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South Luzon AFCs on agri-fishery production loss due to ASF and climate change

Posted on August 23, 2021

With the rising losses in agriculture and fisheries production due to climate change and the African Swine Fever (ASF), the Philippine Council for Agriculture and Fisheries (PCAF) held the Agricultural and Fishery Council (AFC) Luzon B Congress on August 18, 2021. Luzon B is composed of CALABARZON (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, and Quezon), MIMAROPA (Occidental continue reading…

Philippine Council for Agriculture and Fisheries

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#DidYouKnow that the Philippines’ main agri-food exports to South Korea are fresh fruits such as bananas, mangoes, pineapples and papaya, coconut by-products, dried fruits, and seafood/fisheries?As of 2022, the Philippines got the following percentage share to the total Korea imports:*Banana- 73.2%* Pineapples- 99.6%* Mango- 47.3%* Papaya- 100%* Coconut- 23.7%The Department of Agriculture is looking at the following agri-food as market opportunities in the Korean market:* Frozen tropical fruits such as durian, rambutan, lanzones, jackfruits, etc. and vegetables such as ube and cassava* Other varieties of fresh fruits with existing market access such as señorita bananas, saba young coconut, green papaya* High value seafood products such as octopus, sea cucumber, abalone, blood cockle, crabs and prawnsSource: Philippine Agriculture Office, Embassy of the Republic of the Philippines to Seoul---- PCAF is the policy-making arm of the Department of Agriculture (DA). It facilitates broad-based participatory development mechanisms and processes by conducting stakeholder consultations and participatory monitoring and tracking of DA programs and projects. Follow us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/DA.PCAF/ and Twitter: twitter.com/DA_PCAF for more updates on agriculture and fishery. ... See MoreSee Less

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