By Leilanie G. Adriano
Staff reporter
Laoag
City—The National Tobacco Administration’s
(NTA) Farm Technology and Services Department (FTSD) is holding various
livelihood trainings for women and children of tobacco-growing families
in the Ilocos region.
For the whole month of
August, a series of trainings on bread, cake and pastry making and herbal tea
making is being conducted to interested participants at the NTA AgriPinoy
Tobacco Farmers Food Processing Plant and Trading Center in Nanguneg East,
Narvacan in Ilocos Sur.
The first batch of trainees
for bread, cake and pastry making opened on
August 5 with three more batches to
follow on August 7-8, August 26-27 and August 28-29.
On the other hand, another
four batches with at least 30 participants per batch will also undergo training
on herbal tea making on August 12, 13, 14 and 15.
In the previous months of
June and July, training facilitators from the NTA also conducted trainings on
organic fertilizer, off-season vegetable production and meat processing.
Other training courses are
also set for the months of September to November. These include: noodle making,
therapeutic massage, hair and nail care, ice cream production, dressmaking and
novelty items making.
For further inquiries,
qualified applicants may just visit the NTA offices in the various
tobacco-producing provinces of Ilocos region for registration.
The series of livelihood
trainings offered by the NTA forms part of the agency’s attempt to provide
solutions to food sufficiency, health and employment opportunities for tobacco
farmers and their family members.
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