1. 1July 2008 e-Extension Agenda
Volume I Number 1 July 2008
Stronger ATI Web Presence thru the
ATIinteractive
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T
o enhance the Institute’s web
presence, the Agricultural
Training Institute (ATI)
conducted the “Training on Using
Content Management System (CMS)
for ATI Webmasters” for its Regional
Training Centers (RTCs).
The training focused on website
building for the respective RTCs that
will serve as source of information
for its clientele. Internally, it will be a
monitoring and evaluation tool on the
activities of the ATI centers in the field.
The five-day training featured and
used Drupal, a content management
system (CMS) based/open source
software to develop their webpage. Mr.
Jose Rey Y. Alo, the ATI’s
e-Learning process advisor, served
as the resource person. He lectured
and conducted demonstrations on
Drupal and some basic web writing
principles. The webpages of the
participants developed were uploaded
and comprised the new image of the
institute in the world wide web, the
ATIinteractive. Further, the participants
were introduced to the different
roles of webmasters and its terms of
Webmasters of the 17 ATI centers and the central office
joined together to create a more dynamic website that fea-
tures the latest program and activities of the Institute
e-Learning for A&F in Full
Swing
Number of Graduates Online Revealed
Story on p. 3
Agriculture and Fishesries
Course Development -------- 2
e-Learning Administration -- 2
e-Learner’s Profile ----------- 4
Demystifying e-Learning ----5
ASEAN Farmer’s Week ---- 6
What’s Inside

2. 2 July 2008e-Extension Agenda
ATI ushers Online Interactivity on Agri-Fishery,
Training on Courseware Development Held
e-Learning office brings added functionality to
ATI’s Network of Training Centers
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More courseware developers from DA’s A&F Extension Network and ATI
Centers takes part in the e-Extension Program
A
quality training service
complemented by field demo
and development of
Information, Education and
Communication (IEC) materials for
public consumption is one of ATI’s
many ways of reaching out to its
clients.
However, the clients’ conventional
needs these days are not only met
but strategically preempted by the
Institute’s effort to purvey a new mode
of extension that perks up a particular
kind of training by implementing
e-Learning through the
internet.
Dubbed as “Training on
Courseware Development on
e-Learning for Agriculture and
Fisheries”, the said training is armed
with lessons for the participants to write
for e-media, develop a training module
for online delivery and assemble the
module into the template provided.
Moreover, the training was
participated by staff coming from
the DA family such as the Philippine
Coconut Authority (PCA), Bureau
of Plant Industry (BPI), Philippine
Carabao Center (PCC), National Dairy
Authority (NDA) and ATIs ITCPHand
the Regional Training Centers (RTC).
“The use of IT facilities will
usher us to faster interactivity which
complements to our existing extension
services. This prompts us to learn from
each other, mingle with the experts
and share in terms of experiences.
This is the kind of experience we
would like to get from what we
work for and we need to engage
the involvement of other agencies”,
Assistant Director Evelyn Aro-
Esquejo said in her message during
the opening program.
The event was held at
the Agriculture and Fisheries
Knowledge Center (AFKC)
computer laboratory last April 14
to 17. (Vic Thor A. Palarca)
T
he Knowledge Products
Management Division (KPMD)
of the Agricultural Training
Institute (ATI) conducted a training on
e-Learning Program Administration
which was attended by 14 participants
coming from the different Regional
Training Centers with one (1)
participant from the central office. The
training was lined up with activities for
the two-day slot from June 10 to 11,
2008.
As stated on its training
overview, the e-Learning Office
(ELO) is an added functionality of
the ATI-Regional Training Center in
support of the full implementation
of the Department of Agriculture’s
e-Extension Program. This training
is a pre-requisite for incoming
coordinators to familiarize them with
the standard operating procedures
of the ELO as well as their key
responsibilities. It shall also step-
up the would be coordinators’
readiness level with refresher and
enhancement activities on internet
communication.
