Browsing by Subject "cooperatives"

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    • Agri, fishery enterprises to benefit from P7.9M project 

      Zabal, Boy Ryan (Panay News, July 23, 2017, on page 5)
      Over P7.9 million worth of projects from the World Bank and the Department of Agriculture’s Philippine Rural Development Project (PRDP) will benefit the agriculture and fishery enterprises in Aklan. A PRDP’s approved ...

    • BFAR completes 15 fish landing centers in WV 

      De Los Santos, Maricyn A. (The Daily Guardian, August 16, 2017, on page B1)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR-6) completed 15 community fish landing centers (CLFC) in Western Visayas to boost marketing of fish catch in the region. Joel Abalayan of BFAR-6 Planning, Monitoring and ...

    • BFAR eyes more community fish landing centers 

      Valencia, Czeriza (The Philippine Star, May 9, 2015, on page B-3)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) plans to build 252 community fish landing centers in strategic fishing communities to reduce post-harvest losses, Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala said recently. The ...

    • BFAR: Govt to help Dingalan become next 'tuna capital' 

      Arcalas, Jasper Emmanuel Y. (BusinessMirror, August 4, 2020, on page B7)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) said the municipality of Dingalan in Aurora province has the potential to become the country’s next “tuna capital,” after General Santos City in Mindanao. BFAR said in ...

    • Boats for Sagay fisher folks 

      (Manila Bulletin, August 7, 2015, on page 7)
      Yolanda fisher folk victims from barangays Molocaboc and Taba-ao, in Sagay City, will receive fishing boats from the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE). DOLE Regional Director Ponciano Ligutom turned over the 20 ...

    • Breakfast at risk: PH tries to turn the tide on fish losses 

      Thomson Reuters Foundation (Manila Bulletin, November 30, 2018, on page 1-13)
      Dried fish for breakfast, fried to a crisp with a splash of spiced vinegar, garlic fried rice and a runny egg yolk, is the kind of breakfast that Filipinos who live abroad crave. The dish, often made with sardines, anchovies, ...

    • Capiz coop gets P5M agri loan; 2 conduits ink deal with ACPC 

      Toreno, Shiela Mae H. (Daily Guardian, April 16, 2019, on page 7-12)
      The Lonoy Agrarian Reform Cooperative (ARC) of Ivisan and Sapi-an, Capiz received P5-million funding from the Department of Agriculture (DA) Agricultural Credit Policy Council (ACPC) on April 11, 2019 during 12th Provincial ...

    • Capiz honors farmers, fisherfolk today 

      (The Daily Guardian, April 14, 2015, on page B6)
      Farmers and fisherfolk in Capiz will be honored today at Villareal Stadium, Roxas City as part of the Capiztahan Festival. With the theme “Agrikultura: Pasanyugon Para sa Bugana nga Pagkaon,” the 8th Farmers and Fisherfolk ...

    • CDA and BFAR meet to expand market opportunity to fisherfolks and their cooperatives 

      (The Manila Times, August 9, 2021, on page C3)
      With the end in view of assisting cooperatives to recover from the adverse economic effects of the pandemic, the Cooperative Development Authority (CDA), led by Chairman Joseph B. Encabo, and the Bureau of Fisheries and ...

    • City gov't mulls P16.9- M aid for metro fishers 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA) (Panay News, August 25, 2018, on page 4-15)
      The city government here is seeking a PHP16.9-million budget for projects intended to support the fisherfolk sector under the “Enhancement of Fisherfolk Capacity and Livelihood Development for Community Resiliency” project. ...

    • DA budgets P700 million for fish landings 

      Feliciano, Claire Ann Marie (BusinessWorld, February 10, 2015, on page SI/3)
      The Department of Agriculture (DA) has allocated over P700 million to establish new community fish landing centers (CFLCs) nationwide in order to improve the socioeconomic conditions of fishing communities. In a statement ...

    • DA to help farmers, fisherfolk tap low-cost loans 

      Mogato, Anna Gabriela (The Daily Guardian, April 26, 2018, on page S1/5)
      The Department of Agriculture (DA) is planning to move away from a subsidy system as more easy-access financing becomes available, with the department planning to help farmers and fisherfolk tap low-cost loan facilities. ...

    • Demolition of Laguna fishpens lauded 

      Terrazola, Vanne Elaine (Manila Bulletin, March 9, 2017, on page B-9)
      A fisherfolk group and an environment group based in Laguna lauded the demolition of large fishpens in the Laguna de Bay. The Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (PAMALAKAYA-Pilipinas) and the Save Laguna ...

    • Easy credit access for farmers, fisherfolks 

      Toreno, Shiela Mae H. (The Daily Guardian, July 7, 2017, on page B1-B7)
      Farmers, animal raisers, and fisherfolk of Tigbauan, Iloilo will no longer run to private lenders and pay high interest rate to finance their farms. With the Production Loan Easy Access (PLEA) credit program of the Department ...

    • Farmers, fishermen get P3-B Landbank loans 

      Gomez, Eireene Jairee (The Manila Times, July 15, 2020, on page B1-B2)
      Land Bank of the Philippines (LandBank) reported on Tuesday that it released P3.02 billion in loans to farmers and fishermen as of end-June to help them increase their productivity and incomes. In a statement, the state-run ...

    • Favorite Pinoy breakfast at risk 

      Thomson Reuters Foundation (Philippine Daily Inquirer, November 30, 2018, on page A10)
      Dried fish for breakfast, fried to a crisp with a splash of spiced vinegar, garlic fried rice and a runny egg yolk, is the kind of breakfast that Filipinos crave. The dish, often made with sardines, anchovies, round scad ...

    • Fisherfolk get ₱718M aid 

      (Malaya, February 10, 2015, on page A3)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has set aside ₱718 million for the construction of 252 Community Fish Landing Centers (CFLCs) which will benefit around a third of the fisherfolk population in the ...

    • Fishermen in a mining community harvest 12,000 kilos of bangus in four months 

      (BusinessMirror, May 10, 2021, on page B6)
      Republic Act 11535, declaring the position of a Cooperatives Development Officer (CDO) mandatory in all local government units (LGUs), was signed into law last April 9. This directs the LGUs – from the municipal, city, ...

    • Fishery scientists want to help pluck coastal families from sea of poverty 

      (The Visayas Examiner, February 6, 2004, on page 12-11)
      Felix Ayson and Susana Siar, scientists at the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC), in Tigbauan, won by competing with groups that came up with more than 1,000 entries in the recently concluded First ...

    • Fishfarm coops 

      (Malaya, December 18, 1985, on page 1)
      A memorandum of agreement was signed recently by the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (Seafdec-AQD), the Bureau of Cooperative and Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources.