Today and all throughout 2020,
Digital is the best way to go in Agriculture!
On Facebook, Noel Punzalan shared on 29 July 2020, “Ex-MILF Rebels Undergo 16-Week Training On Organic Farming[1]” (PNA), of farmers of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, MILF – and I thought 16 weeks was way, way too long. Immediately I saw the people and purpose were perfect for a digital learning, for ATI first and farmers next! (digital screen image from eLearning Industry[2])
[1]https://elearningindustry.com/convert-instructor-led-training-to-digital-learning
In the main image above, a former MILF combatant fighting people turns into a warrior fighting hunger and poverty by signing his name for inclusion as a trainee for vegetable organic farming in Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao, Orientation Day. He is among a batch of 25 MILF farmers to be trained at the MILF main base in Sultan Kudarat from August to September.
“(Instead) of rice and corn, the MILF farmers will now venture (into) planting and raising of vegetables,” Abdulraof Macacua said, the Executive Secretary of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao.
Today, you can train in Season-Long
Organic Farming 16 times faster –
after ATI makes it Digital via
video & computer apps.
Digital. At the Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Training Institute (DA-ATI) premises in any region of the Philippines, the training that used to take too many weeks can now be taken in 1 day – once the ATI reduces 16 weeks (equivalent 16 days) to only 1 day (equivalent 1 week) – a whooping 94% saving of everything!
It was only last Friday, 31 July 2020, writing about the problems of the New “Normal” PH Agriculture (“RCEF For PH Agriculture: Farmers Not Yet Business-Aware. Scientists Not So Active. Extensionists Not So Alive[3]!” THiNK Journalism), that I mentioned, among other things:
Super Knowledge: Make sure our Extensionists can compose & decompose Technologies and/or Systems for & bring to the attention of farmers the quickest & unobtrusive way: Digital.
From now on, farmer or not, in Luzon, the Visayas, or Mindanao, anyone can cut off 15 days out of field training in organic farming after the ATI people have done their digital homework.
Composed or decomposed? 16 weeks of training cannot be decomposed in real time – but they can be composed-decomposed in digital time.
My thoughts: To decompose-compose 16 weeks of training into 1 week, in 1 actual season-long rice farming, first the ATI people will record digitally and separately what are supposed to be seen (also shown in sweeping and panoramic video views with appropriate & complete audios), very visible, almost touchable, sequence to sequence, season to season. The outputs will include video clips, PowerPoint presentations, and Microsoft Word documents printed out for distribution.
Trainees can then bring home their soft copy set of the lessons and watch on their own sweet times eating, chatting with loved ones. Learning agriculture has never been this entertaining!
Now playing: “DA-ATI 1 Day Organic Farming Digital.”
The miracle of the digital world brought to you by the DA!@517
[1]https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1110421?fbclid=IwAR2syqdbw-jxLLPpX2X5J0K0SoRIhFOqUuh5XMYYe6oB6bvap3x7dPD6bDk
[2]
[3]https://ithinkjournalism.blogspot.com/2020/07/rcef-for-ph-agriculture-farmers-not-yet.html?fbclid=IwAR3ibqGfK3p7Q30FyputuE7WsdbbXv4Z9hWN_esDlHTIdcA4858RE2g_21w
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