class="table table-condensed table-striped" style="font-size: 15px; color: black; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;">
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   <th style="text-align:left;"> PHP B </th>
   <th style="text-align:right;"> 2018 </th>
   <th style="text-align:right;"> 2019 </th>
   <th style="text-align:right;"> 2020 </th>
   <th style="text-align:right;"> 2021 </th>
   <th style="text-align:right;"> 2022 </th>
   <th style="text-align:right;"> 2023 </th>
   <th style="text-align:right;"> 2024 </th>
   <th style="text-align:right;"> 2025 </th>
   <th style="text-align:right;"> 2026 </th>
   <th style="text-align:right;"> 2027 </th>
  </tr>
 </thead>
<tbody>
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   <td style="text-align:left;"> NEP </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 43.0 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 36.3 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 43.7 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 54.6 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 59.8 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 88.1 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 92.4 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 111.5 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 134.9 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 152 </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td style="text-align:left;"> GAA </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 43.9 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 36.7 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 51.0 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 58.7 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 58.8 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 85.9 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 96.0 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 107.7 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 165.5 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;">  </td>
  </tr>
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   <td style="text-align:left;"> Adj. Allotment </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 30.6 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 22.8 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 21.8 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 35.9 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 37.3 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 59.1 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 65.4 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 59.1 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;">  </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;">  </td>
  </tr>
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   <td style="text-align:left;"> Obligations </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 29.5 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 22.0 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 21.0 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 34.5 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 35.7 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 53.2 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 58.6 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 51.8 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;">  </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;">  </td>
  </tr>
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   <td style="text-align:left;"> Disbursements </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 22.7 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 17.6 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 17.8 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 28.6 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 30.2 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 45.3 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 45.8 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 40.9 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;">  </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;">  </td>
  </tr>
</tbody>
</table>

- **The 2023 budget jump (+PHP 27B over 2022 GAA)** marked the start of a new spending plateau, with subsequent years all above PHP 85B.
- **Disbursements track allotments at ~70%.** In FY 2025, DA-OSEC was allotted PHP 59B but disbursed only PHP 41B -- a PHP 18B gap.
- **Congress has stayed within ~PHP 5B of the NEP** in most years; the FY 2026 budget reflects a +PHP 31B Congressional add (the biggest in the series).

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## Where the money goes (by PREXC program)

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## Composition by Expense Class

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## The ten largest P/A/Ps (FY 2027 NEP, proposed)

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## Biggest proposed changes, FY 2026 -> FY 2027

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## Where Congress adjusts the DA budget

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## Absorptive capacity: aggregate

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## Absorption by Expense Class

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## Strongest absorbers (FY 2025)

<table class="table table-condensed table-striped" style="font-size: 14px; color: black; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;">
 <thead>
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   <th style="text-align:left;"> P/A/P </th>
   <th style="text-align:right;"> Allotment (B) </th>
   <th style="text-align:right;"> O/A </th>
   <th style="text-align:right;"> D/O </th>
   <th style="text-align:right;"> D/A </th>
  </tr>
 </thead>
<tbody>
  <tr>
   <td style="text-align:left;"> Other Extension Support, Education and Training... </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 0.54 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 99% </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 95% </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 94% </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td style="text-align:left;"> Production Support Services (PSS) on the Nation... </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 3.39 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 99% </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 93% </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 92% </td>
  </tr>
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   <td style="text-align:left;"> General Management and Supervision </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 2.07 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 98% </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 92% </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 90% </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td style="text-align:left;"> Quality Control and Inspection </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 0.54 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 98% </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 88% </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 87% </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td style="text-align:left;"> Production Support Services (PSS) on the Nation... </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 16.28 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 98% </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 87% </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 85% </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td style="text-align:left;"> Other Research and Development Activities </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 1.22 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 95% </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 89% </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 84% </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td style="text-align:left;"> Development of Organizational Policies, Plans a... </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 0.54 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 95% </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 86% </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 82% </td>
  </tr>
</tbody>
</table>

The strongest absorbers are the long-established commodity programs (Corn PSS, General Management, Other R&D). **The biggest single line in the budget -- the National Rice Program PSS at PHP 16B allotted -- disbursed 85%**, solid but not at the top.

