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Short Course on Leadership, Management Held for DA, PLGU Senior Staff

Monday, May 8, 2023 - 15:59

Representatives from DA and ATI regional offices participate in a design thinking workshop held as part of the two-week course on leadership and management. (photo by Czarina Mamino)

MAKATI CITY—Fifty eight office heads and chiefs from the Department of Agriculture (DA) and selected provincial government units completed the Short Course on Leadership and Management last April 21 and 28, 2023.

The Agricultural Training Institute (ATI), in collaboration with the Asian Institute of Management (AIM), conducted the said training in support to the professionalization of the

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RBO Volunteer Leaders Convene, Elect New Set of Officers

Tuesday, May 2, 2023 - 14:31

DILIMAN, Quezon City – Volunteer leaders of the rural-based organizations (RBOs) from the different regions gathered recently for a consultation meeting to reinvigorate  the Volunteer Leaders Association of the Philippines (VLAP) and elect a new set of officers for FY 2023-2025.

As the volunteer group for RBOs, VLAP is the frontliner and key player in providing support and guidance in molding

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New ATI Staff Learn Writing Purposive Training, Activity Designs

Friday, April 28, 2023 - 10:46

 

Staff from different ATI training centers craft their respective training and activity designs. (photo by Camilo Alberto)

DILIMAN, Quezon City–The Agricultural Training Institute (ATI), through its Career Development and Management Division, conducted the Capability Building on Writing Purposive Training and Activity Designs last April 18 to 20, 2023 at the ATI Mess Hall in this city.

A total of 28 ATI staff from the Central Office and training centers, mostly new entrants, were present in the activity

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Recoter Named Most Outstanding Aklanon in Government Service

Thursday, April 27, 2023 - 16:44

KALIBO, Aklan—Agricultural Training Institute (ATI) Director Remelyn R. Recoter was among the Most Outstanding Aklanons for 2023, under the government service category, particularly in agriculture.

ATI Director Remelyn Recoter, together with her family, receives a plaque as one of the Most Outstanding Aklanons for 2023 during an awarding ceremony led by Senator Loren Legarda and Aklan Governor Jose Enrique Miraflores. (photo by Aklan Information and Media Affairs Division)

During the 67th Aklan Day Commemorative Program, Recoter was given the prestigious recognition in the province, together with four other awardees in the fields of community service, education

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Entries from ATI Regional Training Centers V, VII Chosen as Best Participatory Videos by ComDev Asia

Thursday, April 27, 2023 - 09:42

Video entries from ATI Regional Training Centers (RTC) in Bicol and Central Visayas were chosen by ComDev Asia as Best Participatory Videos that showcased the different stories on family farming and how the stakeholders worked together to address their concerns in their respective communities.

The video submitted by ATI RTC V featured the biodegradable wastes which were turned into useful bio

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Permaculture Practitioner Urges Farmers to Plant Purple Yam

Tuesday, April 25, 2023 - 11:47

DILIMAN, Quezon City—Imagine an environment where the agricultural ecosystem is self-sufficient, and growing produce draws inspiration from nature and is based on crop diversity, resilience, natural productivity, and sustainability.

This cycle is possible through permaculture which is at the core of the practices at Habilin Farms in Tayabas, Quezon. 

In the 108th episode of the Agricultural

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More Agri, Social Enterprises to Kickstart this year through BPP

Thursday, April 20, 2023 - 17:41

DILIMAN, Quezon City – More agricultural and social enterprises are seen to be established this year, through the Binhi ng Pag-asa Program (BPP), with the youth leaders as the primary movers.

A student receives a starter kit provided by the ATI and OSGP through the Binhi ng Pag-asa Program. (photo by Clemente Gabion)

Particularly, some students from selected universities in Metro Manila, who are also BPP members, were provided with starter kits in support to their mission to develop various small-scale agri-based

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Food Technology Expert Highlights Commercial Potential of Corn

Wednesday, April 19, 2023 - 09:24

DILIMAN, Quezon City—With the different uses of corn in the food processing and manufacturing industry, value-adding for this crop can be highly profitable according to a food technology expert.

In a radio interview, Phoebe Galeon, a faculty member at the Department of Food Science and Technology in the University of Science and Technology of Southern Philippines-Cagayan de Oro Campus

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23 Young Filipino Farm Leaders Fly to Japan for Agri Internship Program

Tuesday, April 18, 2023 - 14:41

QUEZON CITY -- Some 23 young farm leaders went to Japan for an 11-month internship program to learn about advanced Japanese modern agricultural technologies that they can apply upon their return to the Philippines.

Dubbed as the Young Filipino Farmer Leaders Training Program in Japan (YFFLTPJ), the internship program is a collaboration between the Department of Agriculture (DA) through the

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SOCCSKSARGEN’s Organically Grown Produce Featured at 17th NOAC

Thursday, April 6, 2023 - 08:51

KABACAN, Cotabato—In support to the intensive promotion of organic agriculture (OA) and its critical role in achieving food availability and security, the Agricultural Training Institute (ATI) joined the 17th National Organic Agriculture Congress (NOAC).

The ATI’s network joined the National Organic Agriculture Program in this activity with the theme “Maunlad na Pagsasaka, Garantisado sa

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