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BANGA, Aklan - ATI-RTC 8 point persons from the different commodity programs of the center attended the 2022 ATI Commodity Banner Programs Culminating Activity entitled, Building a Foundation of Knowledge Creation for Programs. The activity, which was attended by point persons and Center Directos from the different ATI Regional Centers, was conducted on December 5-9, 2022 at Banga, Aklan

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ATI-RTC 8 staff vow to end VAW

BAYBAY CITY, Leyte - The 18-Day Campaign to End VAW supports the Philippine government’s goal of protecting the human rights of women and girls by upholding its commitment to address all forms of gender-based violence as enshrined in the 1987 Constitution. By virtue of Republic Act 10398 or the Act declaring November 25 of every year as the National Consciousness Day for the Elimination of

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ISS staff (center) receive their award as the 3rd Placer for the Poster Contest of the IS AgriSolutions Pitch. Handing the award are: (L-R) Mr. Joeven Calasagsag (OIC-ISD Chief), Ms. Antonietta Arceo (OIC-Deputy Director ATI-CO), Mr. Fil Victor Babanto (OIC-Center Director ATI-Caraga), and Ms. Pamela Mapala (OIC-Assistant Chief ISD)

BUTUAN CITY, Agusan del Norte - Staff from ATI-RTC 8’s Information Services Section, attended the 2022 Knowledge Management Updates. This is a yearly activity, conducted by the Information Services Division of ATI-Central Office, is attended by staff from the different IS sections in the whole ATI network including the ITCPH. It aims to bring together the workforce of the different centers to

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Baybay City, Leyte – November is National Rice Awareness Month. For 2022-2028, the theme is “Be RicePonsible”. The campaign aims to remind every Filipino to do their role in helping achieve food security, improve the income of farmers, and promote better health among rice consumers.

This year’s campaign highlights the ABKD: adlai, saba, mais at iba pa ay ihalo sa kanin; brown rice ay

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Catarman, N. Samar – PCA N. Samar PCDM Mr. Reynato P. Dubongco answered “Dayon kita” when asked if the Coconut Farmers and Industry Development Plan (CFIDP) information caravan will be postponed.  As fate would have it, the activity was set on the day Typhoon Paeng was supposed to landfall in N. Samar. His answer gave weight to two meanings to a region with Waray-waray and Cebuano

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BAYBAY CITY, Leyte - 

Christian Keruel Laurente, host, discussing with Ms. Lutgarda Francisco during the Q&A of the Agritalk.

The second Eastern Visayas #Agritalk streamed via Facebook live on the ATI in Eastern Visayas Facebook page last October 17, 2022. As part of the program’s aim to promote urban agriculture, Senior Research Specialist and Head of the Department of Agriculture VIII-Regional Crop Protection Center, Lutgarda Francisco, was invited as guest speaker to talk about Biocontrol

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Youth participants assists Farmer in using the different agri apps in the smartphone during the DFP 101 and 102 Farmer Roll-out.
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ORMOC CITY, Leyte - The Agricultural Training Institute-Regional Training Center-8 hold a three-day training on Digital Farmers Program (101 and 102) Farmer-level Roll-out Batch 1 at Pongos Hotel, Ormoc City, Leyte on October 11-13, 2022.

The training aims to equip farmers with knowledge and skills to use basic digital tools, including social media, climate and weather monitoring

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 Baybay City, Leyte – ATI RTC 8 continues to promote the Institute’s e-learning program. This is a form of distance education where registered users can access online certificate courses and digital learning resources such as technology kits, video clips, and mini-tutorials. All these are available at the e-Learning portal (www.e-extension.gov.ph/elearning). 

As ATI RTC 8 is inside the

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Baybay City, Leyte – “I would like to give thanks to our Almighty God for surviving this very intense two-week long training,” quipped Mr. Nicanor Tahup of Nick Joy Integrated Farm in Tomas Oppus, S. Leyte. He witnessed the intensity and complexity of the training activities.

This was an apt description for the Training of Trainers on the Production of High-Quality Inbred Rice and

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Baybay City, Leyte – The Coconut Farmers and Industry Development Plan (CFIDP) is a program that aims to provide solutions to some of the coconut industries prevailing issues. For its smooth implementation, coconut farmers and other stakeholders are informed of the different components of CFIDP and how to avail of its benefits and services.

The Coconut Farmers and Industry Trust Fund

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