With the aim of capacitating the RBO Coordinators to be knowledgeable and skillful in organizing new and strengthening existing RBOs in their respective areas, the ATI in the Cordillera conducted the 2nd batch of the Training on Recalibration & Organizational Strengthening for RBO & 4H Focal Persons held on July 19-21, 2023.
Rural Based Organizations (RBO) like 4H Clubs, Rural Improvement Clubs (RICs), Pambansang Manalon, Magbabaul, Mag-uuma, Magsasaka ng Pilipinas (P4MP), Magsasaka Syentista (MS), Indigenous People (IPs) are recognized as functional and productive partners of the Department of Agriculture in planning, implementing and evaluating programs and projects that will help alleviate rural poverty, increase farmers income, generate jobs, and improve quality of life in the rural areas.
Also, Administrative Order No. 09, series of 2002 states that RBOs were encouraged to be revitalized and strengthened in order that they can become effective and efficient partners of the Department of Agriculture. Though, as embodied in the Local Government Code, the organization and management of these organized groups are lodged in the Local Government Units. These organizations have been organized by the coordinators at the barangay level and federated at the municipal and provincial levels led by the LGU RBO Coordinators and at the regional level by the regional RBO coordinators of DA-RFO and DA-ATI-RTC-CAR.
The resource person reviewed the participants about the rural-based organization’s importance in relation to agricultural development.
Participants were also instilled with the right steps in organizing RBOs through the community organizing approach and were imbued with various strategies for organizing new and strengthening existing RBOs in their respective communities.
To be more engaging, the participants were subjected to role plays and games for them to feel and understand the various strategies in organizing rural-based organizations.
Since the participants are also trainers in their own ways, they were also taught Trainers’ Skills Development, particularly on the roles, tasks, and traits of a trainer, presentation skills, and visual aid preparation.
A total of 27 RBO Coordinators attended the said activity. (With reports from Ms. Veronica B. Siloy, RBO Focal)