The participants, which later were
considered and named as E-Learning
Office (ELO) Coordinators assumed
their responsibility as such.
During her welcome remarks,
Assistant Director Evelyn Aro-
Esquejo said that the e-Learning is a
e-Learning office expand to other regions

3. 3July 2008 e-Extension Agenda
e-Learning Administration...
From page 2
e-Learning A&F in Full Swing
Number of Graduates Online Revealed
ATIinteractive...
From page 1
The e-Extension Agenda
July 2008
Vol I No. 1
Editor Theresa Aurora B. Cosico
Writers Vic Thor A. Palarca
Benedict C. Natividad
Layout Artist Benedict C. Natividad
Editorial Consultants Antonieta J. Arceo
Pamela MG. Mappla
Jose Rey Y. Alo, e-Learning
Process Adviser
Advisers
AD Evelyn Aro-Esquejo, MNSA
AD Alberto B. Maningding, MNSA
Dir. Asterio P. Saliot, CESO, III MNSA
reference which
will be important
in running the
centers’ website.
The participants
will now act as the
webmasters for
their respective
RTC webpages.
To cover all
the network of
the institute’s
RTCs nationwide, the training was
conducted in two batches--one for
the RTCs in
Luzon which
was held in
Benguet State
University,
La Trinidad
Benguet and
for the RTCs
in Visayas
and Mindanao
Polytechnic
State College,
Cagayan de Oro
City. (Benedict
C. Natividad)
program that can make a difference
since it utilizes the development in
Information Technology (IT) and that
it is something that the participants can
proudly be part of it.
“This training-workshop involves
your participation and also deals with
module development which needs
administering since the effort is
collaborative together with the different
agencies. This work in progress
involves coordination, advocacy
and promotions as well as recruiting
participants,” AD Esquejo further said.
With the advent of e-Learning,
implementing extension work
throughout the country is no longer
a Herculean task nowadays since
clients from all walks of life can now
access agricultural and fishery courses
of their own choice online. Also,
the agricultural extension workers
(AEW) now have an option of sharing
knowledge to their clients alongside the
traditional face-to-face approach.
“If this is a gamble, I have invested
all my money in it,” Director Asterio
P. Saliot stated as he stood firm while
giving his remark to the 14 participants.
“I hope that what we have desired to
achieve in this program will inspire us
all to make a difference especially in
extension work and see positive and
rewarding results in the long run.”
Director Saliot stressed. (Vic Thor A.
Palarca)
T
he e-Learning component of the
e-Extension Program launched
last December 2007 at the
Agriculture and Fisheries Knowledge
Center (AFKC) has produced 77
graduates from the five different online
courses, during its test run stage.
Five (5) full courses are on
agri-fishery technologies namely
Build Assets through Goats: Online
Course on Integrated Slaughter Goat
Management (19 graduates), Citrus
Growing: A Promising Enterprise
(4 graduates), From Seed to Seed:
Online Course on Corn Production
(16 graduates), Managing Common
Diseases in Banana (25 graduates) and
Growing Durian the Better Way (13
graduates).
These five courses are now offered
as rolling courses where anybody can
enrol anytime and anyplace. It has
now amassed a total of 310 enrollees
averaging 30 enrollees per course since
its inception online. Most of the online
enrollees are people who are interested
to venture in agribusiness and there
are also agricultural extension workers
(AEWs) from the local government
unit across the country as the major
participants. All five courses are free
except for the fee-based course on
Swine Husbandry.
Online learners will also have the
opportunity to interact through online
discussion forum and access a wide array
of digital learning resources to enhance
their knowledge on a particular e-learning
course. Other relevant agricultural
information are also available on every
e-Learning course which can help the
enrollees make the right decisions in their
farms. These digital learning resources can
be downloaded anytime and anyplace.