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## Weakest absorbers (FY 2025)

<table class="table table-condensed table-striped" style="font-size: 14px; color: black; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;">
 <thead>
  <tr>
   <th style="text-align:left;"> P/A/P </th>
   <th style="text-align:right;"> Allotment (B) </th>
   <th style="text-align:right;"> O/A </th>
   <th style="text-align:right;"> D/O </th>
   <th style="text-align:right;"> D/A </th>
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   <td style="text-align:left;"> Provision of Agricultural Equipment and Facilit... </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 1.85 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 56% </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 47% </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 27% </td>
  </tr>
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   <td style="text-align:left;"> Production Support Services (PSS) on the Nation... </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 2.98 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 62% </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 51% </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 31% </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td style="text-align:left;"> Provision of Agricultural Equipment and Facilit... </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 0.56 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 78% </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 45% </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 35% </td>
  </tr>
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   <td style="text-align:left;"> Provision of Agricultural Equipment and Facilit... </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 1.60 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 56% </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 67% </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 37% </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td style="text-align:left;"> Information and Communication Technology (ICT) ... </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 0.79 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 61% </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 72% </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 44% </td>
  </tr>
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   <td style="text-align:left;"> Locally-Funded and Foreign-Assisted Program </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 10.21 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 77% </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 69% </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 53% </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td style="text-align:left;"> Operation and Maintenance of the Integrated Lab... </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 1.19 </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 91% </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 61% </td>
   <td style="text-align:right;"> 55% </td>
  </tr>
</tbody>
</table>

The weakest absorbers are **the Agricultural Equipment Provision lines (Corn, High-Value Crops, Rice)** and **Livestock PSS** -- where physical procurement of farm equipment lags. The Locally-Funded/Foreign-Assisted line at 53% is the largest absolute underspend.

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## Locally-Funded and Foreign-Assisted: many projects, one line

.small[
- **This is an analytical grouping, not a single project.** The category bundles many individual locally-funded and foreign-assisted projects (loan-funded and locally-funded specials), collapsed here into one line. Individually they are numerous and often short-lived -- appearing in one year and gone the next -- which is what makes year-on-year tracking hard.
- **Absorption is consistently weak:** D/A averaged 60% from 2018-2023 and fell to 33% (2024) and 53% (2025).
- **The FY 2027 NEP proposes PHP 76.9B for this grouping -- 50.6% of the entire proposed OSEC budget**, up +PHP 5.3B even as the department's total is cut. With prior-year absorption around 50%, over half the OSEC budget now flows through a fast-churning, slow-disbursing project portfolio -- a clear focus for advocate scrutiny.
]

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## Trajectories of the three largest programs

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# Section 2 of 3: Attached Agencies

### 9 agencies, NEP/GAA only -- execution data not encoded

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## Attached agencies: the FY 2027 proposal at a glance

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The nine attached agencies are ~PHP 19B combined -- about a tenth of DA. The FY 2027 NEP trims most of them (Philippine Carabao Center -PHP 0.7B, NMIS, ACPC), a pattern advocates for livestock, meat safety and rural credit will want to question. Each agency's proposal is detailed in the slides that follow.
]

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# Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR)

BFAR is **the largest DA attached agency**, with operations in fisheries production, monitoring/control/surveillance, post-harvest infrastructure, and aquaculture. The 2024 GAA leap (+PHP 1.9B over the NEP) was the largest Congressional add to BFAR in the period.

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## BFAR: top P/A/Ps (FY 2027 NEP, proposed)

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- **FishCORE (the World Bank-funded Philippine Fisheries and Coastal Resiliency Project)** is now PHP 2.04B -- the second-largest line and 17% of the agency budget. It first appeared as a meaningful line in 2024 and has grown each year.
- Core operational lines (Production and Distribution, Monitoring/Control/Surveillance, Operation of Production Facilities) are the traditional backbone.
- **General Management and Supervision is 5.5% of the agency** -- a leaner overhead than most.
]

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## BFAR: insights

- **A long flat period (2018-2022) was broken by the 2023 ramp-up** (+PHP 2B from 2022 to 2023). The agency's budget has not stopped rising since.
- **Congress consistently augments BFAR.** The +PHP 1.9B 2024 GAA add over the NEP was the most striking -- much of which went to project lines including FishCORE.
- **BFAR is the exception in FY 2027.** While most attached agencies are cut, the FY 2027 NEP proposes **+PHP 0.5B for BFAR, to PHP 12.3B** -- a new high, continuing the run of increases. Advocates might ask what within fisheries is prioritised, and whether it absorbs better than the projects driving the OSEC's risk.

