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In partnership with DA-ATI, the PLDT Group is scaling the Digital Farmers Program to equip farmers with the digital skills and tools needed to thrive in a more tech-enabled agricultural sector.

Smart recently distributed more than a hundred Plant Smart kits to partner schools and barangays in Mindanao, bolstering local efforts to provide healthy, sustainable food for all.

The group recently turned over a FarmTech kit to Central Bicol State University of Agriculture to support faculty trainers and agricultural extension workers from local government units across the region.

PLDT, Smart, and the Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Training Institute equip members of the Kapampangan Development Foundation Inc. to become tech champions.

Farmers in the region are now harnessing digital tools through the Scaling Up Sustainability project of Philippines Partnership for Sustainable Agriculture in collaboration with PLDT and Smart.

To provide farmers and extension workers access to digital learning and training tools, DA-ATI Region 10 in partnership with PLDT and Smart equipped farmer-trainers in Alubijid, Misamis Oriental with a FarmTech package. 

Farmer groups in the Davao Region now have the means to become digital agriculture champions.

PLDT and wireless unit Smart showcased their Digital Farmers Program at the recent Grow Asia Innovation Challenge, underscoring the role of digital adoption in transforming Philippine agriculture.

In Tuguegarao, where farming is one of the main sources of livelihood among residents, 36-year-old Maureen Ann Blancad has transformed her life as a farmer and her community through the power of technology.

Davao’s cacao industry is getting a digital boost, thanks to PLDT and Smart’s partnership with the Department of Agriculture-Agriculture Training Institute and Mennonite Economic Development Associates.