Presidential Decree No. 914 (PD 914) — Creating the Livestock Development Council, Defining Its Powers and Functions and Providing Funds Therefor
WHEREAS, it is the Government's policy to encourage
agricultural production in order to achieve food self-sufficiency;
WHEREAS, without a unifying authority, the activities of
several government agencies with interrelated functions have sometimes
led to duplication and unintegrated measures which frustrate government
and private efforts toward the attainment of self-sufficiency in food of
animal origin;
WHEREAS, the organization of the National Food and
Agriculture Council has made substantial gains in the administration and
implementation of food crops production, particularly in rice, corn and
other crops;
WHEREAS, there is an urgent need for a coordinating agency
similar to the National Food and Agriculture Council that shall oversee,
unify, and integrate the administration and implementation of the
livestock industries and allied industries development and
rationalization.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the
Philippines, by virtue of the power vested in me by the Constitution, do
hereby order and decree the following:
SECTION 1. Declaration of Policy—It is the declared
policy of the State to promote the development of the livestock industry
in order to increase the supply of livestock and livestock products and
to attain self-sufficiency in food commodities of animal origin.
SECTION 2. Creation of the Livestock Development
Council—There is hereby created a body called the Livestock
Development Council, hereinafter referred to as the "Council" which
shall be under the administrative supervision of the Department of
Agriculture.
SECTION 3. Powers and Functions—The Council shall
have the following powers and functions:
To formulate and establish comprehensive policy guidelines
for the development of the livestock industry in all its aspects.
To formulate the long and short range programs
calculated to achieve major self-sufficiency, efficiency, and stability
in food commodities of animal origin.
To coordinate, integrate, and supervise all policies and
programs of all government agencies charged with the
implementation thereof.
To evaluate the activities and accomplishments of all
agencies of the government charged with the implementation
of the different aspects of the livestock development programs.
To assist, coordinate, and integrate private sector activities
with that of the government sector with the purpose of
involving the private sector in the food development programs of animal
origin and allied industries.
To call on any department, bureau, office, agency, and
other instrumentalities of the government in the form of
personnel, facilities, and other resources as the need arises in the
performance of its functions.
To perform such other functions as maybe necessary to attain the
objectives of the livestock development programs.
SECTION 4. Composition of the Council. The
members of the Council shall be composed of the following:
A. From the Government Sector
1.
Secretary, Department of Agriculture
2.
Secretary, Department of Agrarian Reform
3.
Secretary, Department of Industry
4.
Secretary, Department of Local Governments and Community
Development
5.
Secretary, Department of National Resources
6.
Director-General, National Economic Development Authority
7.
Secretary, Department of Trade
8.
Director, Bureau of Animal Industry
9.
Chairman, Board of Investments
10.
Director, Central Bank, Department of Rural Banks and
Savings and Loan Associations
11.
Administrator, National Grains Authority
12.
President, Food Terminal, Inc.
13.
Director-General, Philippine Council for Agriculture and
Resources Research
14.
President, Land Bank of the Philippines
15.
President, Philippine National Bank
16.
Governor, Development Bank of the Philippines
17.
Executive Director, Livestock Development Council
18.
Chief, Philippine Constabulary
The Heads of Offices from the government sector may appoint his
representative to the Council from among his senior officials.
B. From the Private Sector
1.
President, Federation of Cattle Raisers
Association of the Philippines
2.
President, Philippine Poultry Industry Association
3.
President, Philippine Association of Hog Raisers, Inc.
4.
President, Contract Growers Association of the Philippines
5.
President, Food Processors Association
6.
President, Philippine Association of Meat Importers
7.
President, Philippine Association of Feedmillers, Inc.
8.
Representative of Small Poultry Raisers
9.
Representative of Small Hog Raisers
10.
Representative of Small Cattle Raisers
The Secretary of the Department of Agriculture or his duly
designated representative shall be the Chairman of the Council.
Representative of small poultry, hog and cattle raisers, shall be
appointed by the Chairman upon recommendation of the Council. Other
government agencies, associations, organizations or institutions not
otherwise included in this Decree shall be given representation in the
Council upon approval of the Council.
SECTION 5. Executive Staff—The Council shall have an
Executive Staff which shall function under the supervision and control
of an Executive Director. The Council shall organize the Executive Staff
in accordance with the approved staffing pattern and shall fix their
salaries and remunerations including per diems and allowances of
personnel, subject to existing provisions of the law. However, technical
positions shall be exempt from WAPCO. The Chairman shall appoint all
personnel of the Executive Staff.
SECTION 6. Livestock Development Fund—The amount of
three pesos (P3.00) shall be collected as fees for the registration of
large cattle. Of the fee collected, one peso (P1.00) shall go to the
municipality where the registration takes place and two pesos (P2.00)
shall go to a Livestock Development Fund. Of the two pesos (P2.00) for
the Livestock Development Fund, one peso (P1.00) shall be used to carry
out the functions of the Council and the other one peso (P1.00) shall be
used to assist accredited private organizations or associations in
their development work on the livestock industry.
SECTION 7. Appropriation of Funds—The Department
of Agriculture is hereby directed to appropriate and release sufficient
funds for the organization of the Council and for its initial
operations. Henceforth, funds sufficient to fully carry out the
functions and objectives of the Council shall be appropriated every
fiscal year in the General Appropriations Act.
SECTION 8. Repealing Clause—All laws, decrees,
executive orders, administrative orders, rules and regulations, or parts
thereof, which are inconsistent with any provision of this Decree are
hereby repealed or modified accordingly.
SECTION 9. Separability Clause—If any provision
of this Decree shall be invalid, the remainder shall continue to be
operative.
SECTION 10. Effectivity—This Decree shall take
effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila, this 29th day of March in the year
of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-six.
(Sgd.)
FERDINAND E. MARCOS
President
Republic of the Philippines
By the President:
(Sgd.)
JACOBO C. CLAVE
Presidential Executive Assistant
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