QuestionsQuestions (MEMORANDUM ORDER NO. 368)
It is an executive issuance by the President (a Memorandum Order) granting incentives to LGU agricultural extension personnel and directing DBM to release funds to the Department of Agriculture for implementing the Gintong Ani program, pursuant to the President’s powers vested by law as stated in the order.
It identifies national food security as a primary concern of the Administration.
It aims to sustain increased food production through productivity-enhancing measures.
Because the most effective way to sustain increased food production is to ensure that recommended production, post-production, and marketing technologies are widely disseminated and popularly adopted by farmers.
Funds for technology transfer were appropriated under the 1996 General Appropriations Act (GAA).
It states that RA 7160 devolved the extension services function of the Department of Agriculture and transferred the corresponding personnel, assets, facilities, and liabilities to LGUs.
LGU agricultural extension personnel involved in the implementation of Gintong Ani.
The incentive allowance is “subject to the guidelines to be developed by the Department of Agriculture.”
DA shall grant the incentive allowance to qualified LGU agricultural extension personnel, and it must develop the guidelines governing the incentives.
DBM is directed to release and allocate P108.9 million to the Department of Agriculture for the purpose of granting incentives.
The Order directs DBM to release P108.9 million taken from its 1996 GAA budget for the purpose.
It states that implementing Gintong Ani mobilizes existing institutions and resources to deliver support services more efficiently, thus requiring full support and cooperation of LGUs, particularly their agricultural extension workers.
No. It only provides that DA shall grant an incentive allowance subject to guidelines to be developed by DA; the specific incentive details are not specified in the text provided.
The Department of Agriculture (grant and guidelines) and the Department of Budget and Management (release/allocation of funds), with funding intended for DA.