Recognizing the need to revive the national salt industry, the Department of Agriculture-Philippine Council for Agriculture and Fisheries (DA-PCAF), in collaboration with the DA- Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (DA-BFAR) and the DA-National Fisheries Research and Development Institute (DA-NFRDI), conducted the National Salt Industry Stakeholders’ Consultation on October 17-18, 2023 in San Jose De continue reading…
With the endorsement of the National Agriculture and Fisheries Council (NAF Council) of the Department of Agriculture’s (DA) Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 Plan and Budget Proposal (PBP) on April 25, 2023, private sector members of the Council highlighted the importance of new innovations and approaches to be integrated into the proposal to enhance the competitiveness continue reading…
In its third quarter meeting on July 12, 2022, the Committee on International Trade discussed the outcomes of the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) 12th Ministerial Conference (MC12) in Geneva on June 12-17, 2022. Ministers, representing WTO’s 164 members, reviewed the multilateral trading system and made statements for taking action on the future efforts of WTO. continue reading…
Fisheries and aquaculture private stakeholders and government sector concerning the industry joined the Philippine Council for Agriculture and Fisheries (PCAF) in a video conference to discuss issues confronting the fishery and aquaculture sector amid COVID-19. Some of the topics discussed were: 1. Challenges of the sector amid the pandemic on: > Municipal capture fisheries 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…
