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Sep 1-30, 2003
BAR holds AFRDIS joint
review mtg
by Likha C. Cuevas
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| Cluster members from Luzon during the AFRDIS Joint
Review Meeting |
The Bureau of Agricultural Research (BAR), throughtheInformation
and Communication Technology Section (ICTS), conducted
the Agriculture and Fisheries Research and Development
Information System (AFRDIS) review and meeting on September
4, 2003 at the BAR CERDAF Conference Room. AFRDIS is a
comprehensive information system for research and development
(R&D) in agriculture and fisheries established to
strengthen the knowledge management capabilities and capacities
of the National Research and Development System for Agriculture
and Fisheries (NaRDSAF).
The AFRDIS team leaders of 20 partner
institutions belonging to the 1st and 2nd batch attended
the review and meeting. These were: Cordillera Administrative
Region (CAR), Mariano Marcos State University (MMSU),
Isabela State University (ISU), Philippine Carabao Center
(PCC), Bureau of Postharvest Research and Extension
(BPRE), Central Luzon State University (CLSU), PhilRice,
University of the Philippines Visayas (UPV), Leyte State
University (LSU), Mindanao State University (MSU), Central
Mindanao State University (CMU), University of Southern
Mindanao (USM), Ilocos Integrated Agricultural Research
Center (ILIARC), Central Visayas Integrated Agricultural
Research Center (CENVIARC), Western Visayas Integrated
Agricultural Research Center (WESVIARC), Eastern Visayas
Integrated Agricultural Research Center (EVIARC), Northern
Mindanao Integrated Agricultural Research Center (NOMIARC),
Southern Mindanao Integrated Agricultural Research Center
(SMIARC), Central Mindanao Integrated Agricultural Research
Center (CEMIARC), and the Philippine Coconut Authority
– Davao Research Center (PCA-DRC).
This activity revisited AFRDIS
objectives to ensure that all plans of activities and
concerns are undertaken in line with its goals. Together
with the progress review, this activity was held to
ensure that project implementation is proceeding according
with the project plan and budget. Some of these projects
were: (1) instituting the national reference and nodal
centers of AFRDIS and (2) the Geographic Targeting of
Agricultural Research and Technology Information System
Project (GIS-ARTIS) undertaken by PhilRice. The AFRDIS
concept and conditions of participating institutions
were presented during the meeting. Duties and responsibilities
of partner institutions were also discussed while the
accomplishments of the AFRDIS 1st batch were reviewed.
The participants identified problems encountered during
the implementation and discussed possible solutions
to resolve these problems. Finally, BAR and the participating
agencies planned activities for 2004.
At the end of the review and meeting,
partner institutions were issued cheques as part of
the financial grant provided to AFRDIS members to support
the establishment of local area networks (LAN) in R&D
institutions. 
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