Info network on horticulture on the Web

When searching for the latest in horticultural research and development in the Philippines, check out the Horticulture Information Network (HORTINET) at http://www.hortinet.pcarrd.dost.gov.ph.

Information on horticulture technology, market, products, library, bazaar, directory, policy, and current events can be accessed from this Website.

A one-stop site for stakeholders in the Philippine horticulture industry, HORTINET has information on fruits (banana, papaya, durian, pineapple, mango); ornamentals (mokara and dendrobium orchids); cutflowers (mums); cutfoliage; and vegetables (tomato, carrots, potato).

This hub also serves the major growers/cooperatives, exporters, traders, processors, buyers, input suppliers, experts, and other stakeholders. HORTINET sets the ground to help those interested get into horticulture business in the country.

The network was formulated under the Small Enterprises Technology Upgrading Program (SET-UP) of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST). It was patterned after the Mango Information Network, a project funded in 1997 by DOST-PCARRD and the United Nations Development Programme.

PCARRD-DOST serves as the central processing center and hosts the HORTINET Web site. The Council collaborates closely with the Mindanao DOST regional offices and the Cebu City-based Central Visayas Information Sharing Network Foundation, Inc. (Liza R. Gutierrez, S&T Media Service)