COCAFM holds AF2025 Action Updates and Budget Consultation Meeting

In line with the National Budget Memorandum (NBM) 109 of the Department of Budget and Management (DBM), the NAF Council meeting and Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) consultation on the Department of Agriculture’s (DA) 2012 Budget was held on April 12, 2011 at the BSWM Conference Hall, BSWM Building.
In coordination with the National Agricultural and Fishery Council (NAFC), the meeting served as an avenue for AF2025 Task Forces to present their outputs containing recommendations for the Department of Agriculture (DA) 2012 budget allocations and proposals for strategic interventions in their respective sectors.

The said outputs were the result of a series of meetings by the chairpersons and members of the AF2025 Task Forces with DA bureaus and attached agencies in preparation for the AF2025 Action Updates and Budget Consultation Meeting with COCAFM chairperson Senator Francis Pangilinan, DA Secretary Proceso Alcala, Atty. Celso Valmores, to whom the outputs were presented.

The output for rice and other staples was presented by Dr. Emil Javier; Atty. Jose Elias Inciong for poultry, livestock and corn; Dr. Rolando Dy for commercial crops; Roberto Amores for fruits and vegetables; Sarah Bales for fisheries; and former DA Secretary Senen Bacani for cross-cutting issues.

To date, the outputs of the sector are endorsed to the concerned DA Bureaus and attached agencies, through the DA, for appropriate action. A meeting, tentatively scheduled in August, will be conducted to discuss the updates regarding the recommendations of the task forces.

Also present during the meeting were Dr. Ernesto Ordoñez, heads and representatives of DA bureaus and attached agencies and chairpersons and members of the AF2025 Task Forces.

COCAFM chairperson, Senator Francis Pangilinan, delivers his response to the outputs of the AF2025 task forces during the Action Updates and Budget Consultation Meeting.