More than 50 participants from the Zamboanga Peninsula, Northern Mindanao, and Caraga regions explored innovative ways to optimize benefits from consultative mechanism and fund utilization, and to enhance participatory monitoring and tracking (PMT) approaches and guidelines during the Mindanao A Participatory Performance Review and Planning Workshop on September 13 to 15, 2023 in Cagayan de continue reading…
As part of the Agency’s commitment to continuous service improvement and capacity building for its employees, PCAF conducted a Competency Advancement on Policy-making and Engagement (CAPE) training last September 5, 6, and 8, 2023. The said training aims to develop the skills of PCAF employees involved in consultative activities and crafting of policy resolutions. continue reading…
The Philippine Council for Agriculture and Fisheries (PCAF) sent four of its employees to various local and international scholarship programs starting early this year to provide them with opportunities to improve the delivery of services of the agency. Two employees came from the Policy Development and Coordination Division (PDCD), one from the Partnership Development Division continue reading…
Due to the looming threat of El Niño and its projected impact on the agricultural sector, the Philippine Council for Agriculture and Fisheries (PCAF) is holding the National El Niño Forum on September 21, 2023. With the theme, “Managing the Impacts of El Niño: Ensuring Food Security through Enhancing Agri-fisheries Sector Resilience,” the forum continue reading…
“We are targeting to produce 500 dairy animals locally in the next two years. Yun na po yung idi-distribute natin sa farmers [for the dairy enterprise development project] para hindi na natin yun kailangang i-import,” said National Dairy Authority (NDA) Administrator Gabriel Lagamayo during the National Sectoral Committee on Poultry and Livestock’s (NSC on PL) continue reading…
Together with the Philippine Council for Agriculture and Fisheries and other Department of Agriculture (DA) attached agencies and bureaus, the National Sectoral Committees (NSCs) on Corn and Poultry and Livestock reviewed the implementation status of their respective commodity industry roadmaps on August 30 to 31, 2023. On the review of the Philippine Yellow Corn Roadmap, continue reading…
The National Sectoral Committee on Coconut called for an online special meeting with the Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) on August 29, 2023 to discuss the implementation status of the Philippine Coconut Industry Roadmap (COCOFIRM) 2021-2040. With the aim of improving the lives of coconut farmers and the competitiveness of traditional and non-traditional coconut products, the continue reading…
The National Sectoral Committee (NSC) on Coconut together with the Agricultural Training Institute (ATI) and the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) gathered online to discuss the enhancement of capacity-building programs for coconut farmers on August 16, 2023. The Meeting is in line with the Philippine Council for Agriculture and Fisheries NSC on Coconut continue reading…
