The Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation (PCIC) and National Agricultural and Fishery Council (NAFC) signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) on 26 July 2012 to maximize the benefits of the agricultural insurance programs to agricultural producers, agricultural stakeholders and members of the Agricultural Fishery Councils and to support the attainment of the National Government’s Food Self-Sufficiency continue reading : PCIC and NAFC Sign MOA to Provide Agricultural Insurance Cover to Agriculture and Fishery Councils
DA Subsidizes Premium of Corn Farmers in Region II and Eastern CAR
A tripartite Memorandum of Agreement MOA among the Department of Agriculture thru the DA Regional Field Office II, PCIC Regional Office II and CREDO Savings and Agrarian Reform Cooperative (CREDO Co-op) was signed on July 30, 2012. The MOA provides for the transfer of Php2.500 million to PCIC to subsidize at least 50% of the continue reading : DA Subsidizes Premium of Corn Farmers in Region II and Eastern CAR
PCIC Gives Active Support in Sustainable Mariculture Investment Financing
A half-day Roundtable Discussion on Sustainable Mariculture Investment Financing was conducted on May 30, 2012 at Davao City organized by Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) Regional XI in cooperation with Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) Program Development Department – Davao City and PCIC Mindanao Group. The roundtable discussion came up with a continue reading : PCIC Gives Active Support in Sustainable Mariculture Investment Financing
Public Service Ethics and Accountability Training of the Civil Service Institute and Mid-Year Planning Conference 2012
The management of the Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation goes through Public Service Ethics and Accountability Training of the Civil Service Institute and conducts Mid-Year Planning Conference on July 4-6, 2012
PCIC, other agencies set remote-sensing for rice info system and new insurance product
The Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation (PCIC) has joined an inter-agency and inter-sectoral project that aims to design and develop a rice information system using remote sensing technology and support the development of innovative insurance products. Remote sensing refers to the gathering of information about objects or situations without making physical contact; it involves, instead, the continue reading : PCIC, other agencies set remote-sensing for rice info system and new insurance product
PCIC President meets the rural bankers
Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation (PCIC) President Jovy C. Bernabe meets with the country’s rural bankers in a move seen to substantiate the partnership agreement his agency recently signed with the group. The meeting occurred during the 59th annual national convention of the Rural Bankers Association of the Philippines (RBAP) held from May 24-25 at Aklan. continue reading : PCIC President meets the rural bankers
Deal expected to boost crop insurance
BusinessWorld Online: Deal expected to boost crop insurance – Rural Bankers Association of the Philippines : Rural Bankers Association of the PhilippinesAn agreement has been inked with the German government to develop a management information system in line with a possible crop insurance product for farmers, an official said. “We are using a radar-based remote continue reading : Deal expected to boost crop insurance
PCIC, Capiz Insures rice farmers
The Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation (PCIC) has tied up with the Provincial Government of Capiz to insure the farm investments of the province’s rice farmers against natural calamities and pests and diseases. Some 5,000 rice farmers tilling approximately 5,000 hectares of farmland will be provided insurance protection under the local government-initiated program called “Viable Insurance continue reading : PCIC, Capiz Insures rice farmers
PCIC, NDA conduct Mindanao briefing to protect P300M imported dairy cattle
The Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation (PCIC) and the National Dairy Authority (NDA) jointly conducted an island-wide orientation-training forum for Mindanao on insurance cover for the latter’sdairy cattle imports from New Zealand and Australia. The orientation-training was conducted on March 22 in Cagayan de Oro City and was participated in 94 participants consisting of regional managers continue reading : PCIC, NDA conduct Mindanao briefing to protect P300M imported dairy cattle
PCIC, NDA conduct briefing on insurance for cattle imports in Luzon
The Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation (PCIC) and the National Dairy Authority (NDA) gathered stakeholders in Luzon to prepare them for responsibilities in the insurance program for planned cattle imports that would help upgrade the local dairy industry. Dairy farmers as well as officials and staff of the NDA and PCIC, numbering 71, attended the orientation-training continue reading : PCIC, NDA conduct briefing on insurance for cattle imports in Luzon