BRGY. LOS ANGELES, Butuan City-The Agricultural Training Institute-Regional Training Center (ATI-RTC) 13 successfully conducted the Training of Trainers (TOT) on Digital Agriculture Course (DAC) under the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (RCEF) on February 14-16, 2022.

The said training was participated by the staff and Cooperators from the Learning Site for Agriculture (LSA) Farms in Region 13. There were fifteen (15) LSA staff and Cooperators and five (5) ATI-Caraga staff attended during the TOT.

Participants were able to learn the components of the Digital Agriculture Course which covers the lessons from the Digital Farmers Program (DFP) 101 and 102. They were able to learn the basic and advanced agriculture applications, introduction and advanced social media marketing, e-commerce platforms and digital transactions.

As trainers, LSA staff were taught on the basics of smartphone and how to discuss those topics to the farmers and youth when they conduct training on DFP 101 and 102 someday. Protocols on internet safety as well as accessing the internet was also discussed during the training.

Ginalyn V. Arbutante, Information Officer II and Fil Victor A. Babanto, Information Officer III served as Resource Persons during the 3-day training. Simulation session was done during the last day of the training. This is to know whether the trained participants are ready for the field wherein they will train the farmers and youths regarding the benefits of the Digital Farmers Program.

LSA Cooperators were able to formulate their re-entry plans. It was also agreed that each participant will send a microteaching video five days after the training. The said video will cover the topics on the Digital Farmers Program 101 and 102.

The Training of Trainers on Digital Agriculture Course for RCEF was spearheaded by the staff of the Information Services Section (ISS) of the ATI-RTC 13. This was funded by the Information Services Division of ATI under the RCEF program. Ginalyn V. Arbutante served as Project Officer.