Department of Agriculture AGRICULTURAL TRAINING INSTITUTE Regional Training Center 02 San Mateo and Cabagan, Isabela

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Department of Agriculture AGRICULTURAL TRAINING INSTITUTE

Regional Training Center 02 San Mateo and Cabagan, Isabela

2018

Food availability and affordability for every Filipino family through excellent extension services in

agriculture and fisheries.

Empowerment and building capabilities of agriculture and fisheries stakeholders for sustainable

development

The Agricultural Training Institute as the orchestrator of the National Extension System ensures

harmonized management of agriculture and fishery extension delivery systems in empowering the

farmers and fisherfolk for food security, poverty alleviation and social equity for sustainable

development.

We serve with passion.

We keep raising the bar

We work with integrity.

We give the best.

Pursuant to Executive Order no. 338 (Restructuring the Department of Agriculture Providing

Funds Therefore and Other Purposes) and in consistent with the Republic Act 8435

(Agriculture and Fisheries Modernization Act of 1997), the Institute is mandated to:

lead in the formulation of the national Agriculture and Fisheries Extension (AFE)

agenda and budget;

prepare an integrated plan for publicly-funded training programs in agriculture

and fisheries;

formulate and issue guidelines in planning, implementing, monitoring and

evaluating AFE programs; and

assist, in coordination with state universities and colleges, the local government

units extension system by improving their effectiveness and efficiency through

capability building and complementary extension activities such as technical

assistance, training of LGU personnel, improvement of physical facilities,

extension cum research and information support services.

Department Order no. 3, series of 2007 mandated the ATI to lead in the provision of e-extension

services in collaboration with the various agencies, bureaus and organizational units of the

Philippine Department of Agriculture. This is to integrate and harmonize ICT-based extension

delivery system for agriculture and fisheries.

The ATI e-Extension Program as an online extension

platform, is promoted continuously through

briefings, and dissemination of advocacy materials

developed by the Center and acquired from ATI

Central Office.

While the Center developed three online courses to

date and now offered online namely, Citrus Growing:

A Promising Enterprise, Changing People's Lives

through Effective Extension Delivery, and Good

Agricultural Practices for Vegetable Production:

Simple and Easy World-class Veggie Farming

(developed this year), all online courses in the e-

extension site were promoted. This provides options

to stakeholders to enroll on courses of their interest.

The e-learning corners were established at the

receiving area and the dormitory of San Mateo Center

for accessibility to the training participants, walk-in

clients and other visitors in accessing the e-extension site (www.e-extension.gov.ph) and the ATI–RTC 02

website (www.ati.da.gov.ph/ati-2), as well as in

searching for other agriculture-related information.

The ATI Region 02 maintains website and social media

accounts as ways of reaching out its agri-fishery

stakeholders.

The Valley Light, an official newsletter of ATI-RTC 02,

serves as its promotional publication and an avenue for

providing up-to-date information to stakeholders on

programs, projects and activities of the Center. It also

complements the weekly Ugnayang ATI program of the

Center aired over DWPE Radyo Pilipinas every Friday

at 5:00-6:00 in the morning and over DWDA Radyo

Pangkaunlran every Monday at 10:00-11:00 in the

morning.

The Center also established strong linkage with local

media namely, Luzon Inquirer, Balitang Expose ,

Largavista, Valley Times, and Pinoy Hot News where

articles of activities were likewise published. This

strong partnership paved the way for the Center to be

recognized as second placer in the local media presence

among the ATI network.

Two sets of knowledge products were continuously

developed, the corporate and technology-based.

For the year, the corporate knowledge products

developed, reproduced and disseminated were e-

Extension in leaflet, Techno-Gabay Program in pamphlet,

ATI Region 02 briefer, Organic Agriculture Assessment

Center Briefer and the monthly newsletter.

For the techno-based knowledge products developed,

these were on Low-cost Swine Production, Hybrid Rice

Production, Sloping Agricultural Land Technology, Mga Paraan ng Pag-aangkop sa Climate Change, Pagtitipid ng

Tubig sa Pagpapalayan, Mga Pag-aangkop sa Climate

Change para sa Pagpapalayan, natural farming inputs (FPJ, FFJ, LABS, OHN) were developed, reproduced and

distributed to walk-in clients and FITS Centers.

Champion farmers worth emulating by other farmers are

documented. For this year, the success stories developed

were:

Kap Aday’s Cup of Triumph in Diversified Farming Tilling the Land is by Chance but Nurturing it is a

Choice: Christian Valdez Story Video of Outstanding Young Farmer Organization

Video of Outstanding Young Farmer

The success in the implementation of special extension

modalities of the Center were documented with feature

stories. These were:

Earning by Learning, A Testimony of the SOA

on Low-cost Swine Raising and Upgrading

Native Chicken

For it brings Health and Wealth for the

Filipinos: The SOA GAP Vegetables

Improving Farm Families beyond

Boundaries: The ATI Region 2 HANDOG Way

Building Community Resiliency through the

Climate Resilient Agriculture Project

The institutionalization of the Techno-Gabay Program

to ATI for the past years paved the way to a stronger

collaboration with the LGUs in providing extension

services through the Farmers Information and

Technology Services (FITS) Centers and the Magsasaka

Siyentista (MS) in Region 02.

Aside from supporting them with trainings, IEC

materials, learning site establishment and other

technical assistance, the first ever search for Best FITS

Center and Best Magsasaka Siyentista in Region 02 was

conducted. The evaluation team from ATI, CVAARRD

and other partner-member agencies conducted series

of pre and final evaluations for the qualified FITS

Centers and Magsasaka Siyentista.

The FITS Center of the LGU Claveria, Cagayan and Engr.

Ramon Oliveros, Jr, MS of Roxas, Isabela were the

winners of the search. They were recognized and

awarded plaque of recognition and cash amounting to

P100,000 and P50,000, respectively, during the Techno

-Gabay Submit conducted in November.

Partnering with the Magsasaka Siyentista Association

of Region 02 was a good practice of the region in

conducting the summit. It is part of empowering them

and recognizing their potentials.

On the other hand, there were 10 FITS Center

enhanced with ICT equipment namely, Sta. Maria, San

Guillermo, and Angadanan for the province of Isabela;

Lallo, Sto. Nin o and Solana, of Cagayan; and Kayapa,

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Dupax del Norte, and Solano for Nueva Vizcaya. They

were given laptop, tablet and printer. This is through

the rice crop manager enhancement project.

Ten batches of Training on Rice Crop Manager Use

and Operation were conducted with the participation

of 310 agricultural extension workers and farmer-

leaders. During the training, participants were able to

generate 1523 RCM recommendations in the 20

briefings.

Two school-on-the air programs were conducted for

the year. These were on low-cost swine raising and

upgrading of native chicken, and good agricultural

practices on vegetables yielding 597 and 593

graduates, respectively.

The SOA on low-cost swine raising and upgrading

of native chicken was blended with a community

forum and a method demonstration on the

natural feed formulation.

On the other hand, the SOA on GAP vegetables

was blended with the use of social media in publishing

the aired program.

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With the 206 trainings and other extension activities

conducted by ATI Region 02, it was able to train 7,335

stakeholders under different programs: regular, corn, rice,

high value crops development program, organic

agriculture, livestock, 4H club and rural-based

organizations.

There were 40 trainings and extension activities

implemented under the regular program with 1520

trained stakeholders.

Empowerment of Persons with Disability (PWD) in

Enrile, Cagayan

Because of the series of trainings on food processing

conducted for the PWD, it opened opportunities for them

to engage in the said enterprise. Their livelihood is now

growing and their dedication and passion on what they

were doing gained attention from the Local Government

Unit (LGU) of the said municipality and other agencies to

pour out support for their development. The LGU provided

a stall in the market for free for their livelihood activities,

aside from the financial support. The Department of

Trade and Industry provided also a shared service

facility.

The PWD was now registered with the Department of

Labor and Employment (DOLE) as an association

through the assistance of ATI. The PWD of Enrile are

indeed very grateful for the growing

acknowledgement of their rights and privileges as

manifested by the support extended to them by the

different agencies. With the favor and support given to

them and by God’s grace, they are hopeful that they

will achieve a self-reliant community of PWD.

Kapatid Agri-Mentor Me Program (KAMMP)

It is a collaborative activity with DA-RFO 02 in

partnership with the Philippine Chamber of

Entrepreneurs (PCE) Go Negosyo. The KAMMP is a

coaching-mentoring program designed to optimize

agricultural industry clustering and market linkages

to achieve development.

“You will be thought on producing business plan of

your own. The Go Negosyo experts will coach and

mentor the agri-entrepreneurs the various techniques

and strategies on how to become successful on their

agri-enterprise. They will share their knowledge on

what are the values and mindsets that are needed to

operate a sustained agri-entreprenuer,” DA Director

Clarito M. Barron said during the launching program

in July.

Three batches of a two-day mentoring program were

conducted for the agri-entrepreneurs of the region.

AF Mechanization

As a support to the Agricultural and Fisheries

Mechanization (AFMech) Law or RA 10601, there

were six batches of skills trainings conducted on rice

machinery operations with 307 graduates, two

orientation and briefings and one National Certificate

II Assessment producing 33 NC II holders in rice

machinery operation.

Gender and Development

Gender and development had been mainstreamed in all

ATI-RTC 02 programs. There were 12 trainings conducted

under the regular program, rice, corn, high value crops,

organic agriculture and livestock.

Rural-based Organizations

Scholarship

Empowering and harnessing the potentials of the youth in

region 02, through the Youth Empowerment through a

Sustainable Program, the Center provided scholarship

to 15 youths. In June 2007, 10 scholars graduated in

Bachelor in Agricultural Technology. They were provided

with the following benefits:

Free tuition fee and other school fees

Monthly allowance – P 5,000

Books allowance - P1,500

Monthly lodging allowance - P1,000

Thesis support - P 5,000

Graduation fee - P 3,000

On the other hand, through the Academic and Technology

Integration-Education Program (ATI-EP), 20 out-of-

school youths attended a six-month learning program.

The ATI-EP scholars were trained on different

technologies in agriculture and had lessons on academic

subjects that prepared them for examination for

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acceleration under the Alternative Learning System of the

Department of Education. At the end of the program, the

scholars passed the assessment on National Certificate II

on Organic Agriculture Production.

Twenty-nine activities were conducted under rice program

with 1157 participants. The activities include the Climate

Smart Farm Business School, Rice Crop Manager Use and

Operations, Hybrid Rice Production and Lowland Inbred

Rice Seed Production and the Regional Roll-out on

Enabling the AgriDOC: A New Breed of Agricultural

Climate Smart Farm Business School (CSFBS) Farmer

Level Sites

Date Conducted

Baliling, Sta. Fe, Nueva Vizcaya

Feb 10-June 2017

Portabaga, Sta. Praxedes, Cagayan

Jan. 27- June 11, 2017

Buenavista, Maddela Quirino

May 8- Sept. 22, 2017

Disimungal, Nagtipunan, Quirino

May 8 – Sept. 28, 2017

Villaverde, Nueva Vizacaya

July 13-Nov. 17, 2017

Dibuluan, Jones, Isabela

Nov. 4-March 2008

Echague, Isabela

Oct. 31-February 2018

Kayapa, Nueva Vizcaya

Oct. 25-February 2018

Presentation of data gathered during the 4th AESA

at the PalaYamanan Plus at Ponggo, Nagtipunan,

Quirino

Hands-on activities during the Retooling and basic

course for Seed Growers

Climate Smart Farm Business School-Farmer Level

at Buenavista, Maddela, Quirno

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Development Officers of the Community.

The ATI-RTC 02 Rice Extension Program was

recognized as one of the best implementers among the

ATI Regional Training Centers.

Region 02 is known for being the prime producer of

corn in the country. As such, the ATI-RTC 02 is

unceasingly conducting capability building activities to

further empower the corn industry stakeholders.

Eleven training courses on Good Agricultural Practices

were conducted across the region.

Moreover, the Center is also promoting sustainable

farming in upland areas. There were two trainings

conducted on Sustainable Corn Production in Sloping

Areas ( SCoPSA). Due to the critical experiences of our

upland farmers on soil erosion as consequence of

their improper farming systems, they realized the need to

improve their practices, hence, their willingness to be

trained.

A refresher course on Farmer-Scientist Training Program

(FSTP) Phase III Implementation was also conducted. In

addition, the Center also conducted a Training of Trainers

on FSTP Implementation. Two batches of FSTP Phase III

Season-long Training were implemented in Burgos,

Isabela and Cabarroguis, Quirino.

Season-long On-site Farmers Training on Integrated Crop

Management on Corn-Based Farming System (ICM-CBFS)

were conducted in different municipalities.

