PCAF takes part in 2021 National Food Systems Dialogue

More than 30 employees of the Philippine Council for Agriculture and Fisheries (PCAF) joined the technical secretariat of the 2021 National Food Systems Dialogue (NFSD) on July 13 and 14, which was participated in by international agencies, local government units, and partner national government agencies and other agriculture and fisheries key stakeholders through a blended continue reading…

Innovative M&E system bridges gaps brought by COVID-19

For years, the Philippine Council for Agriculture and Fisheries’ (PCAF), through the Monitoring and Evaluation Section (MES) and its national and local Agriculture and Fisheries Councils (AFCs), has been going around the country conducting fieldwork as part of the monitoring arm of the Department of Agriculture (DA) specifically engaged in the post-implementation monitoring of DA-funded continue reading…

PCAF, AFCs celebrate wins during joint 2021 1st Sem MFO validation party

Almost 200 participants from the Agricultural and Fishery Councils (AFCs), both from the national and local levels, and representatives from the Philippine Council for Agriculture and Fisheries (PCAF) attended the Joint 2021 First Semester Major Final Output (MFO) Validation Party on July 8, 2021. The online assembly, spearheaded by the Planning, Monitoring and Knowledge Management continue reading…

PCAF monitors PL 480-funded Dairy Project

As part of the oversight functions of the Philippine Council for Agriculture and Fisheries (PCAF) on the PL 480-funded projects, the Planning, Monitoring and Knowledge Management Division-Project Development Section (PMKMD-PDS) conducted a monitoring activity on National Dairy Authority’s (NDA) “Intensified Community-Based Dairy Enterprise Development” project on July 1, 2021 in Camiling, Tarlac. 104 imported dairy continue reading…

NBPC-PLC recommends safeguard measures in CIR, discusses updates on ASF and other pressing industry matters

The National Banner Program Committee on Poultry, Livestock, and Corn (NBPC- PLC) crafted a policy recommending to the Department of Agriculture (DA) to ensure the active and direct involvement of the private sector in the development of commodity industry roadmap (CIR) on June 29, 2021. Members of the NBPC-PLC also included in the recommendation the continue reading…

PCAF employees go “Sol Searching”

As part of the Gender and Development-Focal Point System’s (GAD-FPS) continued promotion on the relevance of women on empowerment, gender equality, and issues confronting women in the agri-fishery sector, employees from the Philippine Council for Agriculture and Fisheries (PCAF) conducted a virtual screening and discussion on the film titled “Sol Searching” on July 2, 2021. continue reading…

PCAF: Elevating agri-fishery sector to 8finity and beyond

“This is our first infinity year. We look forward to the double infinity.” Acting Executive Director Liza Battad expressed her optimism on the Philippine Council for Agriculture and Fisheries’ (PCAF) viability to uplift the agri-fishery sector towards and beyond its double infinity year or 8th anniversary in her welcoming message on the agency’s exhibit opening continue reading…

Expanding rubber farmers’ opportunities thru adoption of modern techs, new initiatives

“Is rubber farming sending our smallholders to poverty?” This was the resonating question of Alfonso Jack Sandique, Chairperson of the National Banner Program Committee on High Value Crops-Rubber (NBPC on HVC-Rubber), during their second quarter meeting on June 30, 2021. Traditional rubber programs of the government were deemed inefficient in terms of generating higher and continue reading…