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# Agricultural Credit Policy Council (ACPC)

ACPC administers the **Agro-Industry Modernization Credit and Financing Program (AMCFP)** -- a credit subsidy and guarantee window for agricultural lending. It is essentially a one-program agency wrapped in light management overhead.

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## ACPC: top P/A/Ps (FY 2027 NEP, proposed)

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- **AMCFP at PHP 3.02B is 97% of the agency's total budget.** All other ACPC lines combined account for ~PHP 90M.
- **Single-program agencies invite a structural question:** is the agency wrapper for AMCFP justified, or could the program live inside the DA-OSEC?
]

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## ACPC: insights

- **The 2019 NEP-to-GAA dip of PHP 1.0B** stands out: ACPC's NEP that year was PHP 3.5B but Congress cut it to PHP 2.5B. The agency has not returned to that proposed level.
- **2018-2025 was a stable plateau** around PHP 2.6-2.9B; the 2026 NEP-to-GAA add of +PHP 0.25B is the first material Congressional augmentation in years.
- **AMCFP is a single P/A/P** -- its credit windows, loan guarantees, and operating subsidies are not broken out into separate budget lines.

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# Philippine Carabao Center (PCC)

The Philippine Carabao Center manages **dairy buffalo genetics, herd build-up, and (newly) a school milk feeding program**. The FY 2026 budget more than doubled on a +PHP 1.1B Congressional add over the NEP.

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## PCC: top P/A/Ps (FY 2027 NEP, proposed)

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- **The new Milk Feeding Component of DepEd's School-Based Feeding Program (PHP 1.12B) is now PCC's single largest line.** This program is essentially absent from the 2026 NEP -- a Congressional add.
- **Core breeding programs (Upgrading, Herd Build-up of Improved Dairy Buffalos) remain the operational backbone** at a combined PHP 0.67B.
- **PCC operates with very light overhead** (General Management at PHP 0.08B = 4% of the agency).
]

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## PCC: insights

- **The 2026 NEP-to-GAA delta (+PHP 1.12B) is the single biggest year-on-year change in the series.** Congress added a school milk feeding program to PCC's mandate.
- **Earlier Congressional augmentations were modest but recurring** (+PHP 0.19B 2019, +PHP 0.14B 2020, +PHP 0.64B 2023). PCC is a routine recipient of Congressional plus-ups.
- **The 2022 NEP was higher than the GAA** -- one of the rare years Congress trimmed the proposal (-PHP 0.2B). Worth investigating what was cut.

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# National Fisheries Research and Development Institute (NFRDI)

NFRDI is **the newest meaningful attached agency** -- it has no DA budget line before 2020. Its mandate is fisheries-focused research, distinct from BFAR's operational role.

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## NFRDI: top P/A/Ps (FY 2027 NEP, proposed)

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- **Research and Development (PHP 0.47B = 63% of agency)** is the operational focus -- as the name implies.
- **General Management and Supervision at PHP 0.23B = 31%** is heavy for so small an agency; characteristic of newer, still-scaling institutions.
- The remaining sub-lines (Policies, Training, Personnel Benefits) total under PHP 30M.
]

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## NFRDI: insights

- **NFRDI's budget has more than doubled in five years** (PHP 0.29B 2020 → 0.74B 2026), reflecting deliberate scale-up.
- **Every year's NEP has been enacted as-is** except 2024 (+PHP 50M). Congress has been hands-off on NFRDI, treating it as a routine Executive proposal.
- **The split between R&D and overhead** is worth monitoring as the agency grows; the share devoted to actual research should ideally rise.

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## National Meat Inspection Service (NMIS)

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- NMIS regulates **meat establishments, importers/exporters, and inspection deputation**. Budget is stable around PHP 0.4-0.7B across the period.
- **The 2018 GAA over NEP (+PHP 0.20B) is the only year of meaningful Congressional augmentation**; every year since 2019 has enacted the NEP as-is.
]

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## NMIS: top P/A/Ps (FY 2027 NEP, proposed)

The biggest lines are **Inspection Enforcement (PHP 0.20B) and Importers/Exporters Registration (PHP 0.17B)** -- the agency's two core mandates. The proposed 2026 budget grows each operational line incrementally, with no new programs added.

