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ORMOC City, Leyte - Fall Armyworm (FAW) is an insect pest native to tropical and subtropical regions of Americas. It is a highly destructive and invasive pest; capable of feeding on more than 100 plant species with maize and sorghum being the most preferred hosts. If left unmanaged, FAW can cause significant yield loss in maize and other crops.

The Agricultural Training Institute Regional

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Baybay City, Leyte – “Indeed, an added knowledge and the passion for learning will surely maximize our potential as extension workers as we are one of the important people to shape the minds of our farmers,” shares Ms. Raszell F. Lagarteja, an AEW from Arteche, Eastern Samar.

Agricultural extension Workers (AEWs) play an important role in informing, engaging, and moving farmers to action

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Borongan City, E. Samar - IFOAM Organics International defines Participatory Guarantee Systems (PGS) as locally focused quality assurance systems based on active participation and built on trust, social networks, and knowledge exchange. PGS allows organic farmers to be capacitated and have their farms certified without the expensive costs.

To further assist organic farmers in Eastern

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BAYBAY CITY, Leyte - According to IRRI’s Rice Knowledge Bank, farmers lose an estimated average of 37% of their rice crop to pests and diseases every year. What can significantly reduce losses in production are good crop management, timely and accurate diagnosis in the field. That is why farmers need to be equipped with the knowledge and skills in managing pests and diagnosing diseases

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Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) is currently evolving from the traditional implementation based approach towards advanced results-based approach which is mainly directed to the assessment of outcomes and impact of development interventions.

In pursuit of excellence and improved governance in Agriculture and Fisheries Extension services, the Agricultural Training Institute as the capacity

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4H officers and coordinators discuss during the workshop

The 4-H Club is a community-based youth organization which aims to help children and young people acquire knowledge, develop life skills, and form attitudes through learning by doing in agriculture and fisheries that will enable them to become self-directing productive members of society.

Over the years, the 4-H club has transformed lives of the Filipino youth across the country producing

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One of the salient points of RA 10601 is to promote the development and adoption of modern, appropriate and cost-effective and environmentally-safe agricultural and fisheries machinery and equipment. This is to enhance farm productivity and efficiency in order to achieve food security and increase farmers’ income.

Rule 47.5 of the aforementioned Act categorically gives importance to farmer

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Macrohon, S. Leyte – The ATI RTC 8 and the Organikong Magsasaka ng Rehiyon Otso (OMRO) is keeping the spirit of sharing and peer-to-peer learning of organic agriculture through the Lakbay –Alay. The activity aims for participants to take part in the agricultural rehabilitation of Eastern Visayas through organic agriculture.

For the first Lakbay-Alay of 2022, OMRO members trooped to RGB

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BAYBAY CITY, Leyte - The Agricultural Training Institute – Regional Training Center 8 in partnership with the Department of Agriculture – Regional Field Office 8 and various Local Government Units in the provinces of Biliran and Samar convened online for a coordination meeting in preparation for the School-on the-Air on Smart Rice Agriculture to be launched on June 2022.

The SOA-SRA aims to

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Farmers being interviewed during the RCM Briefing in Matalom, Leyte.

MATALOM, Leyte - Following the RCM Briefing in Bato, Leyte, batch 2 of the same activity was conducted in Matalom, Leyte on April 25, 2022. Seventy-six (76) farmer participants from Barangays Agbanga and Itum were interviewed and were provided with personalized RCM recommendations.

A typical RCM recommendation contains details on what kind and the amount of fertilizer one has to use during

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