AGAP Partylist

AGAP
AGAP
— Philippine partylist —
Full name	Agricultural Sector Alliance of the Philippines, Inc.
Sector(s) represented	Agriculture
Founded	2003; 22 years ago
Ideology	Agrarianism
Colors	Green
Current representation (19th Congress);
Seats in the House of Representatives	1 / 3 (Out of 63 party-list seats)
Representative(s)	Nicanor Briones
Website
	www.agripartylist.com
	Politics of the Philippines; Political parties; Elections;

The Agricultural Sector Alliance of the Philippines, Inc. (AGAP) is a party-list in the Philippines. The organization was established in 2003 to protect and promote the welfare of farmers. Since then, it has been pursuing endeavors that would benefit the agricultural industry nationwide.

In the 14 May 2007 election, the party won 2 seats in the nationwide party-list vote. In the 2010, AGAP one 1 seat, down from 2, while in the next election, they regained a seat with 592,463 (2.14% of the popular vote), the most successful election AGAP has had so far. Their incumbent representative is Rep. Nicanor Briones,^[1] who was also their representative from 2007 to 2016. Nicanor Briones succeeded Rico Geron, who served as representative from 2013 to 2022.

AGAP is coordinating with different government agencies such as the Department of Agriculture, Department of Finance, Bureau of Customs, Tariff Commission, Presidential Anti-smuggling Task Force and the Office of President on issues that affect the agricultural industry.

Electoral performance


Year	Votes	%	Seats	Representatives to Congress
2007	328,814	2.05%	2	Nicanor Briones, Caesar Cobrador
2010	516,052	1.76%	1	Nicanor Briones
2013	592,463	2.14%	2	Nicanor Briones, Rico Geron
2016	593,748	1.83%	1	Rico Geron
2019	208,752	0.75%	1	Rico Geron
2022	367,533	1.00%	1	Nicanor Briones
2025	469,412	1.12%	1	Nicanor Briones

Other involvements

AGAP President Nicanor Briones has been working with different sectors in protecting farmers' livelihood and economic welfare by fighting against excessive importation of pork that would affect the income of local pork producers and sellers,^[2] unfair reduction of tariff rates for imported pork,^[3] and technical smuggling.^[4] He has been calling for the establishment of several meat inspection laboratories to prevent the spread of African Swine Fever (ASF) as well as indemnification for local pork producers affected by ASF.^[5]

References

^ "House of Representatives House Members". congress.gov.ph. Retrieved July 3, 2024.
^ "Duterte backing hike in pork imports 'ill-advised,' to aggravate supply shortage — agri groups". Archived from the original on March 6, 2022. Retrieved December 23, 2022.
^ Colcol, Erwin. "P13.95B revenue loss expected in tariff rate reduction, increasing MAV in pork products —agri party-list". GMA News Online.
^ "Anti-smuggling Task Force laban sa mga produktong agrikultura hiniling". Abante. February 19, 2021.
^ Pork producers seek indemnification for ASF-stricken hogs

[HORMembers-1] "House of Representatives House Members". congress.gov.ph. Retrieved July 3, 2024.

[2] "Duterte backing hike in pork imports 'ill-advised,' to aggravate supply shortage — agri groups". Archived from the original on March 6, 2022. Retrieved December 23, 2022.

[3] Colcol, Erwin. "P13.95B revenue loss expected in tariff rate reduction, increasing MAV in pork products —agri party-list". GMA News Online.

[4] "Anti-smuggling Task Force laban sa mga produktong agrikultura hiniling". Abante. February 19, 2021.

[5] Pork producers seek indemnification for ASF-stricken hogs

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