As part of the Be RICEponsible advocacy campaign of the Department of Agriculture, all DA offices are hereby required to participate in the #BROWN4good Challenge. The #BROWN4good challenge is a social media propaganda that aims to encourage more Filipinos to eat brown (unpolished) rice regularly in order to get and give the following goodness: Goodness continue reading : #BROWN4good

In its goal to attain inclusive economic growth, one of the specific objectives of the administration of Pres. Benigno S. Aquino III (PNoy) is to strengthen the agricultural sector. One of the major strategies identified towards the attainment of this is to make credit more accessible to small farmers and fisherfolk to help in the continue reading : The PNoy Administration’s Accomplishments in Small-Farmer and Fisherfolk Credit

The Agricultural Credit Policy Council (ACPC), in coordination with the Asia-Pacific Rural and Agricultural Credit Association Center for Training and Research on Agricultural Banking (APRACA-CENTRAB), hosted a three-day international workshop for the project “Documenting Global Best Practices on Sustainable Models of Pro-Poor Rural Financial Services in Developing Countries” (RuFBeP Project). Held on March 4-6, 2015 continue reading : ACPC Host International Workshop for APRACA-IFAD Project