National Dairy Authority

The National Dairy Authority (NDA) is a government-owned and controlled corporation attached to the Department of Agriculture mandated to ensure the accelerated development of the Philippine dairy industry through policy direction and program implementation. The NDA was created on March 12, 1995 by virtue of Republic Act (R.A.) No. 7884 as the “National Dairy Development Act of 1995” in pursuit of policy of the State “to strive for national self-sufficient in milk and dairy products as a vital feature in the attainment of a self-reliant and independent Philippine economy in the provision of proper nutrition and the generation of more employment opportunities for the people.” Hence, the NDA was made by law as “the central policy determining and directing body tasked to ensure the accelerated development of the Philippine Dairy Industry