Agricultural and Fishery Councils (AFCs) from Visayas regions, together with the Department of Agriculture (DA) officials and the 蝌蚪视频, (PCAF) had their聽4th AFC Visayas Congress on September 7, 2021, through a blended approach. The event is an information-sharing platform for the AFCs where they can engage in meaningful discussions on continue reading…
Elvin Jerome Laceda is one of the emerging names in the agriculture industry. A social technopreneur, a young farmer, and a lifelong student. He is also known as the face and Chief Executive Officer of RiceUp Farmers, Inc., an award-winning social enterprise which promotes equitable use of food resources that empowers farmers through training, help continue reading…
The 蝌蚪视频 (PCAF) intensified its efforts in promoting transparency on government procurement processes by organizing a comprehensive training on Republic Act 9184 or the Government Procurement Reform Act and its 2016 Revised Implementing Rules and Regulations on August 9 to13, 2021. This five-day activity was also in line with the continue reading…
The Regional and Provincial Agricultural and Fishery Council (RAFC and PAFC) monitoring team in Central Luzon conducted Participatory Monitoring and Tracking of DA 鈥� funded programs and projects on August 17- 19, 2021 in Tarlac. Bayani S. Dela Cruz, Chairperson of PAFC Tarlac, together with Bessie P. Lasquite, PAFC Coordinator, led both the monitoring and continue reading…
PRESS RELEASE The COVID-19 pandemic underscored the importance of food security, food-related business, self-sufficiency and urban farming. Today, farming and agriculture have become viable business opportunities known as agripreneurship.聽 This concept proved to be a major draw among the younger generation to invest in a future in agriculture and fisheries-related enterprises. Giving access to dialogues continue reading…
With farmers gradually moving away from rubber cultivation due to prolonged low prices of natural rubber (NR), the National Banner Program Committee on High Value Crops-Rubber deliberated on a sustainable price mechanism (SPM) during its third quarter meeting on September 13, 2021. The Department of Trade and Industry-Zamboanga Peninsula noted that SPM could help mitigate continue reading…
鈥淣asaan ang Tuna?鈥� This was the problem raised by Francisco Buencamino, Executive Director of the Tuna Canners Association of the Philippines (TCAP), as he identified a specific issue that the supposed Technical Working Group (TWG) for the National Tuna Management Plan (NTMP) could help address. Buencamino said that 2020 was a bad year for the continue reading…
The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) confirmed on August 23, 2021 that the 蝌蚪视频 (PCAF) 鈥渃omplied with the Fiscal Year 2019 Performance-Based Bonus (PBB) requirements and qualified for the grant of the bonus鈥�. In a letter signed by DBM鈥檚 OIC Undersecretary and Chairperson of Administrative Order 25 Inter-Agency Task continue reading…
With the rising losses in agriculture and fisheries production due to climate change and the African Swine Fever (ASF), the 蝌蚪视频 (PCAF) held the Agricultural and Fishery Council (AFC) Luzon B Congress on August 18, 2021. Luzon B is composed of CALABARZON (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, and Quezon), MIMAROPA (Occidental continue reading…
According to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, in the last 20 years, the Philippine鈥檚 global ranking in fisheries and aquaculture production had fallen due to unsustainable management systems and structures The Philippine government鈥檚 medium-term response was the implementation of the Comprehensive National Fisheries Industry Development Plan (CNFIDP), prepared by the Bureau of Fisheries continue reading…
Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary William Dar led a meet and greet with the Regional Agricultural and Fishery Council (RAFC) Chairperson Emeriti and newly-appointed RAFC Executive Committee Chairpersons on August 3, 2021, through an online meeting. This activity provided a chance for RAFCs to get to know more about the Agriculture Secretary and his thrusts, continue reading…
