Author: DA Communications Group | 8 May 2020 To bring quality and affordable fish and fishery products to residents in Metro Manila and other urban areas in the country, amid the community quarantine due to Covid-19 pandemic, the Department of Agriculture (DA) conducts complementary initiatives under the “Kadiwa ni Ani at Kita” marketing continue reading…
Author: DA Communications Group | 9 May 2020 Exports of agriculture and fishery products provided the bright spot to the otherwise bleak picture of the country’s trade numbers. The Department of Agriculture said export shipments of agri-fishery products from January to March 2020 grew by 12 percent (%) to $1.31 billion (B), from $1.17 continue reading…
Author: DA Communications Group | 8 May 2020 To ensure the health and safety of farmers, fishers and other ‘frontliners’ of the country’s food value chain during this Covid-19 crisis, the Department of Agriculture (DA) has developed set of guidelines that was recently approved by the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management on Emerging continue reading…
Author: DA Communications Group | 8 May 2020 The Department of Agriculture (DA), as chair of the Task Group on Food Security (TGFS), recently got the nod of the Inter-agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) to pursue its Food Security Development Framework (FSDF) as it leads the country’s agriculture continue reading…
Author: DA Communications Group | 7 May 2020 The Department of Agriculture (DA) reports that to date local government units (LGUs) nationwide have bought tons of farm and fishery products worth more than PhP1.58 billion direct from farmers and fishers since the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) was imposed on March 15, 2020. “We are continue reading…
In a video conference, PCAF facilitated on May 6, 2020 a follow through discussion on Poultry and Feeds Sectors Resolution No. 6 , Series of 2020, “Recommending to the Department of Agriculture (DA) to put up a one-stop shop storage facility with DA quarantine office in alternate container yard to store agricultural and fishery shipments continue reading…
Author: DA Communications Group | 6 May 2020 The Department of Agriculture (DA) is taking the necessary steps to boost domestic food production and attain higher levels of food sufficiency in the coming months after a slight decline in the first quarter (Q1) of the year. The Philippine Statistics Authority reported today that the continue reading…
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…
