Following the success of the 2019 campaign, this year’s World Food Safety Day (WFSD) will continue to promote awareness and call all players in the farm-to-fork continuum to take part in the food safety movement.

Under the theme “Food safety, everyone’s business”, the international day of commemoration encourages everyone who grows, processes, transports, stores, distributes, sells, prepares, serves, and consumes food; goodwill ambassadors; social media influencers and the general public, especially the youth to make a sustained difference in food safety.

With the public health emergency that the country is facing today, the National Privacy Commission (NPC) supports the adoption of the work from home (WFH) setup, a type of telecommuting or the use of telecommunications and/or computer technologies while working from an alternative workplace. WFH is believed to be a viable strategy in balancing the need to protect health and well-being of an organization's workforce while continuing its operations and service delivery to the public.

MANILA—The Digital Farmers Program (DFP) of the Agricultural Training Institute (ATI) and Smart Communications, Inc. was recognized at the 55th Anvil Awards. Presented annually by the Public Relations Society of the Philippines (PRSP), the Anvil is the symbol of excellence in Public Relations (PR) for outstanding programs and tools.

DILIMAN, Quezon City—To co-create and co-design improvements in the overall Digital Farmers Program (DFP) 101 learning experience and brainstorm on the DFP 102 course, selected Agricultural Training Institute (ATI) Information Services staff and Smart Communications Public Affairs representatives gathered for a Design Thinking Workshop.

Some farmer-youth pairs in Ilocos Region, Cagayan Valley, CALABARZON, Western and Central Visayas, Northern Mindanao, and Caraga received recognition for bagging awards in the “Kuwentuhang Agri” video contest under the first phase of the Digital Farmers Program (DFP) or DFP 101.

Greetings from the Agricultural Training Institute!

As the year comes to an end, let us thank you all for your support to our efforts in providing excellent extension services beyond boundaries. We hope that our partnership will continue to flourish and bring more opportunities for farmers and fishers to increase productivity and income in the years to come.

Wishing everyone the best this holiday season!