Signed by President Ferdinand E. Marcos
The PHILIPPINE COCONUT AUTHORITY (PCA) was created through Presidential Decree No. 232 on June 30, 1973 to integrate and coordinate the then diffuse efforts of the Government of promoting the accelerated the growth of the coconut and other palm oil industry, so that the benefits of such growth shall accrue to the greatest number, and to provide continued leadership and support in the integrated development of the Industry. This decree absorbed and assumed the powers and functions of the then Coconut Coordinating Council (CCC), the Philippine Coconut Administration (PHILCOA) and the Philippine Coconut Research Institute (PHILCORIN), which was abolished by this decree. The Authority was attached to the Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources.
The Authority’s purposes and objectives are: a) To promote the accelerated development of the coconut and other palm oils industry in all its aspects; b) To provide general directions for the steady and orderly development of the industry; and c) To achieve vertical integration of the coconut industry so that coconut farmers become participants in and beneficiaries of the development and growth of the coconut industry.
The Authority’s vested functions was then formulating and adopting a general program of development for the coconut and other palm oils industry; evaluating the existing policies, programs and projects of all agencies and instrumentalities having to do with industry development and to integrate and coordinate the various facets of such activities into the approved general development program; and regulating the marketing and export of coconut products and by-products, as well as those of other palm oils, including the establishment of quotas thereon, whenever the national interest so requires, among others.
Signed by President Ferdinand E. Marcos
The issuance of this decree “Amending P.D. No. 232, Creating a Philippine Coconut Authority” reduced the composition of the Governing Board from eleven (11) members to nine (9) members, and prescribed that the Administrator of the Authority shall automatically be the Vice Chairman. In addition, the management of the Authority was vested to the Administrator with additional powers and duties to direct and manage the affairs and business of the Authority, in accordance with policies and plans enunciated by the Board, among others.
Signed by President Ferdinand E. Marcos
This decree was issued establishing A Coconut Consumers Stabilization Fund (CCSF) because of the abnormal situation in the world market for fats and oils, which was administered by a Coconut Consumers Stabilization Committee created pursuant to said decree. The imposed levy collection was to contribute towards the CCSF which was an intended subsidy for the domestic consumption of coconut-based commodities – ostensibly to cushion against an impending crisis brought about by exorbitant process in the world market for fats and oils.
Signed by President Ferdinand E. Marcos
The issuance of this decree “Further Amending PD No. 232, as Amended”, is to formulate and implement a price stabilization scheme for coconut products and coconut-based consumer goods. Thin decree empowered the CCSF Board to impose a levy on every first sale in accordance with the mechanics established under R.A. No. 6260. The said Fund may be utilized to provide a subsidy for coconut-based products, depending on the prices set by the Price Control Council; that the Board shall take into account the degree of processing of the coconut product exported in refunding the premium export duty; and to set aside funds for investment in processing plants, research and development, and extension services to the coconut industry.
Signed by President Ferdinand E. Marcos
The issuance of this decree, “Further Amending PD No. 232, as Amended”, vested additional powers and functions to formulate and implement within the next five (5) years a nationwide coconut replanting program using precocious high-yielding hybrid seednuts, and to distribute, for free, to coconut farmers the hybrid coconut seednuts herein authorized to be acquired.
This decree created a permanent fund to be known as Coconut Industry Development Fund (CIDF) with the following purposes: a) to finance the establishment, operation and maintenance of a hybrid coconut seednut farm under such terms and conditions that may be negotiated by the National Investment and Development Corporation with any private person, corporation, firm or entity as would insure that the country shall have, at the earliest possible time, a proper, adequate and continuous supply of high yielding hybrid seednuts; b) to purchase all of the seednuts produced by the hybrid coconut seednut farm which shall be distributed, for free, by the Authority to coconut farmers in accordance with, and in the manner prescribed in, the nationwide coconut replanting program that it shall devise and implement; Provided, that farmers who have been paying the levy herein authorized shall be given priority; and c) to finance the establishment, operation and maintenance of extension services, model plantations and other activities as would insure that the coconut farmers shall be informed of the proper methods of replanting their farms with the hybrid seednuts.
