The Philippine Council for Agriculture and Fisheries (PCAF) supported the fishing industry and its stakeholders at the 22nd National Tuna Congress (NTC) on September 1 to 2, 2022, in General Santos City. After a two-year pause due to the pandemic, PCAF joined more than 60 industry players, government and non-government organizations at the NTC Trade continue reading…
More than 150 delegates joined the Luzon-wide Agricultural and Fishery Council (AFC) Congress held in General Trias, Cavite, on September 5 to 7, 2022. The Philippine Council for Agriculture and Fisheries (PCAF), in cooperation with the Department of Agriculture Regional Field Office CALABARZON, gathered the regional and provincial AFC Chairpersons, RAFC Executive Officers, Coordinators, and continue reading…
The National Banner Program Committee on High Value Crops (NBPC on HVC) discussed the first semester’s physical accomplishments and financial performance of DA HVC offices in their special meeting on August 10, 2022. Among the DA offices which presented their accomplishments are the DA-High Value Crops Development Program (DA-HVCDP), the Philippine Rubber Research Institute (PRRI), continue reading…
The Other Priority Program Committee on Climate Change, Environment and Natural Resources (OPPC on CCENR) discussed Agriculture and Fisheries (A&F) technological innovations which could mitigate climate change in their third quarter meeting on August 12, 2022. The Department of Agriculture-Cagayan Valley Research Center presented a report on their solar-powered irrigation system and seed cold storage, continue reading…
The total volume of fisheries production increased by 2.92%, or 62,017 metric tons in the first semester of 2022 from last year’s production volume of the same period of 2,123,058 metric tons. The report was based on the Philippine Statistics Authority data presented by the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) to the National continue reading…
Rice-related government agencies presented their first semester Fiscal Year 2022 Physical Accomplishments and Financial Performances to the National Banner Program Committee (NBPC) on Rice on August 16, 2022. This initiative is in line with promoting inclusiveness and transparency in the budgeting and program implementation processes of the Department of Agriculture and its attached agencies, bureaus, continue reading…
Two project beneficiaries of the Intensified Community-Based Dairy Enterprise Development (ICBDED) Project are successfully and sustainably managing their dairy goat operations in Central Luzon. The Philippine Council for Agriculture and Fisheries (PCAF) visited on June 14 to 17, 2022 the Sawat Overseas Workers and Family Association (SOWFA) in Tarlac and the Triple Three Jeremiah Association continue reading…
On August 11, 2022, the National Banner Program Committee on High Value Crops-Fruits and Vegetables passed a policy resolution, recommending the Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI) to include inventory shrinkage rates of onion and garlic in their monitoring reports. BPI regularly monitors onion and garlic supply in cold and dry storages nationwide. Currently, these include continue reading…
