Presidential Decree No. 1380 (PD 1380) — Creation of a National Post-Harvest Institute for Research and Extension (Naphire)
WHEREAS, through the positive response of the Filipino
Farmers to the sustained and well coordinated Government, Program,
self-sufficiency in rice has been achieved;
WHEREAS, there are clear and positive economic indicators
showing that the country shall henceforth be surplus in rice;
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;
NOW, THEREFORE, 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:
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 to as the Institute;
SECTION 2. That the Institute shall have the
following objectives:
To promote and establish scientific methods and techniques in grains
handling, storage and processing.
To initiate the development of low-cost post-harvest facilities by tapping
indigenous resources.
To design and develop processing equipment/machineries/plants necessary in
promoting product/by-product utilization.
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.
To conduct basic and applied researches on all phases of grains post-harvest
distribution and utilization.
To establish definitive manpower training program for effective post-harvest
operations.
To publish and disseminate research findings and recommend along the lines
connected with or related to rice post-production, distribution and utilization.
SECTION 3. That the members of the board of trustees of the
Institute shall be composed of the following Officials:
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 pert 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
P10,000,000.00 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.
(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS
President of the
Philippines
By the President:
(Sgd.) JACOBO C. CLAVE
Presidential Executive
Assistant
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