Over 60 Agricultural and Fishery Council (AFC) members from Eastern Visayas and MIMAROPA (Mindoro [Oriental and Occidental], Marinduque, Romblon and Palawan) increased their understanding on policymaking and engagement through trainings in July and August. The training was initiated by the Philippine Council for Agriculture and Fisheries (PCAF), in partnership with University of the Philippines’ (UP) continue reading…
Farm-to-market roads (FMR) comprised more than 30% of 149 programs and projects evaluated by the members of participatory monitoring and tracking (PMT) team from September 17 to 24, 2018 in five provinces and one city of Davao Region. Six monitoring groups from the Philippine Council for Agriculture and Fisheries (PCAF) and private-sector stakeholders of the continue reading…
Aimed to abreast PCAF women partners and other stakeholders on women empowerment and gender equality, the Philippine Council for Agriculture and Fisheries (PCAF), through its Gender and Development (GAD) Focal System organized a policy forum on September 20, 2018 at Apacible Conference Hall A in Diliman, Quezon City. Initiated by the Policy Development and Coordination continue reading…
Monitoring staff of the Philippine Council for Agriculture and Fisheries (PCAF) and the volunteer-partners of the Agricultural and Fishery Council (AFC) convened for an exit conference on September 3, 2018 at Apacible Conference Hall B in Quezon City. The conference, aimed to discuss the findings and recommendations on the projects monitored and evaluated, was a continue reading…
To avoid the spread of the African Swine Fever (ASF) in the Philippines, the hog raisers met with the Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary Emmanuel Piñol on September 3, 2018 at Apacible Conference Room in Quezon City, to recommend ways to ensure the disease will not reach the country. According to the report from the continue reading…
The Regional Agricultural and Fishery Council (RAFC) of Ilocos Region released its first-ever bilingual newsletter on July 27, 2018 at the Department of Agriculture (DA) regional office in San Fernando, La Union that aims to convey messages and relevant information about the AFCs to the farmer communities, other stakeholders, and local government units. The quarterly continue reading…
As planning and budgeting cycle commences, the Philippine Council for Agriculture and Fisheries (PCAF) conducted an Areawide Participatory Planning Workshop aimed to hear the voices of local partners in the development of agri-fisheries sector. Almost a hundred stakeholders of the Agricultural and Fishery Council (AFC) from the Mindanao A cluster attended the event on Aug. continue reading…
Concerned rice stakeholders met with the Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary Manny Piñol at Apacible Conference Room in Quezon City while the onion and garlic stakeholders convened at the Office of the Secretary Conference Room on August 17, 2018, to address the issue on the rising price of the said commodity. Organized by the Philippine continue reading…
