Section 2Sec./Art. 2

Section 112 of Republic Act No. 8435, otherwise known as "The Agriculture and Fisheries Modernization Act of 1997" is hereby amended to read as follows:

"SEC. 112. Continuing Appropriation. - The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) is hereby mandated to include annually up to the year 2015, in the President's program of expenditures for submission to Congress, and release, an amount not less than Seventeen billion pesos (P17,000,000,000.00), for the implementation of this Act. Such amount shall be in addition to the annual budget of the Department of Agriculture and shall not be subjected to any mandatory reserves that shall be imposed by the executive department.

With the continuous implementation of the funding support for agriculture and fisheries modernization, the Department of Agriculture shall formulate, develop and implement programs and services towards the improvement of the quality of life of the farmers, fisherfolks and their families and the people who are directly or indirectly dependent on agriculture for their livelihood.

Additional funds over and above congressional appropriations of the Department shall be sourced from twenty percent (20%) of the proceeds of the securitization of government assets, including the Subic, Clark and other special economic zones.

Other sources of funds shall be from the following:

Fifty percent (50%) of the net earnings of the Public Estates Authority or its successor agency;

Loans, grants, bequest, or donations, whether from local or foreign sources;

Forty percent (40%) of the TESDA Skills Development Fund:

Net proceed from the privatization of the Food Terminal Inc. (FTI), the Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI), the Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI), and other assets of the Department that will be identified by the DA Secretary and recommended to the President for privatization:

Proceeds from the Minimum Access Volume (MAV) in accordance with the provisions of Republic Act No. 8178;

A portion of the proceeds from the countervailing, anti-dumping and special safeguards duties collected from agricultural imports pursuant to Republic Act Nos. 8751 and 8752, both series of 1999 and Republic Act No. 8800, series of 2000; and

Fifty percent (50%) of the Support Facilities and Services Fund under Republic Act No. 6657."