Realizing the vital role of agriculture and fishery to secure food sufficiency in times of crisis, the Provincial Agriculture and Fishery Council (PAFC) of Palawan explored the possibility of sustaining coordination and meetings. Due to constraints of a face-to-face consultation in compliance with Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) and to ensure the safety of its members continue reading…
Author: DA Communications Group | 6 May 2020 Following the intensified promotion of urban agriculture, amid the extended quarantine period, the Department of Agriculture (DA), through the Agricultural Training Institute (ATI) and Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI), forged a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the University of the East (UE) Caloocan campus, on 4 continue reading…
Author: DA Communications Group | 5 May 2020 The Department of Agriculture (DA) and private sector partners launched on May 4, the “eKadiwa,” an online marketing platform that directly links producers and agripreneurs to consumers. “Through eKadiwa, we strengthen our commitment to providing every Filipino family a convenient and easier way to buying fresh, continue reading…
Author: DA Communications Group | 4 May 2020 The Department of Agriculture (DA), its bureaus, regional field offices, attached agencies, and corporations nationwide are resuming full operations, starting Monday, May 4, 2020, as part of the government’s efforts to gradually phase into the “new normal,” amid the implementation of enhanced or general community quarantine continue reading…
The Provincial Agricultural and Fishery Council (PAFC) in Quezon Province, through the help of the Office of the Provincial Agriculture (OPA), immediately responded to the Department of Agriculture’s (DA) “Ahon Lahat, Pagkaing Sapat (ALPAS) kontra COVID-19” or known as “Plant, Plant, Plant Program”. The program is an initiative of the Department to increase farm continue reading…
Author: DA Communications Group | 1 May 2020 Pork lovers in Luzon and Visayas, and likewise Mindanao farmers have reasons to be happy in the coming days as their surplus hogs, pork, and pork by-products are now allowed entry in Cebu City and Southern Leyte, and onto Metro Manila and other areas in Luzon. continue reading…
Author: DA Communications Group | 1 May 2020 The Department of Agriculture through the Philippine Coconut Authority (DA-PCA) is partnering with other agencies to study the curative properties of virgin coconut oil (VCO) on patients infected with the COVID-19. “This is indeed good news for us, a silver lining in the scientific community. This continue reading…
More than 60 hog and swine raisers, concerned private stakeholders, government officials and selected PCAF employees participated in a video conference on April 30, 2020 to discuss and get updates on the African Swine Fever (ASF) situation in the country. The Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Animal Industry presented the Department’s initiatives on ASF. These include continue reading…
