Section 1. —(a) An EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ON FOOD SECURITY is hereby created, to be chaired by the Secretary of Agriculture, with the Director General of the National Economic Development Authority, Head of the Presidential Management Staff, the Secretaries of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Department of Agrarian Reform, Department of Interior and Local Government, Department of Science and Technology, Department of Trade and Industry, Department of Labor and Employment, Department of Social Welfare and Development and the Director General of Technical Education and Skills Development Authority as well as representatives of farmers— organizations and of non-government organizations as members.
(b) A TECHNICAL WORKING GROUP ON FOOD SECURITY is also hereby created to be composed of officials to be designated by the members of the Executive Committee on Food Security and representatives of the farmers— organizations and of non-government organizations.
(c) The aforementioned Committee and Technical Working Group are hereby directed to: (1) exert all efforts to make the contents of the Rome Declaration on world Food Security and Plan of Action known and understood by all concerned; (2) to make the appropriate adjustments in the Rome Declaration and Plan of Action to suit Philippine situations, conditions and requirements; and (3) to design and implement the appropriate policies, programs and projects to put into effect a holistic and unified approach and plan of action for food security and sustainable development.