For years, the Philippine Council for Agriculture and Fisheries’ (PCAF), through the Monitoring and Evaluation Section (MES) and its national and local Agriculture and Fisheries Councils (AFCs), has been going around the country conducting fieldwork as part of the monitoring arm of the Department of Agriculture (DA) specifically engaged in the post-implementation monitoring of DA-funded continue reading…
Almost 200 participants from the Agricultural and Fishery Councils (AFCs), both from the national and local levels, and representatives from the Philippine Council for Agriculture and Fisheries (PCAF) attended the Joint 2021 First Semester Major Final Output (MFO) Validation Party on July 8, 2021. The online assembly, spearheaded by the Planning, Monitoring and Knowledge Management continue reading…
As part of the oversight functions of the Philippine Council for Agriculture and Fisheries (PCAF) on the PL 480-funded projects, the Planning, Monitoring and Knowledge Management Division-Project Development Section (PMKMD-PDS) conducted a monitoring activity on National Dairy Authority’s (NDA) “Intensified Community-Based Dairy Enterprise Development” project on July 1, 2021 in Camiling, Tarlac. 104 imported dairy continue reading…
The National Banner Program Committee on Poultry, Livestock, and Corn (NBPC- PLC) crafted a policy recommending to the Department of Agriculture (DA) to ensure the active and direct involvement of the private sector in the development of commodity industry roadmap (CIR) on June 29, 2021. Members of the NBPC-PLC also included in the recommendation the continue reading…
As part of the Gender and Development-Focal Point System’s (GAD-FPS) continued promotion on the relevance of women on empowerment, gender equality, and issues confronting women in the agri-fishery sector, employees from the Philippine Council for Agriculture and Fisheries (PCAF) conducted a virtual screening and discussion on the film titled “Sol Searching” on July 2, 2021. continue reading…
“This is our first infinity year. We look forward to the double infinity.” Acting Executive Director Liza Battad expressed her optimism on the Philippine Council for Agriculture and Fisheries’ (PCAF) viability to uplift the agri-fishery sector towards and beyond its double infinity year or 8th anniversary in her welcoming message on the agency’s exhibit opening continue reading…
“Is rubber farming sending our smallholders to poverty?” This was the resonating question of Alfonso Jack Sandique, Chairperson of the National Banner Program Committee on High Value Crops-Rubber (NBPC on HVC-Rubber), during their second quarter meeting on June 30, 2021. Traditional rubber programs of the government were deemed inefficient in terms of generating higher and continue reading…
The Philippine Council for Agriculture and Fisheries (PCAF) conducted a virtual knowledge-sharing activity on June 24, 2021 to understand the prevailing and emerging crop biotechnology policy environment in the Philippines and draw insight into its implications on the food industry and agriculture development in the climate change era. The study was conducted by the Philippine continue reading…
