Filipinos can expect better job opportunities this 2024 as the private sector is “optimistic” after the Philippines had “one of the best quarters” late last year, Private Sector Advisory Council (PSAC) Lead for Jobs Joey Concepcion said on Wednesday, Jan. 10. Go Negosyo founder Joey...
Philippine agriculture companies, who are also mentees of Go Negosyo’s Kapatid Angat Lahat sa Agri Program (KALAP), met recently with one of Israel’s largest agriculture companies to explore partnerships and the possibility of bringing Israel’s technology and best practices in the country to...
President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.’s decision to stay as agriculture secretary was welcomed by Go Negosyo and Private Sector Advisory Council (PSAC) Lead for Jobs Joey Concepcion, who believed that structural changes in the country’s agricultural sector could be the Chief...
The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) and Go Negosyo on Tuesday, June 6, began tackling the benefits of farm clustering in an aim to boost productivity and help ensure food security. Go Negosyo-DAR meeting on private sector-led initiative KALAP program (Photo from Go Negosyo) This was recommended...
Go Negosyo and Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) are looking for ways to collaborate to support and supplement each other’s existing programs that aim to help boost entrepreneurship in the country. (From left) TESDA Executive Directors El Cid Castillo, Charlyn...
Businessmen involved in agriculture held a meeting on Wednesday, May 17, to come up with solutions to helping small farmers scale up their production under Go Negosyo’s Kapatid Angat Lahat Agri Program (KALAP). (From left) Francisco Dizon of Dizon Farms, Ramon Garcia of DFNN, Winston Uy of...
President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. revealed the readiness of state-run banks Landbank and the Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) to expand their credit coverages to agriculture. In photo are: (from left to right) Usec. Leocadio Sebastian, Undersecretary for Rice Development of the...
Go Negosyo founder Joey Concepcion on Thursday, April 27, is prodding Congress to review the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law (CARL) to allow farmers to use agrarian lands as collateral to access loans from banks. Joey Concepcion (Photo from Go Negosyo via Facebook) He observed that under the...
Amid the challenges faced by the agriculture sector, President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. on Tuesday, April 25, welcomed members of private agribusinesses to hear their recommendations about how to create a sustainable and business-conducive industry. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr....
Major Philippine banks came together to express their willingness to lend to micro-farmers who are under Go Negosyo’s Kapatid Angat Lahat (Kalap) Agri Program, its founder Joey Concepcion said on Tuesday, April 4. During the Laging Handa press briefing, the Private Sector Advisory Council member...
Some of the country’s biggest agriculture companies and key government agencies met last week to begin the roadmap for the Kapatid Angat Lahat Agri Program (KALAP), a public-private sector initiative that aims to bridge small farmers and large agribusiness companies. KALAP stands to benefit small...
The newly-signed Go Negosyo’s Kapatid Angat Lahat Agri Program (KALAP) stands to benefit small farmers by incorporating them into the value chain of large agribusiness companies and create jobs in the agricultural sector, Go Negosyo founder Joey Concepcion said on Tuesday, March 7. ...
