by Marj Malubay.  

Hi Ramon!

Welcome to e-Learning! Here you can enroll in different agricultural online courses and download techno kits on different agricultural commodities, you can also participate in our forum. Right now, we have 17 available online courses and 12 downloadable kits.If you are interested to enroll, you may request the enrollment keys from us through our hot lines posted in the main page.

Thank you and enjoy e-Learning!

by ramon milla.  

i am in saudi arabia, how do i join this course?

thanks,

rammiles

by Marj Malubay.  

Good news everyone! We are pleased to announce that the Text Support of the DA Farmers' Contact Center is now back online.

You may now text us again at 391DA or 39132 for Smart and Talk N Text and 0920946AGRI or 09209462474 for Globe, TM and Sun Cellular subscribers.

by Jose Rey Alo.  

We are currently experiencing some technical difficulties with our text support. We are able to receive your messages. However, there would be some delays to the replies. Please continue to use alternative means like the shoutbox or internal private messaging to contact our technical support team -- Marj, Joeven and Yov. Sorry for the inconvenience.

by Pam Mappala.  

We are pleased to announce another new course offering! This is the online course on Organic Fertilizer for Sustainable Agriculture. It is a three-module course that would take you through the methods of production and application of organic fertilizer for your own use. This course is brought to us by DOST-Philippine Council on Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Resources Research and Development (DOST-PCARRD) and ATI-Knowledge Products Management Division.

by Benedict Natividad.  

DILIMAN, Quezon City – Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary Proceso “Procy” J. Alcala visited and was briefed on the functions of the Farmers’ Contact Center (FCC). Secretary Alcala who assumed the position last July 2010 was evidently impressed with the FCC’s use of technology in giving service to its clienteles -- the farmers and the extension workers.

Sec. Alcala noted that if there are questions about him and on the Office of the Secretary, FCC can forward the questions to him and he will personally answer the questions.

Likewise, Bernadette Romulo-Puyat, Undersecretary for Special Concerns and Joel Rudinas, Undersecretary for Field Operations earlier visited the FCC and were familiarized with its operation. Additionally, the three visited facilities such as the Agriculture and Fisheries Knowledge center and the computer laboratory.

Sec. Alcala visited the Agricultural Training Institute (ATI) to present the DA Agri-Pinoy Program in the National Training of Trainors for the Agri-Pinoy Program which will serve as the main program of the Aquino Administration on Agriculture.(Benedict C. Natividad)

by Dennis Boyd Baltazar.  

Welcome to the e-group guys! More power to you and the e-Extension program.

by Merrian Piquero Soliva.  

best wishes and thank's for e-mbracing change!

by Yovina-Claire Agsawa.  

A course on the Integrated Pest Management (IPM) for Banana is now available for all our e-Learners! This latest online course – Banana2 – is composed of 7 modules that identify, describe and differentiate the symptoms of the various pests afflicting banana. More importantly, the course tackles and prescribes an alternative pest management system to retain and enhance production systems without harming the environment – that is IPM.

Just like Managing Common Diseases in Banana (Banana1), this second online course on Banana is developed and maintained by ATI CARAGA.

So what are you waiting for, go ahead and start learning about IPM today!

by jojo ocampo.  

Yeah, Abaca is a god's gift to us. abaca is so useful.. so this course helps many teenager or even the adult one too so come and enroll now

by Jose Rey Alo.  

We are pleased to announce another new course offering! This is the online course on Jackfruit Production. It is a 5-module course that would take you through the fundamentals of growing Nangka or Langka. Jackfruit leads all the country's other minor fruit crops in production. This course is brought to us by ATI-RTC8's Lin Cayago and Boyd Baltazar. Go ahead. Check out the course and you may be on your way to growing jackfruit.

by Jose Rey Alo.  

We are pleased again to announce that the Abaca Production and Management course is now available online. It is a 3-part course and currently up are the courses on Abaca Production, covering the basic cultural management practices of abaca; and Abaca Pest Management, a shorter course introducing the most common diseases of the crop and the preventive measures. The Abaca Production and Management course is brought to us by ATI-RTC8's Hazel Taganas and Boyd Baltazar. You can check out their individual blogs too at the AgExtension Blogs.

by Jose Rey Alo.  

Philippine Embassy News, 18 May, 2010

Washington, DC -- Philippine Ambassador to the United States Willy C. Gaa (3rd from left) met with officials from the Philippine Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Training Institute (ATI) who are visiting the United States for a study tour organized by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).The officials presented the Philippines’ e-extension program systems (Farmers’ Contact Centers) at the U.N. Commission on Sustainable Development Learning Center and attended seminars at the Cornell University Cooperative in New York City on 14 May.

USDA also arranged briefings for the delegation that focused on bioenergy, nutrition, climate change and food security.

Ambassador Gaa lauded ATI’s pioneering efforts in using Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) to help improve the Filipino farmers’ and fisherfolks’ income and productivity. The Philippines is one of the few Asian countries that first developed e-extension program systems.

L-R: Economic Officer Angelito Nayan; USDA National Program Leader (Forest Biology) Catalino Blanche; Ambassador Gaa; ATI Director Asterio Saliot; Ms. Antonieta Arceo, OIC-ATI Knowledge Products Management Division (KPMD); and Ms. Pamela Mappala, Asst. Chief, KPMD.

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