AGAP Partylist
AGAP | |
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| — Philippine partylist — | |
| Full name | Agricultural Sector Alliance of the Philippines, Inc. |
| Sector(s) represented | Agriculture |
| Founded | 2003 |
| Ideology | Agrarianism |
| Colors | Green |
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| Seats in the House of Representatives | 1 / 3 (Out of 63 party-list seats)
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| Representative(s) | Nicanor Briones |
| Website | |
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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, 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.