Farmers and fishermen are asking whatever happened to the Agricultural Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (ACEF). The special fund was established by government in 1996 as a sweetener to placate local ...

There is renewed hope for intended farmer-and fishermen-beneficiaries of the Agricultural Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (ACEF), especially if they are organized and work as a single unit. Organized ...

The requiem for ACEF, or the Agricultural Competitiveness Enhancement Fund, was supposed to have been sounded as early as 2005, when the country’s vital but impoverished agriculture sector was ...

THE Agricultural Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (ACEF), which is funded by import tariffs on farm goods, contains a built-in incentive to import more food and generate more revenue for the ...

Make this your preferred source to get more updates from this publisher on Google. Senator Cynthia Villar on Tuesday said the Department of Agriculture should no longer be disbursed with the ...

The House Committee on Agriculture and Food on Thursday approved a bill further extending the period of implementation of the Agricultural Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (ACEF) until 2028. Panel ...

THE Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has refuted the claim of the Federation of Free Farmers (FFF) that it has yet to release remaining funds under Agricultural Competitiveness Enhancement ...

This is in reaction to the news item titled “Yap: Low repayment rate does not make Acef a scam or a failure.” (Inquirer, 9/22/11) Rep. Arthur C. Yap, former agriculture secretary, appealed for ...