Annual Report 2011 - National Agricultural and Fishery Council ...

Providing the Adoption of Policy
Recommendations on Rice
Postproduction Industry Development;
AGRICULTURE AND FISHERY
MECHANIZATION COMMITTEE
Endorsing to Secretary Alcala the
Special Order creating the Interim
National Agricultural and Fishery
Machinery Manufacturers, Distributors
and Dealers Accreditation and
Classification (NAMDAC) Board;
Endorsing to Secretary Alcala the
Philippine Agricultural Engineering
Standards (PAES) Volume VIII Part 2
for adoption and promulgation as
additional code of technical standards
for the practice of Agricultural
Engineering;
COMMITTEE ON POULTRY,
LIVESTOCK AND FEED CROPS
For the DA to allocate funds for the
corn industry for the procurement of
corn stocks; and,
For the DA to form an Inter-Agency
group to improve the monitoring of
local markets for smuggled agricultural
products.
Significant Outputs of the
Agricultural and Fishery Councils
Some of the resolutions and position papers
generated during the AFC consultations are
as follows:
For Baguio City Council to cause the
institutionalization of CAFC as partner of
the City Local Government in matters
concerning Agriculture and Fishery
Activities, and Providing Supplementary
Funds for its operations (CAFC Baguio);
For the Technical Education Skills
Development Authority (TESDA) to
conduct training on Salabat Making for
the Ginger Producers of Ilocos Norte
(PAFC Ilocos Norte);
Inclusion of the submersible pump unit
in the provision of shallow tube well
(STW) by the DA Regional Field Unit
(RFU) 1 (PAFC La Union);
For the Provincial Law Enforcement
Council (PLEC) through its Chairman
Hon. Gov. Luis “Chavit” Singson on
stringent implementation of the Fishery
Law (PAFC Ilocos Sur);
Speedy implementation by the Office of
the Municipal Mayor of the ordinance on
fishing regulations in Imelda, Burgos, La
Union;
For the DA and Bureau of Plant
Industry (BPI) to regulate onion
importation by not issuing import permit
during peak harvest or until month of
June 2011 and create government
support price for onion (PAFC Nueva
Ecija);
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