The Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) is known for its abundant natural resources. Its vast mountains hold rich mineral deposits while its terraces are famous for housing a variety of rice and highland fruits and vegetables. Tagged as the vegetable basket of the country, many forget that CAR is also home to several indigenous tribes with continue reading…
The Philippine Council for Agriculture and Fisheries (PCAF) opened on Tuesday, October 11, the back-to-back AFC Visayas Congress and Areawide Participatory Performance Review and Planning Workshop in Leyte. In partnership with the Department of Agriculture-Regional Field Office (DA-RFO) VIII the three-day event aims to provide a venue to address issues common to the Visayas regions continue reading…
To ensure that agriculture programs are effectively carried out, the Philippine Council for Agriculture and Fisheries (PCAF) enjoins interested civil society organizations (CSOs) to register themselves and get accredited as partners of the Department of Agriculture (DA) in the co-implementation of programs, projects and activities. Accredited CSOs become either implementing partners or beneficiaries of the continue reading…
The Philippine Council for Agriculture and Fisheries (PCAF) joined more than 30 representatives from the national government offices, social enterprises, and other private sector organizations to talk about agricultural value chain (AVC) initiatives using benchmarking tools on October 6, 2022 in Quezon City. The activity titled “A Dialogue and Planning Workshop on Co-Creating an continue reading…
The Philippine Council for Agriculture and Fisheries (PCAF), in partnership with the Philippine National Volunteer Service Coordinating Agency (PNVSCA), conducted a volunteer management training entitled “Capacitating the Agriculture and Fisheries Sector on Volunteering for Development” on September 28 to 30, 2022. The three-day training focused on harnessing the potential of volunteerism for national development, with continue reading…
The Philippine Council for Agriculture and Fisheries (PCAF) opened another platform to highlight the agriculture and fishery women leaders as the industry’s “catalytic partners” and to share their learning and opportunities during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic. The 2022 Women’s Dialogue conducted on September 20, 2022 in Quezon City, housed more than 60 participants continue reading…
“Over the years, Filipinos’ intake of fruits and vegetables has declined. Based on the Expanded National Nutrition Survey conducted in 2018 to 2019, the per capita consumption was less than the 400-grams per day recommendation of the World Health Organization (WHO),” said Director Imelda Angeles-Agdeppa of the Food and Nutrition Research Institute (FNRI). In the continue reading…
Pakikisama is a typical trait of a Filipino, in its simplest sense meaning “getting along with others”1. The word entails a genuine intrinsic appreciation of togetherness. Group harmony and unity is valued2. Pakikiisa means “being one with” . It is considered as the highest level of Filipino social interaction3. ——– Julian Martinez, the Municipal Agricultural continue reading…