Based from its online response and
requests, courses on Coffee Arabica
Production: Savoring the Green Brew
, Bamboo Production, Seaweed Farming,
Production of Fermented Plant Juice
(FPJ) and Fruit Juice (FFJ) as Organic
Fertilizer, Agricultural Marketing
Concepts, Artificial Insemination in
Swine, Extension Concepts, Roles and
Qualities, Extension Strategies and
Approaches, Vermiculture, Abaca Pest
and Diseases Management,
Pre-membership Education
in Cooperatives, Tomato Production
Technology and Going Bananas...Minus
the Pests will be available within this year.
The courses for e-learning are
developed by DA-BAR, DOST-PCCARD
and ATI’s Regional Training Center.
The courses are available at
www.e-extension.gov.ph/elearning.
(Vic Thor A. Palarca)
More and more extension workers and people interested to invest
in agriculture are into e-Learning

4. 4 July 2008e-Extension Agenda
Profile of our e-Learners
T
he influx of vast information
along the internet superhighway
can be mind-boggling and can
lead a person at lost of sorting what
he needs from what he doesn’t. Topics
on global events, gadgets and gizmos
come in hordes and one would wonder
where on the internet superhighway
stretch can he find a site that suits the
needed information by our land-tillers
and seafarers.
The electronic-Learning or
e-Learning for Agriculture and
Fisheries as a major component of the
electronic-Extension Program aims to
modernize agricultural extension by
maximizing the power of ICT to bring
information to the farmers, fishers and
extension workers in the country.
One fool-proof example of the
burgeoning enrollees of e-learning
is their involvement through online
activities in our e-Extension website.
While the scheme of the program
is to upgrade and put emphasis on the
“e” on learning, let us get to know the
e-Learner in our six featured
e-Learners.
Mr. Clemente Esto is
currently employed as an Agricultural
Technologist of Valencia City
Agriculture Office in Valencia,
Bukidnon. He is 33 years old, married
and a graduate in BS Agriculture major
in Animal Science.
He showed great interest by
enrolling in an online course in durian
despite the fact that there is no internet
connection in their office. His past
viewing experience of some part of the
course modules during the course
pre-testing prompted him to enroll
online since he found the course
informative and entertaining.
Before taking the course, he
has already planted eight (8) hills
of durian which are already 8 years
old. However, he feels that he
needed to learn more about durian
growing because he has encountered
Phytophthora disease and other insect
pests. Since taking the course in
January, he is now confident and knew
the ABC’s of durian growing. Thus, he
has planted 40 new seedlings of durian.
Aside from juggling work
and non-work related schedules, his
approach to the course is a bit erratic
at first due to his busy schedule and
sometimes with no internet access at
home or in their office. He had to go
to an internet café nearby to continue
with the course. With his perseverance
in tow, this e-Learner is determined
to maximize his learnings as well as
earnings.
Designated as Provincial High
Value Commercial Crops Report
Officer, Watershed and Upland
Reforestation Program Report
Officer, IPM Facilitator for Rice and
Vegetables, there’s just no stopping
Mr. Aries V. Magat from excelling
in everything he undertakes. A civil
servant for eight (8) years, he is the
Agriculturist I in the Office of the
Provincial Agriculturist in Lingayen,
Pangasinan.
Aside from an IPM facilitator in
rice and vegetables in the province, this
multi-tasked juggler turned e-learner
is also a farmer who has planted two
(2) hectares of corn. Though he has
already conducted a Farmer’s Field
School (FFS) on corn last 2006, he
thought that he has to get a formal
learning on the technical aspects of the
said crop to reinforce his knowledge
and experiences. What prompted him
to conduct an FFS is that his concept
does not limit nor confine him to tackle
rice and vegetable only since IPM
method of teaching is process-oriented
and participatory in manner.
When handling the technical
parts of corn production, a co-worker
who is a Corn Specialist is always
consulted to see to it that the activities
are on the right track; which he finds
it cumbersome since the latter has
other work-related concerns too. To
avoid this, he then decided to enroll
on the available online course on corn
production to further his knowledge on
the said topic. Thus, the e-Learner in
Mr. Aries V. Magat was born.
