EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 210
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 210 - ADOPTING
THE MAUNLAD NA NIYUGAN TUGON SA KAHIRAPAN PROGRAM AND ESTABLISHING
MECHANISMS FOR ITS IMPLEMENTATION
WHEREAS,
70 percent of our coconut land or about 2.1 million hectares of land
are underutilized and unproductive;
WHEREAS, the underutilized areas can be tapped for diversified farming
to increase the income of coconut farmers and improve their
socio-economic condition;
WHEREAS, the Philippine Coconut Authority, in coordination with other
agencies, devised the Maunlad na Niyugan Tugon sa Kahirapan Program,
which embodies the strategies to enhance the productivity of coconut
lands;
WHEREAS, there is a need to establish a mechanism to ensure the
integrated and sustained implementation of the Maunlad Program.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH EJERCITO ESTRADA, President of the Republic
of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do
hereby order:
Section 1. Adoption of the Maunlad na Niyugan Tugon
sa Kahirapan Program. — The Maunlad na Niyugan Tugon sa Kahirapan
Program, hereinafter referred to as the Maunlad Program, is hereby
adopted. The Maunlad Program shall serve as one of the components of
the Agrikulturang Makamasa Program, the national agricultural
productivity program.
The Maunlad Program shall seek to improve coconut productivity and
increase the annual income of coconut farmers from P10,000 to P100,000
per hectare through an efficient integrated coconut-based farming
system. It shall also seek to increase coconut production through
conservation, replanting and rehabilitation of the palm population.
Sec. 2. Components. — The Maunlad Program shall
include the following components:
a.
Establishment of Model Coconut Farms. A model coconut farm shall be a
contiguous cluster of small coconut farms with an aggregate area of 15
to 20 hectares, fully intercropped with cash and commercial crops,
provided with livestock, poultry and small ruminants, and equipped with
water supply, production and processing facilities. It shall be owned
or operated by a cooperative formed by coconut farmers, farm workers
and members of their families living or working within the model farm
site. Model coconut farms shall be established in 1,195 barangays
covering 64 coconut producing provinces and shall be replicated in
500,000 hectares of coconut land within the next four
years.
b. Coconut
Replanting and Establishment of Local Nurseries. A coconut replanting
program shall be implemented to regain lost hectarage due to the
rampant cutting of coconut trees. Towards this, the Philippine Coconut
Authority (PCA), in coordination with the Department of Agriculture
(DA), its bureaus, attached agencies, regional field units, concerned
national government agencies, local government units and accredited
coconut farmer organizations, shall carry out the establishment and
maintenance of provincial, city, municipal and barangay nurseries for
coconut and for high-value crops.
c. Provision
of Agricultural Infrastructure. The DA, Department of Public Works and
Highways (DPWH), Department of Energy (DOE), Department of
Transportation and Communications (DOTC), Department of the Interior
and Local Government (DILG) and the Local Government Units (LGUs) shall
include in their respective plans and programs the provision of
irrigation, farm-to-market roads, post-harvest facilities, energy
infrastructure, communication systems and other agricultural
infrastructure to accelerate agricultural and fishery production,
processing and marketing in coconut areas, particularly in model
coconut farms.
The Program shall also have the following components: farmer
development and socio-institutional services; livestock, poultry and
aquaculture dispersal; credit and marketing assistance; research and
development, extension and information services; institutional
networking and linkaging; planning, policy and project development; and
monitoring and evaluation.
Sec. 3. National Inter-Agency Management
Committee. — A National Inter-Agency Management Committee on the
Maunlad Program, hereinafter referred to as NIAMC, is hereby
constituted. The NIAMC shall be composed of the following:
Department
of
Agriculture
Chairman
Philippine Coconut Authority
Co-Chairman
Department of Agrarian
Reform
Member
Department of Environment
and
Member
Natural Resources
Department of Education
Culture
Member
and Sports
Department of Trade and
Industry
Member
Department of Science and
Technology Member
Department of the Interior and
Member
Local Government
Department of Public Works and Highways Member
Department of Social Welfare and Member
Development
Department of Budget and Management Member
National Economic and
Development
Member
Authority
Presidential Management
Staff
Member
National Anti-Poverty
Commission
Member
Land Bank of the
Philippines
Member
Development Bank of the
Philippines Member
Cooperative Development
Authority
Member
Technical Education and Skills
Member
Development Authority
Philippine Information
Agency
Member
National Youth
Commission
Member
National Irrigation
Administration
Member
Bureau of Post Harvest
Research
Member
and Extension
Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Member
Livestock Development Council
Member
Fibers Industry Development
Authority
Member
Fertilizers and Pesticides
Authority
Member
Quedan and Rural Credit
Guarantee
Member
Corporation
Technology and Livelihood Resource Center
Member
Representatives from accredited coconut farmer organizations,
non-governmental organizations and other concerned government agencies
may be invited to become members of the Committee.
