The Bureau of Agricultural and Fisheries Engineering – Standards Regulation and Enforcement Division (BAFE-SRED) together with Regional Agricultural Engineering Division – Standards Regulation and Enforcement Section (RAED-SRES XI) conducted the pilot testing of Permit-to-Operate (PTO) Compliance Monitoring and Certificate of Conformity (CC) Onsite Inspection and Information Caravan from February 20 to 24, 2023 in various locations in Region XI.

The Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Agricultural and Fisheries Engineering (DA-BAFE) is involving the DA Regional Field Offices (DA-RFOs) through their Regional Agricultural Engineering Divisions (RAEDs) and the Local Government Units (LGUs) to generate support and promote interest in the Registration of Ownership of Agricultural and Fisheries Machinery Equipment System(RAFMES).

The Department of Agriculture – Bureau of Agriculture and Fisheries Engineering (DA-BAFE) opened its doors to accommodate Senior High School Students enrolled in a public high school in Balintawak, Quezon City for an internship program. Ten (10) male Senior High School or Grade 12 students from Balingasa High School taking the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) strand of the Technical-Vocational-Livelihood (TVL) track have started their internship in DA-BAFE office.

Participants of the National Network of Farm-to-Market Roads Development Plan 2023-2028 and BAFE-RAEDs Meeting held from February 21 to 24, 2023 at the Axiaa Hotel in West Avenue, Quezon City include representatives from Regional Agricultural Engineering Divisions of DA-Regional Field Offices, Provincial Local Government Units (Ilocos Norte and Camarines Norte), Municipal Local Government Units (Hermosa, Bataan; Norzagaray, Bulacan; Daet and Labo Camarines Norte)

In an effort to come up with a harmonized measure of level of farm mechanization in the country, the Department of Agriculture – Bureau of Agricultural and Fisheries Engineering (DA-BAFE) is teaming up with Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization (PHilMech) and the University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB).

Amid rising food prices in urban areas, the government is bolstering its provision of interventions that support production, processing, and transport of agricultural and fisheries commodities. Agricultural engineering interventions have the potential to address rising prices of basic commodities by increasing food supply and efficiency in the food value chain in highly urbanized cities (HUCs).

A robotics team composed of bright and promising Grade 4 students from a public elementary school in Quezon City sought the input of DA-BAFE technical personnel on how to improve the design of a robotics innovation project.

Participants from the Department of Agriculture – Regional Field Office X (DA-RFO X) Regional Agricultural Engineering Division (RAED) and Field Operations Division (FOD) learned how to prepare computer-aided feasibility studies during the five-day training held at the Harbor Lights Hotel and Restaurant, Gusa, Cagayan De Oro City from January 23 to 27, 2023.

The search for the most outstanding ABEMIS implementing unit was one of the highlights during the Agricultural and Biosystems Management Information System (ABEMIS) FY 2022 Data Assessment. The award aims to  recognize the performance of each DA RFO RAEDs. The Northern Mindanao Region topped the competition with a score of 99.41% and received the ABEMIS 2022 Terabyte Award.

The Department of Agriculture – Bureau of Agricultural and Fisheries (DA-BAFE) held a three-day year-end assessment to present the progress and evaluate the bureau’s performance in terms of physical and financial accomplishments.