SOP Exhibits
Title:MOA - Soil Kit Test (Exhibit)

SOP Number : TS-ES15
MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:

This AGREEMENT is made and entered by and between:

NATIONAL FOOD AUTHORITY (NFA), a government agency created by virtue of Presidential Decree No. 4 as amended by Presidential Decree No. 1485 and 1770 with principal office and place of business at 101 Matimyas Bldg., E. Rodriguez Sr. Avenue, Quezon City, represented by Acting Administrator DOMINGO F. PANGANIBAN as Chairman of the Corn Development Fund Committee, hereinafter called as trustee:

BUREAU OF SOIL AND WATER MANAGEMENT (BSWM), a government agency under the Department of Agriculture with principal office and place of business at SOIL SEARCH Center Bldg., Elliptical Road, corner Visayas Avenue, Diliman, Quezon City, represented by its Director, ROGELIO N. CONCEPCION, hereinafter called as cooperator;

WITNESSETH

WHEREAS, corn being the 2nd most important crop in the Philippines needs substantial improvement in terms of productivity and profitability to lessen if not to eradicate the production-consumption gap brought about by the confluence of various constraining factors such as production shortfalls, low adoption rate of modern corn technologies, declining corn areas, high transport and marketing cost, inadequate infrastructure support, limited access of farmers to credit, high post harvest losses and aflatoxin infestation and weak institutional capacity and linkage;

WHEREAS, the government, cognizant to the problems besetting the corn industry issued Presidential Memorandum Order No. 468 dated March 17, 1998 for the establishment of the Corn Development Fund Program to provide assistance in the development of the corn industry as an essential factor for a well-balanced and self-reliant agricultural sector of the nation's economy;

WHEREAS, the Corn Development Fund represents the net proceeds accruing from the 600,000 MT yellow corn which the NFA was authorized to import in 1998 and for which the NFA was made a trustee to use such fund to Corn Development Projects;

WHEREAS, the Presidential Memorandum Order No. 468 authorized the creation of Corn Development Fund Committee to evaluate, recommend and monitor projects for corn productivity and quality enhancement project;

WHEREAS, the Corn Development Fund Committee’s proposal to provide Logistical Assistance for Soil Testing Center and Farmers Cooperatives in the Mindanao Region has been approved;

WHEREAS, the BSWM is tasked thru Executive Order No. 116, among others, to advise and render assistance on matters relative to the utilization of soils and water as vital agricultural resources, and formulate measures and guidelines for effective soil, land and water resources utilization;

WHEREAS, the BSWM has the technical expertise and soil laboratories in the regions necessary to carry out the project, hence capable to become a cooperator in the implementation of the project;


NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the foregoing premises and the term and conditions hereto setforth, the NFA and BSWM hereby mutually agree to enter into this agreement under the following terms and conditions:

ARTICLE 1. SUBJECT MATTER OF AGREEMENT

The parities hereto mutually agree to undertake, in collaborative efforts, the acquisition, supply and delivery of soil tests kits to be distributed to identified farmer organization/cooperative beneficiaries in Region X and XI with the provision for training on the utilization of said soil kits and soil analysis process. The acquisition, supply and delivery of soil test kits shall be made in accordance with existing government accounting and auditing rules and regulations.

ARTICLE 2. SCOPE AND OBJECTIVE OF PROJECT

The project aims to provide logistical assistance in the form of soil test kits to identified farmer organizations/cooperatives in Region X and XI thru a joint project undertaking under the CORNDEV Fund Committee Program to enhance the productivity of farmers through the conduct of soil analysis.
ARTICLE 3. OBLIGATION OF ENTITIES

NFA
BSWM
(SGD.) DOMINGO F. PANGANIBAN (SGD.) ROGELIO N. CONCEPCION
Acting NFA Administrator Director
Chairman, Development Fund Bureau of Soils and Water
Committee Management Management

Signed in the presence of:


(SGD.) GREGORIO Y. TAN, JR. (SGD.) LAURO G. HERNANDEZ, Ph. D
NFA Deputy Administrator BSWM-OIC Lab. Services Division




A C K N O W L E D G E M E N T


REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES)
QUEZON CITY ) S.S.


BEFORE ME, a Notary Public for and in Quezon City, Metro Manila, this 1st day of February, 2001, personally appeared with their respective Community Tax Certificates, to wit:

NAME Designation/Office Com. Tax Certificate

DOMINGO F. PANGANIBAN Acting NFA Administrator No. 10353942
& Chairman, Corn Issued at Q.C.
Development Fund Issued on 1-21-00
Committee

ROGELIO N. CONCEPCION Director - BSWM No. 05947114
Issued at Q.C.
Issued on 1-5-01

known to me and to known to be the same persons who executed the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that the same is their free and voluntary act and deed as well as the free and voluntary act and deed of the entities represented.

I FURTHER CERTIFY that the foregoing instrument relates to a Memorandum of Agreement executed by and between NATIONAL FOOD AUTHORITY and BUREAU OF SOILS AND WATER MANAGEMENT consisting of five (5) pages including this page wherein this Acknowledgement is written and signed by the herein parties and their instrumental witnesses on all pages of attachments.

WITNESS MY HAND AND SEAL on this 1st day of February, 2001 at Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines.

(SGD.) ERNESTO D. CUHUCOM
NOTARY PUBLIC

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