The ACPC took part in the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Research Academy’s (BRAc) Research Huddle Public Seminar Series, to present results of the Small Farmer and Fisherfolk Indebtedness Survey (SFFIS) on February 28, 2024. ACPC Policy Research and Advocacy Division (PRDS) Chief Mr. Kennedy Garabiag explained the results of the SFFIS, which ACPC conducts every continue reading : ACPC presents Small Farmer and Fisherfolk Indebtedness Survey results thru BSP Research Huddle

With the Agricultural Credit Policy Council (DA-ACPC), the Banko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), and BDO Foundation (BDOF) at the forefront of ensuring the financial literacy of our farmers,  fishers, and livestock raisers through the KITA Mo Na! (Kapital at Ipon Tungo sa Asenso) Financial Education (Fin-Ed) Training, the DA-ACPC shared best practices and innovative strategies continue reading : ACPC Joins the 2023 Financial Education Stakeholders Congress

The Department of Agriculture – Agricultural Credit Policy Council (DA-ACPC), incollaboration with the DA-Regional Field Office 5 Agribusiness and Marketing AssistanceDivision (AMAD), rolled out the first-ever Kapital at Ipon Tungo sa Asenso (KITA Mo Na!)Financial Education Training on November 28 and 29, 2023 in Bicol. The training enabled the 60 farmers and livestock raisers from continue reading : Kita Mo Na! Financial Education Training kicks off in Bicol

The ACPC Online Helpdesk, which serves as the Agricultural Credit Policy Council’s (ACPC) official public assistance desk, aims to streamline and make responses to inquiries more efficient and effective. Through the digital innovation, ACPC’s borrowers, potential borrowers, and other stakeholders may submit queries about the agency’s frontline services and credit programs. It also has a continue reading : A year after: Utilization of ACPC Online Helpdesk boosts customer experience, compliance with ARTA

The Department of Agriculture- High Value Crops Development Program (HVCDP), DA-Agricultural Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (ACEF) Credit Program Unit and the DA-Agricultural Credit Polic Council (DA-ACPC) jointly conducted an Information Caravan on Agri-Credit Programs for Onion Farmers on September 14, 2023 in Palayan City, Nueva Ecija The activity is part of the DA’s goal to help continue reading : DA conducts credit caravan for Nueva Ecija onion farmers

BSP, Manila – The Department of Agriculture – Agricultural Credit Policy Council (DA-ACPC) and the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Research Academy (BRAc) launched the 2021 Countryside Banking Survey (CBS), a study which aims to analyze trends and present emerging policy issues on bank behavior towards lending to the agriculture sector using branch-level data. “This continue reading : DA-ACPC, BSP launch joint baseline study on Countryside Banking; provide policy recommendations to increase bank lending in agriculture

The Agricultural Credit Policy Council (ACPC) launched the AgriNegosyo Loan Program for Onion Farmers on March 1, 2023 in Manila. Through the Occidental Mindoro Cooperative Bank, the ACPC turned over a check worth P10 million in loans to the Genaro ARB MPC from Occidental Mindoro. On the other hand, the Rueda Onion Growers Association from continue reading : DA-ACPC launches AgriNegosyo for Onion Farmers

ACPC and partner program implementers of the Accessible Loans for Empowered, Resilient, and Transformed Agrarian Reform Beneficiary Organizations (ALERT ARBOs) Program conducted its first Inter-Agency Operational Planning and Target Setting for 2023 in Pasig City. The nationwide program will be jointly implemented by the Department of Agriculture (DA), Agricultural Credit Policy Council (ACPC), Department of continue reading : DA, ACPC, DAR, LBP and DENR CONDUCT ALERT ARBOs OPERATIONAL PLANNING

In line with its mandate to advocate agri-credit policies and orchestrate programs that would promote farmers’ and fisherfolk’s access to sustained financial services, the Department of Agriculture – Agricultural Credit Policy Council (DA-ACPC) conducted an Assessment and Planning Workshop with the DA’s Regional Agri Credit Desk Officers (RACDOs) last August 16-29, 2022. Through the workshop, continue reading : ACPC facilitates Assessment and Planning Workshop with DA Regional Agri Credit Desk Officers

The DA-ACPC is set to conduct its nationwide Small Farmer and Fisherfolk Indebtedness Survey (SFFIS) this year as cleared by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) through its Statistical Survey Review and Clearance System (SSRCS). The DA-ACPC conducts the SFFIS every two or three years as a means to determine the credit and financial behavior and continue reading : DA-ACPC’s 2022 Small Farmer and Fisherfolk Indebtedness Survey (SFFIS) cleared by the PSA