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Department of Agriculture (Philippines)

Government Agency
Agency nameDepartment of Agriculture
Native nameKagawaran ng Pagsasaka
Agency overview
FormedJune 23, 1898
Annual budgetP8.312 billion (2007)
Operational structure
Agency executivesArthur C. Yap, Secretary

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The Philippines' Department of Agriculture (Filipino: Kagawaran ng Pagsasaka), abbreviated as DA, is the executive department of the Philippine government responsible for boosting the income of farmers as well as reducing the incidence of poverty in the rural sector, as stipulated in

the Government's Medium Term Philippine Development Plan.


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Term started Term finished Name
'Secretaries of Agriculture and Natural Resources'
1917 1921 Galicano Apacible
1921 1923 Rafael Corpuz
1923 1928 Silvestre Apostol
1928 1932 Rafael Alunan
'Secretaries of Agriculture and Commerce'
1932 1932 Rafael Alunan
1932
1942 1945 'Vacant', World War II
'Secretaries of Finance, Agriculture and Commerce'
1942 1944 Andres Soriano
'Administrators of National Corn and Rice Administration'
1943 1945 Manuel Roxas
'Secretaries of Agriculture and Commerce'
1944 1944 Manuel Nieto
'Secretaries of Justice, Agriculture and Commerce'
1945 1945 Delfin Jaranilla
'Secretaries of Agriculture and Commerce'
1933 1934 Vicente Singson Encarnacion
1935 1938 Eulogio Rodriguez
1938 1941 Benigno Q. Aquino
1941 1942 Rafael Alunan
1945 1946 Vicente Singson Encarnacion
1946 1947 Mariano Garchitorena
'Secretaries of Agriculture and Natural Resources'
1947 1948 Mariano Garchitorena
1948 1950 Placido L. Mapa
1950 1953 Fernando Lopez
1953 1953 Placido L. Mapa
1953 1955 Salvador Araneta
1955 1960 Juan G. Rodriguez
1960 1961 Cesar Fortich
1961 1961 Jose Locsin
1962 1963 Benjamin M. Gozon
1963 1965 Jose Y. Feliciano
1965 1971 Fernando Lopez
1971 May 1974 Arturo R. Tanco, Jr.
'Ministers of Agriculture'
May 1974 1984 Arturo R. Tanco, Jr.
1984 1986 Salvador H. Escudero III
1986 1986 Ramon V. Mitra, Jr.
'Secretaries of Agriculture'
1986 1987 Ramon V. Mitra, Jr.
1987 1989 Carlos G. Dominguez
1989 1992 Senen C. Bacani
1992 1996 Roberto S. Sebastian
1996 June 1998 Salvador H. Escudero III
June 1998 May 1999 William D. Dar
May 1999 January 2001 Edgardo J. Angara, Jr.
January 2001 March 2001 Domingo F. Panganiban
March 2001 December 2002 Leonardo Q. Montemayor
December 2002 August 2004 Luis P. Lorenzo, Jr.
August 2004 July 2005 Arthur C. Yap
July 2005 May 3, 2006 Domingo F. Panganiban
May 3, 2006 Present Arthur C. Yap



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