Section 9Sec./Art. 9

Farmers' Obligations.- The farmers shall:

1. Make use of their farmers' organizations preferably cooperatives in order to enhance their capabilities in production, processing, marketing and financing towards self-reliance;

2. Aim for increased productivity through the use of recommended farm practices and quality inputs;

3. Comply with the terms and conditions stipulated in the availment of any form of assistance from the Government, financial institutions and nongovernment organizations to enable others to equally benefit from such assistance;

4. Adopt production and marketing strategies to avail of economies of scale, soil and climatic conditions, idle farm labor and innovative agricultural technology through crop zonification, diversification, home and backyard industries, farming systems and similar activities;

5. Through their cooperative, share with the consuming public the benefits derived from economics of scale, integration of processing and marketing activities and the application of better technology in the form of reasonable prices and superior quality of products;

6. Share in the delivery of public services by contributing available labor and material resources to activities such as the maintenance of irrigation canals, the construction of small water impounding projects, the establishment of buying stations and public markets, and the establishment of plant nurseries and seedbanks;

7. Exert efforts to meet local demand requirements to avert any shortage that may necessitate importation;

8. Participate in the conservation, protection and development of the national patrimony;

9. Promptly pay all applicable fees, license fees to the taxes to the appropriate government agencies;

10. Participate in and contribute to government insurance and social security programs; and

11. Undertake self-help community development projects such as cottage industries, backyard farming and other economic-enhancement projects.

CHAPTER IV

INFRASTRUCTURE AND FARM INPUTS