TRAINING ON AIR. Farmer participants of the School-on-the-Air on Smart Rice Agriculture in Tarlac show the radio sets they will use during their training program slated every weekend from Saturday (July 2, 2022) to October 9. The training aims to sustain the education of smallholder farmers and local intermediaries on modern and innovative technologies and approaches to smart rice production. (Photo by DA-ATI) CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga - The Department of Agriculture-3 (Central Luzon) will conduct a School-on-the-Air training on Smart Rice Agriculture (SOA-SRA) program as part of the modernization program. A total of 2,000 farmers in Tarlac will participate in the Agricultural Training Institute (ATI) initiative to enhance their knowledge and skills in different agricultural technologies and practices. The SOA-SRA radio-based distance learning program will run every weekend July 2 to October 9 from 6 a.m. to 7 a.m. The farmer-participants are from the municipalities of Gerona, Pur
RADIO-BASED LEARNING. The Department of Agriculture distributes radio sets to farmers in Bataan that will be used during the conduct of the School-on-the-Air on Smart Rice Agriculture program, in this undated photo. The first episode will be aired on June 30 and will last until the end of 2022. (Photo courtesy of DA Region 3) CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga - Thousands of farmers in Bataan will undergo training on smart rice agriculture technologies and practices to help them optimize farm yields amid the threat of climate change. The Department of Agriculture (DA)-Central Luzon, through the Regional Agricultural and Fisheries Information Section (RAFIS), will undertake the School-on-the-Air on Smart Rice Agriculture (SOA-SRA) program to boost the modernization of agriculture. SOA-SRA is a radio-based distance learning program for farmers. Its first episode will be aired on June 30 and will last until the end of this year. RAFIS chief Ozanne Ono Ocampo said on Wednesday that aside from
Agri radio drama offers infotainment on radyo eskwela
Philippine Information Agency
04 May 2021, 18:38 GMT+10
BUTUAN CITY, May 3 When you think about radio dramas and you are Visayan, you would probably recall Handumanan sa Usa ka Awit or Kini ang Akong Suliran of the 70s and 80s. Radio drama may seem like a thing of the past, but they are still a great way to tell stories these days.
In the field of agriculture, producing appropriate Information, Education, Communication (IEC) materials in the form of radio drama is a creative way to inform the farmers and other agriculture stakeholders of new farming technologies.