Section 8Sec./Art. 8

Agri-fisheries Mechanization RDE Network. An Agricultural and Fisheries Mechanization RDE Network is hereby organized and composed of research and educational institutions, LGUs, nongovernment organizations and the recognized and well-established associations of agricultural and fisheries machinery assemblers, manufacturers and distributors, agricultural engineers, farmers and fisherfolk. The Agricultural and Fisheries Mechanization RDE Network shall be responsible for the formulation and implementation of the National Agricultural and Fisheries Mechanization RDE Agenda. The PHilMech shall be responsible for organizing the Network and shall serve as secretariat to the Network. The Network shall be chaired by the Director of the PHilMech.

Moreover, the Agricultural Mechanization Development Program of the University of the Philippines, Los Baños (UPLB), which is part of the Network, shall be strengthened and institutionalized to lead and coordinate the agricultural and fishery mechanization RDE program of all academic institutions in the country.