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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1107
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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1107 -
ESTABLISHING THE PHILIPPINE ROOT CROPS RESEARCH AND TRAINING CENTER IN
THE VISAYAS STATE COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE BAYBAY, LEYTE
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WHEREAS,
root crops have gained attention as an important source of food, feed,
and industrial products in view of their versatility in uses, high
yield potential, and adaptability to various cropping systems;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, it is difficult to maintain production of traditional crops
such as rice and corn sufficient to keep up with our rapidly increasing
population and the demands of our expanding livestock industry,
especially because of frequent adverse climatic conditions and the
recurrent outbreaks of destructive pests and diseases;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, Filipinos consume root crops as major substitutes or
supplementary energy food to our traditional staple crops;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, there is great potential for expanded production and export of
root crops for feed and industrial uses, provided the quality of the
products, by proper processing, handling and storage so important in
international commerce, is improved;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, root crops have not been given priority attention on a
national scale and scientific studies on root crops have been carried
out so far only on a piecemeal and uncoordinated basis;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, the country must organize a comprehensive and integrated root
crop research program to develop high yielding varieties and improved
cultural management, post-harvest handling, processing and utilization
practices;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, the foregoing considerations require the services of highly
competent, full-time teams of agricultural scientists, amply supported
with facilities, funds, staff and working conditions conducive to the
development of improved varieties and production and utilization
techniques in the shortest time possible;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, the Philippine Council for Agriculture and Resources Research
(PCARR) has recommended the establishment of a National Root Crops
Research Center at the Visayas State College of Agriculture (VISCA) in
Baybay, Leyte, and Mt. Province State College in Trinidad, Benguet.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Republic of
the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the
Constitution, do hereby decree and order the following:cralaw:red
Section 1. There is hereby established the PHILIPPINE
ROOT CROPS RESEARCH AND TRAINING CENTER in the Visayas State College of
Agriculture (VISCA), Baybay, Leyte, (hereinafter referred to as the
Southern Root Crops Center as well as Mountain State College, Trinidad,
Benguet to be known as the Northern Root Crops Center, to integrate and
to conduct researches on root crops all over the country in line with
the national root crops research program developed by the Philippine
Council for Agriculture and Resources Research (PCARR). The specific
functions of the Root Crops Center are the following:cralaw:red
a. To develop high yielding, good quality and pest
resistant varieties of sweet potato, cassava, gabi and other root crops;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
b. To develop improved production and harvesting
techniques and effective cropping systems for root crops;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
c. To undertake investigations in controlling pest
and diseases attacking root crops and their by-products;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
d. To conduct studies on modern processing,
post-harvest handling, marketing and utilization techniques for human
food, animal feed, and industrial uses;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
e. To provide training to farmers, students,
specialists and extension workers on production, post-harvesting
handling, processing and utilization of root crops;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
f. To disseminate improved varieties and release
up-to-date information on production, post-harvesting handling,
processing and utilization techniques; and
g. To enter into agreements or relationships with
other institutions or organizations-private and public, national and
foreign in furtherance of the above purposes.
Section 2. The amount of P6.5 million p.a. for FY
1977 and 1978 shall be appropriated from the Special Activities Fund of
the President or from any other source, said amount to be disbursed to
VISCA and the Mountain State College for the capital requirements of
the Root Crops Center which will include acquisition and development of
about 325 hectares of experimental fields, construction of buildings,
laboratories and housing for the Center's staff and trainees and
acquisition of equipment; Provided, however, That of the above amount
the sum not to exceed P2 million may be made available to finance the
Center's initial operating expenses.
Section 3. In accordance with the objectives of the
Root Crops Center, the Visayas State College of Agriculture is hereby
authorized to acquire by negotiated sale or by expropriation the
private agricultural properties described in Annex "A" which is made an
integral part of this Decree. The Secretary of Education will determine
the areas where the Mountain State College may exercise the same power
of negotiated sale or expropriation.
Section 4. Landowners of private agriculture
properties described in Annex "A" shall file their prospective claims
in a negotiated sale with the Root Crops Center within 60 days from the
approval of this Decree, otherwise, the Root Crops Center shall acquire
said properties by expropriation proceedings and the Visayas State
College of Agriculture shall take immediate possession of said
properties as soon as the requisites of Presidential Decree No. 42 are
complied with.
Section 5. The acquisition cost of the private
agricultural lands devoted solely to rice including existing crops
shall, in case of negotiated sale, be in the amount of Ten Thousand
Pesos (P10,000.00) per hectare, that of other agriculture lands
including existing crops and/or permanent trees shall be in the amount
of Seven Thousand Pesos (P7,000.00) per hectare while permanent or
semi-permanent buildings shall be compensated in accordance with the
market value fixed by the Provincial Assessor, the provisions of
Presidential Decree Nos. 76 and 464 notwithstanding, and if by
expropriation proceedings, such cost for the lands and buildings shall
be in accordance with Presidential Decree Nos. 76, 464 and 764. In both
cases, for the dispossession of the bona-fide tenant tillers from their
farm holdings they shall be compensated in the amount of Ten Thousand
Pesos (P10,000.00) per hectare of riceland or Seven Thousand Pesos
(P7,000.00) per hectare of other kinds of Agricultural lands. They
shall be given an option to have a free homelot of Three Hundred (300)
square meters each to be located in a barrio site to be set aside by
the Visayas State College of Agriculture or to have a family-size
farmlot in government resettlement areas. Landless occupants and other
land owners who become landless by virtue of this Decree shall be given
the option to purchase in the barrio site a homelot of not more than
Three Hundred (300) square meters each at one peso (P1.00) per square
meter or to be resettled with a family size farmlot in government
resettlement areas. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Priority in the government resettlement areas shall be given to the
aforementioned tenants and the landless occupants in coordination with
the Department of Agrarian Reform and other government agencies.
