"To enhance and institutionalize the e-Extension system in agriculture, fisheries, and natural resources for optimal application, utilization and exchange among users and partners."

Department Order No. 03 series of 2007 designates the Agricultural Training Institute as lead agency for the provision of e-Extension services in collaboration with the various agencies, bureaus and organizational units of the DA. This is to integrate and harmonize ICT-based extension delivery system for agriculture and fisheries.

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e-learning

These are following online certificate courses available.

Growing Banana in the Tropics: Cultural Management for Banana Production

growing banana in the tropics

Online Course on Cultural Management of Banana

This Growing Banana in the Tropics course will provide you with the recommended production management practices for banana to enhance yield and eventually help increase income. It includes fundamental topics on production requirements, crop establishment, plant care operation, fruit care, harvestin, cost and return analysis

Insects Away the Alternative Way

online course on applied pest management

Online Course on the Overview of Alternative Pest Management

Agrochemicals offer farmers instant approach to pest management inadvertently neglecting its environmental effects and additional bulk to the production costs.

This course gives an overview on the Alternative Pest Management (APM) for those who are starting and learning the SA farming practices. Parts of the lessons of this two-module course are the overview on pest that focuses on insects and the practices in APM that will help the learner understand that in SA farming farmers can do his or her share in protecting the environment while reducing his production costs.

Mastering the ABC's of Pig Production

online course on swine management

Online Course on Swine Management

This tackles the essentials of care and management techniques for the different stages of pig-raising. Discussion will start from farm production planning activities; management of boars and gilts; management of dry, pregnant, and lactating sows as well as sows at farrowing; management of piglets; care and management of weaner; until up to marketing of pigs.

If you plan to venture in the business of pig production or if you want to improve the management practices in your piggery, this course is a great venue to start.

Straw Mushroom Growing: A Viable Agri-Enterprise

straw mushroo growing

Online Course on Straw Mushroom Production

Mushrooms are gaining popularity from household consumers to hotels and restaurants as a connoisseur’s delight.

The demand of straw mushrooms both in the urban and rural areas is growing because of people’s preference of eating food which is pesticide-free. The potential of straw mushroom culture is high not only because of health benefits and nutritional values but as well as the availability of indigenous raw materials, small area requirement for growing, less capital needed for investment and potential profits.

Jackfruit Production

online course on jackfruit production

Online Course on Jackfruit Production

This on-line certificate course is for Agricultural Extension Agents or anybody interested to know the ins and outs of jackfruit production. Jackfruit or Artocarpus heterophyllus Lam, locally known as "Nangka" or "Langka" belongs to the family Moraceae. It is cultivated in backyard and large scale operations all over the country.

Concepts, Components and Features of Extension; Philosophy, Principles and Purposes; The Clients in Extension; and The Extension Worker

online course on extension delivery systems

Online course on Extension Delivery Systems

This course will provide you thorough understanding of what extension is, who and what are the clients of extension, and what extension worker must be, to be able to deliver development endeavors in the community. This contains 4 modules to help you understand your challenging job and roles.

Abaca Pest Management

online course on abaca production

Online Course on Abaca Pest Management

The abaca has many pests that inhibit the growth and weaken the stalks of infected plants; thus, reducing its commercial value.

This is the second in the series of online courses on abaca production.

Cultural Management Practices of Abaca

online course on abaca

Online Course on Abaca Production

Abaca is an export-oriented commodity and is considered the strongest among natural fibers. Its versatility, strength and potential make it significant in the export trade.

With the growing global concern for environmental protection and conservation, biodegradable materials like abaca are preferred. This, coupled with new technologies and demand for new industrial uses of the abaca, further opens its opportunities.

At the end of the course, the e-learner shall have determined appropriate ways of growing healthy and vigorous abaca for quality and greater fiber yield.

Starting a Slaughter Goat Enterprise

online course on goat raising

Online Course on Goat Enterprise

This course contains 3 modularized lessons on the basic requirements in starting an economic sized slaughter goat enterprise. It starts with a module on determining your production system and progresses to the module on developing your feed resources. It then tackles the design principles in building your goat pen and selecting good foundation stocks

This course is developed by the Livestock Research Division of DOST-PCARRD.

Establishing Feed Resources for Your Goats

online course on goat raising

Online Course on Establishing Feed Resources for Goats

Do you know that the most critical stage in establishing a goat enterprise is developing your feed resources and ensuring their year round availability?

When feeds are limited, your goats can never achieve their production potential.

This course discusses how you can establish the feed resources for your goats and ensure their availability all throughout the year.

 

This is the first in a series of courses on Building Assets Through Goats.

This is developed by the Livestock Research Division of DOST-PCARRD.