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EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 103 -
ESTABLISHING THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENTIAL ADVISER ON FOOD SECURITY
UNDER THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
WHEREAS,
with the onset of globalization and the implementation of the General
Agreement on Tariffs and Trade-World Trade Order (GATT-WTO), the
Philippine agriculture and fishery sectors have to be strengthened
through modernization, greater participation of farmers and fisherfolk,
food security and self-sufficiency, private sector participation and
people empowerment;
WHEREAS, the State has declared agriculture as the centerpiece of
development of the current administration to uplift the plight of the
masses in the rural areas;
WHEREAS, the government has launched agricultural development programs,
with the primary goal of attaining national food security at all times;
WHEREAS, there is a need for a coordinating body that shall oversee,
unify and integrate the administration and implementation of the
government’s food security programs; and
WHEREAS, under Sec. 31, Title III, Book III of Administrative Code of
1987, the President has a continuing authority to reorganize his Office.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH EJERCITO ESTRADA, President of the Republic
of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the
Constitution, do hereby establish the Office of the Presidential
Adviser on Food Security (OPAFS) under the Office of the President, and
providing the necessary funds and its Secretariat.
Section 1.
The OPAFS shall have the following functions:
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Sec. 6. Since 19.07.98.
DONE in the City of Manila,
this 25th day of May, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and
Ninety-Nine.
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