VILLA KANANGA, Butuan City- The Agricultural Training Institute – Regional Training Center XIII conducted Training of Trainers on Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) for Mango Production on June 14-17, 2022 at Prince Hotel.

The four-day training with 9 Continuing Professional Development (CPD) units, was attended by Sixteen (16) Agricultural Extension Workers (AEWs) specifically the High Value

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SAN PEDRO, Cantilan, Surigao del Sur – Playing its role as a capability builder in the agricultural extension sector, the Agricultural Training Institute – Regional Training Center (ATI-RTC) XIII conducted the five-day Training of Trainers on Operation and Management of Mechanical Rice Transplanter on June 13-17, 2022 at San Pedro Country Farm Resort and Event Center Inc.

The participants perform actual identification of the parts and functions of a mechanical rice transplanter last June 16, 2022.

The activity aims

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BUTUAN CITY – In continuous pursuit of its mandate to professionalize the agricultural extension workforce, the Agricultural Training Institute offers various scholarship grants to aid them in their career development.

A PhP 100,000 financial support will be afforded to deserving MS thesis grantees, while PhD Dissertation studies will be provided with PhP 250,000 subsidy.

One of these is the provision of thesis and dissertation assistance to support ongoing students of Master’s and Doctorate degrees through a financial subsidy aiding the

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BUTUAN CITY – The Agricultural Training Institute is now accepting applications for its latest scholarship offering through the Educational Grants for Extension Workers (EdGE).

The program aims to empower the AEWs with opportunities for career development and develop a pool of community management professionals and subject matter specialists on social and production technologies through the

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The MOA Signing of PAFES in Surigao del Sur took place at the Provincial Sports Center of Tandag City on June 15, 2022 during the opening rites of the Araw ng Surigao del Sur.

TANDAG CITY, Surigao del Sur – Reelected governor Alexander T. Pimentel of Surigao del Sur led the signing of the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) of the Province-led Agriculture and Fisheries Extension System (PAFES) on June 15, 2022 at the Provincial Sports Center, Tandag City.

He was joined by Local Chief Executives and heads of office from the local and national government and the private

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LOS ANGELES, Butuan City- The School-on-the-Air Program on Smart Rice Agriculture (SRA) is now launched in the four provinces of Region 13. The said program was launched at the same time first airing in Surigao del Sur on June 15, 2022 via Radyo Bandera Station based in Tandag City. Hosted by Fritzieh C. Trujillo, the assigned Farmcaster and Provincial SOA Coordinator of the province.

In Agusan

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Caraga Region – In its war against the spread of African Swine Fever (ASF) in the region, three more batches of Training on Specimen Collection for Barangay Biosecurity Officers (BBOs) were conducted by the Agricultural Training Institute – Regional Training Center (ATI-RTC) XIII.

The participants of batch 10 collect specimen during the hands-on activity at Surigao City Slaughterhouse on June 9, 2022.

It aims to capacitate the BBOs to gain additional knowledge and skills on specimen collection for laboratory

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SURIGAO CITY- Twenty-three participants comprising Agricultural Extension Workers and Cooperators and staff from the Learning Site for Agriculture Farms were trained on Digital Agriculture Course on June 8-10, 2022. This is through the Training of Trainers (TOT) which was conducted by the Agricultural Training Institute-Regional Training Center (ATI-RTC) 13 in Surigao City.

Participants were

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BUTUAN CITY, Agusan del Norte – In partnership with the Provincial Agriculture and Veterinary Office (PAVO) of Agusan del Sur, the Agricultural Training Institute – Regional Training Center (ATI-RTC) XIII officially launched the Wais sa Mais: School on-the-Air (SOA) Program on Corn Production on Thursday, June 9, 2022 at 5:30 AM – 6:30 AM over 93.5 FM Hope Radio Philippines Butuan.

Jessamine Vea (left) and Joel Corvera (right) greets the participants and give the pretest during the SOA on corn production launching and first episode on June 9, 2022.

The

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BUTUAN CITY- The Regional Technical Working Group (RTWG) will be conducting again the School-on-the-Air (SOA) Program on Smart Rice Agriculture (SRA) in Region 13. This is along with the National Rice Program targetted for the year 2022 of the Department of Agriculture headed by Secretary William D. Dar.

The SOA on SRA will be launched on June 15, 2022 for Surigao del Sur. On June 16, 2022 for

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