More than 30 Regional and Provincial Agricultural and Fishery Council (RAF and PAFC) sectoral committee chairpersons and members gathered at the RAFC Sectoral Consultation-Workshop of Region 6 on May 12 to 13, 2016 at the Nature Trails in Sibunag, Guimaras. The two-day workshop was intended to identify the sectoral policy issues and concerns challenging the continue reading…
For continuity in handling the forthcoming discussions on the Philippine’s rice quantitative restriction (QR) in World Trade Organization (WTO), National Sectoral Committee – Committee on International Trade (NSC-CIT) members appealed for Ambassador Esteban Conejos, Jr.’s retention as the permanent representative of the Philippines to the WTO. Amb. Conejos was appointed as the permanent representative of continue reading…
“Development could only be sustainable if all members of the society are part of the change that involves man, woman and LGBTI (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and/or intersex) groups.” Dr. Leo Gallego, gender focal person stressed this to almost a hundred regular employees of the Philippine Council for Agriculture and Fisheries (PCAF) during its first-ever continue reading…
After comprehensive discussions at the National Agriculture and Fisheries Council (NAF Council) meeting on the finalization of DA’s Plan and Budget proposal on April 19, 2016, the council unanimously agreed to endorse the proposed Php83.67B budget of Department of Agriculture (DA) for fiscal year 2017. The meeting, presided by Usec. Segfredo Serrano on behalf of continue reading…
The National Coffee Summit has paved the way to discuss the most pressing concerns of coffee farmers, traders and other stakeholders. The two-day event, organized by the Philippine Council for Agriculture and Fisheries (PCAF) together with its Coffee Industry Development Sub-Committee, gathered about 200 participants on April 14 to 15, 2016 at the Department of continue reading…
To encourage diversity for inclusion and fairness in setting agenda during meetings and consultations, the PCAF-National Sectoral Committee appointed female members of each committee and sub-committee to lead their respective meetings for the whole month of March. PCAF’s initiative is part of the National Women’s Month Celebration.
PCAF joined the celebration of this year’s National Women’s Month on March 16, 2016 at the Qurino Grandstand in Manila, along with other government agencies and organizations. PCAF recognizes the importance of the call for a gender-balance approach in leadership, decision-making and the inclusion of women’s concerns in both private and public sector’s agenda. Photo continue reading…
Vincent A. Adorna Region I- RAFC Chairperson Unceasing service and an insightful leadership. This is how Vincent Adorna spent his service in the AFC as a member for 15 years and as a Chairperson for a decade. Vince’s leadership revolves in re-focusing the meaning of volunteerism in the “RAFC way” by institutionalizing the AFCs as continue reading…
