Chaired by Assistant Secretary for Livestock Dr. William Medrano, the Philippine Council for Agriculture and Fisheries (PCAF) convened concerned Department of Agriculture (DA) officials and key swine stakeholders in a video conference to discuss pork-related issues. Bureau of Animal Industry OIC Director Dr. Ronnie Domingo presented the African Swine Fever situation and updates while DA Price Enforcement Unit Head continue reading…
Author: DA Communications Group | 8 June 2020 In adapting to the “new normal,” the Department of Agriculture (DA) will reinvent itself along with its regional field offices, bureaus, and attached agencies to stay relevant and worthy of existence. “We cannot go back to yesterday. We must use our past achievements to rebuild our continue reading…
Author: DA Communications Group | 8 June 2020 In an effort to digitize Philippine agriculture, the Department of Agriculture (DA) through Planters Products Inc. (PPI) and the Satsure AG signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) on June 8, to provide better crop insurance in the country using satellite technology. The MOA signing was witnessed continue reading…
Author: DA Communications Group | 8 June 2020 Agriculture Secretary William Dar acknowledged the Institute of Plant Breeding (IPB) for partnering with the government in increasing the productivity and income of farmers through the use of high-yielding disease-resistant resilient and sturdy crop varieties. “Competitiveness is the name of the game. We need more varieties continue reading…
Author: DA Communications Group | 5 June 2020 The Department of Agriculture lauds the strong support of local government units (LGUs), farmers’ cooperatives and associations (FCAs), and community leaders, who altogether bought P5.8-billion worth of farm and fishery products that were included in LGU food packs and others were sold through the DA’s Kadiwa continue reading…
Author: DA Communications Group | 5 June 2020 About 6,000 Nueva Ecija rice farmers received dozens of modern farm machinery from the Department of Agriculture’s Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization (DA-PhilMech), on June 4, under the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (RCEF) mechanization component. “We congratulate the farmer-leaders who, on behalf of their continue reading…
Author: DA Communications Group | 4 June 2020 Starting this year, the Department of Agriculture (DA) will vigorously push for farm clustering and consolidation, being one of the key strategies to level up the Philippine agriculture sector. “It is important to convince farmers and their respective cooperatives and associations or FCAs to collectivize and continue reading…
Two groups of meat importers met with the Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI), National Meat Inspection Service (NMIS), Office of the Assistant Secretary for Livestock, and the Philippine Council for Agriculture and Fisheries (PCAF) on June 1, 2020 via separate video conferences to discuss issues confronting the broiler industry amid COVID-19. PCAF convened Meat Importers continue reading…