On the same year, recent international events which unleashed economic dislocations on all sectors of the national economy including that of the coconut industry indicate an imperative need for the government to pursue through a single agency definite development plans in the coconut industry aimed at improving the economic status of the coconut and other palm oil farmers and assuring domestic consumers with a continuous supply of coconut-based products at reasonable prices.
Signed by President Ferdinand E. Marcos
This decree, “Further amending PD No. 232, as Amended”, reorganizing the composition of the Governing Board to seven (7) members and provided additional powers and duties. The Board shall elect from among their members a Vice-Chairman who shall assume the functions of the Chairman, whenever the latter is absent or incapacitated.
The said decree also amended and changed the responsibilities of management and personnel, that the CEO of the Authority shall be the Administrator assisted by such Deputy Administrators as the Board may prescribed. Thus, one agronomical research department was created who shall responsible: to operate and maintain one central research station and such sub-stations as the Board may prescribed and, for that purpose, all research stations and centers, facilities and equipment operated by any governmental agency or instrumentality in the researches on genetical, agronomical and disease control relating to coconut culture are all hereby transferred to the Authority; in coordination and cooperation with the hybrid coconut seed farm herein authorized to be established, to conduct genetical and agricultural researches and investigations for the improvement of the coconut palm productivity but in no case shall it engage in the production of seednuts; to conduct scientific researches and investigations in the control and elimination of “kadang-kadang” and other diseases of coconut, among others.
To make more meaningful the participation of the coconut farmers in the resulting benefits from the growth and development of the industry and to re-affirm the intention of the Government in restricting its role therein to the performance of purely governmental functions and in allowing the coconut farmers to own coconut commercial and industrial enterprises, there is an imperative necessity of accordingly re-structuring the various laws that have been enacted to promote the rapid development of the industry and integrate said laws into a single codified law.
Signed by President Ferdinand E. Marcos
This Order entitled: “An Act to Codify the Laws Dealing with the Development of the Coconut and Other Palm Oil Industry and for Other Purposes” was promulgated and known as the “Coconut Industry Code”. The PCA, as the Authority then became an independent public corporation, directly reporting to, and supervised by, the President of the Philippines.
Among others, the Authority was vested of the following powers and functions: a) to formulate and adopt a general program of development for the coconut and other palm oil industry in all its aspects; b) to formulate and implement a nationwide replanting program using precocious high-yielding hybrid seednuts and, in the discretion of the Authority, the program may include new areas provided that existing coconut farmers shall be given priority; c) to distribute, for free, to coconut farmers the hybrid coconut seednuts herein authorized to be acquired.
With this decree, the Authority was empowered to impose and collect a levy, to be known as the Coconut Consumers Stabilization Fund Levy, and prescribed the utilization of such fund. Likewise, the same decree created a permanent fund to be known as Coconut Industry Development Fund, to finance the establishment, operation and maintenance of a hybrid coconut seednut farm under such terms and conditions that may be negotiated by the NIDC --- as would insure that the country shall have, at the earliest possible time, a proper, adequate and continuous supply of high yielding seednuts ---.
Signed by President Ferdinand E. Marcos
This decree entitled: “Revising Presidential Decree Numbered Nine Hundred Sixty One” (PD No. 961) was enacted and known as the Revised Coconut Industry Code”, in which, declared to be the policy of the State to promote the rapid integrated development and growth of the coconut and other palm oil industry in all its aspects and to ensure that the coconut farmers become direct participants in, and beneficiaries of, such development and growth. The Authority was empowered to explore and expand the domestic and foreign markets for coconut products and by-products; and to regulate the marketing and exportation of copra and its by-products by establishing standards for domestic trade and export and, to conduct an inspection of all copra and its by-products proposed for export to determine if they conform to the standards established; and to devise and prescribe by means of rules and regulations a method of measuring the moisture content of copra at its first domestic sale and a scale of deduction according to the percentage of the moisture content, among others.
