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ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 79 -
TRANSFERRING THE MALIGAYA RICE RESEARCH AND TRAINING CENTER AND THE
MINDANAO EXPERIMENT STATION TO THE PHILIPPINE RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE
WHEREAS, Executive Order No. 1061, dated
November 5, 1985, as amended by Executive Order No. 60, dated November
7, 1986, created the Philippine Rice Research Institute to "develop . .a national rice research program so as to sustain and further improve
the gains already made in rice production, improve the income and
economic condition of small rice farmers, expand employment
opportunities in the rural areas, and ultimately promote the general
welfare of the people through self-sufficiency in rice production";
WHEREAS, the Philippine Rice Research Institute is a body corporate
attached to the Department of Agriculture under Sec. 19 of Executive
Order No. 116, dated January 30, 1987, to serve as the national
research, coordinating and funding agency for rice and rice-based
research and development programs;
WHEREAS, it is the policy of the Government to unify the efforts of
various agencies and institutions working on rice research and
development to generate an in-depth approach to the present and future
problems on rice in the country; and
WHEREAS, Sec. 27 of Executive Order No. 116, which reorganized the
Department of Agriculture, authorizes changes therein to promote
efficiency and effectiveness in the delivery of public services,
subject to the prior approval of the President.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, CORAZON C. AQUINO, President of the Philippines, by
virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby order the transfer
of the Maligaya Rice Research and Training Center in Muñoz,
Nueva Ecija, and the Mindanao Experiment Station in Midsayap, North
Cotabato, together with the existing plantilla positions, operational
funds and the income derived from the rice seed production of the said
stations, to the Philippine Rice Research Institute to serve as the
umbrella organization overseeing all aspects of rice research and
development in the country.
This Administrative Order shall take effect immediately.
DONE in the City of Manila,
this 12th day of July, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
eighty-eight.
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