SOME 145 youth beneficiaries received P150,000 in assistance from the Department of Agriculture-Agriculture Training Institute (DA-ATI) at the 1st National Youth Internship Program (Yipoa) Graduation held recently at the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC) in Pasay City.
The beneficiaries are graduates of Yipoa, a 21-month internship program where youth from various parts of the country got practical and field-based learning under the guidance of mentors and DA-ATI’s farmer-partners.
The internship program included training in agricultural processes such as organic crop production and management, livestock raising, fishery, natural fertilizer and pesticide production, food processing, and farm machinery operation and troubleshooting, among others.
The P150,000 grant was given by the ATI to serve as starting capital for the farm businesses that the graduates’ are planning to launch in the near future.
The Yipoa is an initiative by the DA, ATI, and the National Organic Agriculture Program (NOAP). Together with their farm partners across the country, the program aims to promote sustainable and organic farming and encourage the youth to go into agriculture.
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