As part of the continuous support of the Institute to

Indigenous People, a community in Dy Abra, Tumauini,

Isabela was given a Training on Corn-based Farming with

Organizational Strengthening on the same year.

Meanwhile, under the Gender and Development Program

Sites of Season Long On-Site

Farmers Training on ICM-CBFS

No. of

Participants

Angadanan, Isabela (4 Sites) 119

Benito Soliven, Isabela (2 Sites) 66

Abulug, Cagayan 31

Amulung, Cagayan 35

Piat, Cagayan 34

Rizal, Cagayan 32

Cabarroguis, Quirino 29

Maddela, Quirino (2 Sites) 64

Nagtipunan, Quirino (2 Sites) 82

124*

Bagabag, Nueva Vizcaya 36

Villaverde, Nueva Vizcaya (2

Sites)

52

*funded by the Local Government Unit

(GAD), a training on GAD with Corn Husk Processing,

Packaging, and Marketing was also conducted.

Two trainings on climate change adaptation and

mitigation strategies were conducted in Bagabag, Nueva

Vizcaya and Rizal, Cagayan, respectively..

The promotion and dissemination of organic agriculture

technologies started with a seminar on Organic

Agriculture Consumer Awareness on January 31, 2017

held at SM City Cauayan, Cauayan City, Isabela. The

seminar aimed to increase the awareness on the

importance of organically grown produce among the

consumers.

Several batches of Training Course on Organic

Agriculture Production (OAP) were conducted

throughout the year. These were attended by trainers,

AEWs, students, and indigenous people. Moreover, OA

program focal persons from the different attached

bureaus and agencies of the Department of Agriculture

namely, National Organic Agriculture Program, Bureau

Name of Group Location No. of

Members Phase

Remarks

Life Giving Center for Integral Evangelization, Incorporated

Lunduyan, Nueva Vizcaya

23 groups/associations

1 to 4 Certified by OCCP

Pangawan Organic Producers Association

Pangawan, Kayapa, Nueva Vizcaya

55 1 and 2 Under the process of ICS Installation

Mataga-ay Organic Coffee Producers Association

Jose Ancheta, Maddela, Quirino

38 1 to 3 Under the process of Application

Site Name of

Cooperator Farm

Component Date Started

No. of Participants

Solana, Cagayan Melesio Baltazar, Sr. Rice-Based Organic Farm

July 14, 2017 30

Tupax, Jones, Isabela

Ronald Dela Rosa Vegetable-Based Organic Farm

May 24, 2017 32

Solana, Cagayan Melesio Baltazar, Sr. Rice-Based Organic Farm

July 14, 2017 30

ATI Assisted Associations for OAP Certification

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of Agricultural Research, Bureau of Plant Industry,

Bureau of Animal Industry, Bureau of Soils and Water

Management, Bureau of Agriculture and Fisheries

Standards, and from DA Regional Field Offices were

trained on OAP with NC II.

Coffee producers in Jose Ancheta, Maddela, Quirino

were also trained on Organic Agriculture- Internal

Control System for Organic Coffee Production on

February 27 to March 3.

A training course on Value Chain for Organic

Agriculture Practitioners and other stakeholders was

also conducted to strengthen further their farming and

marketing system.

With the growing demand for organically grown

produce, a Regional Organic Agriculture Investment

Forum was conducted at SM City Cauayan on August 30, 31, 2017. This was participated by farmers,

producers, students, and other stakeholders. Various

business opportunities on organic vegetable production,

permaculture and farm tourism were presented.

Practitioners and producers also displayed their produce and products. The forum was conducted in partnership

with the Department of Agriculture- Regional Field Office

02, State universities and Colleges, Department of Science and Technology, and Cagayan Valley Agricultural and

Aquatic Resources Research and Development.

On the other hand, there were four newly established

learning sites on OA. Two of which were accredited Regional Extension Service Provider of ATI Region 02.

The Center also assisted smallholder farmers on Organic

Agriculture-Internal Control System.

Three Farmers’ Field School were conducted during the

year. Two of which were on rice-based organic farming

and one on vegetable-based organic farming.

In terms of the extension support to High Value Crops

Development Program (HVCDP), 14 trainings and

extension activities were conducted during the year.

These include Training Courses on Good Agricultural

Practices (GAP) for fruits and vegetables, coffee, banana,

and mango production.

In addition, three Farmers’ Field School (FFS) on GAP

Cacao were conducted in Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya;

Diffun, Quirino; and Jones, Isabela, respectively. There

was also one FFS on GAP vegetables conducted in

Cabarroguis, Quirino.

This year, the Center has also continuously enhancing the

skills and capabilities of the AEWs especially the livestock

inspectors in the region.

A training on Livestock Disease Diagnosis and

Management was conducted on April 24-26, 2017. The

AEWs were taught on basic laboratory skills for disease

diagnosis. Among their skills training include, blood and

fecal collection for swine, avian, and ruminant;

hematology; fecalysis; and necropsy.

In addition, a Training on animal Health Care and

Management with NC III assessment was also conducted

on June 21-24. This was participated by livestock

inspectors, learning site cooperators and ATI technical

staff. All the participants are now holders of National

Certificate III on Animal Health Care Management.

The five training and extension activities conducted

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under livestock highlights the conduct of the training

on animal health care and management wherein the

34 participants all passed the National Certificate III

from TESDA. Also, the school-on-the air on low-cost

swine and upgrading of native chicken graduated 593

enrollees.

Establishment of Strong Partnership and Linkages

through Regional Agriculture and Fishery

Extension Network

The Regional Agriculture and Fisheries Extension

Network (RAFEN) has been maintained as an avenue

for member-agencies to share their extension

interventions, good practices and employ convergence

activities. A Palayamanan Plus project in Nagtipunan,

Quirino and Echague, Isabela served as convergence

areas of the RAFEN member-agencies to pool their

resources for a holistic extension services. The Center

conducted regular quarterly meeting for this group.

The partnership with TESDA is sustained in providing

education support for the farmers, AEWs and ATI

staff. Training and NC II Assessment ho housekeeping

was conducted for selected staff where everyone

passed the assessment. This initiative is part of

maintaining the 5S (sort, set in order, shine,

standardize and sustain) in the workplace.

On the other hand, Training on Trainers Methodology

was participated by selected technical staff together

with participants from other regions and ATI Central Office.

The Center likewise sustained its representation to

the Regional Research and Development Coordinating

Council , Isabela Provincial Cooperative Development Council, and Regional Cooperative Development

Council. The Center sponsored some meetings

conducted by the council.

