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The Philippines' Bureau of Agriculture and Fisheries Product Standards (Filipino: Kawanihan ng mga Pamantayan sa Produktong Pansaka at Pampangisdaan, abbreviated as BAFS), is an agency of the Philippine government under the Department of Agriculture responsible for setting and implementing standards for fresh primary and secondary processed agricultural and fishery products.
Rice paddies in Balagtas, Bulacan. Agriculture in the Philippines is a major sector of the economy, ranking third among the sectors in 2022 behind only Services and Industry. Its outputs include staples like rice and corn, but also export crops such as coffee, cavendish banana, pineapple and pineapple products, coconut, sugar, and mango. [ 1]
The Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic, and Natural Resources Research and Development (PCAARRD) is a council of the Department of Science and Technology of the Philippines government. The council aims to help national research and development efforts in agriculture, forestry, and natural resources of the Philippines. It does so by ...
The Department of Agriculture (abbreviated as DA; Filipino: Kagawaran ng Pagsasaka) is the executive department of the Philippine government responsible for the promotion of agricultural and fisheries development and growth. [ 3] It has its headquarters at Elliptical Road corner Visayas Avenue, Diliman, Quezon City .
A coconut plantation in Sipocot, Camarines Sur. Coconut production plays an important role in the national economy of the Philippines.According to figures published in December 2009 by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the Philippines is the world's second largest producer of coconuts, producing 19,500,000 tonnes in 2009. [1]
The Bureau of Postharvest Research and Extension (BPRE), formerly known as the National Postharvest Institute for Research and Extension (NAPHIRE), is a bureau of the Department of Agriculture of the Philippines . It was created on May 24, 1978 through Presidential Decree 1380 to spearhead the development of the country's postharvest industry.
Maria Ligaya T. Braganza, Ed.D., the Dean of the School of Food Science and Technology at the Philippine Women's University conducts applied researches on food and product development. [78] One of her studies investigates the use of banana flour as a wheat flour extender in pan de sal and doughnuts. [citation needed]
2015 annual rice production of Philippine provinces. Rice is the most important food crop, and is a staple food in most of the country. It is especially produced in Luzon, the Western Visayas, Southern Mindanao, and Central Mindanao. [4] In 2010, nearly 20.7 million metric tons of palay (pre-husked rice) were produced. [5]