Supreme Court E-Library
Information At Your Fingertips

  View printer friendly version

WHEREAS, there is a need for a coordinating agency that shall oversee, unify and integrate the administration and implementation of the government’s food self-sufficiency program;

WHEREAS , the farmer, being the main cog in the task of food production, should be represented in the council that coordinate our national food program;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Republic of the Philippines , by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby amend the composition of the National Food and Agriculture Council as follows:

1.	Ministry of Agriculture	Minister Arturo R. Tanco, Jr.	Chairman-Coordinator
2.	National Grains Authority	Jesus T. Tanchanco	Administrator
3.	Bureau of Plan Industry	Domingo F. Panganiban	Director
4.	Bureau of Agricultural Extension	Francisco G. Rentutar	Director
5.	Bureau of Soils	Godofredo N. Alcasid	Director
6.	University of the Philippines at Los Baños	Dr. Emil Q. Javier	Chancellor
7.	Bureau of Animal Industry	Dr. Salvador H. Escudero, III	Director
8.	Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources	Felix R. Gonzales	Director
9.	Ministry of the Budget	Jaime C. Laya	Minister
10.	10. Ministry of Agrarian Reform	Conrado F. Estrella	Minister
11.	Agricultural Credit Administration	Teofilo T. Azada	Administrator
12.	Ministry of Local Government and Community Development	Jose G. Roño	Minister
13.	Central Bank Dept. of Rural Banks and Savings and Loans Association	Consolacion V. Odra	Director
14.	Philippine National Bank	Panfilo O. Domingo	President
15.	Development Bank of the Philippines	Rafael A. Sison	Chairman
16.	National Irrigation Administration	Dr. Fiorelio R. Estuar	Administrator
17.	Bureau of Agricultural Economics	Jesus C. Alix	Director
18.	National Economic Development Authority	Dr. Gerardo P. Sicat	Director-General
19.	Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Association	Maning B. Rotea, Sr.	President
20.	Federation of Agrarian and Industrial Toiling Hands, Inc./HUKBALAHAP Veterans Association	Luis M. Taruc	President
21.	Federation of Farmers Association of the Philippines	Ben V. Bautista, Sr.	President
22.	22. Federation of Free Farmers	Jerry U. Montemayor	President
23.	Federation of Land Reform Farmers	Ben Andraneda	President
24.	Katipunan ng mga Magsasaka sa Pilipinas	Nellie V. Chavez	President
25.	Pambansang Katipunan ng mga Samahang Nayon sa Pilipinas	Ambong Lumibao	President

Done in the City of Manila, this 22nd day of May, in the Year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Eighty.

(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS

President of the Philippines