The National Agriculture and Fisheries Council (NAF Council) endorsed the proposed PhP513.8 billion budget for fiscal year (FY) 2025 of the Department of Agriculture (DA) on April 17, 2024, in Quezon City. The 2025 Plan and Budget Proposal (PBP) is higher by 146.34% than the FY 2024 General Appropriation Act (GAA). The total PBP consists continue reading…
NAF Council endorses DA’s 2024 PBP, proposes innovative measures to enhance agri-fishery sector
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…
NAF Council endorses approval of DA FY 2023 Plan and Budget Proposal
The National Agriculture and Fisheries Council (NAF Council) recommended the endorsement and approval of the PhP270.6-Billion Plan and Budget Proposal (PBP) of the Department of Agriculture (DA) for Fiscal Year 2023 on May 24, 2022. The total PBP amount included the proposed budget of the National Irrigation Administration given its recent transfer to DA as continue reading…
NAF Council recommends endorsement of NAFMIP for approval of DA Sec
The National Agriculture and Fisheries Council (NAF Council) moved for the endorsement of the National Agriculture and Fisheries Modernization and Industrialization Plan (NAFMIP) 2021-2030 for the approval of the Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary on April 18, 2022, subject to the inputs given by the members of the Council. With the vision of “A food continue reading…
NAF Council reviews key strategies for transforming Philippine Agriculture, discusses ways forward
The National Agriculture and Fisheries Council (NAF Council) started the year by stepping up its planning and implementation efforts for the transformation of the Philippine Agriculture on January 5, 2022. One of the urgent matters tackled was the rehabilitation and recovery plan for the regions affected by Typhoon Odette. In line with this, Department of continue reading…
NAF Council calls for DA’s FY 2022 PBP approval
The National Agriculture and Fisheries Council (NAF Council) conducted its second meeting for the year on June 14 to discuss the budget utilization of the Department of Agriculture (DA) as well as the plan and budget proposal of the Department for Fiscal Year (FY) 2022. During the meeting, the Council moved for the endorsement of continue reading…
PCAF holds First NAF Council meeting for 2021
The Philippine Council for Agriculture and Fisheries (PCAF) staged a combined face-to-face and online National Agriculture and Fisheries (NAF) Council meeting on January 21, 2021, at the conference room of the Department of Agriculture-PCAF New building in Quezon City. NAF Council is the apex consultative and advisory body of the DA, which is composed continue reading…
PCAF ensures continuous consultations with A&F private sector-partners amid allegations
Contrary to the allegations that the Philippine Council for Agriculture and Fisheries (PCAF) has not consulted and involved private sectors in various dialogues on issues and concerns affecting the agriculture and fisheries sector, PCAF releases total number of resolutions from the private sector-partners passed from 2020 to January 2021. PCAF is an attached agency continue reading…