DA-ACPC Executive Director Jocelyn Alma R. Badiola honored the late Ma. Teresa J. Santos with a Posthumous Award, recognizing her significant service for over 31 years as a public servant and her outstanding contribution to the continuous fulfillment of agency’s mandate of promoting effective and sustainable delivery of financial services to the countryside. Tess, as continue reading : DA-ACPC bestows Posthumous Award to the late Ma. Teresa J. Santos

The Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Credit Policy Council (DA-ACPC) has allocated a P500 million credit fund for the implementation of its Survival and Recovery (SURE) Assistance Program in areas declared under a state of calamity by President Rodrigo Duterte due to the devastation brought about by Typhoon Odette. The regions under the state of calamity are continue reading : SURE Assistance Program to aid small farmers and fisherfolk affected by Typhoon Odette

As COVID-19 cases continued to rise in the past year, and community quarantine and lockdowns were implemented nationwide, one major concern was the demand for food production and marketing. In response, the Department of Agriculture – Agricultural Credit Policy Council (DA-ACPC) provides emergency and production requirement assistance to small farmers and fisherfolk (SFF) and micro continue reading : Valenzuela-based agripreneur avails SURE COVID-19 for MSEs to expand their calamansi-based enterprise and market through digital and online selling platforms

Growing up in Albay, Legazpi, Noel Marbella has always been fond of agriculture, thanks to his farmer-grandfather who became his inspiration. “May sarili kaming taniman sa Bicol, mga niyog at gulay,” shared Noel. “Para mas makatulong sa lolo ko kaya gusto ko din ma-engage sa farming.” Back when he was still a kid, Noel used continue reading : Youth reaps reward from agri-fishery business venture through KAYA Program

Randy and Raissa Vargas, co-owners of Elisha Bay Dagupan Bangus and Seafoods, a small fish and seafood processing business, were able to avail of the Agricultural Credit Policy Council’s Agri-Negosyo (ANYO) loan program to expand and enhance the operations of their MSE despite the challenges of the pandemic. Elisha Bay started in 2017, when the continue reading : Family-owned fish & seafood processing business in Dagupan empowers resellers and PWD workers

Wensilito F. Gomez, the owner of W Gomez Vegetables and Grain Trading in Barangay Kaliwanagan San Jose City, Nueva Ecija dreamt of becoming a pilot. But his parents who are farmers cannot afford to rent an airplane which costs P1,000.00 per hour for his training. He was already working in Manila as an aircraft maintenance technician continue reading : From dreaming of becoming a pilot to being a successful agripreneur through the Agri-Negosyo Program

The Department of Agriculture – Agricultural Credit Policy Council (DA-ACPC), in partnership with the Bureau of Animal Industry (DA-BAI) and National Livestock Program (NLP), facilitated the Launching of Agri-Negosyo (ANYO) SWINE R3 Program and Calibrated Swine Repopulation for Green Zones, led by DA Secretary William Dar on September 10, 2021. The ANYO Loan Facility for continue reading : DA Secretary approves additional allocation of Php300 million for DA-ACPC’s ANYO Swine R3 for repopulation of swine green zones

To address rising market prices in Metro Manila and to complement the implementation of the price cap effective February 8, 2021 as per Executive Order 124, the Department of Agriculture (DA), through the Agricultural Credit Policy Council (DA-ACPC), will be implementing a zero-interest loan program to offer working capital loans for eligible farmers and fishers’ continue reading : DA-ACPC expands Agri-Negosyo (ANYO) Loan Program to help strengthen food supply chain

To help more small farmers and fisherfolk recover from production losses due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Department of Agriculture – through its credit policy arm – Agricultural Credit Policy Council (ACPC) signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with the Land Bank of the Philippines for the continuous implementation of the Expanded Survival and Recovery continue reading : DA-ACPC, LANDBANK forge ties for continuous implementation of SURE COVID-19

The Agricultural Credit Policy Council (ACPC) is pleased to announce that it has maintained its ISO 9001:2015 Certification after the surveillance audit conducted by TUV Rheinland on Oct. 14, 2020. This is part of ACPC’s commitment to provide timely, responsive, sustainable and effective credit policies and programs to small farmers and fishers through a globally continue reading : ACPC maintains its ISO 9001:2015 QMS Certification