Section 11. Mandated Appropriations. –

The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) is hereby mandated to include annually, starting the year 2016, an initial aggregate amount of Two billion pesos (P2,000,000,000.00) in the President’s program of expenditures for submission to Congress and allocated, as follows:

1. Fifteen percent (15%) for grants to block farms under the Block Farm Program;

2. Fifteen percent (15%) for socialized credit under the Farm Support and Farm Mechanization Programs;

3. Fifteen percent (15%) for research and development, capability building and technology transfer activities under Research and Development, Extension Services, Human Resources Development, and Farm Support Programs;

4. Five percent (5%) for scholarship grants to be provided under paragraph (b) of Section 6, Human Resources Development; and

5. Fifty percent (50%) for infrastructure support programs.

In the identification and prioritization of specific programs and projects, the SRA shall conduct prior consultation with representatives of block farms, sugarcane farmers and workers, sugar millers, refiners, bioenergy producers, and producers of other products derived from sugarcane and its by-products. The Department shall issue the necessary guidelines for this purpose.

For the current year, the DBM shall include in a supplemental budget, that may be formulated, the amount of Two billion pesos (P2,000,000,000.00) and following the allocation prescribed in this section.