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.

By the President:

(SGD.) JUAN C. TUVERA
Senior Presidential Assistant