Section 2
SECTION 2. To help planters and processors organize themselves into associations and/or cooperatives to give them greater control in the marketing of their products, the coconut farmers, and/or the copra buyers and/or millers/refiners and/or exporters of coconut products are encouraged and authorized to form such cooperatives or associations as may be appropriate to achieve economies of scale; avoid the ruinous competition for copra which pushed the coconut oil milling industries to the brink of financial collapse in late 1979; maximize foreign exchange earnings; ensure that the coconut farmers receive a fair share of the proceeds from exports and/or domestic sales, and at the same time continue to assure consuming countries an adequate and continuous supply of coconut products at fair and reasonable prices; Provided however, that the Government or any of its agencies or instrumentalities, including government owned or controller corporations, shall not, unless expressly permitted by law, or by the President of the Philippines, directly or indirectly engage in the marketing of coconut products in the world market.