Associational Farming

An Agarwood Growers Association shall operate for such purposes as safeguarding growers’ rights and interests, enhancing growers’ knowledge and skills, boosting the modernization of agarwood farming, increasing crop yields, improving growers’ livelihood and developing rural economy. A growers association is a judicial person.

  • Support group is from the Agarwood Growers Association of the Philippines Incorporated (AGAP) located in your area.
  • AGAP Membership Fee is 100.00
  • 1,000 pcs is the minimum purchase requirements of seedlings from the Oud Regional Federation’s Nursery.
  • Training support and assistance from the AGAP.
  • All purchases in Regional Federation are taxable.
  • AGAP member will provide his/her own agarwood production facilities.
  • Private Tree Plantation Registration (PTPR) Requirements as per DENR Guidelines:
    1. Letter of Application/Intent addressed to Community Environment & Natural Resources Office (CENRO) / Provincial Environment & Natural Resources Office (PENRO).
    2. Authenticated copy of ownership to the Land Original Land Title, Transfer Certificate of Title (TCT), Certificate of Land Ownership Award (CLOA) or Tax Declaration of Untitled Alienable and Disposable (A&D) Lands. 
    3. Documents supporting legal acquisition of wildlife from a nursery with DENR Wildlife Culture Permit. This could be from your Regional Agarwood Agriculture Cooperative Nursery or from your Provincial Cooperative Nursery.
    4. Certification from the Barangay Captain. (No Cutting objection)
    5. Certification from the Mayor. (No Cutting objection)
    6. Individual geotagged photos of grown Bari  trees.
    7. Business Permits like Mayor’s Permit and BIR Certificate of Registration
    8. The fee is less than p500.00 for the issuance of each certificate issued.

To legally harvest (cutting-off) your Aquilaria trees, you have to register your plantation and secure a Private Tree Plantation Registration (PTPR) as per DAO 2020-18. This is also the document to legally transport the harvested agarwood timber products from your plantation.

After 10 years (or earlier) when there is a substantial amount of agarwood resin developed on the trees, you are ready to harvest. And the method of harvesting is by cutting off the trees completely.