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REACH – September 2013
The Research, Development and Extension mandates of KASC
take shape in a separate building that was constructed in 2001 to house
the Farmers Information and Technology Services (FITS) Center, under
the administration of then President Venus I. Lammawin, one of the few
SUC Presidents who saw the advantage that KASC can derive by giving
home to the first FITS Center in Kalinga.
The development of
Farmers’ Information and
Technology Services
(FITS) Information System
became the first concrete
step in utilizing ICT to
achieve the FITS/Techno
Pinoy Program’s serviceoriented goals.
The web portal of the PCAARRD of DOST accommodates the FITS Center of KASC,
complete with the clickable details shown in the webpage above. It may be
accessed through: http://opendbs.pcaarrd.dost.gov.ph/nfits/home.php
Generally, it aims to serve
as a viable tool to facilitate
faster access to
information to fast track the
delivery of services to
clients in agriculture,
forestry and natural
resources. Specifically, it
hopes to a) organize data
available on technologies
whether from local,
regional and other
sources; b) provide an upto-date inventory of
agriculture-related
publications and video
materials that are available
in the FITS/Techno Pinoy
Center; and c) make ICTbased services available to
FITS clients. The FITS
Information System was
developed as a Webbased system and is
composed of six (6) major
databases namely:
technology, experts’
profile, farmers’ profile,
contact firms, publication,
and technology video
materials.