MULTIPLIERS OF LEARNING. Twenty-five Rice Specialists’ Training Course (RSTC) and 97 Farmer Field School (FFS) participants recently completed a training on the latest farm technologies at the Department of Agriculture-Philippine Rice Research Institute (DA-PhilRice) in Agusan del Norte. The trainees from Regions 10, 11, and 13 are now specialists on the production of high-quality inbred rice, seed certification, and farm mechanization. RSTC participants worked in the DA-Regional Field Office, Office […]

Specialist-graduates of the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund-Rice Extension Services Program (RCEF-RESP) will train farmers on modern rice farming in Agusan del Norte come next year. Trained on PalayCheck – an integrated rice production system, agriculturists in the local government of Cabadbaran City said that they will conduct series of training to irrigation system members and farmers through Farmer Field School. The rice specialists were also trained on operating farm machines […]

Tirso A. Dahuya, 64, of RTRomuladez, Agusan del Norte, maintains as a tenant a 3-ha rice area, which was also chosen as a technology demonstration site of the Rice Crop Manager (RCM) in 2018. After two consecutive cropping seasons, Mang Tirso and the owner already enjoyed the good impact it brought on their yield. “I used to wonder why the rice leaves turn into red even if I already put […]