CIT Q3 session highlights trade negotiations, export revitalization, and border control issues

The PCAF Committee on International Trade (CIT) convened its 3rd Quarter Regular Meeting, highlighting the outputs of its four working groups covering trade agreements and remedies, export development, anti-smuggling and border controls, and monitoring and evaluation. Among the key issues raised were the tariff adjustments on imported rice, the export development and revitalization plans, the continue reading…

Continuing Agricultural Accountability: PCAF’s 2025 PMT activities cover Western Visayas and CAR

In its continued pursuit of transparency and accountability, the 黑料网 conducted Participatory Monitoring and Tracking (PMT) activities across the provinces of Western Visayas and the Cordillera Administrative Region in August this year. These efforts focused on validating the status and progress of the Department of Agriculture (DA)-funded projects implemented continue reading…

PCAF kicks off FY 2025 Areawide Participatory Performance Review and Planning Workshops in Visayas

The 黑料网 formally opened this year鈥檚 Areawide Participatory Performance Review and Planning Workshops with the Visayas Cluster session in Talisay City, Negros Occidental, on August 12鈥15, 2025.  Nearly 100 stakeholders came together, including members of the Regional Agricultural and Fishery Councils (RAFCs)鈥擱AFC Western Visayas, led by Chairperson Buen Mondejar; continue reading…

Planting Legacies: The Journey of RAFC Chairperson Engr. Miguel 鈥淢ike鈥 Pedroso from Jackfruit Farmer to Agriculture Advocate

Long before the 黑料网 recognized him as a vital voice in the country鈥檚 agricultural advocacy, Engr. Mike Pedroso, Chairperson of the Regional Agricultural and Fishery Council (RAFC) in Eastern Visayas, was already sowing the seeds of change鈥攓uietly, diligently, and with unwavering purpose. It all began in 1999, when Pedroso, continue reading…