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household items bonds; establish or cause the nongrain

to the poor establishment of domestic or food

at subsidized foreign branches or agencies; commodities

prices (Kadiwa engage in the production,

Program) manufacturing, processing,

and packaging of food prod-
ucts; and establish or restructure
its own infrastructure

EO 1028 May 1985 End the Kadiwa Same as previous law Removed: Import monopoly Removed:

program and on wheat and distribution Nongrain

the agency's of basic household food items

monopoly on necessities to the poor

wheat imports

RA 7607 June 1996 Same as previous To procure directly from small Same as previous law Same as

law farmers or farmer organiza- previous

tions and establish postharvest law

facilities that may be leased
or sold to farmer organizations

RA 8178 March 1996 Same as previous Same as previous law Modified: Limited powers of Same as

law establishment of rules and previous

regulations to importation law

of rice

EO 398 January 1997 Stabilize sugar Same as previous law Added: Authorized to inter- Added: Sugar

prices vene in price and supply

stabilization of basic food
items

EO 22 September 1998 Stabilize basic Same as previous law Added: Nongrains stabiliza- Added: Basic

food commodity tion activities/reinstated nongrain

supply and prices and authorized intervention food items

in price and supply stabi- and staple

lization of basic food items cereals

a Section 7 of PD 1770 lists a combination of functions, powers, and exemptions that are listed here under functions.