^{[16 March 2023] Regional Director Cynthia L. Perdiz (6th from left) with SOCD Staff and MAS-AAD Staff headed by OIC-CSS Manuela S. Nalugon (5th from the left) pose for a souvenir photo after the workshop.}

The PSA RSSO V successfully conducted the Consultation Workshop with Stakeholders in the Agriculture and Fishery Sector as Input in the Compilation of Provincial Product Accounts on 16 March 2023 at Hotel St. Ellis, Legazpi City, Albay.  

Macroeconomic Accounts Service (MAS), Agricultural Accounts Division (AAD) of the PSA Central Office lead by OIC-CSS Manuela S. Nalugon and CSS Danilo V. Lucena of PSA RSSO V-SOCD, facilitated the said workshop. The objectives of the workshop is to provide an overview of the Provincial Product Accounts and to solicit inputs on the identification of commodities to be highlighted in each of the provinces.

Regional Director Cynthia L. Perdiz stated in her message that the report of the performance of agriculture is one of the major inputs of the national accounts particularly in the Gross Regional Domestic Product (GRDP) and the Provincial Product Accounts (PPA). She further said that through the GRDP and PPA, policymakers and planners are guided with comprehensive information relative to the accounts of agriculture and fisheries especially now that Bicol region is recovering from the economic crisis brought by the pandemic.

    

    
 

^{Mr. Ace William Tria, Supervising Agriculturist of Catanduanes (Upper Left), Mr. Jude M. Valenciano, Agriculturist II of Albay (Lower Left), Mr. Raphy B. Belardo, Planning Officer IV, Camarines Norte (Right) present their province's workshop outputs.}

Six (6) provinces were represented by the CSSs/OICs of PSA Provincial Offices and their respective provincial agriculturists who also served as presenters. The presentation outputs contained the list of top and emerging commodities (crops, livestock and poultry, and fisheries) in the province. These commodities were identified prior to the workshop, wherein each province conducted their respective pre-consultation workshops to solicit inputs in identifying the commodities to be highlighted in each province; identify issues and concerns related to agricultural statistics; and other information relative to the Value of Production in Agriculture and Fisheries in their provinces. After the presentation of the workshop outputs, the stakeholders were also able to identify some issues especially in identifying top commodities apart from the emerging commodities in their provinces. The workshop was conducted to initially solicit information from the stakeholders subject to further review and validation to finalize these lists of commodities. Also in attendance were representatives from regional line agencies (RLAs) such as Department of Agriculture (DA), National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA), Philippine Fisheries Development Authority (PFDA), National Meat Inspection Service (NMIS), Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI), Bulan Fish Port Complex (BFPC), and Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI).