Ten pairs of Certified Learning Site for Agriculture cooperators, both young and adult, were invited to join the said program. With the program’s aim to equip farmers with knowledge and skills on how to use basic digital farming tools, they have undergone a 3-day rigid discussion, workshops, and demo back sessions on the lessons from Digital Farmers Program (DFP) 101 and 102. These include the use of social media, climate and weather monitoring applications, and online payment options.
The opening program was graced by a message from Ms. Maria Lilith M. Turan, Supervising Agriculturist of the Provincial Agriculture Office of Bukidnon, where she encouraged the participants to take on the challenge of going digital. “You are here to become trainers, and it is your task to put your learnings into action through sharing this to the people in your community.”
As requirements of the course, the participants were able to create their own social media and online payment accounts with QR code, create marketing posters using canva app,, social media plan, and a dream board, which they presented for critiquing. The final activity was micro-teaching with their assigned topics.
Femicah Sasing, a participant from Abellanosa Diversified Farm, shares how grateful she was for having the opportunity to join the training. “I am actually an education graduate, but I haven’t really used my skills yet since I have not been employed as a teacher. However, through this training, I will be not just be able to use my skills in teaching, but also share the learnings that I have gained from here to our future participants… God may not have opened the doors for the schools for me yet, but He has surely given me this opportunity.”
Having undergone the TOT, the participants are then expected to conduct a DFP rollout in their respective communities by the year 2023.
The participants, who stood above the others, during the workshops and demo back sessions also received prizes for their exemplary performance. Mr. Eugenio Hubayan and Mr. Recarte Bacus received samsung tablets as award for the 1st best in microteaching, and Mr. Jomari Hubayan and Mr. Yeltsin Kaiser Mercader received hard drives as 2nd best in microteaching. #
