Agricultural Development Corporation Ordinance, 1961 (E.P. Ordinance No. XXXVII of 1961).

This Ordinance provides for the establishment of the Agricultural Development Corporation, a multi-tasking agency dealing with all issues related to the development of the agricultural sector. The Corporation shall undertake several activities leading to the improvement of agricultural production, farming, stockbreeding, timber logging, irrigation, afforestation and so on. The Corporation shall facilitate transport and storage and distribution of all those supplies that will enhance the agricultural production (fertilizers, pesticides, insecticides, fungicides, plant protection and biological agents, machinery, tools); it may provide irrigation works, the construction and maintenance of water courses, embankments, drainage systems, water supply services, clearing and tilling of reclaimed cultivable land. Research in the field of land and water proper exploitation are encouraged and projects may be sponsored.