On January 1, 1930, by virtue of Act 3639 of the Philippine Legislature, the Bureau of Agriculture was split to the Bureau of Animal Industry and Bureau of Plant Industry. The said Act defined the powers and functions of the two agencies. The Bureau of Animal Industry taking over all activities concerning animals, animal diseases, and industrialization of animal products and the Bureau of Plant Industry taking over the tasks on plant research and crop production.[5]
As created through series of laws, Executive and Administrative Orders, BPI has the primary tasks of:
- Promoting the development of plant industries through research and development;
- Crop production,
- Crop protection, and
- Effective technology promotion and transfer.
Through Executive Order 116 of President Corazon Aquino on January 30, 1987, BPI was reorganized to become a staff bureau under the production group of the renamed Department of Agriculture.[1]
On December 15, 2000, the Bureau of Plant Industry under the leadership of Atty. BLO Umpar Adiong, was certified as ISO 9002 and considered as having a world class management system.[citation needed]
In 2014, Assistant Secretary Paz J. Benavidez II of the Department of Agriculture was named OIC Director of the Bureau of Plant Industry. She replaced Director Clarito Barron.
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