In a video conference, Regional Agricultural and Fishery Council (RAFC) Mindanao A Cluster discussed agriculture and fisheries sector issues and concerns amid COVID-19 on May 20, 2020. One of the challenges confronting the sector during the pandemic is the food supply availability and adequacy in the region, which includes price-related issues, production-related issues, and unhampered continue reading…
Author: DA Communications Group | 19 May 2020 The Department of Agriculture (DA) is readying interventions under its P700-million (M) Quick Response Fund (QRF) after conducting field validation of ‘Typhoon Ambo’ affected areas in Eastern Visayas and Luzon. “We will use the QRF to rehabilitate affected areas and help farmers and fishers who suffered continue reading…
Author: DA Communications Group | 18 May 2020 A former overseas Filipino worker (OFW), engineer Celestino Mananguit, of San Ildefonso, Bulacan, developed an integrated eight-hectare livestock farm, expanding it into a techno-demonstration and agri-tourism farm that provides food, livelihood, and employment in his community. A retired seaman, Melbert Gabriel Fadrigo developed their family farm, continue reading…
Author: DA Communications Group | 15 May 2020 To cater to more farm producers and consumers, the Department of Agriculture (DA) has expanded partnership for the implementation of the e-Kadiwa marketing initiative, which was first launched on May 4. On May 15, 2020, Agriculture Secretary William Dar signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with continue reading…
Author: DA Communications Group | 15 May 2020 The Department of Agriculture (DA) proposes several sets of interventions to revive and reboot the country’s agriculture and fishery sector after the COVID-19 pandemic. “We believe the initiatives will help reinvigorate the Philippine countryside after surmounting the COVID-19 pandemic, by increasing food production and establishment continue reading…
Author: DA Communications Group | 15 May 2020 The Department of Agriculture (DA) — as a member of the economic development cluster (EDC) of the Cabinet of President Rodrigo Roa Duterte — strongly supports the five-point economic measures proposed by Department of Finance (DOF) Secretary and EDC chair Carlos G. Dominguez III to continue reading…
Author: DA Communications Group | 14 May 2020 The Department of Agriculture supports the implementation of the “Balik Probinsya, Bagong Pag-asa (BP2)” program as it will not only decongest Metro Manila and ensure balanced regional development and equitable distribution of wealth, resources and opportunities, but also pave the way to modernizing and industrializing the continue reading…
Fisheries and aquaculture private stakeholders and government sector concerning the industry joined the Philippine Council for Agriculture and Fisheries (PCAF) in a video conference to discuss issues confronting the fishery and aquaculture sector amid COVID-19. Some of the topics discussed were: 1. Challenges of the sector amid the pandemic on: > Municipal capture fisheries continue reading…
