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

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

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

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

“Nung nabalitaan namin na magkaka-lockdown, natakot kami,” recalls agripreneur Elmer Relente. “Hindi namin alam kung kami ba ay magpapatuloy pa sa pagpo-produce at pagdi-distribute ng aming gulay dahil natatakot din kaming mahawa,” he added. Elmer, together with his wife Ellen, own and manage Anpilo Agri Farm, which grows fresh, organic fruits and vegetables in the continue reading : Agri-enterprise thrives through SURE COVID-19

The Agricultural Credit Policy Council (ACPC) launched Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Monetary Board Member V. Bruce J. Tolentino’s book series entitled Enabling Rural and Agricultural Finance for Inclusive Development in the Philippines during its 71st Governing Council meeting on August 17, 2021. The publication is a three-volume compilation of papers, reports, and policy notes focusing continue reading : ACPC launches agri-finance book series of its first executive director, Dr. V. Bruce J. Tolentino