The Regional Agricultural and Fishery Council (RAFC) of Ilocos Region released its first-ever bilingual newsletter on July 27, 2018 at the Department of Agriculture (DA) regional office in San Fernando, La Union that aims to convey messages and relevant information about the AFCs to the farmer communities, other stakeholders, and local government units. The quarterly continue reading…
As planning and budgeting cycle commences, the Philippine Council for Agriculture and Fisheries (PCAF) conducted an Areawide Participatory Planning Workshop aimed to hear the voices of local partners in the development of agri-fisheries sector. Almost a hundred stakeholders of the Agricultural and Fishery Council (AFC) from the Mindanao A cluster attended the event on Aug. continue reading…
Concerned rice stakeholders met with the Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary Manny Piñol at Apacible Conference Room in Quezon City while the onion and garlic stakeholders convened at the Office of the Secretary Conference Room on August 17, 2018, to address the issue on the rising price of the said commodity. Organized by the Philippine continue reading…
Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary, Emmanuel Piñol, presided the meeting with the concerned stakeholders to come up with proposed measures to address the rising price of basic agricultural and fisheries commodities in the market on August 10, 2018 at the Apacible Conference Room in Quezon City. Organized by the Philippine Council for Agriculture and Fisheries continue reading…
More than a hundred local coffee growers from different regions gathered in a summit on July 3 to 5, 2018 in General Santos City to understand the current state of the industry and come up with appropriate policy recommendations that would improve the industry across the value chain. Funded by the Philippine Council for Agriculture continue reading…
Officials and selected staff of the Philippine Council for Agriculture and Fisheries (PCAF) and representatives of its Advisory Special Bodies (ASBs) gathered on July 11-13, 2018 at Lohas Hotel, Clark, Pampanga for the performance review of this year’s first semester accomplishments. Planning, Monitoring and Knowledge Management Division (PMKMD) Chief Estrella Tulay highlighted the importance continue reading…
Agriculture and fishery stakeholders were urged to submit proposals for the Philippines’ Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) on the Paris Agreement on Climate Change which will be submitted by 2020. This is the main agenda of the 31st Quarterly Meeting of the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) of the Philippine Council for Agriculture and Fisheries (PCAF) continue reading…
To commemorate the five years of existence of the Philippine Council for Agriculture and Fisheries (PCAF), series of knowledge sharing activities were conducted throughout the month-long anniversary celebration. The celebration kicked-off on June 13, 2018 wherein news correspondents from different media outlet were invited for a media roundtable discussion. PCAF and the Development Academy of continue reading…
