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• Educate, train, and mobilize the extension workers in agriculture using ICT and distance learning to bring about agricultural modernization

• Provide e-extension services, advisory and general

knowledge on agriculture through on-line training; and • Package available knowledge and information into

relevant e-learning modules.

WEBconferencing

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WEBconferencing Digital Knowledge

Resources Pinoy farmers’

Text Center

• Openacademy.ph

• Databases

• PalayChikahan (forum)

• Opapacybercom.grou.ps

• E-learning

• PinoyRice Knowledge Bank

• TAGALOG • CEBUANO • ILUKO • HILIGAYNON

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Farmers

And Seed

Growers

Researchers

and Dev’t

Planners

Extension

Workers

Media

Practitioners

Students,

Soon to be

farmers, etc

Visits: 23,739 (via Google Analytics) Average: 3,957 per month, 132 per day Visitors: 15,214 Average: 2,536 per month, 85 per day Pageviews: 109,344 Average: 18,224 per month, 608 per day

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1. Question & Answer (Q&A) 2. Weather Updates 3. Info-on-Demand

Refer to experts

SMS Message Received

Info-on-demand

Queries, Greetings,

etc.

System

Text Center Agent

Query

Answered

Email

Call

205 Average SMS Received/day

4,657 Average SMS Received/month

97 Average Active Texters/day

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1. Seed quality & Varietal info 2. Seed availability 3. Pest management

(1) Nueva Ecija, (2)North Cotabato, (3) Sultan Kudarat, (4) Pangasinan, (5) Aurora

Examples: LCC, MOET, Drumseeder, Modified Dapog, Controlled Irrigation

Management options for common Pests & Diseases:

Type name of the pest/disease

Varietal Characteristics: Type Rc <space>

Number of variety

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Seed availability in

PhilRice CES and branches: Type ‘seeds’ <space> name of branch

PalayCheck info: Type ‘keycheck<NO space>

number of keycheck

Fertilizer Management:

Machines: Type the name of the machine