ATI trains FITS Center and FITS Kiosk Staff in producing digitalized IECs

Thu, 11/03/2022 - 14:58
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Aiming to improve the delivery of services of Farmers Information Services (FITS) Centers in region 10 through digitalized extension strategies,the Agricultural Training  Institute-Regional Training Center X conducted the Training on Digitalized Knowledge Products Development.

Some  21 Farmers Information Services Specialists (ISS) and  Learning Site for Agriculture (LSA) FITS Kiosk representatives from the different municipalities in Bukidnon were the participants of the four-day activity.

The activity was focused on topics such as principles of layout and design for digital IECs, scriptwriting for short technology-based and promotional videos, and editing through Canva for IECs and Filmora for videos.  

The participants appreciated the activity as it was timely and would be of great use to help farmers promote their farms and product, and for their FITS  Centers to be able to package and produce their own techno-based IECs which they can distribute in their municipalities.

“Most of the LSA farm owners in our municipalities are seniors and are mostly not ICT-inclined, and we have been planning to help them promote their farm and products, but we still don’t have the skills to do it. Now, this training helped us learn what we need to learn to help them,” said Carlo Dodji Jumaos, a participant from FITS Center Kalilangan.

Kalilangan is one of the municipalities with many successful Learning Sites for Agriculture established in the region, with this, Jumaos further said “We want their farms and products to be known not just in  Kalilangan, but also in Bukidnon, and even in the whole region of Northern Mindanao,”.

Participants have undergone workshops on digital IEC development, script development, and video editing which also were their major outputs required in the training. They produced and submitted a  digitized IEC which they posted on their respective FB page, a script, which served as their guide in editing a two-minute video. The materials on which they based their outputs were technologies and practices of their farmer-partner.

“Thank you ATI for the constant push, for pushing us to go beyond the limits,” said Jenelyn Balandra, of FITS-Kibawe, which she loud and proudly posted on her social media account after being able to submit all their outputs.

The activity was held at The Margarettes  Business Hotel, Maramag, Bukidnon on October 25-28, 2022.##

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