Accreditation of Extension Service Provider s

The Center continued to accredit Extension Service

Providers (ESPs) as partners in providing extension

services to farmers, fishers, and students, among

others who want to learn more on the latest

technologies. Existing ESPs are as follows:

1. Santiago Amos Credit and Development

Cooperative, Inc. (SACDECO)

2. Tam-An Multipurpose Cooperative

Provision of Other Extension Support

The Center has a strong partnership with the

Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation (PCIC) and

the Social Security System (SSS) for the insurance of

qualified farmers. For 2017, there were _________

farmers insured, ____ RBO members and _____ staff to

the said companies.

Membership to Professional Organizations

Majority of the technical staff are members of the

Philippine Association of Agriculturists, Philippine

Extension and Advisory Services Network

(PhilEASNet), Philippine eLearning Society and

Philippine Agricultural Journalists, Inc, Center

Director Renato A. Maguigad was elected as the

President and Training Center Superintendent I

Imelda M. Guillermo as Board of Director of the

PhilEASNet for this year.

Organic Assessment Center

The Assessment Center for Organic Agriculture

Productions (OAP) NC II was established by the

Center in 2016. This was accredited by the

Technical Education and Skills Development

Authority (TESDA). Since the establishment, it

continues to conduct assessment.

For 2017, a total of 265 assessees successfully

passed the assessment. At present, there are now

three ATI-RTC 02 staff who are accredited OAP NCII

assessors.

Moreover, last December 2017, the ATI-RTC 02

Training Programs on Organic Agriculture Production

NC II was registered under the Unified Technical and

Vocational Education Program (TVET) Program

Registration and Accreditation System.

Learning Site and School for Practical Agriculture

The Center established seven new learning sites and

enhanced 28, learning sites, school for practical

agriculture and farm tourism in different

municipalities namely Gamu, Isabela and Villaverde,

Nueva Vizcaya.

Hatid ng ATI Na Dunong, Oportunidad at Gabay

(HANDOG) Program: An Extension Innovation

The Center developed an extension innovation

dubbed as ‘Hatid ng ATI Na Dunong, Oportunidad

at Gabay (HANDOG)’. It is a holistic extension

modality that focus on the farm family as recipients.

This is piloted in two This special extension

innovation of the Center was piloted in two

municipalities namely Gamu, Isabela and Villaverde,

Nueva Vizcaya. The HANDOG project is a

participatory community-based extension project

that cut across the father, the mother and the children

or simply the whole family. There were 20 farm

families in each site catered with trainings, technical

assistance, and provision of farm inputs, and

scholarship for their selected children.

Each commodity program has its interventions in

mainstreaming climate change adaptation and

mitigation strategies. The rice program conducted

climate smart farm business schools as its initiative.

Aside from this, 10 trainings on climate change

adaptation and mitigation were conducted for the

agricultural extension workers and farmers under

different commodities.

Under the regular program, knowledge products on

climate change were developed and disseminated to

walk-in clients, participants and FITS centers.

Climate Resilient Agriculture Project

The Climate Resilient Agriculture Project highlighted

the accomplishment of strengthening stakeholders’

capacity in climate change adaptation and readiness.

The project was piloted in six municipalities across the

region, namely, Uyugan in Batanes, Villaverde in Nueva

Vizcaya, Gamu and Sta. Maria in Isabela, and Piat and

Enrile in Cagayan. There were 85 beneficiaries

benefited from the project. They were given livelihood

assistance addressing the problems on scarcity of

irrigation water, weak trellises of their vegetables, and

transportation of their products from farm to market.

They were provided with water pumps, tractor,

In its effort to sustain excellent extension services beyond

boundaries, the ATI-RTC 02 has been adopting new and

effective management system. In January 2017, the ISO

9001:2008 was awarded to the seven initial expansion

centers including ATI Region during the 30th Anniversary

Celebration of the Institute. In the last quarter of the year,

a third-party audit was again conducted for the ISO

9001:2015 certification.

As part of the human resource development program of

the Center, has continuously developing the potentials of

its staff. The working force of the Center participated in

different trainings locally and internationally.

As of December 2017, 19 technical staff were holders of

Trainers Methodology Certificate I.

The two centers are continuously being maintained.

The cafeteria and kitchen in San Mateo Center is

imrpoved. The apartments both in both San Mateo

and Cabagan Centers were also rehabilitated and now

being utilized as lodging for staff, on-the-job trainees,

and season-long training participants.

At present, Center-based farm school on integrated

diversified organic farming system is also GAP

certified. The farm school is subdivided for vegetable

production, swine and sheep production, poultry

raising, organic fertilizer production, and organic

concoctions and extracts production.

Renato A. Maguigad Jhimcelle V. Salvador

Marites E. Frogoso, DPA Vladimir B. Caliguiran

Jimmy Q. Abarabar, PhD Myraly E. Marcos

Ma. Norma G. Maddalora Mayflor R. Macmac

Inocencia S. Velasco Joan May Z. Bareno

Rosalinda B. Lucero Maurieann M. Turingan

Claris M. Alaska, DPA Ricky G. Valdez

Arlene G. Ong Noemi O. Valdez

Francisca C. Yuro Julius Kevin B. Cusap

Anna Liza S. Claveron Jacquellyne Briones

Emma R. Cuntapay

List of Staff who are TESDA TM 1 Certificate Holders

“Napakalaking tulong nang pag-aaral sa school on-the-air kasi sa sobrang busy ng mga tao ay wala na

silang oras magbasa ng mga pamphlets tungkol diyan [low-cost swine production]. Pero sa school on-the-air kahit na may ginagawa ka at nadidinig mo ang sinasabi sa radyo nakakapagtrabaho ka na, kasabay niyan nagkakaroon ka pa ng mga bagong impormasyon na maaari mong i-apply sa mga susunod na pagkakataon. Napakarami naming natutunan sa school on-the-air katulad ng tamang pagpapakain at

tamang pangagalaga sa ating alagang baboy,” shared Marife Cauilan of Dodan, Peñablanca, Cagayan.

Marife, together with her husband Jonathan and other 597 hog raisers in the provinces of Cagayan and Isabela recently graduated in the Radyo Eskwela, School-on-the-Air (SOA) on Low-cost Swine Production and Upgrading of Native Chicken on September 28, 2017.

The enterprise

Since 2007, the couple started their backyard hog raising enterprise as a source of income. Back then, they buy commercial feeds for their pigs.

