CREATION OF A NATIONAL POST-HARVEST INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH AND EXTENSION (NAPHIRE)

• Number: Presidential Decree No. 1380
• Sections: 8

Preamble

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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