Latest News

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

.....read more

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

.....read more

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.

.....read more

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

.....read more

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

.....read more

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

.....read more

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

.....read more

Baybay City, Leyte - 4H and Rural Based Organization coordinators serve as effective leaders by ensuring accomplishment of its objectives. The coordinators organize and support all projects and activities of the 4H and RBO, recommend best schemes and strategies to implement the livelihood projects, and support in program assessments.

Continuous skills development is thus essential to

.....read more

Participants grafting a cacao plant for their workshop during the Training of Trainers on GAP-anchored Cacao Production.

ABUYOG, Leyte - Demands for cocoa products are beyond the production capacity of the Philippines. One contributing factor to low production is the lack of technical capability of farmers. One strategy to address this is to capacitate the agricultural extension workers who in turn will teach the farmers new technologies to increase cacao production.

ATI-RTC 8 conducted the Training of

.....read more

One of the ways to ensure a Masaganang Ani, Mataas na Kita is the use of high quality inbred rice seeds. The Dept. of Agriculture thru PhilRice has been promoting the use of high-quality inbred rice seeds because it results in high germination rate, lower seeding rate, more vigorous seedlings, and more efficient crop establishment.

However, for farmers to actually use inbred rice seeds

.....read more