Executive Order No. 596 (1980)
Amending Executive Order No. 183 Regarding the Creation of the National Food and Agriculture Council
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 596 May 22, 1980
AMENDING EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 183 REGARDING THE CREATION OF THE NATIONAL FOOD AND AGRICULTURE COUNCIL
WHEREAS, there is a need for a coordinating agency that shall oversee, unify and integrate the administration and implementation of the government's food self-sufficiency program;
WHEREAS, the farmer, being the main cog in the task of food production, should be represented in the council that coordinate our national food program;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Republic of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby amend the composition of the National Food and Agriculture Council as follows:
1. Ministry of Agriculture | Minister Arturo R. Tanco, Jr. | Chairman-Coordinator 2. National Grains Authority | Jesus T. Tanchanco | Administrator 3. Bureau of Plan Industry | Domingo F. Panganiban | Director 4. Bureau of Agricultural Extension | Francisco G. Rentutar | Director 5. Bureau of Soils | Godofredo N. Alcasid | Director 6. University of the Philippines at Los Baños | Dr. Emil Q. Javier | Chancellor 7. Bureau of Animal Industry | Dr. Salvador H. Escudero, III | Director 8. Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources | Felix R. Gonzales | Director 9. Ministry of the Budget | Jaime C. Laya | Minister 10. Ministry of Agrarian Reform | Conrado F. Estrella | Minister 11. Agricultural Credit Administration | Teofilo T. Azada | Administrator 12. Ministry of Local Government and Community Development | Jose G. Roño | Minister 13. Central Bank Dept. of Rural Banks and Savings and Loans Association | Consolacion V. Odra | Director 14. Philippine National Bank | Panfilo O. Domingo | President 15. Development Bank of the Philippines | Rafael A. Sison | Chairman 16. National Irrigation Administration | Dr. Fiorelio R. Estuar | Administrator 17. Bureau of Agricultural Economics | Jesus C. Alix | Director 18. National Economic Development Authority | Dr. Gerardo P. Sicat | Director-General 19. Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Association | Maning B. Rotea, Sr. | President 20. Federation of Agrarian and Industrial Toiling Hands, Inc./HUKBALAHAP Veterans Association | Luis M. Taruc | President 21. Federation of Farmers Association of the Philippines | Ben V. Bautista, Sr. | President 22. Federation of Free Farmers | Jerry U. Montemayor | President 23. Federation of Land Reform Farmers | Ben Andraneda | President 24. Katipunan ng mga Magsasaka sa Pilipinas | Nellie V. Chavez | President 25. Pambansang Katipunan ng mga Samahang Nayon sa Pilipinas | Ambong Lumibao | President
Done in the City of Manila, this 22nd day of May, in the Year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Eighty.