To avoid the spread of the African Swine Fever (ASF) in the Philippines, the hog raisers met with the Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary Emmanuel Piñol on September 3, 2018 at Apacible Conference Room in Quezon City, to recommend ways to ensure the disease will not reach the country. According to the report from the continue reading…
Concerned rice stakeholders met with the Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary Manny Piñol at Apacible Conference Room in Quezon City while the onion and garlic stakeholders convened at the Office of the Secretary Conference Room on August 17, 2018, to address the issue on the rising price of the said commodity. Organized by the Philippine continue reading…
Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary, Emmanuel Piñol, presided the meeting with the concerned stakeholders to come up with proposed measures to address the rising price of basic agricultural and fisheries commodities in the market on August 10, 2018 at the Apacible Conference Room in Quezon City. Organized by the Philippine Council for Agriculture and Fisheries continue reading…
Officials and employees of the Philippine Council for Agriculture and Fisheries (PCAF) witness the critically acclaimed and award winning documentary film, “Walang Rape sa Bontok” on its screening under the PCAF-Gender and Development Focal System film showing activity. The film is about two women who were both victims of sexual abuse, in search of a continue reading…
“The Solar-powered irrigation system (SPIS) is the answer to the country’s rice shortage problems,” Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary Emmanuel Piñol stressed during the discussion on the Consultation on DA’s SPIS Projects. The consultation was spearheaded by the Bureau of Agricultural and Fisheries Engineering (BAFE), in coordination with the Philippine Council for Agriculture and Fisheries continue reading…
The Philippine Council for Agriculture and Fisheries (PCAF) has successfully conducted the Consultation on the Setting of Suggested Retail Prices (SRPs) of Agricultural and Fishery Commodities on May 31, 2018 at Apacible Hall, Quezon City to validate and provide comments on the data gathered on imposing SRPs on selected products. The consultation gathered almost 90 continue reading…
Key coconut stakeholders adopted a resolution appealing to the Congressional Bicameral Committee to recast House Bill (HB) 5745: “An Act Establishing the Coconut Farmers and Industry Development Trust Fund and Providing for its Management and Utilization” and Senate Bill (SB) 1233: “An Act Creating the Coconut Farmers and Industry Trust Fund, Providing for its Management continue reading…
Members of the National Agriculture and Fisheries Council (NAF Council) approved to endorse the proposed Php123.7 billion budget of the Department of Agriculture (DA) for fiscal year 2019. Composed of representatives of the different government agencies, private entities, civil society organizations (CSOs), non-government organizations (NGOs), people’s organizations, and farmers and fisherfolk groups, the NAF Council, continue reading…