Section 6. Visayas State College of Agriculture,
Baybay, Leyte and the Mountain State College, Trinidad, Benguet shall
be exempt from registration fees for the acquisition of titles to the
properties as well as for the issuance of individual titles to the
tenant-tillers and landless occupants who opted for homelots. Should
expropriation proceedings be resorted to, VISCA shall likewise be
exempt from all court fees.
Section 7. The landowners are hereby exempted from
payment of capital gains tax and the tenant-tillers from any tax on the
compensation prescribed in this Decree.
Section 8. The Philippine Root Crop Research and
Training Center's shall each be headed by a Director who shall be
appointed by the Board of Trustees of VISCA upon recommendation by the
President of the College. He shall be responsible directly to the
President of VISCA. The Director shall have the responsibility of
planning, implementing, and supervising the Center's programs and
activities.
Section 9. The research priorities of the Center
shall be consistent with the framework of Section 1 above and shall be
subject to the research planning and monitoring mechanism of the
Philippine Council for Agriculture and Resources Research (PCARR) as
provided for under Presidential Decree No. 48. The plans and programs
of the Center shall be reviewed annually by an Advisory Board composed
of:cralaw:red
a. The Secretary of Agriculture or
his duly designated representative
— Chairman
b. President, Visayas State
College of Agriculture — Member
c. Director, Crops Research
Division, PCARR — Member
d. Representative of the Private
Sector — Member
e. Director, Philippine Root Crops
Research and Training Center —
Member
The representative of the private sector shall be appointed by the
Secretary of the Department of Agriculture.
Section 10. The Root Crops Centers may, for the
purpose of its training, research and development activities, obtain
the services of scholars, scientists, and technical personnel of other
units in the Visayas State College of Agriculture and of any other
agency of the Philippine government. Such personnel may be paid
honorarias by the Center.
Section 11. The Staff of the Root Crops Centers are
hereby exempted from government restrictions on travel abroad for
purposes of advanced studies, observation trips to agricultural
universities, institutes and research organizations with similar
function attendance scientific symposia and conference.
Section 12. The Root Crops Centers are hereby
authorized to plan and construct buildings and other facilities and to
purchase equipment locally and abroad as may be necessary to carry out
its functions. Furthermore, the Centers shall enjoy exemption from
taxes, except from import and other duties for supplies, materials and
equipment purchased abroad when not available locally on favorable
terms.
Section 13. Expenditures and disbursements made by
the Root Crops Center in the conduct of its activities shall be subject
to special auditing and accounting rules and regulations suited to the
requirements of research as provided for in Memorandum No. 505, dated
March 6, 1976, of the Office of the Commission on Audit.
Section 14. Any and all savings and income of the
Root Crops Center shall constitute a revolving fund which shall not be
reverted to the General Fund and which shall be used to attain the
objectives of the Center. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 15. This Decree shall take effect upon
approval.
ALL acts, parts of acts, executive orders, ordinances, rules and
regulations which are inconsistent with the provision of this
Presidential Decree are hereby repealed, amended or modified
accordingly.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 21st day of March, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen hundred and
seventy-seven.
ANNEX "A"
The lots in Area 1 covered by Presidential Decree No. ________ shall be
all the lots situated at Bo. Pangasugan, Baybay, Leyte, more
particularly described as follows: bounded on the West by the Camotes
Sea; on the North by Cadastral Lots Nos. 7425, 7418, 7417, 7415, x, x,
x, 7394 and 7633; on the East by the public land owned by the
Provincial Government of Leyte; on the South by Cadastral Lots Nos.
7113, 7238 and 7241, having an aggregate area of 250 hectares more or
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The lots in Area 2 shall be all lots situated at Bo. Guadalupe, Baybay,
Leyte, more particularly described as follows:cralaw:red
Bounded on the North by Cadastral Lots Nos. 7238 and 7113 owned by the
Provincial Government of Leyte; on the East by the public land owned by
the Provincial Government of Leyte; on the South by Cadastral Lots Nos.
7227, 9520, 9519, 9533, 9548, 9547, 9551, 9554, 9565, 9564, 9563, 9562,
9561, 9574, 9573, 9572, 9571, 9581, 9582, 9584, 9708, 9707, 9706, 9705,
9704, 9703, 9723, 9724, and on the West by the Current Provincial Road,
having an aggregate area of 75 hectares more or less.
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