The regional Training and Scholarship Committee conducts the second round of evaluation of EdGE applicants through a written examination and interview.

A total of four Agricultural Extension Workers (AEWs) from the Department of Agriculture and the Local Government Units were granted with scholarship grants for post-graduate studies through the Educational Grants for Extension Workers (EdGE).

The program’s pilot offering seeks to provide AEWs with opportunities for career advancement and the creation of a pool of community management

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DAPA, Surigao del Norte – The information caravan for the Coconut Farmers and Industry Development Plan (CFIDP) was conducted on September 21, 2022 at the Sto. Niño Pastoral Center in this municipality.

A total of 50 coconut farmers and agricultural extension workers (AEWs) from the islands of Surigao del Norte namely Burgos, Dapa, Del Carmen, General Luna, Pilar, San Benito, San Isidro

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The information caravan in Surigao City was held at the EY Miners Restobar on September 20, 2022

SURIGAO CITY, Surigao del Norte – Coconut farmers in Surigao del Norte who will experience crop losses from typhoons and other natural causes will see a ray of light from the Coconut Farmers and Industry Development Plan (CFIDP).  This optimism came after coconut farmers attended the information caravan conducted by ATI-RTC 13 at the EY Miners Restobar on September 20, 2022.

Roy Alamban of

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Participants from Surigao del Sur discuss their output during their workshop on empathy mapping.

BUTUAN CITY- Spearheaded by the Planning, Monitoring, and Evaluation Unit (PMEU) of Agricultural Training Institute – Regional Training Center XIII, 30 individuals composed of planning officers, agricultural technologists, veterinarians, cooperative leaders, and SUC representatives gathered for the Regional Agriculture and Fisheries (AFE) Strategic Planning Workshop FY 2024 – 2028 conducted at

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OIC-Center Director Fil Victor A. Babanto congratulates the grantees and their parents during the program orientation on September 15, 2022 at the ATI-RTC 13, Losa Angeles, Butuan City.

In its continuing efforts to encourage and increase participation in agriculture amongst the youth, the Agricultural Training Institute provides them with the opportunity to avail of college scholarship grants in State Universities and Colleges. 

Another 14 deserving youths availed of the program as the second batch of the Educational Assistance for the Youth in Agriculture (EAsY Agri)

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– Fifty coconut farmers who attended the information caravan at the Manobo Heritage Center on September 15, 2022 felt optimistic about the Coconut Farmers and Industry Development Plan (CFIDP). The plan was formulated as mandated in Republic Act 11524 or the Coconut Farmers and Industry Trust Fund (CFITF) Act. It is geared towards alleviating poverty at the same time rehabilitating and

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CABADBARAN CITY, Agusan del Norte – Fil Victor Babanto, OIC Training Center Superintendent II of the Agricultural Training Institute – Regional Training Center 13 (ATI-RTC 13), said that former President Rodrigo R. Duterte signed Republic Act 11524 or the Coconut Farmers and Industry Trust Fund (CFITF) Act last February 2021. The fund will be taken from coco levy assets which should be awarded to

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BUENAVISTA, Agusan del Norte - “We are here to inform you that there is a fund, there is a program for you, and we will tell you what you can do to avail it,” said Fil Victor Babanto, OIC Training Center Superintendent II of ATI-RTC 13 during the information caravan held at the Barangay Macalang Gym, Buenavista, Agusan del Norte on September 9, 2022.

OIC Babanto was referring to the Coconut

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LOS ANGELES, Butuan City – To orient the participant on the current Agriculture and Fisheries (AF) Section/extension policies and plans, the Agricultural Training Institute – Regional Training Center (ATI-RTC) XIII conducted the Technical Guidance Session on the Regional Agriculture and Fisheries Extension Strategic Planning Workshop FY 2023-2028 via Zoom on September 1, 2022.

It specifically

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BUTUAN CITY - Having the highest number of points from the different competitions, the province of Agusan del Sur was declared as over-all champion during the three-day Regional Farm Youth (4-H) Summit on August 24 – 26, 2022 with the theme, “4-H Level UP: Leading Excellence in Agriculture through Viable Innovations, Empowering Leaders and Unleashing 4-H Potential.”

Headed by Marivic Soriano (standing 4th from right), 4-H Provincial Coordinator, participants from Agusan del Sur receive their plaque as overall champion from OIC-TCS II of ATI-RTC XIII, Fil Victor Babanto (in green) during the awarding ceremony of 4-H Regional Summit on Aug. 26, 2022.

A total of 52

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