A participant shared during a Focus Group Discussion (FGD) held in Lipa City, Batangas, on March 26, 2025 that the Philippine National Standard (PNS) Code of Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) has helped improve their farm operations.The DA-BAFS Technical Services Division (TSD) successfully conducted the FGD with 14 PhilGAP-certified farms in CALABARZON, alongside representatives from the continue reading : The DA-BAFS Technical Services Division (TSD) successfully conducted the FGD with 14 PhilGAP-certified farms in CALABARZON.

The DA-BAFS Conducts Initial Surveillance of ALASFA PGS Group in Leyte Alangalang, Leyte— The Department of Agriculture – Bureau of Agriculture and Fisheries Standards (DA-BAFS) conducted its first surveillance of the Alangalang Agri-preneurs Services Farmers Association (ALASFA) Participatory Guarantee System (PGS) Group on April 1-3, 2025 to assess its continued compliance as an accredited Organic Certifying continue reading : DA-BAFS Conducts Initial Surveillance of ALASFA PGS Group in Leyte

A joint inspection by the DA-BAFS and DA-Regional Field Office Region CAR, with support from regional and local agricultural offices, verified the compliance of five Ifugao PGS farmer-members with Philippine National Organic Agriculture Standards, March 25-27, 2025. The inspection was conducted to verify their compliance with the Philippine National Standard relevant to organic agriculture.Representatives from continue reading : Inspection of Core PGS Farmer-Members, Province of Ifugao

The DA-BAFS Compliance Assistance Team, in coordination with the DA-RFO IV MIMAROPA Organic Agriculture Program and the LGU of San Vicente, provided pre-inspection technical assistance in San Vicente from February 24-28, 2025, to aid a group in their organic certification application preparation.#OAtechnicalassistance#BAFS#BAFSonthemove#PGSforOA Preinspection to Participatory Guarantee System (PGS) Core Farmer-Members at San Vicente, Palawan April continue reading : Preinspection to Participatory Guarantee System (PGS) Core Farmer-Members at San Vicente, Palawan

A joint effort by the DA-BAFS Compliance Assistance Team, DA-RFO VI, DA-ATI RTC VI, the Provincial Agriculture Office of Iloilo, and the LGU of Pototan facilitated supervised certification for a PGS group in Iloilo from March 19-21, 2025. This initiative provided technical assistance to ensure the group’s compliance with their Manual of Operations (MOO) during continue reading : Supervised Certification of Participatory Guarantee System (PGS) Group