This year 50,000 scholarships will be available to Filipino rice farmers under the Rice Extension Services Program (RESP) of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority.
The farm field school program offers courses on high-quality rice seed production and certification, farm mechanization, postharvest plant servicing, agro-entrepreneurship, pest and nutrient management, and digital agriculture.
More than 25,000 farmers have enrolled in various RESP training programs in the first six months of the year.
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More on the value of farmer training:
Farmers in Haryana attend training on innovative technologies that conserve water and reduce production costs
More than 60 farmers attended an interactive participatory training on alternate wetting and drying (AWD) and direct-seeded rice technology conducted at the Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University Kaul Campus in Kaithal, Haryana on 07 August 2021.
AWD is a rice management practice that reduces water use by up to 30% without reducing yield and can save farmers money on irrigation and pumping costs. It also reduces methane emissions by 48%. DSR cultivation method consumes relatively less water compared to transplanted paddy and requires less labor.
Training of women farmers enhances the adoption of new agricultural technologies
A recent study concluded that incentivizing farmers in general—and female farmers in particular—can serve as a potential means to adopt agricultural technologies that have the potential to boost the rural economy and enhance food security.
Indonesian farmers and extension workers receive training in participatory video production
Indonesian farmers and extension workers were recently trained in basic video editing as part of making effective participatory videos for spreading new technologies to other rice farmers.
