First of two parts

LAST month, I took a break from my column because of some research activities. I also joined a 10-day training course on becoming a farm business school (FBS) facilitator, organized by the Department of Agriculture’s (DA) Agricultural Training Institute (ATI) at its regional training center in Trece Martires City, Cavite province. The training was in partnership with the Villar Foundation’s Social Institute for Poverty Alleviation and Governance (Sipag) Farm School and Tourist Farm on the boundary of Las Piñas City and Cavite’s Bacoor City. So why and how did I get involved in this training when most of my known work focused on population and development, health, social science, and gender-related matters?