MEMORANDUM ORDER NO. 368

: The primary concern is the food security of the country.
: Gintong Ani aims to sustain increased food production through productivity-enhancing measures.
: The Department of Agriculture is responsible for implementing the Gintong Ani program.
: LGUs implement extension services for agricultural programs as the functions and personnel have been devolved to them under Republic Act No. 7160 (Local Government Code of 1991).
: Republic Act No. 7160, known as the Local Government Code of 1991, devolves extension services functions, and transferred associated personnel and resources from the Department of Agriculture to LGUs, which is relevant to the implementation of Gintong Ani.
: They are granted an incentive allowance for their involvement in the implementation of Gintong Ani.
: The Department of Agriculture.
: An amount of P108.9 million was allocated, and the Department of Budget and Management is tasked to release these funds to the Department of Agriculture for the purpose.
: The amount is to be taken from the 1996 General Appropriations Act budget of the Department of Agriculture.
: Because the program requires mobilizing existing institutions and resources to deliver efficient support services that ensure the dissemination and adoption of production, post-production, and marketing technologies by farmers.