Signed by President Ferdinand E. Marcos
To ensure the viability, growth and development of the coconut industry, the State has undertaken a program to rationalized the coconut oil milling industry and thereby assure the coconut farmers a fair price for their copra and consuming countries an adequate and continuous supply of copra, coconut oil and their by-products at fair and competitive prices, and in order to further promote the rationalization of the coconut oil milling industry, the PCA was granted additional powers in respect of the marketing and export of copra, coconut oil and their by-products pursuant to this Decree. The Authority was vested a full powers and authority to regulate the marketing and export of copra, coconut oil and their by-products, in furtherance of the steps being taken to rationalize the coconut oil milling industry. Further, the PCA exercised its powers to initiate and implement such measure to attain the rationalization of coconut oil milling industry, including: a) imposition of floor and/or ceiling prices for all exports of copra, coconut oil and their by-products; b) prescription of quality standards; c) establishment of maximum quantities for particular periods and particular markets; and d) inspection and survey of export shipments through an independent international superintendent or surveyor.
Signed by President Ferdinand E. Marcos
In order to effect economy and promote efficiency within the limits of funds constraints during that era, the PCA’s organizational structure needs to institute reforms to attuned and be responsive to the development programs being undertaken by it for the benefit of the Coconut Industry, thus, this Order was issued, “Directing the Reorganization of the PCA”.
Signed by President Ferdinand E. Marcos
This was issued, “Re-organizing the Membership in the Governing Board of the PCA” to strengthen the Authority’s collaborative linkages with sectors involved in industry affairs, and to include representatives from agencies which could further assist in sustaining the accelerated development of the coconut industry. This Order amended Sections 4 (paragraph 1), 5, 6, and 7 particularly the membership of the Governing Board, which, the Chairman of the Board has named as the Minister of Coconut Industries.
Signed by President Corazon C. Aquino
After the EDSA Revolution, and Order prescribing the attachment of the PCA to the Department of Agriculture for purposes of general coordination and monitoring of policies and programs of the various sectors in agriculture was issued.
One of the basis of this issuance is pursuant to Executive Order No. 292, or the “Administrative Code of 1987”, under Section 47 Chapter 6, Title IV, Book IV of the Code states the attachment of the PCA to the Department with specific functions stipulated under Section 49, Chapter 6, Title IV, Book IV of the same Code which states that: "The agencies attached to the Department shall continue to operate and function in accordance with their respective charters, laws or orders creating them, except as otherwise provided in this Code. Any provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding, the Secretary shall serve as Chairman of the governing boards of all attached units or agencies.".
Signed by President Corazon C. Aquino
This Order was issued “Reorganizing the Membership in the Governing Board of the PCA” to enable it to meet the exigencies of the times and to provide more effective means of reforming the coconut industry. This Order further amended Section 4 of Article II of P.D. No. 1468, as amended by E.O. No. 1055, which read as: “The corporate powers and duties of the Authority shall be vested in and exercised by a Governing Board of seven (7) members to be appointed by the President.”. This Order created the membership of the governing board with no sectoral representation.
Signed by President Corazon C. Aquino
Pursuant to this Order entitled: “Reorganizing Certain Government-Owned or Controlled Corporations and for Other Purposes”, the PCA was one of the reorganized GOCCs and was transformed into “a regular government agency with essentially the same objectives, powers and functions, ---, and is attached to a department in the Executive Branch, thus being “Regularized”.
Signed by President Joseph Ejercito Estrada
The DA, as mandated by the Agriculture and Fisheries Modernization Act of 1997 (AFMA, R.A. No. 8435) to lead in the inter-departmental efforts to modernize Philippine agriculture and fisheries, and thereby improve the quality of life of the majority of people who are directly or indirectly dependent on agriculture and fisheries for livelihood, issued this Order entitled: “Restructuring the Department of Agriculture, Providing Fund Therefor, and for Other Purposes”. The said Order mandated the Department “to provide the policy framework, help direct public investments, and in partnership with the local government units (LGUs), provide the support services necessary to make agriculture and agri-based enterprises profitable and to help spread the benefits of development to the poor, particularly those in rural areas.”. Section 35 of the said EO specifically stated the attachment of the PCA to the DA. Section 36 of the said EO substantially reiterated the same provision of the Administrative Code of 1987 on the organization and operation of the attached agencies.
