More than 1.16 million Filipino farmers depend on corn production as their main source of livelihood. This was according to the presentation of Department of Agriculture-National Corn Program (DA-NCP) Director U-Nichols Manalo during the National Banner Program Committee (NBPC) on Corn’s online special meeting on February 10, 2023. Dir. Manalo emphasized the importance of corn continue reading…
To ensure the continuous development of the Philippine coconut industry, the National Banner Program Committee (NBPC) on Coconut recommended to both Houses of Congress the annual increase of allocated operational funds to the Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA). The Committee passed the policy recommendation after it discussed PCA’s plans and programs concerning Republic Act (RA) 11524, continue reading…
The National Banner Program Committees (NBPCs) and Other Priority Program Committees (OPPCs) of the Philippine Council for Agriculture and Fisheries (PCAF) formulated strategic options and solutions to pressing issues confronting the agency’s participatory processes and consultative mechanisms during a roundtable discussion on December 14 to 16, 2022, in Tagaytay City. The roundtable discussion brought together continue reading…
The Philippine Council for Agriculture and Fisheries (PCAF), the policy-making and advisory arm of the Department of Agriculture (DA), recognized the contributions of its volunteer partners from the Agricultural and Fishery Councils (AFCs) at the national, regional and local levels during the 8th National Agriculture and Fisheries Volunteers’ Day (NVD) celebration on December 13, continue reading…
In celebration of the National Volunteers’ Month this December, the Philippine Council for Agriculture and Fisheries (PCAF) will conduct the 8th National Agriculture and Fisheries Volunteers’ Day (NVD) on December 13, 2022. The annual event aims to highlight and acknowledge the valuable contributions of PCAF’s private sector-partners toward the development of Philippine Agriculture and Fisheries. continue reading…
The National Banner Program Committee on Poultry, Livestock and Corn (NBPC on PLC) on its special meeting on May 23, 2022 discussed the updates on the Avian Influenza (AI) and the Department of Agriculture’s (DA) major initiatives to address and mitigate its impacts, the key strategies to address African Swine Fever (ASF) and National Corn continue reading…
A Round Table Discussion (RTD) with Agriculture Secretary William Dar and the National Banner Program Committees (NBPCs) and Other Priority Program Committees (OPPCs) Chairpersons was held on May 11, 2022. The meeting was held in response to the NBPCs and OPPCs’ request for a deeper discussion with the Secretary during the last National Agriculture and continue reading…
The National Banner Program Committee on High Value Crops- Coffee and Cacao discussed on February 15, 2022 the damage in terms of number of farmers, area affected, and production loss to the coffee and cacao production areas affected by Typhoon Odette. Department of Agriculture (DA) Field Operations Services OIC Director Bernadette San Juan pointed out continue reading…