“Dumating noon ang time na i-dispose namin ang mga baboy, pero ang presyo ay

bumagsak. Hindi kami kumita at lalo kaming nabaon sa utang,” Marife shared.

“Subalit, mula nang maturuan kaming gumawa ng feeds ay natutuwa kami dahil

medyo maganda ang kita,” Jonathan added.

In 2012, Marife attended a training on low-cost swine production at ATI San Mateo, Isabela. According to her, she learned how to process a natural feed mix for their pigs.

“Sabi nila, mabagal daw lumaki ang baboy kapag natural feed mix ang ipinapakain. Totoo ‘yun, mukha itong maliit dahil manipis ang taba, pero kapag tinimbang mo, mas

mabigat ito,” Jonathan explained.

“Ngayon nga gustong-gusto nila ang karne mula sa aming mga baboy,” he added.

Moreover, the couple had influenced some of their neighbors. “Dati, yung mga itinatapon ng kapitbahay naming na gabi ay hinihingi lang naming. Pero nang malaman nila na ito ay magandang ipakain sa mga alagang baboy, ay ginagamit na rin nila ito,” she added.

The School-on-the Air

“Ang kagandahan sa SOA, mas na-refresh sa kaisipan ang napag-aralan mo. Gaya na lamang na ang mga baboy pala ay dapat twice lang dapat pakainin. Sinabi na ‘yan dati sa training, pero nang naipaliwanag ni Dr. Maurieann Turingan ito sa radio, mula noon twice ko nalang pinapakain ang aming

alaga at binibigyan na lamang ng meryenda,” she added.

The School on-the-Air (SOA) on Low-cost Swine Production and Upgrading of Native Chicken was first aired on May 1, 2017 to August 7, 2017 over DWPE Radyo Pilipinas 729 kilohertz every Monday, 5- 5:45 in the morning and over DWDA Radyo Pangkaunalran 105.3 FM every Friday 10- 11 AM.

Earning by Learning

Success Stories

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“Ang isa rin na nakaenganyo sa akin sa SOA, wala akong capacity para mag-enrol o mag-aral sa mga

nag-o-offer ng ganyan. Pero ngayon mayroong libre at sa bahay pa ang pag-aaral. At ang mga nagtuturo ay mga eksperto pa. Hindi naman ito sapilitan, ang kapital ko lang ay interes,” Jonathan shared.

The Cauilan couple is a regular participant of extension programs offered by ATI and other

organizations. Last year, they also graduated on SOA on climate change resilient rice technologies and the use of Rice Crop Manager Tool. Moreover, they are one of the partners in establishing a learning center on Enhance Climate Smart Farmers Fields School.

“Every morning, si mister ang mag-alarm at ako naman ang nagbubukas ng radio. Sabay kaming nakikinig at nirerecord pa namin ito,” Marife explained.

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Their desire for knowledge was inherited by their son, AJ, who is also a regular listener of the Radyo Eskwela.

“Pati ang aming unico hijo ay kasama rin naming na nakikinig sa radio. Kapag mayroon kaming

nakakaligtaan na episode, siya ang nagpapaalala,” shared Marife.

As an avid learner, Marife advises her fellow farmer to grab every learning opportunity, “Huwag sayangin ang oras kapag may ganitong offer dahil para sa ikabubuti naman natin.”

“Lahat ng nalalaman natin, pagka-knowledgeable na tayo, hindi natin mababago agad. Pero kung

sisikapin natin na i-practice ito, ma-a-adopt din natin ito,” Jonathan added.

For the couple, every learning opportunity is an earning opportunity. VBCaliguiran

Radio remains to be one of the most effective means of building awareness, and supporting the adoption

of new farming practices by small scale farmers. As the most popular mass medium, a program School on

-the-Air (SOA) was designed to introduce complete package of technology of a commodity and other

agriculture and fisheries related subject matter.

SOA on Good Agricultural Practices on Vegetable Production is a series of radio episodes, presenting the

subject matter with systematic discussions.

The program was conducted on August 14 to November 7, 2017 and aired over DWSI Sonshine Radio

and DWNS, NVSU, Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya. It was participated in by the municipalities of

Bayombong, Solano, Quezon and Diadi of the province of Nueva Vizcaya; Saguday, Diffun, and

Cabarroguis of the province of Quirino; and San Guillermo, Santiago City, Cordon, and San Mateo of the

province of Isabela.

Resource persons were experts from the Agricultural Training Institute-Regional Training Center 02 (ATI-

RTC 02), Cabagan and San Mateo, Isabela, the Department of Agriculture – Cagayan Valley Research

Center (DA-CVRC), Ilagan City and the Department of Agriculture – Nueva Vizcaya Experiment Station

(DA-NVES), Bagabag, Nueva Vizcaya.

The three-month airing of the program revolved on various discussions or sharing of best practices on

vegetable farming, elements and basic principles of good agricultural practices, appropriate pest and

disease management, recommended postharvest handling practices and the worker ’s welfare and

environment safety.

Aside from the short messaging system as an enhanced mechanisms for the farmers to participate in the

discussions and in pakulo questions, the use of the internet was also introduced. ATI-RTC 02 created a

group on Facebook with the account name, “2017 SOA GAP Vegetables” so that every enrollee or their

SOA Coordinator can access every topic discussed and can go back and review the topics by

downloading the uploaded modules. References were likewise uploaded so they can access the

handouts provided by the resource persons.

After 12 airings, the SOA on GAP Vegetables culminated on December 21, 2017 at the New Community

Center, San Mateo, Isabela with 593 graduates from the aforementioned 12 participating municipalities.

As a proof of success of this SOA program, a participant willingly expressed her testimonies about the

program.

“I used to visit my farm every day since it’s just a hundred meters away from our house. My farm

had been barren since I left it for 10 years because I worked in Manila. When I came back to take

care of my grandchildren, I had the eagerness to do farming again. I started cleaning it and

transformed it into a vegetable farm just for the purpose of family consumption.”

“I just plant two kinds of vegetable - sili and saluyot. I don’t have any idea on what other types of

vegetable to plant because I’m not an experienced vegetable farmer. I just maintain my two kinds

of vegetables for our family and sometimes if I harvested in excess, I sell it if for some income.”

For many years I just maintained only two kinds of vegetables. I dreamed to improve my farm and

tried acquiring and applying other practices but nothing succeeded.”