His interest with the online
course was apparent, he never stopped
reading and digesting all the lessons
that he finished the course within
a month. A feat unmatched by his
contemporary online classmates.
His standing on the e-Learning
academe traces back to his impressive
educational attainment and credentials
which he obtained with flying colors.
Aries is grateful for the people
behind the e-Learning Program who
made it possible for him to be able
to approach his undertaking with
confidence in engaging in corn farming
and even conducting an IPM-FFS on
corn. Since he is now equipped with
the basic knowledge and skills that
he has acquired both in e-learning

5. 5July 2008 e-Extension Agenda
e-Learning goes regional,
Demystifying continues
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and practical farming activities in his
corn field, he is now ready to put into
practice what he had learned and face
the challenges that lies ahead in corn
production.
At present, he is at the forefront
in the promotion of the e-Learning
courses and is waiting for the online
course offering on tomato production
wherein he plans to enroll and venture
in tomato production or he can
integrate it with his corn production
activities.
Meanwhile, Tess as she is fondly
called by her friends is currently
employed at the Environmental
Management Bureau of the Department
of Environment and Natural
Resources (EMB-DENR) based in
Tuguegarao City. Ms. Marites A.
Acosta is presently assigned at the
Environmental Impact Assessment and
Monitoring Division as processor.
With her position and experience,
she is continuously searching for
additional knowledge and skills
especially in agriculture which is
significant in her environmental
conservation monitoring and advocacy.
Tess obtained a degree in
Bachelor of Science in Development
Communication (B.S. DevComm)
and pursued Master of Science in
Environmental Studies. For eleven
years (11) in government service, it was
her first time to have a training through
the internet. This made her decide
to enroll in the e-course in Citrus.
She claims it to be an additional
information and knowledge in her
dissemination activities wherein she
will already be disseminating not just
tree planting but also citrus planting.
Tess assures that the course will also
serve as her guide in establishing a
citrus orchard / plantation soon.
With her initial browse on the
modules, Tess appreciated the course
for being informative with the pictures
and links defining technical terms.
Tess said that she is looking for more
T
he Demystifying e-Learning
seminar series this year have
gone regional to make its
stakeholders specially those who are
based in the countryside familiar on
how the electronic (thus, the “e” in
e-Learning) system works between the
Institution and its clients.
The e-learning component of the
e-Extension
Program has
become part of
ATI’s regular
function to
fast track the
information
dissemination
and extension
services of the
Department
of Agriculture
(DA).
This time, the
Institute’s Regional Training Centers
(RTC) invited partner agencies in the
region to participate on the said event.
Some university students also attended
the seminar at the ITCPH in Lipa City.
From its regional reach vantage point,
ITCPH had a total of 70 participants
on its January 22, 2008 slot, RTC-
XI with 34 participants last February
21, RTC-VI with 44 participants last
February 28, 18 participants for RTC
IV-A last March 18, RTC-VII with 28
participants last April18, and RTC-V
with 30 participants last April 21.
The Agricultural Training Institute
(ATI) have purposedly done its
seminar series regional to serve as
supplementary course to its extension
and training services to DA.
In many aspects, e-Learning is
commonly associated with the field of
advanced learning technology which
deals with both the technologies
and methodologies in learning
using networked and/or multimedia
More Stakeholders in agriculture and fish-
eries got demystified on e-Learning
technologies. It is naturally suited to
distance learning, but can also be used
in combination with the traditional
face-to-face teaching. e-Learning can
also refer to educational web sites such
as those offering learning scenarios,
worksheets and interactive exercises.
The term is also used extensively in
the business sector where it generally
refers to cost-
effective online
training.
Other features
also include
blended approach
with integrated
field activities as
well as face-to-
face interaction
between learners
and experts.
