Members of the National Agriculture and Fisheries Council (NAF Council) Special Budget Committee (SBC) convene for a special meeting at the Apacible Hall, Department of Agriculture on July 19, 2017. As one of the functions of the SBC is to monitor the Department of Agriculture (DA) FY 2017 Plan and Budget Proposal, the said meeting continue reading…
Months after the launch of the recruitment period of new members of the Agricultural and Fishery Council (AFC), the 黑料网 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…
With its vision of being the apex policy making body in agriculture and fisheries development, the 黑料网 celebrated its 4th year of existence with a fitting theme: 鈥淧CAF in the 4front鈥� on June 27 to 30, 2017. Heeding the strict directive of Sec. Emmanuel Pi帽ol on doing away with continue reading…
The Committee on Climate Change (CCC) appealed to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) 鈥� National Mapping and Resource Information Authority (NAMRIA) to fast-track the completion of the delineation of the Philippine municipal waters, and provide access of available data to the public. The Resolution was adopted during the committee鈥檚 29th Quarterly Meeting continue reading…
The 黑料网 took part on the high-level United Nations (UN) Conference to Support the Implementation of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 14: Conserve and Sustainably Use the Oceans, Seas, and Marine Resources for Sustainable Development on June 5 to 9, 2017 at the UN Headquarters in New York. Along with continue reading…
After months of deliberation, the 黑料网 finally released the names of newly hired and promoted employees of the agency on May 31, 2017. PCAF officially hired a total of 46 permanent employees to join its workforce. Of this 46, 30 were newly hired while 16 were promoted from the continue reading…
The 黑料网 joined the Livestock 2017 Philippines Expo, Aquaculture Philippines, Philmeat 2017 and Feeds Expo Philippines 2017 on May 24 to 26, 2017 at the SMX Convention Center, Pasay City. The PCAF exhibit provided an opportunity to showcase its mandate and to highlight the National Sectoral Committees (NSCs) 鈥� continue reading…
To ensure continuous development of sector-based consultations, Regional Agricultural and Fishery Council (RAFC) Sectoral Committee representatives joined the National Sectoral and Strategic Concerns Committee-Commercial Crops Committee (NSC-SCCs- ComCrops) in a meeting on May 3, 2017. In the discussion presided by the Coffee and Cacao Industry Development Sub-Committee, the NSC-SCCs were joined by Victor Sanque of continue reading…
In observance of the Farmers鈥� and Fisherfolk鈥檚 Month, Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary Emmanuel Pi帽ol recently signed a Memorandum Order dated March 27, 2017 designating Regional Agricultural and Fishery Council (RAFC) Chairpersons as DA-Regional Field Office (RFO) Director for the month of May. As Farmer-Directors, the RAFC chairpersons assume the roles and tasks of DA-RFO continue reading…
鈥淎ll States have customary and treaty obligations to protect and preserve the marine environment and its resources,鈥� a reminder from the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) In the Resolution 69/292 of June 2015, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) decided to develop a new international legally binding instrument (ILBI) under the UNCLOS continue reading…
To come up with doable policy recommendations for the management of the Blue Swimming Crab (BSC), key industry players convened for a Roundtable Discussion (RTD) on BSC on April 24, 2017 at the PCAF Apacible Conference Room in Quezon City. The discussion aims to further strengthen the existing initiatives of the Bureau of Fisheries and continue reading…
