A joint inspection by the DA- BAFS and DA- Regional Field Office Region XI, with support from regional and local agricultural offices, verified the compliance of five core farmer- members with Philippine National Organic Agriculture Standards, April 22-24, 2025. The inspection was conducted to verify their compliance with the Philippine National Standard relevant to organic continue reading : A joint inspection by the DA- BAFS and DA- Regional Field Office Region XI.

The DA-BAFS, in collaboration with the DA-Regional Field Office 6 and in coordination with the Provincial and Municipal Agriculture Offices of Iloilo and Aklan, conducted field data gathering activities to support the development of an Explanatory Manual for the Philippine National Standard (PNS) Organic Poultry – Code of Practice (COP). The activity was carried out continue reading : Field Data Gathering for the Development of Explanatory Manual for PNS Organic Poultry – Code of Practice

DA-BAFS Conducts 3rd Surveillance of TOFPA-COOP, the Philippines’ First Accredited PGS GroupTublay, Benguet — The Department of Agriculture – Bureau of Agriculture and Fisheries Standards (DA-BAFS) conducted the third surveillance of the Tublay Organic Farming Practitioners Agriculture Cooperative (TOFPA-COOP) on April 22–25, 2025 to monitor its compliance as an accredited Organic Certifying Body (OCB) under continue reading : DA-BAFS Conducts 3rd Surveillance of TOFPA-COOP, the Philippines’ First Accredited PGS Group

To increase the capacity and assist the group in their operations as an Organic Certifying Body, the DA-BAFS Compliance Assistance Team provided technical assistance to an accredited PGS group in Bayawan, Negros Oriental from April 22 to 25, 2025. The supervised certification is intended to guide peer reviewers in verifying the compliance of applicant farmer members continue reading : Supervised Certification of Participatory Guarantee System (PGS) Group