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May. 1-31, 2004
ALAP strengthens data
management capacity in agriculture
by Rita T. dela Cruz
 There
exists an urgent need to consolidate agricultural knowledge
and make it electronically accessible for promoting
agricultural research and development.
To pursue this goal, the Philippine Agricultural
Libraries and Information Services Network (PhilAgriNet)
and Agricultural Information Services (AGRIS) strengthened
its capacity building through a two-day training workshop
held on 20-21 May 2004, Benguet State University (BSU),
La Trinidad, Benguet.
The seminar was organized by the Agricultural
Librarians Association of the Philippines (ALAP) and
sponsored by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
of the United Nations. Co-sponsoring the training were:
the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), the
Philippine E-Lib Project, and the Bureau of Agricultural
Research (BAR).
Established in 2003, PhilAgriNet is a
collaborative effort among information management professionals
in the field of agriculture. Its major thrust is to
create and maintain a central electronic database of
Philippine technical agricultural literature and link
this with agricultural scientists worldwide. AGRIS,
on the other hand, is an international information system
for the agricultural sciences and technology, created
by FAO in 1974 to facilitate information exchange and
to bring together world literature dealing with all
aspects of agriculture.
What PhilAgriNet and AGRIS hope to achieve
is to create an awareness of the existence of free tools
for database management and to develop the knowledge
and skills of information providers of prospective PhilAgriNet
member institutions on the use of the WebAGRIS. Through
this activity, PhilAgriNet and AGRIS look forward to
an active involvement and contribution of the participants
to manage their databases.
Giving significance to the presence of
the training workshop were: BSU President Rogelio Colting,
ALAP President Salome Ledesma, and BAR Director William
Medrano who provided the keynote address. 
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