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QUEZON CITY, Metro Manila—In its aim to empower the agricultural extension workers (AEWs) with opportunities for career development, and to develop a pool of community management professionals and subject matter specialists, the Agricultural Training Institute (ATI) is now offering Master's and Doctorate Degrees in Agriculture and Fishery thru the Educational Grants for Extension Workers (EdGE)

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BAUANG, La Union—The Department of Agriculture (DA), through the Agricultural Training Institute (ATI) and the Bureau of Soils and Water Management (BSWM) continues the implementation of the National Training of Trainers on Basic Leadership and Technical Skills for Small Water Irrigation System Association (SWISA) Officers and Agricultural Extension Workers (AEWs).

The second batch of

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JAPAN -- The Department of Agriculture – Agricultural Training Institute (DA-ATI) and Japan Agricultural Exchange Council (JAEC) monitored and evaluated the progress of the trainees of the Young Filipino Farm Leaders Training Program in Japan (YFFLTPJ).

The YFFLTPJ monitoring and evaluation (M&E) activity, conducted from May 20 to 22, 2022 served as a mechanism to ensure that the implementation

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DILIMAN, Quezon City – Aquaculture practitioner from South Cotabato swears by nine major considerations in starting and ensuring success in hito and tilapia fingerlings production.

Primne’s Aqua Venture Farm, owned by Leonardo Primne, Jr., offers a wide variety of fingerlings and grow-out fish such as hito, carp, tilapia, giant gourami, pangasius, Indian Rohu, and dalag in Region 12.

These are good site selection, stock selection, water management, stocking density, feeding management, pest management, pond waste management, harvest management, and record keeping.

Leonardo Primne, Jr

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DILIMAN, Quezon City–The Agricultural Training Institute (ATI) graces another ‘feast’ to cap off a productive cropping season. For this year, the Harvest Festival and Field Day celebration is as vivid as the intention of the Institute to shed light on the value of urban and peri-urban agriculture in ensuring a food-secure cityscape.

The activity was highlighted by four major parts: the

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DILIMAN, Quezon City—The Agricultural Training Institute (ATI), through its Partnerships and Accreditation Division (PAD), conducted the second session of the “A Break to Educate: an information session on ATI  Operations and other Engagements” last May 18, 2022 at the Rural Development Education Center (RDEC) Function Hall of ATI Central Office (CO).

The activity consists of a series of

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Gawad Saka Outstanding Corn Farmer Joel Cabanayan shares the planting method he uses in his farm in Brgy. Bintawan Sur, Villaverde, Nueva Vizcaya . (photo by ATI Cagayan Valley)

 

DILIMAN, Quezon City—Harvesting 10 to 13 tons of yellow corn per hectare is now a regular feat for a local farmer in Villaverde, Nueva Vizcaya, thanks to a planting technique that he learned a few years ago.

In the May 21 episode of “Agri Asenso” on DZRH, Cabanayan Farm owner Joel Cabanayan told program host Henry Uri about the double-row planting method that he adopts in his corn

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TOKYO, JAPAN – The Department of Agriculture – Agricultural Training Institute (DA-ATI) reaffirmed its partnership with the Japan Agricultural Exchange Council (JAEC) and Philippine Embassy in Tokyo to enhance the implementation of the Young Filipino Farm Leaders Training Program in Japan (YFFLTPJ).

“Maintaining an open and mutually beneficial relationship is vital in ensuring program

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Alomah’s Place and Nature Farm manager Amor Mahistrado-Luceñara showcases their organically grown lettuce that can be bought fresh from the farm.

DILIMAN, Quezon City—Value addition, product processing, and agritourism activities are only some ways that Alomah’s Place and Nature Farm in Manolo Fortich, Bukidnon has managed to keep a lucrative farm business for almost 10 years.

Amor Mahistrado-Luceñara, the farm’s admin and finance manager and trainer, shared this in an interview on the teleradyo program “Agri Asenso” on DZRH last May

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ATI receives certification as FOI-compliant for 2021.

DILIMAN, Quezon City—With its continued practice of transparency and full disclosure of information to its clientele and the public, the Agricultural Training Institute (ATI) receives another certification as “fully compliant” with the Freedom of Information (FOI) program of the national government.

Signed by Secretary and FOI Champion Jose Ruperto Martin Andanar, the certificate of

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