Letter of Instruction No. 1288

SECTION 1. The Ministry of Agriculture thru the Bureau of Plant Industry is instructed to establish an efficient procurement and distribution network for certified natural pollinating varieties of corn seeds, including and especially IPB Var 1 and IPB Var 2 seeds. The Bureau of Plant Industry shall be responsible for the production of foundation and registered IPB seeds and for maintaining strict quality control for certified seeds to be distributed to farmers. It shall be responsible for the procurement of such certified seeds from accredited seed producers and the distribution and sale of these seeds to farmer cooperators under the Maisagana program.

SECTION 2. The Ministry of the Budget and Management is hereby ordered to release the amount of P10,000,000.00 to the Bureau of Plant Industry to be drawn from the Special Activities Fund, Office of the President, for the procurement and distribution of certified natural-pollinating varieties of corn seeds, including and especially IPB Var-1 and IPB Var-2 seeds. DONE in the City of Manila, this 11th day of February, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Three. SOURCE: CD ASIA