Preamble
WHEREAS, it is the declared policy of the State to promote the integrated growth and development of the grains industry so as to provide adequate and continuous food supply to the nation and contribute to the national economy; WHEREAS, to carry out and implement the foregoing policy, Presidential Decree No. 4 dated September 26, 1972 was promulgated making the "Act to Develop the Rice and Corn Industry, Created the National Grains Authority and Provide Funds Therefor" otherwise known as the National Grains Industry Development Act, as part of the law of the land; WHEREAS, it becomes necessary to adopt various measures calculated to promote zeal and enthusiasm in the production of rice, corn and other grains in order to attain self-sufficiency in such grains, hasten development of virgin and undeveloped lands and to provide more opportunities to small farmers towards their economic well-being; WHEREAS, the Authority is being hampered by various technicalities and otherwise operational hindrances that diminish the impact of its campaign, and thereby undermine its efforts, to purge the industry of unscrupulous elements; WHEREAS, recent developments and continuing scientific and technological studies on grains production, processing and marketing have revealed that the foregoing policy will be best attained and thereby facilitate a truly integrated development, planning, programming and implementation by vesting the Authority with supplementary responsibilities and powers and by amending certain provisions of said Act. NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Republic of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers in me vested by the Constitution as Commander-in-Chief of all the Armed Forces of the Philippines and pursuant to Proclamation No. 1081, dated September 21, 1972 and General Order No. 1 dated September 22, 1972, as amended, do hereby adopt and make as part of the law of the land the amendments to the aforesaid National Grains Industry Development Act stated hereunder;