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

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

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