In the second regular meeting of the Committee on Agricultural and Fisheries Mechanization (CAFMech) on May 11, 2022, the Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization (PhilMech) shared its plan to increase the agency’s engagement with local suppliers in procuring agri-fishery machinery and equipment. In support of this and in strengthening the local manufacturing industry, continue reading…
The Committee on Agricultural and Fisheries Mechanization (CAFMech) Task Force on the Identification and Prioritization of Philippine National Standards (PNS)/Philippine Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering Standards (PABES) for Development, Review and Revision convened on May 2, 2022 to discuss various proposals on the development and amendment of PNS for agri-fisheries machinery and equipment. The Task Force continue reading…
In the recently concluded National Agriculture and Fisheries Council (NAF Council) meeting on April 18, 2022, private sector-partners of the Philippine Council for Agriculture and Fisheries (PCAF) underscored the need for cold storage facilities in their region to address the issue of oversupply of onions. “We don’t have cold storage facilities in our region to continue reading…
In the special meeting of the Committee on International Trade (CIT) on April 26, 2022, Assistant Secretary for the Department of Agriculture (DA)-Wide Field Inspectorate Federico Laciste, Jr. reported the recent anti-smuggling operations conducted by the Sub-Task Group on Economic Intelligence (STG-IE) in key areas. The team concentrated in Navotas, Divisoria, Malabon, Bulacan, Quezon, Subic continue reading…
The Constructor’s Performance Evaluators (CPEs) team conducted an evaluation of constructors performance of infrastructure projects in Western Visayas on April 4 to 8, 2022. Led by the Philippine Council for Agriculture and Fisheries (PCAF), the team was composed of the Department of Agriculture (DA) Regional Field Offices (RFOs) in MIMAROPA, Eastern Visayas, and members of continue reading…
The National Agriculture and Fisheries Council (NAF Council) moved for the endorsement of the National Agriculture and Fisheries Modernization and Industrialization Plan (NAFMIP) 2021-2030 for the approval of the Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary on April 18, 2022, subject to the inputs given by the members of the Council. With the vision of “A food continue reading…
Secretary William Dar appealed to the Agricultural and Fishery Council (AFCs) Chairpersons, both at the national and local levels, to continue to nurture the partnership between the private sector and the government through the AFCs and set higher vision for the sector. “As our term comes to an end, I challenge this group not to continue reading…
Recognizing the efforts of its nationwide volunteer-partners towards the development of the agriculture and fisheries sector, the Philippine Council for Agriculture and Fisheries (PCAF), the policy-making agency of the Department of Agriculture (DA), celebrated the 7th National Agriculture and Fisheries Volunteers’ Day, with the theme “AFCs Finding Solutions beyond Limits” on March 24, 2022. The continue reading…