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## Philippine Fiber Industry Development Authority (PhilFIDA)

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- PhilFIDA supports the **abaca, cotton, silk, and other natural-fiber industries**. The agency operates across PSS, R&D, ESETS, and quality control.
- **Congressional augmentations are tiny** -- mostly under PHP 0.1B per year.
- The 2018 GAA-over-NEP (+PHP 0.13B) was the largest single add in the series.
]

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## PhilFIDA: top P/A/Ps (FY 2027 NEP, proposed)

**Production Support Services (PHP 0.25B) and General Management (PHP 0.20B)** are the largest lines. Notable: General Management is 30% of the agency -- one of the heaviest overheads among DA attached agencies.

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## Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization (PHilMech)

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- PHilMech focuses on **postharvest technology, mechanization research, and farmer-facing extension services**.
- **The NEP has been enacted as-is every year** -- not a single peso of Congressional adjustment in the 2018-2026 series.
- This level of stability is unusual among DA attached agencies and suggests low political profile.
]

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## PHilMech: top P/A/Ps (FY 2027 NEP, proposed)

The agency is essentially **two lines: ESETS (PHP 0.18B) and R&D (PHP 0.18B)** -- exactly mirroring its mandate. General Management is 21% of the budget.

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## Fertilizer and Pesticide Authority (FPA)

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- FPA regulates **fertilizer and pesticide registration, licensing, and quality control**. It was absorbed into DA's budget structure starting 2019.
- **The 2019 GAA add of +PHP 0.21B established the agency** (NEP was zero); subsequent years have been Executive-led with minimal Congressional adjustment.
- The 2026 NEP step-up to PHP 0.42B is the agency's largest single-year increase in the period.
]

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## FPA: top P/A/Ps (FY 2027 NEP, proposed)

**Two regulatory lines (Registration and Licensing PHP 0.18B; Quality Control and Inspection PHP 0.15B) carry 79% of the agency.** The Fortified Organic Fertilizer Development Program appears as a near-zero line -- a placeholder rather than an operational program.

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## Philippine Council for Agriculture and Fisheries (PCAF)

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- PCAF is a **policy coordination and partnership council** -- the agency does not deliver field operations.
- **Notable: Congress has trimmed PCAF's NEP in three years** (2020, 2022, 2023, 2024) -- the only DA attached agency systematically getting cut by Congress.
- Despite the cuts, the budget has grown gradually with the rest of DA.
]

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## PCAF: top P/A/Ps (FY 2027 NEP, proposed)

**Three policy lines (Coordination, Planning, Partnership) together = PHP 0.20B = 76% of the agency.** The Intensified Community-Based Dairy Enterprise Development (USPL-80) at PHP 0.02B is the only line that resembles a field program.

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# Section 3 of 3: Department-Wide Perspective

### Aggregating OSEC + 9 attached agencies

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## The full Department of Agriculture

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## OSEC vs attached agencies, GAA composition

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## Top 15 P/A/Ps across the whole department (FY 2027 NEP, proposed)

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## For discussion -- scrutinising the FY 2027 proposal

- **1. A smaller DA budget amid a food-security push.** The proposal cuts the department ~PHP 14B (-8%). With rice prices, farm incomes and import dependence in the headlines, is a reduced agriculture budget defensible -- and where should advocates press Congress to restore funds?

- **2. Over half the OSEC budget in fast-churning projects.** The locally-funded and foreign-assisted portfolio is proposed at PHP 76.9B -- 50.6% of the OSEC -- built from many individual projects that turn over year to year and, as a group, disburse at just 33-53%. Which projects persist and actually reach farmers, and should the portfolio's size be weighed against its absorption record?

- **3. Farm-to-Market Roads halved (-PHP 17B).** FMR falls from PHP 33B to PHP 16B. Is rural connectivity being deprioritised, or is this a realistic correction given FMR is executed by DPWH? What happens to unfinished road commitments?

- **4. The operational core.** The National Rice Program PSS is roughly flat while livestock and corn support are cut. Are the frontline production programs that reach farmers directly adequately funded in the proposal?

- **5. Attached agencies mostly trimmed.** Most of the nine are cut -- Philippine Carabao Center, NMIS (meat safety), ACPC (rural credit) -- while only Fisheries grows. Which of these cuts should advocates for livestock, food safety and farm credit contest?

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# Thank you

### Department of Agriculture
#### The FY 2027 proposed budget in context, 2018-2027

.footnote[Underlying data: DBM NEP & GAA and DBM-published execution data for the DA-OSEC (Current New Appropriations only), FY 2018-2027; NEP/GAA only for attached agencies. FY 2027 is the proposed NEP only.]