A study commissioned by the Philippine Council for Agriculture and Fisheries (PCAF) to the Development Academy of the Philippines (DAP) recently revealed that the unnecessary regulatory burden affects the ease of doing business in the agriculture and fishery sector. According to the study, businesses have to bear unnecessary regulatory burdens like duplication of requirements in continue reading…
In pursuit to harmonize and have a shared understanding in preparing Strategic Performance Management System (SPMS) forms, the Philippine Council for Agriculture and Fisheries (PCAF) conducted its SPMS workshop on March 19 to 21, 2018 in San Mateo, Rizal. SPMS is a mechanism that links employee’s performance with the organizational performance to ensure that goals continue reading…
The University of the Philippines- Center for Leadership, Citizenship and Democracy’s (UP-CLCD) program for Policy-making and Engagement for Agricultural and Fishery Council (AFC-CAPE) was tested by 27 selected employees of the Philippine Council for Agriculture and Fisheries (PCAF) on February 13 to 15, 2018. Since 2015, PCAF has been partnering with the University of the continue reading…
To improve the capacity of the industry to comply with the provisions of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Department Order (DO) No. 156-16: “Rules and Regulations Governing the Working Conditions of Fishers on Board Fishing Vessels Engaged in Commercial Fishing Operation,” the fisheries stakeholders convened on January 26, 2018 at the Bureau of continue reading…
After Avian Influenza (AI) undermined the Philippine poultry industry in August 2017, the industry is slowly recovering its loss in time for the Holiday season. A report from the Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI), published in BusinessMirror, showed that the average farm gate price of broiler chicken, as of October 16, has reached PhP92.07 per continue reading…
“A learning opportunity” and “honor” capped off the one-month term of 16 Regional Agricultural and Fishery Council (RAFC) Chairpersons who took the post of a Farmer-Director in their respective regions in May 2017. Right after Labor Day, RAFC Chairpersons assumed the roles and tasks of the Department of Agriculture-Regional Field Office (DA-RFO) Director through continue reading…
With the launch of the Rehabilitation and Modernization of Sibalom Livestock “Oksyon” Market (LOM), the town’s farmer-traders will benefit an increase of income by as much as 30% in just a span of a year. A representative from the office of Dr. Enrico Garzon, Jr., Assistant Secretary for Livestock and Officer-in-Charge Director of the Bureau continue reading…
Months after the launch of the recruitment period of new members of the Agricultural and Fishery Council (AFC), the Philippine Council for Agriculture and Fisheries (PCAF) commenced the first and second leg of the island-wide orientations of the newly recruited AFC members. A total of 29 new AFC members from regions 1, 2, 3, 4-A continue reading…