Signed by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
A modernized agricultural sector founded on social equity is one of the key components of the government’s national agenda for poverty alleviation and national development, thus, this Order was issued entitled: “Transferring the National Food Authority and the Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) from the Department of Agriculture to the Office of the President (OP)” for closer supervision by the Office of the President over certain agencies providing frontline services related to agricultural modernization and food sufficiency.
The transfer of the PCA from the DA and attached to the OP is for policy and program coordination. In this Order, the President was vested the powers to designate the Chairman of the PCA Governing Board, and designate the Administrator to be the Vice-Chairman of the PCA Governing Board that shall assist the Chairman and act in his stead in case of absence or incapacity.
Signed by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
This Order, “Transferring the National Food Authority and the Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) from the Office of the President to the Department of Agriculture” are the joint effort of the Executive Secretary and the Secretary of the Department of Agriculture who recommended the attachment of the two agencies to the Department of Agriculture in order that the PCA, together with other corporations may better fulfill its mandate and make greater contributions towards achieving a modernized Philippine agricultural sector founded on social equity, which is one of the key components of the government’s national agenda for poverty alleviation and national development. The transfer of the PCA to the DA is for policy and program coordination.
Signed by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
In conjunction with this EO, the PCA Governing Board passed and approved the Rationalization Plan of the Authority under Board Resolution No. 042-2011 dated 17 May 2011, which was submitted to GCG for evaluation. After series of meetings with Technical Working Group, the Revised Rationalization Plan was officially submitted to the GCG on 15 March 2013.
On the last quarter of 2013, the PCA has implemented its Rationalization Plan, as approved by the Governance Commission for GOCCs (GCG) through its Memorandum Order No. 2013-40 dated 02 September 2013, as authorized under E.O. No. 366 (S. 2004) and E.O. No. 77 (S. 2012). The GCG finds the RATPLAN of PCA “to the best interest of the State” as measures of Good Governance and Economic Development through improving national productivity pursuant to Section 6 and 8(e), respectively of E.O. No. 43, S. 2011, as well as the Philippine Development Plan 2011-2016 and in the latter’s pursuit of its vital programs and objectives.
The PCA, upon approval of the said RATPLAN, aims to focus on field operations by improving the quality of copra to be implemented by research, market development, and regulatory undertakings.
Based on the Approved RATPLAN of 2013, PCA’s Objectives are:
The Core Functions of PCA are the following:
1) Production and Productivity of Coconut Farms –
2) Research Development –
3) Infrastructure Development –
4) Institutional Development –
Signed by President Benigno S. Aquino III
This Order was issued, “Transferring the National Food Authority, National Irrigation Administration, Philippine Coconut Authority, and Fertilizer and Pesticide Authority to the Office of the President”, in which the Administration finds a need to enhance and coordinate the efforts of the four agencies attached to the DA in fulfilling their respective mandates.
With the issuance of E.O. No. 165, the President issued on the same day Memorandum Order No. 70, May 5, 2014, “Providing for the Functions of the Presidential Assistant for Food Security and Agricultural Modernization (PAFSAM)” to exercise oversight over the PCA, among others, with respect to the implementation of policies, programs, projects and activities, in order to achieve the goals of the National Government which recognizes the importance of rural development, rural poverty reduction and sustainable management of natural resources as long term goals.
Signed by President Benigno S. Aquino III
With the issuance of E.O. No. 165 (S. 2014), this Order was then issued, “Designating the Presidential Assistant for Food Security and Agricultural Modernization as Chairman of Certain Governing Bodies”, in an ex-officio capacity.
Signed by President Rodrigo Roa Duterte
The first issuance of the newly elected President is the “Reengineering the Office of the President towards Greater Responsiveness to the Attainment of Development Goals” placing the supervision of PCA, together with other Agencies, under the Cabinet Secretary.
