As the country's premier rice agency, the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice), formalizes engagement of the professional services of this blogger (Dr. J. Falla), the 5th batch of its Rice Specialists' Training Course on PalayCheck and Palayamanan is currently going on. The following is a copied news release from PhilRice Online:
Following the deployment of rice sufficiency officers (RSOs) across the country, PhilRice currently trains the 5th batch of Rice Specialist Training Course (RSTC) on PalayCheck and Palayamanan Systems, composed of 48 new RSOs and two professors from the University of Eastern Philippines.
Atty. Ronilo A. Beronio, PhilRice executive director, said the conduct of season-long training on PalayCheck and Palayamanan Systems is a milestone activity of the Institute as the activity molds development workers to be efficient and effective rice specialists and extension workers.
Culminating in October, the on-the-job training uses participatory lecture-discussion, educational field trips, workshops, and laboratory exercises to enhance learning.
Instructional methods also include actual hands-on exercises on land preparation, transplanting, managing the crops at different stages, assessing the keychecks achievement, and harvesting.
To train RSOs in organizing and facilitating farmer-group activities, the trainees will teach farmers in the PalayCheck Field Schools in the eight barangays of San Jose City, Nueva Ecija. RSO-trainees will impart the latest rice and rice-based production technologies following the PalayCheck and Palayamanan Systems.
The professors, on the other hand, joined the training as rice project in-charge in Samar hoping that more Waray farmers will have a share of PhilRice training services.
“The training will enable the participants learn and experience the rice production process together with the farmers in the barangay,” said Celia Abadilla, Technology and Management Services Division head.
After the training, the participants will later lead the implementation of training and extension components of the GMA-Rice Program towards attaining and sustaining rice self-sufficiency by 2013.
Meanwhile, PhilRice chief Atty. Ronnie A. Beronio (RAB) in a bid to replicate/multiply the benefits of the course to a larger number of PhilRice stakeholders, thinks of a relevant courseware, which is simple but complete and self-instructional - something that can be administered by anybody even without the physical presence of a trainer. He wishes PhilRice D-group (D for Development) with the back-up support of this blogger as short-term consultant, to develop such courseware soonest possible as a main educational tool for PhilRice's current banner program the LSTD (Location-specific technology development). (JSF Blogs)
hi sir jo.. the palaycheck courseware is, indeed, very helpful to us, RSOs, in fact i've been reading it frequently over and over again just before going to my FFS areas here in Lanao. thanx to this and hope that more of its copies be released not just to RSOs but to other AEWs.
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