Learners will
also have the
opportunity to interact through online
discussion forums and can access to
a wide array of free digital resources
to enhance their knowledge on the
e-learning courses as well as keep
abreast with other relevant agricultural
information.
e-Learning offers convenience and
the ability to work any place where an
internet connection is available and
flexibility to learn at one’s own pace.
(Vic Thor A. Palarca)
e-Learner’s Profile...
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6. 6 July 2008e-Extension Agenda
ATI holds 1st
e-Learning Sum-It
ASEAN member countries convene to strengthen
Agri-Fishery Sector, ASEAN Farmer’s Week held
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ATI gathers the pioneer courseware
developers for e-Learning to assess
the first round of activities
T
he Agricultural Training
Institute Central Office (ATI-
CO) with the Knowledge
Products Management Division
(KPMD) as its lead implementing
division conducted “Beyond
Development and Delivery: First
e-Learning Sum-it” training last March
24 to 27, 2008 at the Loreland Farm
Resort, Antipolo City. This training
is the final assembly of the pioneer
courseware developers for thee-
Learning component of the DA’s
e-Extension Program for A&F.
Participants came from the ATI
Regional Training Centers (RTCs)
from regions: I, II, III, CAR,
Caraga, VIII and X. They were
joined by representatives from
DA-BAR and DOST-PCARRD.
The training aimed to: 1) plan
the M&E scheme for courseware
developer’s online courses; 2)
maximize the major improvements
as well as those from the previous
version of Courselab; 3) perform
the basic troubleshooting of their own
developed online courses; 4) manage
their own enrollees; and 5) repackage
and upload their revised courses.
The three day training included
lectures of Prof. Madeline Suva, Ph.D
of the University of the Philippines Los
Baños (UPLB), about the latest trends
on evaluating e-Learning and how to
plan the monitoring and evaluation
(M&E) of e-Learning.
There were also lectures and
demonstrations by Jose Rey Y. Alo,
e-Learning process advisor on the new
versions of software used for
e-learning such as
the Courselab and treeDBnotes.
A consultative forum on the
frequency of course offerings with
panels headed by AD Evelyn
Aro-Esquejo, Mr. Alo and
Antonieta J. Arceo, OIC-Chief, KPMD
was held. During the consultative
forum participants presented what
happened during the test run of their
courses and other problems that they
have encountered.
The pioneer courseware developers
have decided to offer a rolling type
course, where the courses will always
be open for enrollment and with
unlimited slots. (Benedict C. Natividad)
I
n the continuing effort among
ASEAN countries to keep abreast
with the latest agricultural and
fisheries breakthroughs, the 16th
ASEAN Farmers’ Week was held in
Cagayan de Oro City last May 20 to
24, 2008.
The event which is of
considerable importance to the
Philippine agriculture and fisheries
sector was attended by a total of 71
participants consisting of the rural
youth and women coming from the
different organizations such as 4-H
Club, the Pambansang Mannalon-
Mag-uuma-Magbabaul-Magsasaka
ng Pilipinas (P4MP) along with the
Rural Improvement Club (RIC) have
convened to symbolize, promote and
experience the farm family concept.
The concept of uniting the three
(3) distinct organizations was to
facilitate exchange of ideas on current
developments and initiatives in the
field of agricultural training and
extension to hastening the farmer’s
adoption of modern and sustainable
agricultural technologies and best
practices to increase their productivity
and income.
The P4MP, a duly registered
umbrella organization of the farmers’
association in the Philippines together
with the Department of Agriculture-
Agricultural Training Institute (DA-
ATI) and Department of Agriculture
Regional Field Unit –X (DA-
RFU-X) sponsored the event.
This annual event also involves
the exchange visit of farmers from
the ASEAN member countries
which provides the opportunity to
share experiences and exchange
agricultural information and updates
on new technologies and prospects
ASEAN farmers, rural-based organization in the Philippines were briefed
on DA’s new endeavor the e-Extension Program

7. 7July 2008 e-Extension Agenda
ATI reinforces ASEAN Extension Workers / Trainers,
Series of International Trainings conducted
e-Learner’s profile...
