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A. FEBRUARY 16-MARCH 15, 20231. AGRICULTURE TRAINING IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF ABORLAN, PALAWAN PROVINCERPRC VOLUNTEERS CONDUCTED TRAINING IN THE ETHNOS TRIBAL TRAINING CENTER WHICH IS LOCATED IN SITIO KATUWANGTUWANG, SAGPANGAN, ABORLAN. ABOUT EIGHTY PEOPLE FROM VARIOUS COMMUNITIES IN PALAWAN ASSEMBLED FOR FIVE DAYS TO ATTEND THIS AGRICULTURAL TRAINING. THERE WERE COMMUNITY LEADERS FROM SEVERAL INDIGENOUS PEOPLE'S GROUPS FROM THE PALAWANO TRIBE, BATAC TRIBE, TAGBANUA, AND OTHER GROUPS FROM THE HINTERLAND. THE TOPICS COVERED INCLUDED HOW TO MAKE OUR SOIL LIVING AND HEALTHY SO THAT THESE COMMUNITIES WILL BECOME SUCCESSFUL IN GROWING THEIR OWN FOOD. THE TRAINERS TAUGHT THE PARTICIPANTS HOW TO BUILD A THERMAL COMPOST, HOW TO RAISE AFRICAN NIGHT CRAWLERS, AND HOW TO MAKE BIOCHAR FROM RICE HULLS. THROUGH PRACTICAL DEMONSTRATIONS, THE PARTICIPANTS LEARNED HOW TO MAKE THESE INPUTS. ANOTHER MAIN TOPIC IN THE TRAINING IS ABOUT THE NO-TILL APPROACH TO FARMING. TRADITIONALLY, FILIPINOS WERE TAUGHT TO PLOW AND PULVERIZE THEIR LAND IN PREPARATION TO PLANTING THEIR CROPS. EVEN GOVERNMENT AGRICULTURE PERSONNEL EMPHASIZED THIS AMONG THE FARMERS. IN THIS TRAINING, THE TRAINERS GENTLY COMMUNICATED TO THE PARTICIPANTS THAT THIS IS NOT ACCORDING TO THE CREATOR'S DESIGN IN NATURE, AND THAT LESS DISTURBANCE OF THE SOIL AND MULCHING ARE THE FAR BETTER APPROACHES TO FARMING.SEED SAVING TRAINING WAS THE NEXT MAJOR TOPIC. EVEN UP TO THE PRESENT, FARMERS' FOOD PRODUCTION ESPECIALLY VEGETABLES, IS LIMITED TO SEED AVAILABILITY. THEIR USUAL SOURCES OF SEEDS ARE THE GOVERNMENT, AGRICULTURAL STORE IF THEY HAVE THE MONEY TO BUY, THEIR NEIGHBORS, OR SEEDS HANDED DOWN TO THEM FROM FAMILY MEMBERS. LACK OF SEEDS IS A HUGE LIMITING FACTOR. RPRC HAS BEEN OBSERVING THIS PROBLEM; HENCE, IN THIS TRAINING, RPRC LAUNCHED A FULL SEED SAVING TRAINING. THE FARMERS WERE VERY RECEPTIVE.TO SHOW THE FARMERS HOW TO PUT THEIR GARDENS TOGETHER USING THE CONCEPT OF NO TILL IN THEIR GARDENS, THE TRAINERS CREATED A 20X 20 GARDEN. THE FARMERS GOT TO EXPERIENCED HOW TO CLEAR THEIR PLOTS WITHOUT DIGGING OR PULVERIZING THE SOIL. THEN THE APPLICATION OF THE COMPOST AND BIOCHAR MIXTURE CAME NEXT. THEN PUTTING THE MULCH ON TOP OF THE PLOT. THE NEXT DAY, THE FARMERS PLANTED THE SEEDLINGS AND THE TRAINERS EMPHASIZED THE CONCEPT OF CROP ROTATION.2. ANIMAL CLINICTHE OTHER HALF OF THE RPRC TEAM, MEANWHILE, WAS CONDUCTING ANIMAL CLINIC IN VARIOUS COMMUNITIES FOR FIVE DAYS. THE RURAL AREAS IN THE PHILIPPINES HAVE A DIRE NEED OF VETERINARY SERVICES DUE TO ANIMAL OVER POPULATION, STRAY DOGS AND CATS, AND RABIES INFECTIONS. RPRC RESPONDED TO THE REQUESTS OF THESE COMMUNITIES TO HELP THEM. SO OUR VETERINARIAN VOLUNTEERS DID SERVICES IN SPAYING, NEUTERING, AND GIVING RABIES INJECTIONS.3. AFTER THE OUTREACH IN PALAWAN, THE AGRICULTURE TEAM TRAVELLED TO MINDANAO IN ORDER TO DO THE SAME TRAINING AMONG THE MANOBO TRIBES.B. AUGUST 22-SEPTEMBER 29, 20231. AFTER SUCH A BIG TRAINING CONDUCTED BY RPRC FROM FEBRUARY TO MARCH, TWO RPRC VOLUNTEERS CAME A FEW MONTHS LATER IN ORDER TO VISIT THE FARMERS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE COMMUNITIES. ALL THE VISITS WERE ENCOURAGING. THE FARMERS MADE A LOT OF PROGRESS.