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June 1-30, 2007
BAR, Optiserve orient regions on e-Pinoy project and its potentials
by Mariko M. Ramos
Photos courtesy of Mariko M. Ramos
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| Staff from BAR and Optiserve Technologies lead the participants from the regions. |
The Bureau of Agricultural Research (BAR), in cooperation with Optiserve Technologies, Inc., conducted an orientation and briefing on the e-Pinoy project in Zamboanga Sibugay and Zamboanga del Norte on 5-7 June 2007.
Zamboanga Sibugay and Zamboanga Del Norte are two of the three pilot areas identified for the operationalization of e-Pinoy FARMS ©. Another area selected is Camarines Norte in Region 5.
The purpose of the orientation was to introduce the e-Pinoy Farms © program into the community as a proprietary applications software developed by Optiserve for the agribusiness sector. The program is designed as a farm management system to enable farmers' organization, cooperatives, and agribusiness enterprises to record efficiently baseline data, business transactions and operations; and provide timely access to information for effective decision-making.
The importance of e-Pinoy farms mainly lies on improving the documentation of BAR's Community-based Participatory Action Research (CPAR) program.
The implementation of ICT as a tool for rural development was also emphasized during the briefing with the Western Mindanao Integrated Agricultural Research Center (WESMIARC) staff, representatives from the local government units (LGUs), farmer leaders, and non-government organizations (NGOs).
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| Participants during their photo op session. |
It was agreed that partners would be reoriented on CPAR as a strategy for rural development and come up with a standard approach for effective project monitoring and evaluation system. An efficient reporting mechanism that would allow sensible communication between and among partners, would also be established.
The team, composed of representatives from BAR and Optiserve, recommended focusing on few priority commodities in the province such as rubber, banana, and cacao. The duties and responsibilities of all stakeholders and the issue on how to sustain the system after the project objectives were also discussed.
Mr. Ric Castro, BAR coordinator for the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) and the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) led the team together with Ms Mariko Ramos of PDD-BAR, CEO of Optiserve Cheryl Marie Natividad and two members of her staff—Mr. Froilan Orlanda and Mr. John Michael Vincent Radoc.
The team was welcomed by Regional Executive Director Oscar O. Parawan, Regional Technical Director Constancio G. Alama, and WESMIARC Manager Francisco G. Geromo. 
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