With the supervision of the Cabinet Secretary, the PCA shall primarily evaluate existing poverty reduction programs and, if deemed necessary, formulate a more responsive set of programs complementing existing ones, channeling resources as necessary to reduce both the incidence and magnitude of poverty.
The supervised agency (PCA) shall develop specific programs and projects that seek to reduce poverty, improve the lives of the most vulnerable sectors of society; promote social education of the people to allow them to participate in effecting real change by keeping watch of the affairs of government; and listen to people’s feedback.
Signed by President Rodrigo Roa Duterte
On September 17, 2018, EO No. 62 was issued re:, “Amending EO No. 1 (S. 2016), Entitled “Reengineering the Office of the President towards Greater Responsiveness to the Attainment of Development Goals,” and for Other Purposes”, transferring the Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) to the Department of Agriculture (DA), to ensure efficiency and coordination in the performance of its respective mandates, consistent with the efforts to streamline the operations of government.
Signed by President Rodrigo Roa Duterte
This Act was signed by President Rodrigo R. Duterte on 26 February 2021 re:, “An Act Creating the Coconut Farmers and Industry Trust Fund, Providing for Its Management and Utilization, Reconstituting for the Purpose the Philippine Coconut Authority Board, and for Other Purposes”, and shall be known as the Coconut Farmers and Industry Trust Fund Act, and thereby declared the policy of the State to consolidate the benefits due to coconut farmers, especially the poor and marginalized, under various statutes and to expedite the delivery thereof to attain increased incomes for coconut farmers, alleviate poverty, and achieve social equality.
Sec. 5 of the Act states, that the PHILIPPINE COCONUT AUTHORITY (PCA), an independent public corporation created under PD No. 1468, shall be reconstituted and strengthened to ensure the participation of coconut farmers in the crafting and implementation of the Coconut Farmers and Industry Development Plan. The composition of the PCA Board is thereby amended and the same shall now be composed of the following: a) The Secretary of the Department of Agriculture (DA), as Chairperson; b) The Secretary of the Department of Finance (DOF), as Vice Chairperson; c) The Secretary of the Department of Budget and Management (DBM); d) The Secretary of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST); e) The Secretary of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI); f) The Administrator of the Authority; and g) Three (3) members from the coconut farmers sector (one (1) each from Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao), and shall be appointed by the President of the Philippines.
Signed by President Rodrigo Roa Duterte
This Order was signed and approved by President Rodrigo Roa Duterte on June 2, 2022 entitled: "Approving the Coconut Farmers and Industry Develoment Plan" (CFIDP). The CFIDP was adopted and endorsed by the PCA Board, through Board Resolution No. 010-2022 dated 28 February 2022. Consistent with RA No. 11524, the CFIDP shall be implemented by the Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) together with other concerned government agencies, as outlined in the CFIDP.
The CFIDP shall be reviewed annually to ensure its effective implementation, taking into consideration the absorptive capacity and performance of implementing agencies, as well as the outputs and outcomes of programs based on key performance indicators. To ensure that strategies and programs are responsive to evolving industry needs, the PCA, in consultation with concerned agencies and stakeholders, shall revisit and update the CFIDP every five (5) years, subject to the approval of the President.
The PCA and other implementing agencies may issue guidelines and advisory opinions, or adopt specific policy recommendations and actions relative to the full implementation of the CFIDP, without need of further approval of the President. It is understood, however, that all policies or courses of action to be adopted shall be consistent with RA No. 11524 and the CFIDP, and that the same are properly coordinated with and endorsed by the PCA Board.
Today, the PHILIPPINE COCONUT AUTHORITY (PCA) is the sole government agency that is tasked to develop the industry to its full potential in line with its mission and vision to increase overall productivity and income of coconut farmers, alleviate poverty, and achieve the twin objectives of rehabilitating and modernizing the coconut industry to attain social equity.
