John Dominic Salamanca is a 29-year-old farmer from Maria Aurora, Aurora who dreamed of establishing a poultry agribusiness. With the assistance of the Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Credit Policy Council (DA-ACPC), he was able to turn his dream into reality. John Dominic chose to start a business in the chicken industry after seeing the lack of continue reading : Young farmer’s dream chicken business made possible through KAYA

Amid the pandemic in 2021, young agripreneur Theton Binaliw established the Ton Potato Agribusiness, which sells high-quality white potatoes in Malaybalay City, Bukidnon. Theton, who serves as the President and CEO of said agribusiness, acquired the love for potato farming from his parents who have been into traditional potato farming for 37 years. With his continue reading : Youth banks on KAYA Program to increase potato production

The Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Credit Policy Council (DA-ACPC) honored a total of 62 partner lending conduits (PLCs) during the 2nd Gawad sa Paglingap sa Magsasaka at Mangingisda (Gawad Lingap Awards) on April 28, 2022 in Quezon City. The Gawad Lingap Awards, held every two years, recognizes financial institutions nationwide which have given outstanding and exemplary continue reading : DA-ACPC honors outstanding partner lending conduits

DA-ACPC Program Development Director Cristina Lopez, representing DA-ACPC Executive Director Jocelyn Alma R. Badiola, led the ceremonial check turnover for P1 million in loan funds to the agency’s partner lending conduit, the New Rural Bank of San Leonardo (NRBSL) for the implementation of the AgriPinay program in Norzagaray, Bulacan on March 22, 2021.  The funds continue reading : IP women farmers in Norzagaray, Bulacan to benefit from DA-ACPC’s AgriPinay Program

Ferdy Ocyaden, a thirty-year old agripreneur from Victoria, Tarlac began his journey in agriculture at a very young age. Born in Mountain Province in the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR), the majority of his life was spent on farms, riding a carabao, preparing rice seedlings and planting various crops in their indigenous farmlands.               “Hindi ko continue reading : Young agripreneur establishes sweet & spicy agribusiness thru KAYA loan program

Amid the continuing challenges brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021, the Department of Agriculture – Agricultural Credit Policy Council (DA-ACPC), the DA’s institution on rural finance, has remained steadfast in fulfilling its mandate of promoting effective and sustainable delivery of financial services to the countryside. In cooperation with the DA-ACPC’s program partners, the continue reading : DA-ACPC boosts rural agri-finance in pandemic-stricken 2021

Ivy Acebedo is one of the repatriated OFWs who lost her job and went back to the Philippines in 2020. She was an operations executive in a trading and construction company for more than four years in Qatar. As an OFW, Ivy narrated that being homesick is the most challenging part while she was still continue reading : Repatriated OFW starts Organic Banana Farming through ANYO loan program

Batangas Egg Producers Multi-purpose Cooperative (BEPCO) started in 2010 with 25 members aspiring to establish an egg processing plant in San Jose, Batangas, which is known as the “Egg Basket of the Philippines.” BEPCO started by gathering the produce of its members, transforming them into different egg products, and marketing them. With the intention of continue reading : BEPCO, the Egg Innovation Hub of the Egg Basket of the Philippines

The Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Credit Policy Council (DA-ACPC) and the Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP) through its Graduate School in Economics and its Research and Extension Office signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on August 26, 2021 for the implementation of an economics extension program. Among those present during the virtual MOU signing were continue reading : DA-ACPC inks MOU with PUP on Economics Extension Program Collaboration