To further intensify the country’s anti-smuggling efforts, the Committee on International Trade (CIT) discussed on March 14, 2022 the creation of a Technical Working Group (TWG) to come up with the terms of reference and membership of the proposed Anti-Smuggling Committee. Early this quarter, the Committee adopted a resolution calling for the Bureau of Customs continue reading…
The Committee on Agricultural and Fisheries Mechanization (CAFMech)- Task Force on the Organization of Landless Farm Workers (OLFW) reviewed the registration process of the existing Registry System for Basic Sectors in Agriculture (RSBSA) on its February 18 meeting to include appropriate categorization of “landless” for crops and “boatless” for fishers. The RSBSA is an electronic continue reading…
In a special meeting of the National Banner Program Committee on Poultry, Livestock and Corn (NBPC on PLC) on March 1, the Committee proposed to conduct a study that will determine the proper disposal of diseased animals following the efforts of the Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI) on the Avian Influenza incident in Pampanga and continue reading…
The Constructors Performance Evaluation System (CPES) evaluation team, headed by the Philippine Council for Agriculture and Fisheries (PCAF) and composed of the Department of Trade and Industry-accredited Constructor’s Performance Evaluators from Department of Agriculture (DA) Regional Field Office (RFO) II, III, and Bureau of Agricultural and Fisheries Engineering, commenced the first evaluation for 2022 of continue reading…
With the continuing spread of the Pestalotiopsis Secondary Leaf Fall Disease on major natural rubber producing countries, the National Banner Program Committee on High Value Crops-Rubber discussed during its first quarter meeting on February 24, 2022 the possible interventions to prevent and monitor its entry into the country. The Committee invited International Rubber Research and continue reading…
The Committee on Agricultural and Fisheries Mechanization (CAFMech) Task Force on the Registration of Ownership of A&F Machinery and Equipment, in its February 23, 2022 meeting, recommended to the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) the prompt hiring of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering (ABE) personnel to efficiently facilitate the A&F machinery registration. Registration of all continue reading…
The National Banner Program Committee on High Value Crops- Coffee and Cacao discussed on February 15, 2022 the damage in terms of number of farmers, area affected, and production loss to the coffee and cacao production areas affected by Typhoon Odette. Department of Agriculture (DA) Field Operations Services OIC Director Bernadette San Juan pointed out continue reading…
In line with its continual improvements on quality management system, the Philippine Council for Agriculture and Fisheries (PCAF) had a two-day workshop to update its risk register and identify risks and opportunities, and craft concrete actions to address these. The workshop held on February 8 to 9, 2022 was attended by the Internal Quality Auditors, continue reading…
