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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1380
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1380 -
CREATION OF A NATIONAL POST-HARVEST INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH AND
EXTENSION (NAPHIRE)
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WHEREAS,
through the positive response of the Filipino Farmers to the sustained
and well coordinated Government Program, self-sufficiency in rice has
been achieved; chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, there are clear and positive economic indicators showing that
the country shall henceforth be surplus in rice;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, in order to spread and maximize the socio-economic benefits of
the grains industry, there is need to complement production success
with further development in the industry's post-harvest system which
encompasses harvesting, threshing, drying, storage, milling,
transportation, and other related activities:cralaw:red
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Republic of
the Philippines, by virtue of the powers in me vested by the
Constitution do hereby order and decree:cralaw:red
Section 1. That a foundation to accelerate the
pursuits of grains post-production technology be established and be
known as the "National Post-Harvest Institute for Research and
Extension (NAPHIRE)", herein after referred as the Institute;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 2. That the Institute shall have the
following objectives;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
a. To promote and establish scientific methods and
techniques in grains handling, storage and processing. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
b. To initiate the development of low-cost
post-harvest facilities by tapping indigenous resources.
c. To design and develop processing equipment
machineries/plants necessary in promoting product/by-product
utilization.
d. To conduct researches in the development of local
capability in the area of support activities, such as the manufacture
of sacks, moisture meters, weighing scales, graders, pest control
equipment, testing instruments and the like.
e. To conduct basic and applied researches on all
phases of grains post-harvest distribution and utilization.
f. To establish definitive manpower training program
for effective post-harvest operations.
g. To publish and disseminate research findings and
recommend along the lines connected with or related to rice-production,
distribution and utilization. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 3. That the members of the board of trustees
of the Institute shall be composed of the following Officials:cralaw:red
The Administrator, National Grains Authority
A Representative, National Association of Rice and Corn Millers
The Chancellor, University of the Philippines at Los Baños
The President, Central Luzon State University
The Chairman, National Science Development Board
Section 4. The Chairman of the Board of Trustees
shall be the Administrator of the National Grains Authority whose term
of Office, together with the other members of the board, shall be
co-terminus with their respective office terms.
Section 5. The site where the Institute shall be
established, which thereafter shall be its main office, shall
immediately be decided by the Board of Trustees, Regional and/or
sub-regional research and extension offices may be established in any
part of the country as the Board of Trustees may decide subject to
available resources.
Section 6. A medium-term program of implementation
attuned with the time frame and policy guidelines of the current
Five-Year Philippine Development Plan shall be prepared and submitted
to the Office of the President within ninety (90) days from the date of
this Decree. The organizational and staffing pattern, compensation
system and funding strategy of the Institute shall be made part and
parcel of the said program of implementation.
Section 7. To implement this Decree, the amount of
P10,000.00 for the initial operating and capital expenditures of the
Institute is hereby authorized to be appropriated out of any funds in
the National Treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 24th day of May, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
seventy-eight.
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