The Provincial Agricultural and Fishery Council (PAFC) of Aklan conducted a series of training sessions on meeting facilitation and financial literacy to empower the indigenous people (IP) and Municipal AFCs (MAFCs) in Lezo and Kalibo in the third quarter of 2024. The series of training sessions was the result of the recommendations gathered during the continue reading…
AFC PMT monitors DA-funded programs, projects in Eastern Visayas
Six groups of the Agricultural and Fishery Council (AFC) Chairpersons and representatives from the Eastern Visayas Region joined the Philippine Council for Agriculture and Fisheries (PCAF) in a participatory monitoring and tracking (PMT) activity on September 25 to 29, 2023. The PMT teams visited more than 90 Department of Agriculture- (DA) funded projects and programs continue reading…
AFCs in Mindanao A pushes for new approaches to optimize fund utilization, improved PMT
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…
Western Visayas PMT monitors DA-funded projects, programs; presents findings and recommendations
More than 50 members of the Participatory Monitoring and Tracking (PMT) Teams of the Philippine Council for Agriculture and Fisheries (PCAF) conducted monitoring and evaluation of projects funded by the Department of Agriculture (DA) in the six provinces of Western Visayas from May 8 to 10, 2023. The activity aims to promote transparency and accountability continue reading…
PCAF facilitates participatory monitoring and tracking of DA Projects in CALABARZON
Together with its Agricultural Fishery Councils (AFCs) and Department of Agriculture-Regional Field Office (DA-RFO) representatives, the Philippine Council for Agriculture and Fisheries (PCAF) facilitated the participatory monitoring and tracking (PMT) of DA-funded projects in CALABARZON on April 11-14, 2023. The PMT Team, led by the PCAF-Monitoring and Evaluation Section and CALABARZON Regional AFC Chairperson continue reading…
Eastern Visayas PMT reports reveal improved mobility and better access to services for FMR beneficiaries
The Philippine Council for Agriculture and Fisheries (PCAF) participatory monitoring and tracking (PMT) reports revealed that farm-to-market roads (FMRs) in Eastern Visayas have provided beneficiaries with improved mobility and easier access to government services such as schools and health centers. The PMT activity conducted on September 18 to 23, 2022, looked into nine FMR projects continue reading…
Completed FMRs improve logistic needs among farmers in Zambales
In its commitment to accelerate the transformation of Philippine agriculture, the Department of Agriculture (DA) is prioritizing the construction of farm-to-market roads (FMR) and provision of mechanization projects to give greater access to and from food sources and production areas and improve production efficiency. To keep account of these projects, the participatory monitoring and tracking continue reading…
AFC, PCAF PMT track Quirino and Isabela DA-funded programs and projects
In a report submitted by the Participatory Monitoring and Tracking (PMT) team of the Agricultural and Fishery Council (AFC) and the Philippine Council for Agriculture and Fisheries (PCAF) on October 26 to 30, 2021, 14 out of 20 projects visited by the team in Quirino and Isabela have been fully utilized. The team monitored various continue reading…