More than 1,600 local volunteers gathered in various areas in Marinduque in support of the World Water Day 2019 celebrations.
Boac River cleanup activities unite 1,600+ Marinduquenos
Author: Rafael Constantino R. Seño
Rafael Constantino R. Seño is a contributor at MNN. He is a youth leader, an events host and organizer in Marinduque, a graphics and branding designer, environmental advocate and Rapport & Communications Director at Agrea. He earned his bachelor’s degree in Communications at Marinduque State College.
Agrea offers free Organic Agriculture Production training for Marinduquenos
The Agrea Farm School in Cawit, Boac, Marinduque is now accepting applications for admission in Organic Agriculture Production
‘No read, no write’ Tatay Pilo, now a Certified Organic Agriculture Practitioner in Marinduque
Later on we found out that every time he received his salary, he just put a line on top of his name as his signature. We asked and he confessed that he had no schooling experience: “No Read, No Write”. Same with a number of rural folks who was not given any opportunity to go to school due to poverty.
Marinduque now has local-based organic farming assessors
Two Marinduque-based Organic Agriculture Production NCII assessors are the newest addition to the island’s growing list of organic agriculture professionals.
Farm school in Marinduque maintains perfect pass rate
BOAC, Marinduque – For the fourth time since the farm school opened in November 2018, 100% of students at the AGREA Farm School pass the Organic Agriculture Production assessment. All 25 examinees from AGREA Farm School get passing competency remarks for Organic Agriculture Production National Certification (OAP NCII) last July 2-4, 2018. This qualifies all 25 of them as Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA)-certified Organic Agriculture Farmers. Further, they are qualified as competent Organic Agriculture Farmers, Organic Chicken Raisers, Organic Hogs Raisers, Organic Vegetables Farmers, Organic Concoctions and…
PRC conducts first aid, life support training for TESDA scholars in Marinduque
BOAC, Marinduque – Philippine Red Cross (PRC) 143 Marinduque conducts basic first aid and life support training during the Organic Agriculture Production NCII Batch 5 Induction at the AGREA Farm School in Barangay Cawit, Boac, Marinduque. PRC 143 Marinduque Provincial Coordinator Marisan Mañanita presided the training and was attended by the scholars of the Training-for-Work Scholarship Program (TWSP) of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA)-Marinduque. “Organic Agriculture Production NCII is both a classroom-based and practical hands-on type of technical-vocational training,” said Rafael Seño, Training Director at the AGREA…
Prov celebrates Arbor Day; Youth volunteers leads tree planting
Marinduque Provincial Environment and National Resources Office (PENRO), in cooperation with AgreaPH, MACEC, Marinduque LGUs and other organizations, gathered together in the observance of Philippine National Arbor Day 2016. More than 400 native talisay seedlings were planted in a PENRO-designated coastal area in Barangay Libtangin, Municipality of Gasan. AGREA gathered twenty student leaders and community-based youth volunteers to help transplant indigenous talisay trees in the early morning of Saturday, 25 June 2016. “We are planting trees in coastal areas as a risk management measure against storm surges. With proper care,…