BUTUAN CITY – The Agricultural Training Institute – Regional Training Center XIII through its High Value Crops Development Program (HVCDP) conducted a Training of Trainers (TOT) on Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) on Banana Production on April 5-8, 2022 at Balanghai Hotel and Convention Center, Barangay Doongan.

Mr. Ronald Soquita, Area Sales Lead of Syngenta Philippines Inc., explains the symptoms of cardava leaf disease and its possible management during the hands-on activity of TOT on GAP Banana.

It was attended by 24 individuals composed of agricultural extension workers

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LOS ANGELES, Butuan City – The four (4) non-pilot provinces of the Province-led Agriculture and Fisheries Extension Services (PAFES) in Caraga region will hold a Planning-Workshop this coming April 2022.

This is a file photo of a previous PAFES engagement in Agusan del Sur where representatives from the local government took part in the discussions. The same scenario will happen once the PAFES planning workshops will push through in the non-pilot provinces.

On April 19, 2022, the province of Agusan del Sur will hold the activity in Patin-ay, Prosperidad and on April 26 in Surigao City, Surigao del Norte. The Province of Dinagat Islands (PDI)

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LOS ANGELES, Butuan City- Agricultural Training Institute – Regional Training Center (ATI-RTC) XIII conducted its first batch of Training of Trainers (TOT) on Corn Production Technologies on March 29-31, 2022 at ATI Training Center, Los Angeles, Butuan City.

Preparation and Installation of Fall Army Worm (FAW) trap using Pheromone lure at Aparre Farm, Brgy. Sumilihon, Butuan City during the conduct of TOT on Corn Production Technology Batch I on March 29-31, 2022.

The training aims to capacitate the participants’ knowledge, and skills on different technologies in corn farming for them to support

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Host Rejane Ata, RCEF technical staff of ATI-RTC 13, poses with guest cook and young entrepreneur Edgar B. Clarite of De Ban Kakanin sa Bilao. Edgar demonstrates how to prepare Caraga’s own version of Sapin-sapin, Espasol, and Kalamay Kapit. The video presentation entitled Yum-thing Sticky: A Triple Treat with Malagkit will be aired via Facebook on April 12, 2022.

LOS ANGELES, Butuan City – It’s April and it’s the time of year when the country celebrates Filipino Food Month (FFM). And just like last year, the Agricultural Training Institute – Regional Training Centers (ATI-RTCs) will be showcasing different Filipino cuisines with the aim of preserving and promoting Filipino culinary traditions to future generations and supporting the various industries

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Stakeholders attended the Agusan del Norte SP Committee on Agriculture and Agrarian Reform consultation on the institutionalization of BAHWs/ BBOs on March 30, 2022.

BUTUAN CITY – In reference to House Bill No. 5893 introduced by Agusan del Norte Governor Ma. Angelica M. Amante-Matba, the province conducted a committee consultation through its Sangguniang Panlalawigan Committee on Agriculture and Agrarian Reform with its stakeholders on March 30, 2022 held at SP Session Hall, Capitol Compound.

The discussion aims to review and finalize the crafting of

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PATIN-AY, Prosperidad, Agusan del Sur – Strengthening its linkage to various stakeholders at the same time promoting different crop production in the region, the Agricultural Training Institute – Regional Training Center (ATI-RTC) XIII and the Agusan del Sur Provincial Agriculture and Veterinary Office (PAVO) will hold the School-on-the-Air (SOA) on Corn Production dubbed as “Wais sa Mais”

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LOS ANGELES, Butuan City- To capacitate agricultural extension workers (AEWs) with the updated information and technologies in the agriculture sector, and for them to be more reliable in assisting farmers in modifying their farming decisions and practices, the Agricultural Training Institute-Regional Training Center XIII conducted the Training of Trainers (TOT) on lowland Vegetable Production on

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Members of the barangay council, ATI-RTC XIII staff, and EAsY Agri grantees distribute grocery packs to 50 PWD women in Punta Bilar, Surigao City.

SURIGAO CITY - A total of 50 women with disabilities and senior citizens in Brgy. Punta Bilar received grocery packs from the Agricultural Training Institute – Regional Training Center XIII through the Gender and Development (GAD) Program on March 24, 2022.

GAD Point Person Paula Mae A. Creencia recognized the active support and coordination of the City Social Welfare and Development Office

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SURIGAO CITY, Surigao del Norte – In coordination with the Provincial Agriculture Office (PAO) of Surigao del Norte, the Agricultural Training Institute – Regional Training Center (ATI-RTC) 13 will conduct the School on the Air (SOA) on Organic Agriculture Production starting this April 2022.

Ruby Ann Lagahit, Provincial Agriculturist of Surigao del Norte, expressed her full support for the implementation of the SOA on Organic Agriculture Production during the coordination meeting on March 23, 2022.

This is to intensify the promotion of Organic Agriculture in response to the RA 11511, as an

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PATIN-AY, Prosperidad, Agusan del Sur – In partnership with the Provincial Veterinary Office (PVO) of Agusan del Sur against the spread of African Swine Fever (ASF) in Caraga Region, three batches of Training on Specimen Collection for Barangay Biosecurity Officers (BBOs) spearheaded by Agricultural Training Institute – Regional Training Center (ATI-RTC) XIII in support to the National Livestock

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