Section 10Sec./Art. 10

Inter-agency Committee. - a committee, composed of representatives from the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Agrarian Reform, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, the Land Bank of the Philippines, the Development Bank of the Philippines, the Cooperative Development Authority, the Department of Science and Technology, the Department of Trade and Industry, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, and the Department of the Interior and Local Government and one (1) each from the small farmers and commercial producers sectors to be designated by the Secretary of Agriculture, shall formulate and prescribe, after public hearing and publication as required by law, the implementing rules and regulations in order to carry out the provisions of this Act. the representatives from the Department of Agriculture and the Department of Trade and Industry shall be the chairman and the vice-chairman, respectively, of the committee.

The Secretary of the Department of Agriculture shall report to both Houses of Congress on the status of the High-Value Crops Development Program biannually.1aшphi1