The Philippine Council for Agriculture and Fisheries (PCAF) conducted a virtual meeting between the Department of Agriculture (DA) and pork producers on March 25 and pork traders and retailers on March 30, 2021, to discuss cost structure on pork with the aim to maintain a profitable and sustainable industry for the key players in pork continue reading…
Poultry stakeholders call for reconsideration on the cost structure on chicken
In a virtual meeting with the poultry stakeholders on March 30, 2021, about the chicken cost structure, the members of the National Banner Program Committee on Livestock, Poultry, and Corn (NBPC on LPC) pointed out to the Department of Agriculture (DA) that the cost estimates they have presented were a bit modest. The NBPC on continue reading…
PCAF celebrates Women’s Month through positivity amid pandemic
In celebration of the National Women’s Month, the Philippine Council for Agriculture and Fisheries (PCAF) conducted a two-session virtual workshop on Women Empowerment with the theme “ Juan/a Laban sa Pandemya: Kaya!” on March 12, 2021. The online interactive workshop, participated by more than 90 PCAF employees and its private sector-partners, aimed to help the continue reading…
NBPC Rubber Committee commends TESDA for revised Rubber Production NC II
Almost a decade after the first promulgation of the Training Regulations on Rubber Production (TRRP) National Certificate (NC) II, the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) presented to the private sector-partners and concern government offices the approval of the Amended TRRP NC II on March 11, 2021. In the first quarterly meeting of the continue reading…
PCAF clarifies role on private sector’s position on DA’s withdrawal of tariff reduction
The Philippine Council for Agriculture and Fisheries (PCAF) clarifies recent articles mentioning that the agency is “proposing” to the Department of Agriculture (DA) to withdraw its position to cut tariff rates on imported pork. Although there is such a petition, it is the industry’s private sector-partners who proposed the reduction of tariff on pork and continue reading…
Private sector-partners push for withdrawal of DA’s proposal on tariff reduction on pork and rice
The Philippine Council for Agriculture and Fisheries (PCAF) conducted a virtual consultation on the proposed tariff modification on rice and pork importation on February 2, 2021, to gather inputs, suggestions, and reactions from the private stakeholder partners on the tariff adjustment proposal that the Department of Agriculture (DA) submitted to the tariff commission. During the continue reading…
PCAF holds First NAF Council meeting for 2021
The Philippine Council for Agriculture and Fisheries (PCAF) staged a combined face-to-face and online National Agriculture and Fisheries (NAF) Council meeting on January 21, 2021, at the conference room of the Department of Agriculture-PCAF New building in Quezon City. NAF Council is the apex consultative and advisory body of the DA, which is composed continue reading…
PCAF ensures continuous consultations with A&F private sector-partners amid allegations
Contrary to the allegations that the Philippine Council for Agriculture and Fisheries (PCAF) has not consulted and involved private sectors in various dialogues on issues and concerns affecting the agriculture and fisheries sector, PCAF releases total number of resolutions from the private sector-partners passed from 2020 to January 2021. PCAF is an attached agency continue reading…