Preamble
WHEREAS, self-sufficiency in food and other agricultural food commodities is a primary concern of the state; WHEREAS, in line with the agricultural production program of the government, it is necessary to provide incentives for the production of rice, corn and other priority crops to the entire agricultural sector to encourage participation in the production of such crops by devoting uncultivated lands or lands planted to crops other than rice and corn to the production of these vital food commodities; WHEREAS, it is also necessary to allay the underlying fear on the part of the landowners that lands which are planted to crops other than rice or corn but shifted to the production of rice, corn and other priority crops will be covered by the land transfer program under P.D. 27; NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do here order and decree as follows: