SPECIAL ORDER No.
H32-
Series of 2021
SUBJECT:
CREATION OF COMMITTEEE ON DEVOLUTION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
In pursuant to Executive Order No. 138, Series of 2021, "Full Devolution o f Certain Functions o f the Executive Branch to Local Governments, Creation o f a Committee on Devolution, and for Other Purposes" issued on June 1,2021, the Department of Agriculture Committee on Devolution is hereby created and shall be composed of the following:
CHAIRPERSON : CO-CHAIRPERSON:
UNDERSECRETARY ARIEL T. CAYANAN, Operations UNDERSECRETARY ROLDAN G, GORGONIO, Administration and Finance
UNDERSECRETARY CHERYL MARIE CABALLERO, Agri-industrialization and Fisheries
UNDERSECRETARY RODOLFO V. VICERRA, Policy and Planning UNDERSECRETARY EVELYN G. LAVINA, High Value Crops and Rural Credit
UNDERSECRETARY WILLIAM C. MEDRANO, Livestock ASSISTANT SECRETARY NOEL A. PADRE, Policy ASSISTANT SECRETARY AGNES CATHERINE T. MIRANDA, Planning and Project Development
DIRECTOR ARMANDO R. CROBALDE, JR., Legal Service DR. FERMIN D. ADRIANO, Senior Economic Adviser Secretariat
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STAFF OF FIELD OPERATIONS SERVICE (FOS), POLICY RESEARCH SERVICE (PRS) and SPECIAL PROJECTS COORDINATION AND MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE DIVISION (SPCMAD)
The functions, duties and responsibilities of the above Committee are the following: 1.
Prepare Devolution Transition Plan (DTP) in conformity with the joint guidelines of the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) and the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG). The DTP shall cover all the DA offices, bureaus, attached agencies and GOCCs under the control or supervision of the DA. It must contain the following, among others:
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DA functions, services, and facilities to be devolved to the Local Government Units (LGUs) by level of LGU (provincial or municipal) based on RA 7160 and other relevant laws;
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