The Philippine Council for Agriculture and Fisheries (PCAF) partnered with the Philippine National Volunteer Service Coordinating Agency (PNVSCA) to mainstream volunteerism in the agri-fishery sector. In a meeting on January 19, 2022, PCAF, OIC Executive Director Liza G. Battad and PNVSCA Executive Director Donald Gawe discussed and detailed their plans to engage and strengthen the continue reading…
As the country prepares for its climate action plan to cut emissions and adapt to climate impacts or known as the Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC), the Climate Change Commission (CCC) presented the Philippine NDC salient features to the Committee on Climate Change, Environment and Natural Resources on February 4, 2022. According to CCC Policy Research continue reading…
According to the Food and Agriculture Organization, solar-powered irrigation system (SPIS) have been considered as a “reliable and affordable energy” source, significantly reducing the expenses of farmers in field irrigation. This has been evident in the recent report of the Bataan Provincial Agricultural and Fishery Council (PAFC) monitoring team, along with the Philippine Council for continue reading…
In its commitment to accelerate the transformation of Philippine agriculture, the Department of Agriculture (DA) is prioritizing the construction of farm-to-market roads (FMR) and provision of mechanization projects to give greater access to and from food sources and production areas and improve production efficiency. To keep account of these projects, the participatory monitoring and tracking continue reading…
The Committee on Agricultural and Fisheries Mechanization (CAFMech) identified the need to harmonize the local and national policies on the delivery of agri-fishery products, machinery and equipment during their special meeting on January 27, 2022. The Department of Agriculture-Field Operations Service (DA-FOS) previously issued Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) passes to suppliers for the unhampered delivery continue reading…
The Philippines’ total agricultural trade reached USD 5.93 billion in the third quarter of last year according to the Philippine Statistics Authority report on December 13, 2021. This was 14.8 percent more than the same period in 2020, leading to a total of USD 1.76 billion agricultural export revenue. On January 25, 2022, the Committee continue reading…
The National Agricultural and Fisheries Machinery Assemblers, Manufacturers, Importers, Distributors and Dealers Accreditation and Classification (NAMDAC) Board unanimously agreed on January 25, 2022 to recommend to the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources to blacklist a certain supplier due to falsified NAMDAC Certificate of Accreditation (CoA). The Board also agreed to issue a notice to continue reading…
With the African Swine Fever continuously affecting pork supply in the country, chicken and egg are being considered to supplement the demand for meat and alternative protein sources. According to the Philippine Statistics Authority report, the country suffered a 12.4 percent decrease in the total swine population in the third quarter of 2021 from the continue reading…
