Six groups of the Agricultural and Fishery Council (AFC) Chairpersons and representatives from the Eastern Visayas Region joined the Philippine Council for Agriculture and Fisheries (PCAF) in a participatory monitoring and tracking (PMT) activity on September 25 to 29, 2023. The PMT teams visited more than 90 Department of Agriculture- (DA) funded projects and programs continue reading…
Women leaders in the agriculture and fisheries sector recently appealed to create a strong linkage among government agencies, local governments units (LGUs), and private sectors to reinforce women-centered strategies for climate resilient and adaptation. More than 60 participants from the different regions of the country gathered on September 18 to 19, 2023 in Malvar, continue reading…
More than 50 participants from the Zamboanga Peninsula, Northern Mindanao, and Caraga regions explored innovative ways to optimize benefits from consultative mechanism and fund utilization, and to enhance participatory monitoring and tracking (PMT) approaches and guidelines during the Mindanao A Participatory Performance Review and Planning Workshop on September 13 to 15, 2023 in Cagayan de continue reading…
The Philippine Council for Agriculture and Fisheries (PCAF) sent four of its employees to various local and international scholarship programs starting early this year to provide them with opportunities to improve the delivery of services of the agency. Two employees came from the Policy Development and Coordination Division (PDCD), one from the Partnership Development Division continue reading…
With the possible impact of the El Niño Phenomenon in the country, the National Sectoral Committee on Rice (NSC on Rice) discussed the climate outlook from August 2023 to January 2024 for potential dry conditions, dry spell and drought in the country and possible mitigation plans on July 31, 2023. Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical continue reading…
The Philippine Council for Agriculture and Fisheries (PCAF) conducted an onboarding activity for the newly hired employees on August 3, 2023 to inform them about the agency, general policies, and compensation, welfare and benefits. Led by the Administrative, Financial and Management Division-Human Resource Development Section (AFMD-HRDS) Section Chief Braulio Castro, Jr. the activity explained to continue reading…
The National Sectoral Committee on Agricultural and Fisheries Mechanization (NSC on AFMech) convened on July 28, 2023 to gather best practices and lessons learned from farm clustering programs that could address the key concerns in the agricultural and fishery mechanization. The Philippine Council for Agriculture and Fisheries (PCAF), in collaboration with the Bureau of Agricultural continue reading…
To strengthen the integration of gender perspective across the national government, particularly within the Department of Agriculture (DA), the National Sectoral Committee on Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (NSC on GESI) convened on July 21, 2023 to discuss the policy study to institutionalize DA-GESI and the draft Executive Order in creating an Inter-Agency Council for continue reading…
