Urban Agriculture Program

BJMP, ATI Join Forces Towards Urban Food Security

ATI, BJMP MOA-signing for UAP

DILIMAN, Quezon City—Food security is everyone’s concern, including those deprived of liberty. This year, a new partnership between the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) and the Agricultural Training Institute (ATI) will help address this inclusively.

The BJMP and ATI just strengthened their ties through a Memorandum of Agreement that  warrants BJMP’s vital role in broadening the Urban Agriculture Program (UAP) at the National Capital Region (NCR). 

New Partnerships Sealed with Caloocan, Quezon City Gardening Communities

Representatives of the Kingspoint Urban Garden and the Livelihood Education and Rehabilitation Center (LERC) together with ATI Officials during the MOA-signing Event

DILIMAN, Quezon City – More and more groups in Metro Manila join the advocacy towards community-based initiatives for food security in the midst of the COVID19 pandemic. Two new community-based organizations just onboarded the ATI Urban Agriculture Program (UAP) in the National Capital Region through a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) Signing event.

San Diego Elementary School Bags ATI’s 2021 Best Community-based Urban Garden

Best Community Garden: San Diego Elementary School

DILIMAN, Quezon City – A year into the COVID19 pandemic, the Agricultural Training Institute’s (ATI) unwavering support to the “Plant Plant Plant” program of the Department of Agriculture intensifies by engaging more communities around the metro in urban agriculture, and by recognizing their achievements and milestones.

Organizers of Urban Community Gardens Learn Vegetable Seeds Production and Plant Propagation

Some of the participants during one of their hands-on exercises.

DILIMAN, Quezon City – Urban households depend significantly on commercial products for food consumption. However, these food products are expensive, and sometimes are not guaranteed fresh and safe to eat. This, and with the COVID-19 pandemic disrupting most economic activities, food availability and security are critical.

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ATI Today

Extension services continue to evolve. With the challenges that extension workers and farmers face, the Agricultural Training Institute (ATI) continues to explore various strategies to improve its efforts as the extension and training arm of the Department of Agriculture. In over 30 years, the ATI has celebrated various successes and learned from the lessons during hard times. Nonetheless, we are proud to be standing the test of time through the support of our partners and the clientele themselves. This is the ATI Today, more committed to bring you extension services beyond boundaries.  

 

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