Prepared and Researched by:
ISAGANI N. ZORRA Administrative (Records) Officer I Office of the Corporate Secretary (OCS)
PD NO. 232 - CREATING A PHILIPPINE COCONUT AUTHORITY (JUNE 30, 1973)
PD NO. 271 - AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 232 CREATING A PHILIPPINE COCONUT AUTHORITY (AUGUST 9, 1973)
PD NO. 414 - FURTHER AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 232 AS AMENDED (APRIL 18, 1974)
PD NO. 582 - FURTHER AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 232, AS AMENDED (NOVEMBER 14, 1974)
PD NO. 623 - FURTHER AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 232, AS AMENDED (DECEMBER 26, 1974)
PD NO. 961 - AN ACT TO CODIFY THE LAWS DEALING WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE COCONUT AND OTHER PALM OIL INDUSTRY AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES (JULY 14, 1976)
PD NO. 1468 - REVISING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NUMBERED NINE HUNDRED SIXTY ONE (JUNE 11, 1978)
EO NO. 724 - DIRECTING THE REORGANIZATION OF THE PHILIPPINE COCONUT AUTHORITY (SEPTEMBER 02, 1981)
EO NO. 1055 - REORGANIZING THE MEMBERSHIP IN THE GOVERNING BOARD OF THE PHILIPPINE COCONUT AUTHORITY, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES (OCTOBER 03, 1985)
EO NO. 146 - REORGANIZING THE MEMBERSHIP IN THE GOVERNING BOARD OF THE PHILIPPINE COCONUT AUTHORITY (MARCH 3, 1987)
EO NO. 41 - TRANSFERRING THE NATIONAL FOOD AUTHORITY AND THE PHILIPPINE COCONUT AUTHORITY FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE TO THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT (OCTOBER 15, 2001)
EO NO. 81 - TRANSFERRING THE NATIONAL FOOD AUTHORITY AND THE PHILIPPINE COCONUT AUTHORITY FROM THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (MARCH 11, 2002)
EO NO. 165 - TRANSFERRING THE NFA, NIA, PCA AND FPA TO THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT (MAY 5, 2014)
EO NO. 166 - DESIGNATING THE PRESIDENTIAL ASSISTANT FOR FOOD SECURITY AND AGRICULTURAL MODERNIZATION AS CHAIRMAN OF CERTAIN GOVERNING BODIES (NFA, NIA, PCA & FPA) - (MAY 20, 2014)
EO NO. 01 - REENGINEERING THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT TOWARDS GREATER RESPONSIVENESS TO THE ATTAINMENT OF DEVELOPMENT GOALS (JUNE 30, 2016)
EO NO. 62 - AMENDING EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 1, (S. 2016), ENTITLED “REENGINEERING THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT TOWARDS GREATER RESPONSIVENESS TO THE ATTAINMENT OF DEVELOPMENT GOALS” AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES (SEPTEMBER 17, 2018)
RA NO. 11524 - AN ACT CREATING THE COCONUT FARMERS AND INDUSTRY TRUST FUND, PROVIDING FOR ITS MANAGEMENT AND UTILIZATION, RECONSTITUTING FOR THE PURPOSE THE PHILIPPINE COCONUT AUTHORITY BOARD, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES (FEBRUARY 26, 2021)
EO NO. 172 - APPROVING THE COCONUT FARMERS AND INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT PLAN (CFIDP) (JUNE 2, 2022)
"The Philippine Coconut Authority is a government-owned and controlled corporation recently attached to the Department of Agriculture by virtue of E.O. No. 62, Series of 2019, with own Charter created pursuant to P.D. No. 1468, to implement and attain the declared national policy, to promote the rapid integrated development and growth of the coconut and other palm oil industry in all its aspects and to ensure that the coconut farmers become direct participants in, and beneficiaries of, such development and growth".
The Philippine Coconut Authority shall ensure the development and implementation of high value programs for the coconut and other palm oil industry carried out in transparent, responsible, and accountable manner and with utmost degree of professionalism and effectiveness. (For updating as of 12 July 2023)
A developed and globally competitive coconut and other palm oil industry that contributes to food security, improved income, and enhanced participation of all stakeholders by 2020. (For updating as of 12 July 2023)
Professionalism;
Integrity;
Transparency; and
Excellence.
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