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Executive Order No. 59 (2011)
the PRPC was created under the Department of Agriculture (DA) through EO No. 309 (s. 2004) with the National Food Authority (NFA), Philippine Rice Research Institute (Phil Rice), University of the Philippines — Los Ba—os, Philippine Center for Postharvest and Extension (BPRE) (now Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization [PhilMech]), and National Agricultural and Fishery Council (NAFC) as member institutions;
SECTION 1.
Institutionalization. The Philippine Rice Postproduction Consortium (PRPC) is hereby renamed as the Philippine Grains Postproduction Consortium (PGPC) in order to address the major issues and concerns of the rice and other grains postproduction industry.
SECTION 2.
Functions of PGPC. The PGPC shall identify, coordinate and pursue priority areas of collaboration among its member institutions, in the area of research and development and extension to enhance the development of the rice and other grains postproduction industry in the Philippines.
It shall likewise extend its collaboration with relevant government agencies, State Universities and Colleges (SUCs), Local Government Units (LGUs), and the private sector, including foreign counterpart or donor institutions.
SECTION 3.
Repealing Clause. All executive issuances or portions thereof which are inconsistent with this Executive Order are hereby revoked, amended, or modified accordingly.
SECTION 4.
Separability. If any provision of this Executive Order is declared invalid or unconstitutional, the other provisions unaffected shall remain valid and subsisting.
SECTION 5.
Effectivity. This Executive Order shall take effect immediately upon publication in a newspaper of general circulation.
DONE, in the City of Manila, this 30th day of September, in the year of our Lord, Two Thousand and Eleven.
(Sgd.) BENIGNO S. AQUINO III
By the President:
(Sgd.) PAQUITO N. OCHOA, JR. Executive Secretary