From page 5
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time to finish the course and to re-
enroll if necessary.
Mr. Francisco “Pangki” Eguna
Calang, is a 31-year-old bachelor
who had been growing banana since
his childhood. Currently, he is the
caretaker of ATI-Caraga’s banana
demo-farm located at Brgy. Los
Angeles, Butuan City. Pangki also
has his own half-hectare banana area
situated in the hinterland of Jabonga,
Agusan del Norte.
As a banana grower, he wanted
to advance his knowledge on the
proper management of banana through
training. But with his busy schedule
in the farm he finds it hard to squeeze
in his time to attend traditional
classroom-type training instructions.
Opportunely, when ATI’s e-Learning
was launched early this year, he
became interested upon knowing
e-Learning’s flexibility that would
allow him to progress with just a few
minutes at a time, as his schedules
permit. It would help him move
forward along a structured yet versatile
learning path.
He enrolled in the e-course on
the Eradication of Common Diseases
in Banana last January 24, 2008, with
the belief that it will be instrumental in
combating various diseases in banana
and intensifying his banana production.
“The information presented in
the course was well laid out, detailed
and understandable,” Pangki said after
finishing the course on February 21,
2008. He added that with the vivid
pictures and video clips presented,
he doesn’t even have to attend field
demonstrations anymore since the
images were understandable and clear
enough for him.
“Now I can easily identify what
kind of disease has struck my bananas
and how I can effectively prevent its
further spread… I am looking forward
to a bountiful, disease-free harvest in
T
he Agricultural Training Institute
(ATI) has conducted a total of
three (3) international trainings
this year.
The general objective of conducting
such milestone events is to empower
extension workers, trainers, and
selected cooperatives/farmers group
representatives in their respective field
of expertise and act as a medium to
transmit to their farmer-constituents
what they have learned during the
course of the training.
The International Training Course
on Off-Season Vegetable Production
(an ASEAN-Japan Partnership Project)
which was held last March 2 to 16, 2008
in Cagayan de Oro City was participated
by a total of twenty-five (25) training
participants from Cambodia, Lao-PDR,
Myanmar, Vietnam and the Philippines
were among the ASEAN member
countries
with
five (5)
participants
per
country.
The
general
objective
of the
training is
to enhance
awareness,
knowledge
and skills of the participants in off-
season vegetable production. The
training was made possible by the
cooperation and assistance of the
government of Japan through the
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry
and Fisheries with the cooperation of
Japan’s Central Union of Agricultural
Cooperatives (JA-Zenchu).
Meanwhile, marketing is one
component of agricultural development
that should be given priority. One of
the pressing issues in the agriculture
sector of many developing countries, more
so with the least developed countries is
the lack of capability of the farmers in
coming-up with appropriate marketing
strategies for agricultural products.
Thus, the International Training
Course on Agricultural Marketing
Strategies was held to enhance the
capacities of participants on the
formulation of effective agricultural
marketing strategies and the development
of appropriate marketing plan to be
implemented in their own respective
countries. It transpired last May 4 to
18, 2008 in Pangasinan with a total of
30 participants from Cambodia, Lao-
PDR, Myanmar, Vietnam, Afghanistan,
Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal as
well as the Philippines consisting of three
(3) participants per country .
Another event, the International
Training Course on Agricultural Marketing
(Focused on Cooperatives)
had a total of thirty-
two (32) participants
coming from the different
ASEAN member
countries like Brunei,
Cambodia, Indonesia,
Lao-PDR, Malaysia,
Thailand, Vietnam and the
Philippines. The general
objective of this training
is to capacitate extension
workers and selected
cooperative/farmers group representatives
on agricultural marketing. The training
was held in Davao City last June 1 to 15,
2008.
