The OIC – Assistant Center Director, at the same time the Rice and RCEF Point Person Violeta T. Laguna, mentioned that the interventions focused on technical briefings for LSA cooperators and farmers, establishment, and enhancement of LSAs.

BUTUAN CITY – Guided by a shared goal of a harmonized implementation of the rice program initiatives, the Agricultural Training Institute – Regional Training Center 13 conducted Regional Consultative Meeting and Planning Workshop for the Rice Program.

Held on January 27, 2022 at Balanghai Hotel and Convention Center, said meeting highlighted the ATI’s physical accomplishments and activities

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OIC Center Director Fil Victor A. Babanto, together with the staff from Butuan City Agriculture Office and ATI, turned over ICT equipment to Robrosa's Strawberry and Herbs Farm FITS Kiosk. The farm is located in Anticala, Butuan City.

BUTUAN CITY – Five Farmers’ Information Technology Services (FITS) Kiosks received ICT equipment such as laptops and printers from the Agricultural Training Institute – Regional Training Center 13 (ATI-Caraga) on February 10-11, 2022.

These FITS Kiosks are located in the Learning Sites for Agriculture (LSAs) namely Robrosa's Strawberry and Herbs Farm (Brgy. Anticala), Jabez Farm (Brgy

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Engr. Ricardo M. Onate Jr., Regional Executive Director of DA-Caraga, vows to strengthen partnership with the Provincial Local Government Unit (PLGU) of Surigao del Norte in the implementation of various undertakings especially the Province-led Agriculture and Fisheries Extension System (PAFES).

SURIGAO CITY, Surigao del Norte – After pilot-testing the Province-led Agriculture and Fisheries Extension System (PAFES) in Agusan del Norte, the Department of Agriculture – Regional Field Office 13 (DA-Caraga) is now taking initial steps in introducing the said initiative in the province.

On February 10, 2022, DA-Caraga conducted an Orientation and Briefing on PAFES and the 18 Key

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ATI-Caraga secures anew the ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management System certification after it hurdled today's 3rd Party Surveillance Audit. The audit team from TUV-SUD reported only minor findings and none in the Top Management and Information Services Section (ISS).

LOS ANGELES, Butuan City – It was a sigh of relief for the staff of the Agricultural Training Institute – Regional Training Center 13 (ATI-RTC 13) after the ISO 9001:2015 3rd Party surveillance audit was completed last February 9, 2022. TÜV SÜD PSB Philippines Inc. (TUV SUD), ATI’s third-party certifying body, conducted a remote surveillance audit on the system of the Center last February 9

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AGUSAN DEL SUR – The Agricultural Training Institute – Regional Training Center (ATI-RTC) XIII facilitated the Rice Crop Manager (RCM) briefing in partnership with the Municipal Agriculture Office of La Paz on February 2, 2022 and in Talacogon, Agusan del Sur on February 3, 2022.

OIC-MA Junierex C. Ambus of La Paz, Agusan del Sur welcomed the farmers and ATI staff during the opening program of the RCM Briefing in the municipality on Feb. 2, 2022.

There were a total of 136 rice farmers from the said municipalities who were individually interviewed based on

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LOS ANGELES, Butuan City – The Provincial Agricultural and Fisheries Extension Systems (PAFES) is expected to expand to four more provinces in the Caraga region this year after it was piloted in Agusan del Norte in the 2021. This was revealed during the PAFES emergency meeting held on January 31, 2022 via Google Meet.

The PAFES Emergency Meeting last January 31, 2022 was attended by DA-RFO 13, ATI-RTC 13, Local Government Units (LGUs), and other stakeholders via Google Meet. In ATI-RTC13, OIC Center Director Fil Victor A. Babanto, OIC Asst. Center Director Violeta Laguna, and Media Production Specialist Jason Paul Jampac (seen in photo) attended the said meeting.

Among the agenda discussed was the presentation of PAFES Regional

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OIC-Center Director of ATI-RTC 13, Fil Victor A. Babanto and Punong Barangay of Los Angeles, Butuan City, Irene Monden led in the tree planting activity which is in line with ATI's 35th Anniversary.

LOS ANGELES, Butuan City - As part of the Agricultural Training Institute’s 35th Founding Anniversary celebration, the ATI in Caraga conducted a tree planting activity in the said barangay last January 28, 2022.

The said initiative was led by OIC- Center Director Fil Victor A. Babanto and the Barangay Captain of Los Angeles, Hon. Irene Monden.

The group planted Golden Trumpet seedlings

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Los Angeles Women’s Assoc. President Eleniza A. Anoos (middle) receives extension support on Jan. 13, 2022 in form of seeds and garden tools with Matt Andrew Baquiano (right), PASS Chief, and Mary Jane Gonzaga (left), HVCDP point person.

LOS ANGELES, Butuan City – In response to the request of the Brgy. Women’s Association request, the Agricultural Training Institute – Regional Training Center (ATI-RTC) XIII provided various vegetable seeds and farm tools and materials that the group could use in their campaign for backyard gardening as a source of food in times of crises especially with the recent typhoon Odette.

The seeds

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Benjohn Mahistrado, owner of Alomah’s Place and Nature Farm, showed the group how their lettuce is packed and ready to be transported within and outside Bukidnon.

BUKIDNON, Region X – Farmers may soon become more acquainted with the saying “The More, The Merrier,” as this had been the new slogan among corn coordinators who recently joined the benchmarking activity in the province of Bukidnon from January 10-13, 2022. Out of the many farms they visited, the value of Integrated Farming System (IFS) - which produces both crops and animals instead of just

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Staff of ATI-RTC 13 were actively involved during the Operational Planning-Workshop for Fiscal Year 2022 held at Amameo Beach Resort, Nasipit, Agusan del Norte on January 5-7, 2022.

NASIPIT, Agusan del Norte – The Agricultural Training Institute – Regional Training Center 13 (ATI-RTC 13) conducted the Operational Planning-Workshop for Fiscal Year 2022 at Amameo Beach Resort on January 5-7, 2022. Thirty key personnel of the office were in attendance.

The three-day workshop included the consolidation of training and other extension-related activities of every point

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