The Agricultural Training Institute (ATI), in partnership with the Bureau of Soils and Water Management (BSWM) successfully conducted the training course on “Agro Hydrology and Dam Design for Small Water Impounding Projects (SWIP) and Diversion Dam Design last August 22-September 2, 2022 at San Jose City, Nueva Ecija, and September 12-23, 2022 at Jimenez, Misamis Occidental.
The 12-day
.....read moreDILIMAN, Quezon City – Aimed to enhance the knowledge and skills of the Rural-Based Organizations officers in developing innovative projects, and upgrading their extension services to the community, the Agricultural Training Institute (ATI) recently conducted two (2) batches of learning enrichment training. Facilitated by the Limitless Lab, the Design Thinking Workshop was participated by a total
.....read moreDILIMAN, Quezon City—With today’s health risks, going back to the basics is one way to be safe in terms of food, especially when it comes to meat.
This is why Agripina Ochoa gives naturally sourced feeds to the native and white breeds of swine that she raises. These include grass, darak, copra meal, and “power plants” like trichanthera.
“We don’t buy commercial feeds. We just make use of
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QUEZON CITY, Philippines—Fourteen (14) young Filipino farmers successfully completed their 11-month internship in Japan from November 23, 2021to October 20, 2022. They are the seventh batch of graduates under the Young Filipino Farm Leaders Training Program in Japan (YFFLTPJ) that is being managed by the Agricultural Training Institute (ATI), in collaboration with the Japan Agricultural
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QUEZON CITY, Philippines—The Agricultural Training Institute (ATI), through its Partnerships and Accreditation Division conducted a webinar on “Increasing Brand Recognition: A Seminar on Social Media Marketing” for certified national and regional Learning Site for Agriculture (LSA) Cooperators, Private Agriculture and Fisheries-Extension Service Providers (PAF-ESPs), and other Agriculture
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QUEZON CITY, Philippines – The Agricultural Training Institute (ATI) continues to sustain and solidify its role as the knowledge bank, catalyst, enabler, and lead agency in professionalizing the Philippine agricultural extension system by developing more competent resource persons (RPs) among its technical workforce.
A total of 27 ATI Central Office and Training Centers personnel completed
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SAN MATEO, Isabela—Recognizing the need to continuously capacitate agricultural extension workers (AEWs) and farmer-leaders (FLs), the Agricultural Training Institute (ATI) concluded this year’s series of “Training of Trainers (TOT) on Basic Leadership and Technical Skills for Small Water Irrigation System Association (SWISA) and AEWs” last October 10-14, 2022 at ATI’s Training Center in
.....read moreDILIMAN, Quezon City—Duck-raising has been a good source of income for Jesus Unabia, Jr., Magsasaka Siyentista and farm manager of the Golden Egg Duck Farm in Victoria, Laguna.
One of the reasons for this, according to him, is because ducks have strong immunity against diseases and the demand for duck eggs is high.
“We started in 1986… Income from duck farming is good especially here in
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QUEZON CITY, Philippines—Fresh from an 11-month internship in Taiwan, 29 young farmers are back in the country, armed with broader knowledge and experiences. “Yung learnings, hindi na iyon makukuha sainyo; andyan na iyan sainyo. Yung hinihingi lang namin [as program managers] is for you to share what you’ve gained from the Taiwan experience–in terms of knowledge and skills–to your fellow
.....read moreDILIMAN, Quezon City—Members of farmers’ associations and organizations can have direct access to small-scale irrigation projects (SSIPs) through grants provided by the Department of Agriculture’s (DA) Bureau of Soils and Water Management (BSWM).
Engr. Alberto De Guzman, chief of the BSWM’s Design and Engineering Section under the Water Resources Management Division, talked about this in detail
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