Author: DA Communications Group | 23 April 2020 Several companies and institutional buyers are now partnering with the Department of Agriculture (DA), particularly in its ‘Kadiwa ni Ani at Kita’ marketing program, where farm products are bought on a wholesale basis from farmers and retailed to consumers on affordable prices in Metro Manila and continue reading…
Author: DA Communications Group | 22 April 2020 Agriculture Secretary William D. Dar reiterated that the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Disease (IATF-EID) only allows three passengers on board food vehicles carrying fresh produce or farm inputs and implements essential for food production and processing. “Food vehicles, haulers, delivery vans continue reading…
Author: DA Communications Group | 21 April 2020 The Department of Agriculture (DA) and the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) launched a joint market intervention called the ‘Kadiwa Diskwento Karavan,’ serving hundreds of families at Greenheights Gym, in Barangay Nangka, Marikina City, on April 21, 2020. The combined DA’s Kadiwa ni Ani at continue reading…
Author: DA Communications Group | 21 April 2020 Recognizing the threat of hunger and underscoring the need for continuous supply of quality, nutritious and affordable food particularly for residents of Metro Manila and other urban centers nationwide, the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) recently created a Task Group continue reading…
Author: DA Communications Group | 20 April 2020 Agriculture Secretary William Dar welcomed the approval of the Interagency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) for including refined sugar in the relief packs to be distributed by local government units (LGUs) to their respective constituents in Metro Manila and other urban continue reading…
For the first time, PCAF met via video conference the Regional Agricultural and Fishery Council (RAFC) Chairpersons, RAFC Executive Officers, and RAFC Coordinators in Luzon to discuss the following: 1. Regional initiatives and RAFC efforts per “Ahon Lahat, Pagkaing Sapat” (ALPAS) Kontra COVID-19 measures and PCAF E-Survey 2. Hindrances, blockage to DA measures continue reading…
Poultry (Broiler) and Feed Crops industry stakeholders conducted a video conference on April 14 to discuss the confronting issues amidst the COVID-19. The stakeholders will discuss about the: 1. Adequacy of supply 2. Movement from farm to market 3. Checkpoint blockage vs DA food pass 4. Market price vs price act 5. Adequacy of continue reading…
Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, PCAF gathered on April 6, 2020 its private stakeholders and concerned DA officials in a video conference to discuss confronting issues in the swine industry and provide possible solutions. Here are the following agenda: 1. Adequacy of supply of pork (decreasing sow level) 2. Movement from farm to market (issuance continue reading…
