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Presidential Decree to amending Presidential Decree 48 to expand the functions of the Philippine Council for Agricultural Research to include mines research, and change its name to Philippine Council for Agriculture and Resources Research (No. 864).

Country/Territory
Philippines
Document type
Regulation
Date
1975
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Agricultural & rural development
Keyword
Agricultural development Research Institution
Geographical area
Asia, Asia and the Pacific, East Asian Seas, North Pacific, South-Eastern Asia
Abstract

The Philippine Council for Agriculture and Resources Research (PCARR) shall have the following functions in addition to those already assigned: a) Have authority and responsibility, as part of the scope of its operations, over all government-supported and funded research on mineral resources except petroleum and other mineral oils; b) establish, support and manage the operation of a national network of centres of excellence for the various research programs in crops; livestock; forestry; fisheries; soil; waters; and mineral resources; and socio-economics research related to agriculture and natural resources; and c) enter into agreements or relationships with other similar institutions or organizations, both national and international, in furtherance of the above purposes. Article 2 defines the composition of the Governing Council of the PCARR.

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