“A month later, I heard from the Office of the Municipal Agriculturist that a School on-the-Air on

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Good Agricultural Practices for Vegetable Production will be conducted and our

municipality is one of the selected coverage. I joined the briefing conducted by the

Agricultural Training Institute-Regional Training Institute Cagayan Valley in our

municipality. I got interested with the program since it focuses on vegetable farming. I

was happy for the opportunity to be participant of the program. It was timely for my plan

to improve my farm and hopefully my production. So, having done the registration and

benchmark exam, I bought a radio and was so excited to listen to the launching of the

program.”

“Aside from my radio, I also use smartphone to maximize my learning. The FB group

created as ‘2017 SOA GAP Vegetables’ gave a lot of references such as prints and

recordings. Thus, I have all the references I needed to participate in the discussion.

There were times when the airing was difficult to be heard due to weather disturbances,

but thanks to the social media, our FB group, it is of great use. I can also comment on FB

for the improvement of the program and for some requests.”

“Every week, every discussion from the resource person is a learning for me. I have

learned that agriculture has a wide scope and vegetable is just one of them.”

“As a graduate of the program, I’m very proud that I became part of the program. I was

encouraged to emulate the technologies and best practices of GAP vegetables I

learned.”

“I’m very well informed of the opportunities and effects of the ASEAN Integration. Most

of all, I really appreciated the program FOR IT ADVOCATED HEALTH AND WEALTH

FOR THE FILIPINO CITIZENS. Maraming salamat.”

Victorina Ruiz is 61 years old vegetable farmer from Magapuy, Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya, who owns a hectare of vegetable farm inherited from her parents. Aside from taking

care of her three grandchildren, farming is also her passion and that is where she spends her busiest time every day. JKBCusap

Through the years, different organizations, be it a government, non-government organizations, provide assistance to a specific group of individuals. Assistance is usually provided for a specialized group like farmers, entrepreneurs, mothers, youth, among others, but seldom assistance is provided for the whole family.

While family is the foundation of a healthy, vibrant and peaceful community, it is necessary to be given attention in a holistic manner.

For the past years, the Agricultural Training Institute (ATI) in Region 02 has been innovating its strategies in reaching out the agriculture and fishery stakeholders especially the farm families.

In 2017, the Hatid ng ATI Na Dunong, Oportunidad at Gabay or HANDOG program is another innovation. It is a special extension modality in reaching out its stakeholders in providing excellent extension services beyond boundaries. The HANDOG project is a participatory community-based extension project that cut across the father, the mother and the children or simply the whole family. With this modality, the ATI Region 02 delivers its services outside the box - beyond services, beyond boundaries, beyond innovations.

While having the same goal of improving lives as every organization has in providing services, the difference of the HANDOG project is pouring out varied extension services not for specific target individuals but for the whole farm family.

The pilot test in two municipalities speaks out the success of the project. Piloted in Villaverde, Nueva Vizcaya and Gamu, Isabela, it has 30 farm families as recipients. These two pilot municipalities were selected based on the set criteria giving emphasis on the support of the municipal and barangay local government units for the project implementation and its sustainability.

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Conceptualized in January 2017, series of preparatory activities were conducted including courtesy call to the local chief executive of the two pilot municipalities, presentation of the concept paper, and inception meeting with other LGU officials. The project started to establish a mark in the two municipalities. The two local government units through their local chief executives, pledged their support to the project through the extension service agreement forged during the project launching. The recipients started to enjoy and benefit from the series of extension and training activities conducted. For the fathers and mothers to improve their complementation in farming, they participated in different trainings such as on sustainable livestock production, organic lowland vegetable production, root crops and vegetable processing, packaging, labelling and marketing for quality and food safety management with National Certificate (NC II), gender and development and climate resiliency, respectively. From the trainings they have participated, it is noteworthy that the mothers became certified NC II holders on food processing. A climate smart farm business school was also launched in the two sites as a venue for a more in-depth training on climate smart farm business with other interested farmers. Along CSFBS, a learning site was established as a learning laboratory for the participants. Making the HANDOG recipients become more resilient and smart, most of them were provided with a P50,000 worth of livelihood project support. They were provided with water pump, engine, cattle and pigs, respectively. This is under the Climate Resilient Agriculture Proejct. They were likewise provided with vegetable seeds and seedlings for them to simultaneously apply the learnings they gained from the different training courses they have attended. It was also an opportunity for the HANDOG recipients to be insured in the Social Security System (SSS) and some qualified recipients were insured in the PCIC accident insurance. On the other hand, an initial six youths from the HANDOG recipient families joined and benefitted from the Academic and Technology Integration-Education Program (ATI-EP) and two youth likewise participated in the Adopt-a-4H Project. The ATI-EP scholars were housed at ATI San Mateo Center during their training for six months. “They were provided with monthly allowance. After the training, the ATI-EP recipients can be accelerated if they pass the screening under the alternative learning system of the Department of Education. They will also be provided with financial assistance amounting to P17,000/scholar to start their project,” Ms. Anna Liza Claveron, the RBO Focal Person relates. Ms. Claveron added that the Adopt-a-4H recipients can also submit project proposal to ATI for funding. Serving outside the box as mentioned, 40 kindergarten pupils of Buenavista, Gamu, Isabela were reached out during the year. Feeding program was conducted and school supplies were provided. With the ATI and the LGU of Gamu, Isabela, the ATI scholars who are now employed in different agencies together with the LGU of Gamu, Isabela, sponsored the feeding program. With the strong collaboration and convergence efforts of the different programs of the ATI-Region 02 for the pilot sites, recipients started to transform their practices to a more resilient and smart towards a sustainable livelihood and improved living condition. The HANDOG project’s performance is remarkable for its first year of implementation and will continue to reach out more stakeholders and be an instrument in providing more excellent extension services beyond boundaries. The 2018 will again be another milestone in the implementation of the HANDOG project. CMAlaska

Climate change spares no one. Young and old, men and women, rich and poor, plants and animals –

everything on earth is affected. The difference is only in terms of the degree of its impacts.

While farmers are the most affected, the Agricultural Training Institute (ATI) developed and implemented

climate resilient agriculture project nationwide. The project aims to operationalize a responsive training and

extension initiatives that will contribute to building a climate-resilient agriculture and fishery (AF) livelihoods

and communities amidst the challenges of climate change and the integrated ASEAN economy.

Timely with the typhoon Lawin that devastated region 02 in 2016 was the opportune time for additional fund

release in the region to support the victims covering 85 farmer-beneficiaries from six pilot municipalities who

are highly vulnerable to climate change and with low adaptive capacity. These are the municipalities of Sta.

