The AGRI-AGRA na Reporma para sa Magsasaka ng Pilipinas also known as the AGRI Partylist is an organization with party-list representation in the House of Representatives of the Philippines.
History AGRI Partylist was established on January 9, 2005 as an association of farmers and other workers in the agriculture industry in Davao City. It advocated for an anti agricultural smuggling law.
AGRI Partylist had partylist representation in the House of Representatives since 2013. Delphine Gan Lee was AGRI's representative from 2013 to 2019. Her husband Wilbert Lee, who was also a chair of the retail, food, real estate and construction conglomerate LKY Group of Companies, served the same role in the lower house of the Congress since 2022.
In 2024, fisherfolks organization Pamalakaya accused the LKY Group of Companies, owned by Wilbert Lee, of land-grabbing and harassment in Gubat, Sorsogon.
Sector represented AGRI Partylist claims to represent the interest of farmers and fisherfolks as well as families from marginalized groups who lack access to basic social services in the Philippines.
Peasant rights watchdog Tanggol Magsasaka included AGRI on its list of party-list groups that "exploit the struggles and aspirations of farmers" due to AGRI's links to the Lee family.
Political positions AGRI Partylist has pushed for the prioriritization of farmers and fisherfolks as beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps). It have also proposed the institutionalizing of the Kadiwa Centers set up by the Department of Agriculture.
Electoral performance ElectionVotes%Seats201049,6350.1602013366,1701.3212016833,8212.5822019133,5050.4802022393,9871.0712025168,0320.400
Representatives to Congress Period1st representative2nd representative16th Congress2013–2016 Delphine Gan Lee17th Congress2016–2019 Delphine Gan Lee Orestes Salon18th Congress2019–2022colspan=2 19th Congress2022–2025 Wilbert T. Lee Note: A party-list group, can win a maximum of three seats in the House of Representatives.
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