MALAcANaN PALAcE

MANiLA

OF THEPHILIPPINES
BY THEPRESIDENT

NO. 2t2
PROCLAMATTON

NO. 75 ENTITLED,
PROCLAMATION
AMENDING THE MONTHOF
"DECLARING
FEBRUARYAS COUNTRYSIDEDEVELOPMENT MONTH''

No.75 (s. 1999)declared

WHEREAS,Proclamation as
the monthof February
"Countryside
Development
Month;"

WHEREAS,there is a need to ensurethat the frameworkfor countryside

is consistent
development Development
withthe Philippine PIan2011-2016(PDP);

WHEREAS,boththe 16-PointAgendaof the President and Executive Order

(EO)No. 43 (s. 2011)highlightthe impodance of ruraldevelopmentin relationto
economicgrowthas wellas the needto recognize
farmsand ruralenterprisesas vital
to achievingfood securityand more equitableeconomicgroMh, worthy of re-
for sustainedproductivity;
investment

WHEREAS,countrysidedevelopmentwith focus on private initiativewill

encouragean effective,sustainedand valuabledevelopmentprogramthat will
providegainfulemployment,ensurefood securityand enablefamiliesto improve
theirstandard
of living;

WHEREAS,a shift in the development strategiesfrom urbancentersto the

and the
countrysideis a positivestep towardsnationaleconomicdecentralization
preparation
of the countryfor greatereconomiccooperation with othermembersof
theAssociationof SoutheastAsianNations(ASEAN);

WHEREAS,promotingmutuallybeneficial linkagesbetweenthe countryside

and the majormarketsthroughe-commerce will enablea sirnpleand moreefficient
marketing products;
strategyfor countryside and

WHEREAS, the promotion andpatronage

of countrysideproducts
amonglocal
consumerswilt facilitate governmentand private effotls in developingthe
countryside.

NOW,THEREFORE, l, BENIGNO of the Philippines,

S. AQUINOlll, President
by virtueof the powersvestedin me by law,do herebyprocl:-iim
Februaryof every
yearas Countryside Development Month.

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. The Depaftment of the lnteriorand LocalGovernment (DILG)shallattendto
its appropriateobservanceevery year, in cooperation
with local governmentunits
(LGUs).

lN WITNESSWHEREOF, I havehereunto
setmy handandcausedthesealof
the Republic
of the Philippines
to be affixed.
DONE,in the Cityof Manila,this 1sr dayof August ,ln
theyearof our Lord,TwoThousand and Eleven.

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By the President:

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