The members of the National Banner Program Committee on High-Value Crops-Fiber Crops advocated the strengthening of the local abaca industry rather than venture on industrial hemp in the country at a virtual meeting conducted on April 23, 2021. A unanimous decision amongst the committee members to focus on the funding of the development and strengthening continue reading…
The Philippine Council for Agriculture and Fisheries (PCAF) Committee on Agricultural and Fisheries Mechanization (CAFMech) conducted its second online meeting on April 20, 2021, to discuss emerging issues and concerns from the previous meeting. A PhP237,747,000 budget proposal was made by the Bureau of Agricultural and Fisheries Engineering (BAFE) for FY 2022 which is in continue reading…
In preparation for the full devolution of Mandanas-Garcia ruling in 2022, the Department of Budget and Management (DBM), through the Philippine Council for Agriculture and Fisheries’ (PCAF) knowledge-sharing activity, clarified concerns on the prioritization of the agri-fishery sector, discontinued projects and programs, and affected employees. The two-part online session was joined by more than 300 continue reading…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
