Region 6 revisits concepts of AFC operations through training

Participants of the three-day training on AFC operations pose for a group photo together with NAFC Acting Deputy Executive Director Engr. Noel A. Juliano (first row, third from left) who was present during the meeting among DA, NAFC and RAFC VI officers.

As part of the 25th anniversary celebration of the Agricultural and Fishery Councils (AFCs), slated in June this year, the Regional Agricultural and Fishery Council (RAFC) of Western Visayas, through the Department of Agriculture Regional Field Unit (DA-RFU) VI, conducted a re-orientation and training course on AFC operations for its officers and employees on February 22 to 24 at Iloilo Midtown Hotel, Yulo St., Iloilo City.

Region VI AFC officers and employees during the hands-on sessions of the training.

Around 30 participants from the RAFC, Provincial Agricultural and Fishery Council, Highly Urbanized Cities Agricultural and Fishery Council and Municipal Agricultural and Fishery Council attended the three-day training, joined in by five regional coordinators from the Local Support and Coordination Division of the National Agricultural and Fishery Council (NAFC).

The training served as a refresher on the principles and concepts of the AFC operations and the anatomy of its mechanism.

It also provided hands-on sessions on the preparation of resolutions, policy briefs and work and financial plans.

Gender and Development concepts were also discussed on the final day as part of the mainstreaming strategy to promote rural women’s participation in the AFCs.

The gathering wrapped up with a meeting among DA, NAFC and RAFC VI officers where the latter underscored their decision to oppose the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources’ plan to allow the sale of fish imports in local public wet markets through a position paper which was later submitted to the National Sectoral Committee on Fisheries and Aquatic Resources.

see also: http://nafc.da.gov.ph/NAFCNEWs/2012/region6.html

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