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ALLEN, Northern Samar - Two years of the pandemic have been quite difficult for the youth sector not only in terms of education but also in the aspects of recreation and personal development. These activities help mold young people to become better citizens and become worthwhile players in socio-economic progress through developing new knowledge and skills. The 4-H Camp is one activity

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Mr. Dhenber Lusanta, OIC Director of VSU Eco-FARMI, discussing Efficient Water Management and an overview about drip irrigation during the Agritalk.

BAYBAY CITY, Leyte - In partnership with the Manila Bulletin’s Agriculture Magazine, Smart Communications, Inc., ATI in Eastern Visayas conducted its first AgriTalk for the year 2022. The one-day online activity aimed to introduce different agriculture technologies among different stakeholders. For this year’s Agritalk, the center focused on drip irrigation.

It is said that drip irrigation

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Mr. Benjamin Lagaday guides Ms. Fermina Aling, from Jampong Integrated Farm, with some of the Advance Agri Tools available for Android phones

TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte - “Although it would be a challenge for us trainers to teach these innovations and implement the DAC program to our farmers, I think it all needs adjustment on our part”, said Zaldy Ador as he looks forward to the tasks set ahead of him during the closing program of the Digital Agriculture Course for RCEF in Tacloban City. This and many more experiences and challenges were

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GANDARA, Samar – Compliance to organic standards must be ensured to make certain that products indeed are organic as marketed. DA RFO 8 with ATI RTC 8 has been pushing for farmer associations to become an Organic Certifying Body under the Participatory Guarantee System (PGS). For ATI, it has been capacitating its participants on the establishment and operation of PGS groups consistent with the

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Mr. Antonio Cadalin, ATI-RTC 8 Senior Agriculturist served as Resource Person during the Training on Project Proposal Preparation. Photo by: Kan Dada Integrated Farm Facebook Page

CARIGARA, Leyte - “Most of the time crafting a bankable project proposal is the most common problem of farm owners or associations in applying for funding support to some government and non-government organizations. So we are so grateful to ATI for spearheading this kind of training that helped us not just by merely crafting a project proposal but also to understand what are the important

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JARO, Leyte - “I can now help farmers with the uptrend price of the fertilizer through BFS wherein we need to practice integration of organic and inorganic fertilizers.” said Antonette Asplico, an AEW from Kawayan, Biliran, this, after completing the 5-day training on Integrated Nutrient Management (INM) with an emphasis on Balanced Fertilization Strategy in Rice Farming on June 20-24, 2022.

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Baybay City, Leyte - In the Philippines, the banana is a widely grown fruit. With its extensive production, it is also one of the dollar earners for the country., The crop is grown along the roadside, on the mountainside, in home lots, and on both big and small farms. However, small banana farms have low yields due to the prevalence of disease and the use of low input technologies.

There

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Tacloban City, Leyte - Republic Act No. 1151 or the Act Amending RA 10068 (Organic Agriculture Act of 2010) was enacted to recognize the Participatory Guarantee System (PGS) as an option for organic certification.

In Region 8, most of the municipalities are embracing organic agriculture farming system, understanding the potential of organic products and its benefits. However, to encourage

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Sogod, S. Leyte - There are many platforms available that can be used to address concern in the agriculture industry. One such platform is the Quantum Geographic Information System (QGIS). It is a free and open-source cross-platform desktop geographic information system (GIS) application which allows the viewing, editing, printing, and analysis of geospatial data. This is being used by the

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The Farmer-Scientist Training Program (FSTP) is an integrative and holistic three-phase agricultural research, development, and extension (RDE) methodology involving primarily the development of appropriate values of farmers engaged in crops such as corn, rice, vegetables, and livestock in a corn-based production system to adopt scientific and sustainable methods of farming. It is basically

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