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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 672
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 672 -
PROMOTING THE LIVESTOCK INDUSTRY IN SUPPORT OF THE GREEN REVOLUTION
PROGRAM AND CREATING FOR THE PURPOSE REVOLVING FUNDS IN PROVINCES AND
CITIES
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WHEREAS, it
is the national policy to encourage every household to produce food for
its own consumption and thereby improve the health and nutrition of our
people;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, it is the policy to promote the livestock industry in the
Philippines and disseminate information through practice on the care
and feeding of livestock;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, many families would desire to raise animals on their own
backyard and convert household leftovers into meat but do not have the
ready cash to purchase the animals;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, the Department of Agriculture through the Bureau of Animal
Industry in a joint project with the Green Revolution Program is
providing credit to salaried employees of the government and the
private sector on a salary deduction basis for the purchase of hogs,
rabbits, goats and other livestock to enable each household to convert
household leftovers into meat;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines,
by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby
decree and order that any payments made for the liquidation of the
advances for the Green Revolution — Bureau of Animal Industry Joint
Livestock project will be constituted into a Revolving Fund to be
established in each city or province where the project will be
implemented and that its expenditure may be authorized by the
provincial or city Joint Green Revolution — Bureau of Animal Industry
Livestock Committee in accordance with the guidelines of the project as
determined by the Green Revolution National Executive Committee; and
further decree and order that all laws or local ordinances, rules and
regulations are hereby modified to allow such backyard livestock
project subject to reasonable restrictions affecting nuisance and
sanitation.
DONE in the City of Manila,
this 13th day of March, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
seventy-five.
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