With its mandate of developing and prescribing uniform standards and classification in generating official statistics, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) recommended the Department of Agriculture (DA) to conduct a study on rice classification in relation to the implementation of Republic Act No. 11203 or the Rice Tariffication Law (RTL). This aims to better capture and continue reading…
Updates on price and production of livestock, poultry and its allied commodities were discussed in the special meeting of the National Banner Program Committee on Poultry, Livestock and Corn (NBPC on PLC) on June 21, 2022. The report of the Department of Agriculture-Agribusiness and Marketing Assistance Service (DA-AMAS) as of June 17 showed a PhP10/kg continue reading…
The Committee on Agricultural and Fisheries Mechanization (CAFMech) Task Force on the Registration of Ownership of Agri-Fisheries (A&F) Machinery and Equipment discussed developments on the harmonization of the Management Information Systems (MIS) used for A&F Machinery and Equipment registration in a blended meeting on May 31, 2022. The MIS harmonization was proposed by the Committee during continue reading…
In its second quarter meeting on May 25, 2022, the National Banner Program Committee on High-Value Crops – Fiber Crops (NBPC on HVC-Fiber Crops), discussed updates on industry issues like the supplemental budget proposal for the local government units to support local fiber production, the institutionalization of an abaca model farm, and improving the production continue reading…
The National Agriculture and Fisheries Council (NAF Council) recommended the endorsement and approval of the PhP270.6-Billion Plan and Budget Proposal (PBP) of the Department of Agriculture (DA) for Fiscal Year 2023 on May 24, 2022. The total PBP amount included the proposed budget of the National Irrigation Administration given its recent transfer to DA as continue reading…
The National Banner Program Committee on Poultry, Livestock and Corn (NBPC on PLC) on its special meeting on May 23, 2022 discussed the updates on the Avian Influenza (AI) and the Department of Agriculture’s (DA) major initiatives to address and mitigate its impacts, the key strategies to address African Swine Fever (ASF) and National Corn continue reading…
The Philippine Council for Agriculture and Fisheries (PCAF), 1 Cooperative Insurance System of the Philippines Life and General Insurance (1CISP), and the Rotary Club of Malingap signed a partnership agreement for the Agri-Fishery Sector’s CSO Bootcamp on May 17, 2022, in Quezon City. The Bootcamp is a three-part training program that is open for PCAF-accredited continue reading…
Representatives from the Agricultural and Fishery Council (AFC), both national and regional levels, joined the launching of the National Agriculture and Fisheries Modernization and Industrialization Plan (NAFMIP) 2021-2030 on May 16, 2022 in Quezon City as part of this year’s National Farmers’ and Fisherfolk’s Month celebration. With a vision of “a food secure and resilient continue reading…