Sec. 4. Duties and Functions of the NIAMC. — The
NIAMC shall serve as the overall coordinating body in the
implementation of the Maunlad Program. The NIAMC shall specifically
have the following functions:
a.
Periodically review the Maunlad Program and introduce modifications
whenever necessary;
b. Formulate
the guidelines for the preparation of the regional, provincial, city
and municipal workplans to give flesh to the Maunlad Program;
c. Review and
oversee the consolidation of the regional, provincial, city and
municipal workplans into a national workplan;
d. Generate
and mobilize resources from domestic and foreign sources for the
implementation of projects and activities under the Maunlad Program; and
e. Enlist the
support of other government agencies and coordinate with the National
Food Security Council as may be necessary in the performance of its
functions.
Sec. 5. Regional, Provincial, City and Municipal
Inter-Agency Management Committees. — The NIAMC shall oversee the
organization and coordinate the activities of parallel committees at
the regional, provincial, city and municipal levels to ensure the
attainment of the goals and objectives of the Maunlad Program.
a. Composition. The Regional, Provincial, City and
Municipal Inter-agency Management Committees shall be composed of the
following:
(1)
Regional Inter-Agency Management Committees. The Regional Inter-Agency
Management Committee, hereinafter referred to as RIAMC, shall be
composed of the PCA regional manager as Chairman and the DA regional
director as Co-Chairman, with the heads of the regional offices of
DA-attached agencies, heads of the regional offices of the NIAMC member
organizations, chairmen of the provincial inter-agency management
committees, representatives of accredited coconut farmer organizations
and as Members.
(2) Provincial
Inter-Agency Management Committees. The Provincial Inter-Agency
Management Committee, hereinafter referred to as PIAMC, shall be
composed of the PCA provincial coconut development manager as Chairman,
with the provincial agriculturist, provincial planning and development
coordinator, provincial veterinarian, provincial agricultural engineer,
chairmen of the city/municipal inter-agency management committees and
other representatives of concerned provincial offices of government,
private agencies, and the accredited coconut farmer organizations as
Members.
(3)
City/Municipal Inter-Agency Management Committees. The City/Municipal
Inter-Agency Management Committees, hereinafter referred to as CIAMC or
MIAMC shall be composed of the PCA city/municipal coconut development
officer as Chairman with the city/municipal agriculturist and other
concerned heads/representatives of municipal agencies of government and
private agencies operating in the city/municipal level, and
representatives of accredited coconut farmer organizations as Members.
b. Duties and Functions. The local committees of the
Maunlad Program shall provide assistance to the NIAMC, as follows:
(1)
Prepare and submit to the NIAMC the regional, provincial, city and
municipal workplans. The workplans must include, among others, specific
targets, timetable of activities and resource requirements;
(2) Coordinate
and monitor the implementation of the workplans and submit regular
assessment reports to the NIAMC;
(3) Operate as
support committees to the Provincial and Municipal/City Councils on
Food Security constituted under Executive Order No. 86, s. 1999
(Providing for the Creation of the National Food Security Council,
Councils of Food Security for the Provinces, Independent Component
Cities and Highly Urbanized Cities); and
(4) Perform
other functions as may be necessary for the successful implementation
of the Maunlad Program.
Sec. 6. Composite National Technical Working
Group. — The NIAMC shall organize a composite national technical
working group, which shall assist in the formulation of guidelines for
the preparation of local workplans, and the preparation of annual work
and financial plan of the NIAMC.
Sec. 7. Technical and Administrative Support. — A
Program Management Office, hereinafter referred to as PMO, is hereby
organized under the PCA to provide administrative and technical support
to the NIAMC, local committees and the composite national technical
working group. Likewise, the DA shall mobilize its concerned bureaus,
attached agencies and regional field units to actively support the
implementation of the Maunlad Program pertinent to their respective
areas of jurisdiction and mandates.
Sec. 8. Funding. — An initial amount of P3 million
from the Agrikulturang MAKAMASA Program shall be provided for the
operations of the PMO. Thereafter, the PMO shall have its own budget to
be incorporated in the yearly appropriations of the PCA.
The DA, PCA and other concerned government agencies which form part of
the NIAMC (except banking or financial institutions) shall allocate
from their respective budgetary appropriations such sufficient amounts
to implement the various components of the Maunlad Program. Government
financial institutions shall ensure that suitable lending windows
sufficient to support the credit needs of Maunlad participants shall be
made available.
Sec. 9. Implementing Guidelines. — The NIAMC shall
formulate implementing guidelines as may be necessary to implement this
Order.
Sec. 10. Reporting Requirements. — The NIAMC shall
submit to the President a regular report on the status of its
activities.
Sec. 11. Effectivity. — This Executive Order shall
take effect immediately.
DONE in the City of Manila,
this 10th day of February, in the Year of our Lord, Two Thousand.
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