The Philippine Council for Agriculture and Fisheries (PCAF) conducted its FY 2025 Yearend Performance Review of the Constructors’ Performance Evaluation System (CPES) on December 10–12, 2025, in Angeles City, Pampanga, to assess its implementation across the Department of Agriculture (DA) and identify priority actions for improvement. The activity served as a venue to examine specific continue reading…
In a display of collective action, the Philippine Council for Agriculture and Fisheries Gender and Development Focal Point System (PCAF GAD FPS) took its commitment to ending Violence Against Women (VAW) straight to the grassroots. Joining the national observance of the 18-day Campaign to End VAW, from November 25 to December 12, 2025, PCAF zeroed continue reading…
The Philippine Council for Agriculture and Fisheries (PCAF) National Sectoral Committee (NSC) on Coconut successfully concluded its 4th Quarter Meeting on November 26, 2025, held through a hybrid session. Chaired by Mr. Charles R. Avila, the meeting finalized several high-impact policy resolutions aimed at securing farmer welfare, enhancing product competitiveness, and integrating the sector into continue reading…
The Philippine Council for Agriculture and Fisheries (PCAF) Committee on International Trade (CIT) held its 4th Quarter Regular Meeting on November 21, 2025, in Quezon City, emphasizing the need to fast-track major trade negotiations to expand market access while protecting local industries. Over 30 participants, including government officials and key stakeholders, attended the meeting, which continue reading…
The Philippine Council for Agriculture and Fisheries (PCAF), along with its Consultative Bodies, gathered for its annual Year-end Joint PCAF, NSCs, and AFCs Performance Review and Planning Workshop on November 19 to 20, 2025 in Quezon City, setting the course for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 policy agenda. The activity convened chairpersons and representatives from continue reading…
Committed to strengthening regional engagement in agriculture and fishery policy formulation and program monitoring, the Philippine Council for Agriculture and Fisheries (PCAF) held its Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 Mindanao B Participatory Performance Review and Planning Workshop in General Santos City from November 4 to 7, 2025. The activity brought together key stakeholders, including chairpersons and continue reading…
Three agencies under the Department of Agriculture (DA) convened to assess the progress, accomplishments, and challenges of the Intensified Community-Based Dairy Enterprise Development (ICBDED) Project during its Year-End Assessment and Performance Review on November 4 to 5, 2025 in General Santos City. Funded under the United States Public Law 480 (US PL480) Program, the activity continue reading…
The Philippine Council for Agriculture and Fisheries (PCAF), through its Knowledge Management Section, held its third Knowledge Unloading Day (KUD) this year on November 14, 2025 via Zoom, featuring three returning scholars who shared their research outputs, key learnings, and personal experiences from their academic journeys. This year’s KUD, themed “Insights from PCAF’s Returning Scholars”, continue reading…
In just a few weeks, Regional Agricultural and Fishery Council (RAFC) Chairperson Leonardo Caparida will turn 69. Yet whenever the RAFC staff call on him to attend an activity or sign important documents, he responds without hesitation, without compensation, and without fanfare, traveling from his home to wherever his presence is needed. His reason is continue reading…
In the rich agricultural landscape of the Zamboanga Peninsula, the Philippine Council for Agriculture and Fisheries (PCAF) continues its journey of listening and learning through Lakbay Panayam or Conversations on the Move — an initiative of the Planning, Monitoring, and Knowledge Management Division’s Knowledge Management Section (KMS). Held last September 15–19, 2025, the latest leg continue reading…
The Philippine Council for Agriculture and Fisheries (PCAF) convened the Mindanao A Cluster for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 Participatory Performance Review and Planning Workshop on October 21-24, 2025 at the De Luxe Hotel in Cagayan de Oro City. Through its Planning and Programming Section under the Planning, Monitoring and Knowledge Management Division, the activity continue reading…