Maria and Gamu in the province of Isabela; Enrile and Piat in the province of Cagayan; Uyugan in Batanes;

and Villaverde in Nueva Vizcaya.

In its first year of implementation in 2017, the project started to mark its contribution in improving farmers ’

adaptive capacity and resiliency.

Series of activities were conducted to analyze the situation of the pilot communities and identify their needs.

Ground truthing which include field validation, baseline survey and participatory rapid rural appraisal, were

among the activities conducted to determine the actual situation of the sites.

Among the major problems of the farmers identified during the ground-truthing and consultation were the

scarcity of water for irrigation, poor quality of harvests because of lack of transportation facility to haul their

products from the field, and high production cost of vegetables due to restoration of vegetable trellises of

farmers every season.

In response, the CRA project provided water pump, small engine tractor and iron bars for the vegetable

trellis, respectively. Some of the beneficiaries also included in their livelihood project, swine raising for their

sustainable source of income. With the livelihood support amounting to P50,000 per beneficiary, they are

now ensured of having sustainable production all-year round.

The spirit of sharing was developed among the beneficiaries. Each of them agreed to share an amount of

P5,000.00 from their income, to other farmers in their community. Further, farmers agreed to lend their

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water pump to their neighboring farmers at cost or at lower rate.

The two project sites of the ATI Region 02 HANDOG (Hatid ng ATI Na Dunong at Gabay) were tapped as one of the pilot sites of the project. The HANDOG project is a participatory community-based extension project as a convergence site ATI-RTC 02 in providing technical assistance, livelihood project, learning site establishment and other extension interventions.

Prior to providing them the climate smart livelihood project, the CRA recipients’ capabilities were enhanced with the trainings on low-cost swine raising, vegetable production, organic farming, corn production, inbred and hybrid rice production and food processing, respectively. The climate smart farm business school was also conducted in two sites. These training interventions ensure improvement in their farming practices towards a smarter and entrepreneurial farming endeavor. In a span of just one year, recipients are very proud and happy to show their diversified integrated backyard gardens. It is also noteworthy that one of their climate change adaptation strategy in the flooded areas in their locality was collecting soil from other areas and dump it to the waterlogged area and later, was converted as backyard garden, pigpen, house for ducks and chickens, and for their vermicomposting project. While waiting for the harvest season of their corn and rice crops, they maximized their time in their backyard projects. They have intensified vegetable production making their backyard and surroundings robust and green. It sustains their needs for the kitchen and some of their products were sold for income. Recipients started to reap their first harvest from the project. Swine raisers already sold their first batch of pigs and shared their agreed amount to other farmers. “The ATI helped us a lot in establishing our project,” said Pr imo Saldivar, Jr of Gamu, Isabela. He expressed his gratitude for the farm machineries awarded to him, which sustains his farming activities and the pigs for his continued income generating project. The recipients were very emotional in expressing their gratitude for the support provided to them. They said that the blessing from the government is unexpected. In a dialogue with the Municipal Agriculturist of Sta. Maria, Isabela, Ms. Josephine Bautsita shared that one of the recipients in Sta. Maria personally visited the Municipal Mayor and expressed his thanks with tears for the support he received. According to Ms. Bautista, the farmer said that it is his first time to receive such kind of support from the government. The group also formed their association and elected their officers to spearhead their community project. They expressed their interest to register their association to the Department of Labor and Employment. CRA project implementation in 2017 is indeed successful in mainstreaming climate change adaptation and

disaster risk reduction in support to building climate resilient agriculture livelihoods and communities.

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No. Proposed Project Proponent

Amount

Remarks New/ Enhance Propo-nent

ATI-RTC II LGU

1 PJ’s Integrated Farm Mr. Philip John M. Dumaoal Sto. Tomas, Claveria, Cagayan

10,000 50,000

Integrated Rice and Vegetable Farming (4H Livelihood Pro-ject)

Livelihood

2 Table Egg Production Integrated with Vege-table Production

Mr. Abelardo N. Dup-ingay Balangabang, Kayapa, Nueva Vizcaya

20,000 50,000 10,000

Integrated Model Farm(4H Livelihood Project)

Livelihood

3 Improvement of Training Facility and Goat Housing at the Learning Site

Mr. Jorge V. Saguibo Daramuangan Sur, San Mateo, Isabela 20,192 50,000

Learning Site En-hancement (HVCDP)

Enhanced

4 Acreditation of San Mateo Techno-Demo Farm

Mayor Crispina R. Ag-caoli San Mateo, Isabela

Technical Assistance

Learning Site (OA) New

5 Integrated Diversified Organic Farming Sys-tem re: Establishment of Odorless Piggery House

Mr. Estelito A. Puon Arabiat, Echague, Isabela

20,000 50,000

Learning Site Estab-lishment (OA)

New

6 Strengthen our Com-munity and Establish a Sustainable Learn-ing Site on Organic Agriculture

Mr. Claudio Gonzaga Villa Gonzaga, Santiago City, Isabela 15,074.64 50,000

Learning Site Estab-lishment (OA)

New

7 Fruit Tree-based Inte-grated Divesrified Organic Farming Sys-tem

Mr. Cenon Aquino Quirino, Isabela

50,000

Learning Site Estab-lishment (HVCDP)

New

8 Establishment of a Community and Sus-tainable Learning Site on Organic Agricul-ture

Mr. Robert V. Manlapaz Sitio Bating, Alibagu, City of Ilagan, Isabela 12,420.00 49,679.00

Learning Site Estab-lishment (OA)

New

9 Enhancement of Learning Center (Cottage)

Mr. Christian C. Valdez Bannawag, Angadanan, Isabela

75,000.00

Learning Site En-hancement (HVCDP)

Enhanced

10 Construction of Greenhouse Facility

Ms. Adenida E. Bacud Bayombong, Nueva Viz-caya

69, 277 50,000 Learning Site En-hancement (HVCDP)

Enhanced

11 Sarakat ni TEMY, Pakikinabangan ng marami: A Sarakat-based Integrated Farming System

Mr. Artemio T. Duque, Sr. Sta. Praxedes, Cagayan

15,000 50,000

Learning Site Establish-ment (HVCDP)

New

12 Procurement of Multi-Purpose-Chipper and Construction of 4M x 6M – Green House

Mr. Reynaldo P. Forto Sisim Alto, Tumaini, Isabela

7,250.00 50,000

Enhancement of Learn-ing Site (Corn Pro-

gram)