All of the trainees were benefited
about the electronic Extension Program
(e-extension Program) for Agriculture and
Fisheries which aims to provide, integrate
and harmonize the delivery of electronic
Extension services in collaboration with
the various organizational units of the
Department of Agriculture (DA) and other
agencies. (Vic Thor A. Palarca)
e-Extension goes ASEAN, where briefings were conducted during
the ASEAN international trainings

8. 8 July 2008e-Extension Agenda
Republic of the Philippines
Department of Agriculture
AGRICULTURAL TRAINING INSTITUTE
ATI Bldg., Elliptical Rd., Diliman, Quezon City
Trunkline (63-2) 9298541
List of e-Learning Courses
ASEAN Farmer’s week...
From page 6
Telefax (63-2) 9209792
Website: www.ati.da.gov.ph
www.e-extension.gov.ph
E-mail Add: kpmd@ati.da.gov.ph
for agribusiness ventures within and
beyond the ASEAN region. In line with
this, KPMD OIC-Chief Ms. Antonieta
Arceo informed the participants about
the electronic Extension Program
(e-Extension Program) for Agriculture
and Fisheries which aims to provide,
integrate and harmonize the delivery
of electronic Extension services
in collaboration with the various
organizational units of the Department
of Agriculture (DA) and other agencies.
Attendees from the ASEAN
member countries include Thailand,
Vietnam, Myanmar, Malaysia,
Lao-PDR, Indonesia, Cambodia and
Brunei.(Vic Thor A. Palarca)
e-Learner’s Profile...
From page 7
the months to come”, he optimistically
expressed.
A Seismic Engineer by
profession, Mr. Edgard T. Escalona
was also an OCW when he decided
to learn more about the ins and outs
of goat raising since he believes that
goat raising is a profitable business
undertaking that he will venture after
his retirement. It was in 2006 that he
attempted to raise goats on a large-
scale basis in his farm in Bingag,
Panglao Island, Bohol. At first, there
were only a few pairs which later on
became 35 heads that he banked on
as his preliminary attempt to the said
venture. Like most early ventures
lacking in experience, the first 35 goats
died due to mismanagement and the
lack of technology know-how.
Unfazed, Mr. Escalona started
hitting several reference books and
the internet specially ATI’s e-course
offering on goat raising which gave
him information on the proper
management of goat raising. He also
attended seminars and visited farm
goats to serve as his business model.
To enhance his knowledge on
goat production so he can turn his
farm in La Union into a goat enterprise
was the aim of Mr. Rodrigo Cariaso,
a 53 year old former military officer
of the Philippine Army who hails
from the province of La Union but
presently residing at Makati City. This
e-learner is also into raising goats. His
confidence and approach to his new
venture was boosted after he went
through the basics of goat raising
through the e-Learning experience.
Outside the service, he formerly
worked as operations officer of
security agencies and lately as a
finance officer of a law office. With his
dream to go back to the countryside
in tow, Mr. Cariaso traverses back and
forth from La Union to Makati City.
(Vic Thor A. Palarca with reports/
write-ups from DOST-PCARRD, ATI
Region 1, II, X and Caraga)
Rolling Courses
(Courses currently
available)
Growing Vegetables
in Greenhouses
Bamboo Production
Managing Common
Diseases in Banana
Production of Fermented
Plant Juice (FPJ) and
Fruit Juice (FFJ) as
Organic Fertilizer
Citrus Growing: A
Promising Enterprise Agricultural
Marketing Concepts
Growing Durian the
Better Way
Artificial Insemination
in Swine
From Seed to Seed:
Online Course on
Corn Production
Extension Concepts,
Roles and Qualities
Build Assets Through
Goats (6 courses)
Extension Strategies
and Approaches
Vermiculture
Abaca Pest and
Diseases Management
Pre-membership
Education in
Cooperatives
Tomato Production
Technology
Going Bananas...
Minus the Pests
Coffee Arabica
Production: Savoring
the Green Brew
Abaca Pro-
duction
Seaweed Farming
Courses to be offered