Guidelines for the Annual Grains Program.
Section 18
SEC. 18. Guidelines for the Annual Grains Program. — The Council shall, on or before the first day of March every year: a) furnish the institutions cited herein the financial requirements for the production of rice and corn and other grains for the crop seasons; b) require from the Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources the estimate of consumption of rice and corn for the coming crop year; and c) require the Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources to submit the annual program of agricultural production in grains, indicating therein the areas of production, the kind of grains to be produced, with estimate of the financial requirement of such production program. In the preparation of the corn aspect of the said program, the Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources shall be guided by the objective of achieving increased productivity of the white flint varieties of corn with high milling recoveries of grit for human consumption and the white and yellow dent varieties for industrial uses and for livestock-and poultry feeds. The Council shall prepare a schedule for processing the expected crop output, its primary storage, a plan of redistribution of marketing of the milled grains and an estimate of the financial requirements for such schedules. Upon prior consultation with the Department of Agrarian Reform and the National Food and Agriculture Council, the Council shall likewise prepare a program for developing the grains industry, indicating therein the short, medium and long-term financing needed, the roles of the governmental agencies in support of said development program, and the pattern of industry organization sought to be encouraged.