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Department of Agriculture and Fisheries company history timeline

1873

More general support for conservation research came when, in 1873, the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) urged application of research to forestry problems and the reformation of forest management policy.

1898

The Department of Agriculture and Manufacturing was formed 11 days after the proclamation of the Philippine Independence on June 12, 1898.

HISTORY _____________________________________________________________________________________ The Department of Agriculture had its beginnings when President Emilio Aguinaldo established the Department of Agriculture and Manufacturing on June 23, 1898.

1901

A similar pattern became established in Europe after the formation of ICES. The Kristiania Conference in 1901 endorsed scientific inquiry as the basis for a rational exploitation of the sea, and laid down rather precise plans for hydrographical and biological work.

Under United States Administration In 1901, under the American colonial government, priority was given to the development of other agricultural products, such as rice and other basic commodities, as well as fishing, forestry, and mining.

1912

The Biological Board of Canada was established in 1912.

1920

Few fishery laboratories were established before the 1920s.

1923

The first treaty to be ratified was the 1923 Convention which permitted research and specified a winter closed season, a provision objectional to the Washington State legislature, which had requested legislative review of any conservation measures.

1932

4007) in 1932, the DANR became the Department of Agriculture and Commerce.

1947

Post-Independence In 1947, it was renamed again as the Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources by virtue of Executive Order No.

1950

Two years later (1950), Vice President Fernando Lopez served concurrently as the DANR chief.

The dry wit of Milton C. James, who for many years was the Assistant Director for Fisheries of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, is as pertinent today as it was in 1950 when he made that statement at the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Conference.

Funding for much of the research in the United States came from the Federal Aid in Sportfish Restoration Act of 1950 (the Dingell-Johnson Act) which earmarked funds from an excise tax on fishing tackle.

Employment once predominantly in government fishery agencies in 1950, has spread rapidly to other agencies and to the private sector.

1955

The federal government continued its basic research on salmon biology, with no attention to research on the management system, until after a radical reorganization of the Alaskan office of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service in 1955, but then it was too late.

In addition to the profound changes in the commercial fisheries, the recreational fisheries are expanding rapidly in the developed countries—i.e., a doubling in the numbers of anglers since 1955 in the United States.

1956

The American Institute of Fishery Research Biologists was incorporated in 1956 to advance the application of science to the use of fishery resources and to maintain high professional standards.

1958

The residents of the Territory of Alaska voted overwhelmingly for statehood in 1958, many of them because of their perception of a failure of federal fishery management.

1959

On September 14, 1959, the DANR moved to its current building in Diliman, Quezon City from the Agrifina Circle (now the Teodoro Valencia Circle) in Manila.

1960

The new State of Alaska took over the regulation of the fishery in 1960, continued to refine its regulations (assisted by some favorable weather conditions), and production recently returned to its peak level of about 200,000 metric tons.

1961

Jose Locsin, then concurrent Chairman of the National Economic Council, succeeded Fortich from September to December 1961.

When Cesar Fortich became the DANR chief in 1961, the Abaca Development Board (forerunner of the Fiber Development Authority) was created.

1968

Considered as the “rice czar,” he successfully implemented a production program that enabled the Philippines to export rice for the first time in 1968.

1970

An example was the approach of the Sierra Club (Mitchell and Stallings, 1970). That "Handbook for Environment Activists" includes statements about the need to restructure society in a conservation revolution, and the need to deal with a system of suppression and oppression.

1974

During the early years of Martial Law, in May 1974, President Marcos reorganized and split the DANR into two agencies: Department of Agriculture (DA); and Department of Natural Resources (DNR). Arturo R. Tanco, Jr. was named DA Secretary.

1978

In June 1978, the MA established 12 regional offices nationwide.

1980

In western Canada they have had similar problems with gross over-investment, especially in the salmonid fishery (Copes, 1980).

1981

Therefore, the rights should be owned, be transferable, and be divisible, so that sale or purchase of them would let a fishing business become efficient (Pearse, 1981).

1984

Six years later, in June 1984, the agency was renamed Ministry of Agriculture and Food (MAF). The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources was transferred from the Ministry of Natural Resources.

Here are a few examples extracted from the Country Experience Papers submitted to the FAO Conference on Fisheries Management and Development in 1984.

The recent growth in wild fish production is less than the rate of growth of the world population even with relatively optimistic analyses (Wise, 1984), and a higher proportion of the products is continuing to go into distant markets, rather than being sold fresh in nearby markets.

1986

On February 1986, as a result of the ‘EDSA People Power Revolution,’ Corazon C. Aquino was catapulted as President.

1987

On January 30, 1987, President Aquino signed and issued Executive Order No.

In 1987, MAF Deputy Minister Carlos G. Dominguez was appointed to replace Mitra who opted to run for Representative of the second district of Palawan.

These reforms included the dismantling of agricultural monopolies and the elimination of agricultural taxes. Thus, the office became the Ministry of Agriculture and Food until 1987, when the department was renamed again as the Department of Agriculture, through Pres.

1992

In 1992, President Fidel V. Ramos named Roberto S. Sebastian as DA chief who introduced the Key Production Approach (KPA) which became the basis of the Medium-Term Agricultural Development Plan (MTADP).

1998

In July 1998, President Joseph Ejercito Estrada designated William D. Dar as Acting DA Secretary who introduced the Estrada administration’s 10-point agenda in agriculture and fisheries under the Agrikulturang Makamasa program.

2001

Domingo F. Panganiban continued the implementation of AFMA as the government’s comprehensive framework and platform for rural development when he assumed office in January 2001.

2002

Secretary Luis P. Lorenzo Jr., took the helm at the Department in December 2002 and spearheaded the launching of the Roll-On, Roll-Off (RORO) transport program.

2004

Secretary Arthur C. Yap, appointed on August 23, 2004, continued to uphold the vision of agricultural modernization.

2006

When Yap returned to the DA in October, 2006, he implemented various projects and policies towards the attainment of food security and self-sufficiency.

2010

During his first term, he unveiled the GMA Goal 1 (develop two million hectares of new lands for agribusiness to contribute two million to the 10 million jobs targeted by 2010) and GMA Goal 2 (make food plentiful while keeping the price of “wage goods” at low prices).

One of the principal authors of Republic Act 10068, or the Organic Agriculture Act of 2010, he also aimed to achieve self-sufficiency in rice during his term.

2016

Dar’s predecessor, Emmanuel F. Piñol was appointed by President Rodrigo Duterte on July 1, 2016.

2019

Maria, Ilocos Sur, as he was called again to serve government as the Secretary of Agriculture on August 5, 2019, under the administration of President Rodrigo Roa Duterte.

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