In collaboration with the Bureau of Agricultural and Fisheries Engineering (BAFE), the Philippine Council for Agriculture and Fisheries (PCAF) hosted the blended public consultation for the updating of the National Agricultural and Fishery Mechanization Program (NAFMP) on September 6, 2022 in Quezon City. The activity aimed to generate awareness of NAFMP among its public and continue reading…
PCAF supports fishing industry at the 22nd Tuna Congress
The Philippine Council for Agriculture and Fisheries (PCAF) supported the fishing industry and its stakeholders at the 22nd National Tuna Congress (NTC) on September 1 to 2, 2022, in General Santos City. After a two-year pause due to the pandemic, PCAF joined more than 60 industry players, government and non-government organizations at the NTC Trade continue reading…
PCAF holds Luzon-wide agri-fishery congress
More than 150 delegates joined the Luzon-wide Agricultural and Fishery Council (AFC) Congress held in General Trias, Cavite, on September 5 to 7, 2022. The Philippine Council for Agriculture and Fisheries (PCAF), in cooperation with the Department of Agriculture Regional Field Office CALABARZON, gathered the regional and provincial AFC Chairpersons, RAFC Executive Officers, Coordinators, and continue reading…
NBPC on HVC discusses performance of DA HVC offices
The National Banner Program Committee on High Value Crops (NBPC on HVC) discussed the first semester’s physical accomplishments and financial performance of DA HVC offices in their special meeting on August 10, 2022. Among the DA offices which presented their accomplishments are the DA-High Value Crops Development Program (DA-HVCDP), the Philippine Rubber Research Institute (PRRI), continue reading…
OPPC on CCENR tackles A&F technological innovations for climate change mitigation
The Other Priority Program Committee on Climate Change, Environment and Natural Resources (OPPC on CCENR) discussed Agriculture and Fisheries (A&F) technological innovations which could mitigate climate change in their third quarter meeting on August 12, 2022. The Department of Agriculture-Cagayan Valley Research Center presented a report on their solar-powered irrigation system and seed cold storage, continue reading…
Fisheries production grew by 2.92% in the 1st sem of FY 2022 – BFAR
The total volume of fisheries production increased by 2.92%, or 62,017 metric tons in the first semester of 2022 from last year’s production volume of the same period of 2,123,058 metric tons. The report was based on the Philippine Statistics Authority data presented by the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) to the National continue reading…
Rice-related gov’t agencies present 1st sem FY 2022 Physical Accomplishments and Financial Performances
Rice-related government agencies presented their first semester Fiscal Year 2022 Physical Accomplishments and Financial Performances to the National Banner Program Committee (NBPC) on Rice on August 16, 2022. This initiative is in line with promoting inclusiveness and transparency in the budgeting and program implementation processes of the Department of Agriculture and its attached agencies, bureaus, continue reading…
ICBDED beneficiaries establish sustainable dairy goat enterprises in Central Luzon
Two project beneficiaries of the Intensified Community-Based Dairy Enterprise Development (ICBDED) Project are successfully and sustainably managing their dairy goat operations in Central Luzon. The Philippine Council for Agriculture and Fisheries (PCAF) visited on June 14 to 17, 2022 the Sawat Overseas Workers and Family Association (SOWFA) in Tarlac and the Triple Three Jeremiah Association continue reading…