Enhanced

List of Learning Sites Established and Assisted in 2017

No. Proposed Project Proponent

Amount

Remarks New/ Enhance Propo-nent

ATI-RTC II LGU

13 Enhancing Productivity and Profitability of Poul-try Integration in the Learning Site on Corn-Based Framing System

Mr. Joselito A. Cabanayan Villaverde, Nueva Vizcaya

50,000

Enhancement of Learn-ing Site (Corn Pro-

gram)

Enhanced

14 Construction of Fish-pond for SCOPSA Learn-ing Site

Mr. Benje C. Ballesteros San Dionisio II, Nagtipunan, Quirino

50,000

Learning Site (Corn Program)

Enhanced

15 Learning Site on Vegeta-ble –base Organic Farm-ing: Enhancement of Vegetable-base Organic Farming with Climate Resilient Practices

Isabelo B. Palunday

Ngarag, Cabagan, Isabela 10,000 25,000

Learning Site Enhance-ment (Regular Program)

Enhanced

16 Learning Site/SPA on Integrated Diversified Organic Farming

Noemi C. Liangco Caquilingan, Cordon, Isa-bela

25,000 75,000

SPA Enhancement (Regular Program)

Enhanced

17 Learning Site on Inte-grated Backyard Farm-ing

Milquisidic M. Lucero Bliss, Cansan, Cabagan, Isabela

24,520 25,000

Learning Site Enhance-ment (Regular Program)

Enhanced

18 Integrated Farming System Adopting Climate Resilient Technology cum School for Practical Agriculture (SPA)

Ramon J. Oliveros Roxas, Isabela

88,900 88,900

SPA Enhancement (Regular Program)

Enhanced

19 Establishment of a Com-munity and Sustainable Learning Site on Organic Agriculture

Dante B. Tobias Maria Clara, Diffun, Quirino 12,420 49,679

Learning Site Establish-ment (Organic Agriculture)

New

20 Letter of Application

Diffun Saranay and Devel-opment Cooperative c/o MA. Retchelle D. Jose Diffun, Quirino

Technical Assistance

Learning Site Accredi-tation re: Farm Tour-ism (Organic Agricul-ture Production NCII)

New

21 Establishment of a Com-munity and Sustainable Learning Site on Organic Agriculture

Cipriano D. Agustin Villa Pagaduan, Aglipay, Quirino

Technical Assistance

Learning Site Accredi-tation re: Farm Tour-ism

New

22 Establishment of Com-munity and Sustainable Learning Site on High Value Crop Development Program

Avelino G. Tuala Bacnor West, Burgos, Isa-bela 12,420 50,000

Learning Site Establish-ment (HVCDP )

New

23 Vermi-Culture and Com-posting Project

Arlene Lopez Buenavista, Gamu, Isabela 50,000

Learning Site Establish-ment (HVCDP )

New

24 Letter of Intent Accreditation of DA-CVRC as Learning Site

DA- CVRC c/o Mr. Rolando D. Pedro Ilagan, Isabela

Learning Site Accredi-tation

New

293,197 1,038,258 10,000

TOTAL

ATI-RTC 02 Staff

Office of the Center Director

Renato A. Maguigad,

Center Director

Imelda M. Guillermo

Training Center Superintendent I

Ruby Tuesday A. Angyab, Secretary | Erlinda P. Mariano, Customer Service Staff |

Orlando C. Tecson, Secretary |

Planning Monitoring and Evaluation Unit

Inocencia S. Velasco, Planning Officer II | Myraly L. Marcos, Development Management Officer I | Simplicio B. Somera, TSOCD | Joe Ann Payne, Research Assistant

Information Services Section

Ma. Norma G. Maddalora, Information Officer III | Claris M. Alaska, DPA, IO II | Vladimir B. Caliguiran, IO II | Julius Kevin B.Cusap, Training Specialist I | Jonabelle C. Taggueg, Encoder | Aldrin E. Abarca, Encoder

Career Development and Management Services Section

Marites E. Frogoso, DPA, Training Specialist III | Rosalinda B. Lucero, TS II | Emma R. Cuntapay, TS II| Arlene G. Ong, Media Production Specialist II | Francisca C. Yuro, MPS II | Encoders: Leny E. Tarun,

Robert John S. Martinez, Jonathan Z. Marayag | Darwin M. Cacal, Training Assistant

Partnership and Accreditation Services Section

Jimmy Q. Abarabar, PhD, Senior Agriculturist | Anna Liza S. Claveron, Agriculturist II | Ricky G. Valdez, | Agriculturist II | Jhimcelle V. Salvador, Development Management Officer I | Noemi O. Valdez,, Project

Evaluation Officer I | Maurieann M. Turingan, DVM, Agriculturist I | Training Assistants: Roje Marie Clemente, Myrna C. CordillonAlgene G . Domincel, Jacquelyn Briones| Francisco Sapaden, Admin Aide |

Rogie Alupani, Admin Aide

Administrative and Finance Unit

Daniel M. Adina, Administrative Officer IV | Elaine D. Jintalan, Budget Officer | Laarne Narciso, Accountant I | Jenny R. Geronimo, Cashier | Nanet B. Tarun, Dormitory Manager | Ma. Christina M. Dupaya, Admin. Assistant/ HRMO | Joan May Z. Bareno, Network/Document Controller | Roque C. Allam, Admin.

Assistant | Fernando R. Serquin a, Driver| Evangeline S. Abarabar, Admin. Assistant | Marichu S. Luga, Admin. Assistant | Emergin M. Nicolas, Admin. Assistant | Joanna Marie M. Galamgam, Admin. Assistant | Francis S.

Constantino, Encoder | Frenalyn C. Tangonan, Document Custodian | Admin Aides: William C. Castillo, Venus Rodriguez, Rogelio Gonzales, Marlon C. Rodriguez, Julius R. Adina, Aries V. Toledo, | Arselito

Villasana, Joseph C. Gaddao, Florencio M. Allam, Sadiri G. Acapuyan, Charlie Lucas, Harold A. Saguibo, Electrician | Rolly Vea, Security Guard | Mark Dennis B. Gumtang, Security Guard

EDITORIAL BOARD

Writers: Claris M. Alaska, Vladimir Caliguiran, Julius Kevin Cusap

Layout and Design: Vladimir Calguiran

Editors: Ma. Norma G. Maddalora, Claris M. Alaska, Vladimir B. Caliguiran

Editorial Consultants: Renato A. Maguigad, Imelda M. Guillermo,

Marites E. Frogoso, Jimmy Q. Abarabar, Inocencia S. Velasco

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