Services/Facilities Available

Information services

Ø Free Internet Access

Ø Technology Information in CD/DVD

Ø Various Brochures & Pamphlets in Agriculture

Ø Book References in Agriculture

Tandag FITS Center provides technology information in various multimedia formats; exhibit new technologies and products; offer internet service and short message service (SMS); and provide FITS databases.

Technology services

Ø Technology Training/Workshop

Ø Technology Clinic

Ø Linkage to Experts & Credit Conduits

Ø Technical Assistance & Consultancy

Ø Support to Enterprises Development

Ø Resource Linking & Facilitation

Tandag FITS Center conducts technology training and technology clinic; link clients to experts and financial institutions; provide technical assistance and consultancy; support enterprise development; facilitate linking clients with sources of planting materials, animal stocks, and agricultural inputs.

Agri-Pinoy conducts TOT in Surigao Sur

Kansilad Beach Resort, Lianga, Surigao del Sur - A total of 45 participants completed the 3-day Training of Trainers (TOT) on Agri-Pinoy Program  conducted on October 26-28, 2010. Graduates from this training will compose the Municipal Training Teams for the different LGUs of the province of Surigao del Sur. Comprising of agricultural extension workers, information officers and teachers, the group listened to the different resource persons discuss topics on the framework and objectives of Agri-Pinoy, LIKASAKA-a natural way of farming, rice & corn seeds production technologies, seed banking, and Gulayan sa Paaralan using Natural Technology. Completing the course was a participatory discussion on how to become a good trainer, facilitated by ATI Caraga Director, Dr. Nenita Sumile. Agri-Pinoy was presented by Ms. Rebecca Atega, Head of DA-RAFID 13 & Regional Agri-Pinoy Focal Person, while LIKASAKA was discussed by Mr. Jimmy Geronimo, Executive Director of PAKISAMA, a NGO based in Caraga Region. Agri-Pinoy focuses on primary agricultural commodities anchored on a framework of sustainable agriculture using LIKASAKA. Topics ranging on how to make farming more profitable to farmers by producing their own seeds and organic fertilizers and increasing awareness and appreciation about agriculture among students were also presented by the Provincial Training Team from the Office of the Provincial Agriculturist (see webbox at right onAgri-Pinoy for slide presentation).  The municipal training teams formulated and presented their respective action plans for 2011 on how to bring about the Agri-Pinoy Program to the grassroots.

Newly appointed DA Caraga Regional Executive Director Reinerio Belarmino, Jr., Surigao del Sur Provincial Agriculturist Marcos M. Quico and Assistant PA Esmeraldo Odtohan graced the occasion.

About Us

Tandag FITS Center is connected to the internet. Farmers, fisherfolk, housewives, students, traders, entrepreneurs and researchers may avail of the free internet service for their information needs. The center also provides brochures, leaflets, and reference materials for crops, livestock, fishery, high-value commercial crops (HVCC) and a myriad of package of technologies (POTS) from sources such as IRRI, Philrice, DA, DOST-PCARRD, etc.

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Tandag FITS Center is located and housed at the Office of the Provincial Agriculturist (OPAg), Baex, Telaje, Tandag, Surigao del Sur.