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Barangay Biosecurity Security Officers continue to enhance their knowledge and skills as they contribute to the prevention of ASF in Antique and Western Visayas.

SIBALOM and CULASI, Antique - ATI Region 6 conducted two batches of Bantay ASF (African Swine Fever) sa Barangay: Training on Specimen Collection for Barangay Biosecurity Officers (BBOs) in the Province of Antique. The activity aims to enhance the participants’ knowledge and skills as biosecurity officers in line with the ASF prevention program.

Thirty-nine (39) Barangay Biosecurity

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Participants perform field inspections including strip sampling, recording the presence of objectionable weeds, and roguing.

TIGBAUAN, ILOILO- To address the problems of shortage of good quality rice seeds, and the low number of accredited seed growers and seed inspectors, ATI region 6 recently conducted the 5-day Training Course on Inbred Rice Seed Production and Certification for Deputized and Designated Seed Inspectors.

A total of 30 participants were composed of agricultural extension workers from the

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The participants performing the return demonstration on Minus-One Element Technique as part of their practical/hands-on activities.

TIGBAUAN, ILOILO - To complement the goals of the Rice Extension Services Program (RESP), ATI Region 6 produced thirty (30) new trainers under the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund Program through the Training of Trainers on the Production of High-quality Inbred Rice and Seeds, and Farm Mechanization.  

The majority of the participants are Agricultural Extension Workers from

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Participant Leonidas Tan snaps an ID photo of a farmer for the Farmer and Farm Lot Registration. 

MANDURRIAO, Iloilo City - In continuation of the Training of Trainers on the Rice Crop Manager Advisory Service using the rebuild version (v.4.0), ATI Region 6 conducted a 3-day training last May 17-19, 2022 at the Mo2 Westown Hotel. Twenty-eight (28) Agricultural Extension Workers from Iloilo and Guimaras completed the said training.

The AEWs were able to refresh their knowledge and skills

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Applying unity and teamwork, Team Caliber builds a plastic cup tower with a unique communication strategy.

JARO, Iloilo – In support of one of the 18 Key Strategies of the Department of Agriculture: Youth and Women Engagement, ATI Region organizes the Training on Leadership Skills and Organizational Management For (RBO) Provincial and Municipal 4H Officers at the EON Centennial Hotel on April 26-28, 2022.

A total of 25 participants from all the provinces in the region completed the three-day

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Participants from the third batch of the TGP planning workshop take an online course in e-Learning using their smartphones and laptops.

WESTERN, Visayas — “Being able to participate in this planning workshop is a great help in the development of our Farmers' Information and Technology Services (FITS) Center. I have learned to access the e-Learning which I can also share with our on-the-job trainees, farmers, fisherfolks, and students in our municipality. With our workshop on IEC development, I can now create more IEC materials

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The group photo that signals the conclusion of the two-day Learning Site for Agriculture (LSA) Forum and Quarterly Meeting.

BANGA, Aklan – Sixty farm owners and cooperators across the Region attend the Learning Site for Agriculture (LSA) Forum and Quarterly Meeting at ATI Training Hall, ASU Compound on April 21-22, 2022.

The two-day activity aims to enhance the LSA’s knowledge and attitude on transformational leadership and sustaining partnership, documenting their activities including their corresponding

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Farmer and youth participants in Jordan, Guimaras try the QR code scanning as part of the hands-on activity.

WESTERN Visayas – Two batches of Digital Farmers Program (DFP) 102, the intermediate level of such program, composed of 20 digital farmers and 20 corresponding youth partners in the Region were organized on April 7-8, 2022 in Sapian, Capiz, and April 20-21, 2022 in Jordan, Guimaras.

As the fifth and sixth batches of DFP 102 Training since its commencement last year, the participants

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The participants actively share their respective dominant intelligence in the Gardner's Multiple Intelligences Test during the Workshop on Appreciating Diversity.

BANGA, Aklan- Twenty-two Rural-based Organizations (RBO) Coordinators gear towards social mobilization as they attend the Training Course on Social Mobilization (TCSM) on April 18-20, 2022, at ATI Training Hall, ASU Compound.

“This training is important for us, Extensionists, so that we can extend our services to whatever our community needs. I strongly believe in what Ma’am Mary Ann said

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Charmae F. Antipatia, Agriculturist II of DA-RFO 6/Resource Person, differentiates the color of the cassava in every variety through its flesh and stem.

BANGA, Aklan – First commodity-based training of ATI Region 6 that earned Continuing Professional Development (CPD) points from the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) was successfully held at Aklan State University Conference Hall last April 5-7, 2022 with 21 participants composed of Agricultural Extension Workers (AEWs) and Learning Site Cooperators from the provinces of Aklan, Antique

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