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Presidential Decree reorganizing the Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources into two departments.

Country/Territory
Philippines
Document type
Regulation
Date
1974
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Agricultural & rural development
Keyword
Agricultural development Institution
Geographical area
Asia, Asia and the Pacific, East Asian Seas, North Pacific, South-Eastern Asia
Abstract

Presidential Decree No. 1 of 1972, relative to Chapter I, Part VIII of the Integrated Reorganization Plan is hereby amended by reorganizing the Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources into two Departments, namely the Department of Agriculture and theDepartment of Natural Resources. The Department of Agriculture shall include the newly created Bureau of Soils and the Bureau of Plant Industry, a Bureau of Animal Industry, a Bureau of Agricultural Extension, and Bureau of Agricultural Economics, The following government-owned and controlled corporations are attached to the Department: (a) National Grains Authority, (b) Philippine Tobacco Administration, (c) Philippine Virginia Tobacco Administration, (d) Philippine CoconutAuthority, (e) Coconut Investment Company, and (f) Philippine Cotton Corporation. The Fertilizer Industry Authority, National Food and Agriculture Council, and the National Meat Inspection Commission are placed under the administrative supervision of the Department. Functions of each Bureau are here described.

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Amended by

Presidential amending Presidential Decree no. 461 to create department-wide regional offices in the Department of Agriculture, to integrate agricultural extension services and for other purposes (No. 547 of 1974).

Legislation | Philippines | 1974

Keyword: Agricultural development, Institution, Policy/planning

Source: FAO, FAOLEX