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To effectively actualize its Development Programs, the NTA adopted three major implementing projects:
A. INTEGRATED FARMING AND OTHER INCOME GENERATING
ACTIVITIES PROJECT (IFOIGAP)
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Quality Tobacco Production, adopting the Tobacco Contract Growing System (TCGS); and
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Other Components such as rice, corn, high value
commercial crops - vegetables, fruit trees, banana, mushroom, etc., livestock,
etc.
B. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
SERVICES
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AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH - continuing discovery of new and refinement of
existing yield-increasing, quality-improving, cost reducing, and environment
friendly technologies for quality tobacco production and post-harvest
management to maximize farm productivity, farmers' income, and enhancement of
global competitiveness.
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INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH - intensify efforts on:
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the development of other
industrial uses of tobacco primarily for pharmaceutical/medicinal/veterinary
purposes, tobacco dust, pesticides/insecticides and fertilizer, tobacco oil and
ethanol, and tobacco pulp and paper production which has caught the interest of
foreign companies. These products will increase farmers' income, earn and
save dollars, generate more jobs, create new business activities, earn more
taxes for the government and shall serve as "safety net" for the
tobacco farmers, in the event that the demand for quality leaf for cigarette
manufacturing would decline due to the worldwide campaign against smoking.
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the development of Quality Standards and Quality Control/Assurance Systems
for Tobacco Leaf and Manufactured Products.
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Elimination of smuggling and/or manufacturing of fake cigarettes through
periodic inspection/analysis of constituency of cigarettes.
C. REGULATORY SERVICES
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Focusing on "Fair and Equitable Trading" which involves the
enforcement of rules and regulation governing the trading of leaf tobacco, which
includes: a) Floor pricing system b) Licensing of trading centers/redrying
plants/exporters c) Calibration of weighing scales, and d) Supervision of
trading operations and provision of assistance to farmers in the actual
trading to assure the farmers of accurate weighing, proper grading, fair
prices, prompt payment, and proper documentation pursuant to RA Nos. 7171 and
8240.
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Regulation, supervision and monitoring of the manufacturing and distribution
of tobacco products.
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Enforcement of quality standards and control assurance system for tobacco
leaf and manufactured products to address the heightening public health
awareness and to enhance global competitiveness and including the quarantine
system to assure quality of imported tobacco.
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