The Meaning of Balbina. Balbina Apilas Ernesto is always proud of her colorful ancestry. She has a name that is interesting as the place and culture she grew up in. Like fulfilling a prophecy, her parents chose to call her “Balbina”, an Ibaloi word which means an elder who is ready to help. Little did continue reading…
The National Agriculture and Fisheries Council (NAF Council) has unanimously approved the proposed Php213.2 billion budget of the Department of Agriculture (DA) for fiscal year 2018. In a meeting presided by Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol on April 6, 2017 at the Bureau of Soils and Water Management (BSWM) Convention Hall, the NAF Council members composed continue reading…
In an inter-agency meeting among the Department of Agriculture (DA), Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG), Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), and Housing and Land Use Regulatory Board (HLURB) held on February 28, 2017 at Apacible Hall in Quezon City, solutions to the citizen’s petition to stop the operation of poultry farms continue reading…
The Provincial Agricultural and Fishery Council (PAFC) of Sulu recognized the need to conduct trainings that will enhance the effectiveness of its members as well as the new affiliates of its Municipal AFCs (MAFCs) in conducting consultations on agricultural and fishery policy issues and concerns. In the PAFC Operational Meeting on March 23, 2017 at continue reading…
With its goal to empower the Agricultural and Fishery Council (AFC) coordinators in performing their respective tasks through effective writing, the Philippine Council for Agriculture and Fisheries (PCAF) recently partnered with the University of the Philippines Los Baños- College of Development Communication (UPLB-CDC) to conduct technical development writing workshops. The first leg of the training-workshop continue reading…
In its quest to ensure that the activities in the local level is in symmetry with that of the national, the Philippine Council for Agriculture and Fisheries (PCAF) hear out and responded on the issues and concerns confronting the operation of the Agricultural and Fishery Council (AFC) during its Operational Meeting on March 1 to continue reading…
Chairpersons from the Philippine Council for Agriculture and Fisheries’ (PCAF) Advisory Special Bodies (ASBs) signed a joint resolution endorsing the agency’s draft plan and budget proposal for fiscal year 2018 subject to their recommendation to the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) on March 9, 2017 at the Department of Agriculture (DA) New Building in continue reading…
The Philippine Council for Agriculture and Fisheries (PCAF), through the National Sectoral Committees and Strategic Concerns Committees – Committee on Poultry, Livestock, and Feed Crops (NSC – CPLFC), held a special meeting on February 21, 2017 at Apacible Conference Room in Quezon City. The meeting was called to address the issue on the temporary ban continue reading…
