Interested groups or individuals may now avail of the Department of Agriculture’s Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources’ (DA-BFAR) collection of aquaculture technology as the agency made it more accessible during its virtual launching on Monday, February 8, 2021, in Quezon City. A component of the “Aqua Negosyo Para sa Pilipino” initiative of the DA-BFAR, the project emphasizes that the key to successful agribusiness, including aquaculture enterprise, is acquiring the right knowledge and technical skills. It also integrates the One DA approach to strategic communication, while hitting another of the agriculture department’s key initiative of jump-starting agribusiness and spurring entrepreneurial and economic development in the countryside through the establishment of Agro-Industrial Business Corridors (ABC).

DA-BFAR project opens wider access to skills and knowledge in fish farming. (2021, February 9). Business Mirror, p. A7.