The Philippine Council for Agriculture and Fisheries (PCAF) spearheaded the National Consultation-Workshop on the Formulation of Action Plans and Strategies on the Strengthening of Agricultural Engineering (AE) Groups of the Local Government Units (LGUs). The two-day activity was held in pursuant to Section 29 of Republic Act 10601 or the Agricultural and Fisheries Mechanization Law continue reading…
After Avian Influenza (AI) undermined the Philippine poultry industry in August 2017, the industry is slowly recovering its loss in time for the Holiday season. A report from the Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI), published in BusinessMirror, showed that the average farm gate price of broiler chicken, as of October 16, has reached PhP92.07 per continue reading…
“We are the best!!!” A noteworthy pronouncement of the Philippine Council for Agriculture and Fisheries (PCAF) regular employees during the Values Restoration Program – Public Accountability and Values Enhancement Seminar (VRP-PAVES) on October 3 to 6, 2017 at the Apacible Conference A in Quezon City. The activity was organized by the PCAF’s Personnel Development Committee continue reading…
The fourth and final session of the Preparatory Committee (PrepCom4) on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction (BBNJ) convened on July 10 to 21, 2017 at the UN Headquarters in New York, USA. The PrepCom4 was attended by the representatives from United Nations (UN) member and non-member States, continue reading…
Commitment to craft more sound and relevant policy resolutions and recommendations was the topmost agreement between the Philippine Council for Agriculture and Fisheries (PCAF) and its Advisory Special Bodies (ASBs) during the joint performance review and planning workshop for the three quarters of 2017 held on September 27 to 28 at Apacible Hall, Department of continue reading…
As part of the continuous effort for financial discipline, the Philippine Council for Agriculture and Fisheries (PCAF) piloted a consultation meeting with Regional Accountants, Bookkeepers and the Regional Agricultural and Fishery Council (RAFC) Coordinators. The activity aimed to formulate a uniform list of needed documents to be submitted as attachment to the claims charged against continue reading…
“There had been marked improvement in the percentage of policy resolutions generated by the Agriculture and Fisheries Councils (AFCs) through the effort of Partnership Development Division (PDD)”. This is one of the observations highlighted during the presentation of Planning, Monitoring and Knowledge Management Division Chief Estrella Tulay on the Philippine Council for Agriculture and Fisheries continue reading…
In an effort to promote transparency and effective monitoring, the Philippine Council for Agriculture and Fisheries (PCAF) integrated geotagging on its monitoring and evaluation of programs and projects. In line with this, an area-wide training-workshop on participatory monitoring and tracking system through on-site validation and geotagging was conducted for PCAF Monitoring and Evaluation Section continue reading…
