K-AgriNet info caravan ends in Caraga and Region 10

The last leg of the K-AgriNet (Knowledge Networking towards Enterprising Agricultural Communities) nationwide information caravan covered the Caraga Region and Region 10 on May 22–26.

Kicking off from Prosperidad, Agusan del Sur, the caravan in its five-day run also stopped in Caraga’s Surigao City and Butuan City, then in Region 10’s Gingoog City, Misamis Oriental, and Cagayan de Oro City.

The Department of Science and Technology Caraga’s information and communications technology (ICT) bus––this time a blue one––provided the mobile classroom for farmers to get to know computers and learn about agricultural information and technologies through the Internet.

As it was in earlier caravans, the Mindanao run was welcomed by governors, mayors, other local executives, and agricultural officials.

In Cagayan de Oro City, Governor Oscar Moreno said that with ICT, “everything is available” and that “information is a neutralizing gift from God; it is a source of power.”

Other provincial and local officials acknowledged the multi-agency cooperation in promoting the use of ICT in gaining access to agricultural information as well as marketing agricultural products. They also pledged support for the K-AgriNet program.

The K-AgriNet team is composed of PCARRD, Philippine Rice Research Institute, Development Academy of the Philippines, and Department of Agrarian Reform. (Butch S. Pagcaliwagan, S&T Media Service)