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A participant tries out presenting online

Ormoc City, Leyte – Agricultural Extension Workers (AEWs) play important roles in agricultural development. Agri-based information reaches most farmers through the work of the AEW. As such, AEWs must be equipped with presentation and facilitation skills to do their jobs well.

ATI RTC 8 sees the need to capacitate new AEWs, including those who seldom attend training due to other

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tty. Jonalyndie Chua discussing about Gender Sensitivity to ATI 8 Staff

BAYBAY CITY, Leyte - ATI-RTC 8 continues its celebration of the Women’s Month by empowering ATI women with knowledge and awareness of their rights in the workplace and at home.

On March 31, 2022, through its Gender and Development program, ATI-RTC 8 conducted #GADtoKnow: Forum on Gender Sensitivity and Awareness for its staff. Atty. Jonalyndie Chua, Atty III from the Department of Social

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Ms. Josephine Hipe from the DOH-PITAHC applying ear acupuncture to Ms. Lourdes Palconit

As a celebration for Women’s Month 2022, ATI-RTC 8 conducted a series of activities that cater to the mental and physical well-being for all ATI 8 staff.

On March 22, 2022, the Center conducted an activity titled, “Kalusugan ng ATIng #JuanAtJuana Bigyang Halaga”. The said gathering inspired ATI 8 staff to have that sense of work and life balance especially with the relationships they

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Baybay City, Leyte - The Hayag Youth Organization of Ormoc City is a community-based youth organization who has initiated a project that aims to enable their members to practice container organic gardening to raise their own demand for available and nutritious food especially at this time of pandemic. To complement the learning of their members, the organization requested ATI RTC 8 to

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Participants discuss the ODK with their peers

BAYBAY CITY, Leyte –ATI-RTC 8 tracks the impact of its programs and project implementation through evaluation studies. This is done for programs implemented in the previous years and is led by the Center’s Planning Monitoring and Evaluation Unit (PMEU).

It uses the Results-Based Monitoring and Evaluation (RBME) system that aims to determine the effect of training on the knowledge, skills

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Writeshop of Internal Standards and Operational Manual

ALANGALANG, Leyte –RA 11511 was enacted to recognize the Participatory Guarantee System (PGS) as an option for organic certification. Further, Section 14, item (g) Trainings and Inspection, provides that: “The Agricultural Training Institute (ATI) shall, in close coordination with the BAFS, make available the required training program on organic agriculture standards and processes for PGS

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ATI-8 CDMS Chief, Concepcion Miro together with the member agencies of the EPAHP during their convergence meeting in Guiuan, E.Samar

GUIUAN, Eastern Samar - CDMS Chief, Concepcion B. Miro, represented ATI-RTC 8 during the convergence meeting with EPAHP representatives and the LGU of Guiuan on February 17, 2021 in the municipality of Guiuan in Eastern Samar.

The EPAHP or the Enhanced Partnership Against Hunger and Poverty Program is a collaboration of different national government agencies, with DSWD being the lead

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Participants doing the “hands-on” on Blood Collection of samples for testing during the BABay ASF: Training on Specimen Collection for Barangay Biosecurity Officers on February 3-4, 2022.

NAVAL, Biliran - Looking back, 2019 was a challenging year for the Philippine swine industry as the dreaded African Swine Fever (ASF) was confirmed to have reached the country. In early 2021, the disease has made its way to Region 8 affecting many municipalities thus compromising the swine population. This prompted National and Local Government agencies to partner up and prevent further

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Ms. Concepcion Miro, Section Chief of the CDMSS, leads her staff during the audit of their section.

BAYBAY CITY, Leyte - Following its 35th Anniversary, the Agricultural Training Institute and its network of regional training centers underwent the 3rd party ISO 9001:2015 surveillance audit. This audit aimed to ensure the center’s compliance of the Quality Management System (QMS) with the standards of the ISO 9001.

On February 8, 2022, ATI-RTC 8 underwent the surveillance audit conducted

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BAYBAY CITY, Leyte - One of the many definitions of mental health would be a state of well-being in which every individual realizes his or her own potential and can cope with the normal stresses of life. Being two (2) years into the pandemic, mental health issues may have affected people, ATI-RTC 8 staff included.

As the ATI Network celebrates 35 years of excellent extension services, it is

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