e-Extension

Southern Leyte State University (SLSU)-Hinunangan Campus. e-Learning Coordinators Dennis Boyd R Baltazar and Hazel Grace T Taganas briefed close to 100 students of the SLSU in Hinunangan, Southern Leyte on the e-Extension Program on June 13, 2013. 

One more batch of agricultural extension workers (AEWs) was trained on computer-based data management training to strengthen their skills in Office Productivity application specifically on Word, Excel and PowerPoint.  They were also introduced to the web version of the Nutrient Manager for Rice.

The participants revisited the e-Extension program particularly the e-Learning site where they enrolled in courses of their choice.  They were also briefed on the Farmers' Contact Center.

As in the past, the Center partnered again with the Visayas Consortium for Agriculture and Resources Program in conducting the basic ICT training to 23 FITS center staff in the region on August 16-19, 2011.

The training was conducted to enable the FITS staff to maximize utilization of the equipment that were turned over to them after the training.  Each FITS center received a computer desktop with  accessories, printer that is also a copier and a fax machine, digital camera, cellular phones and MP recorder.

Twenty-eight Farmers Information and Technology Services (FITS) managers and staff from 13 FITS centers in the region participated the orientation activity on the e-Extension program of the Agricultural Training Institute on July 19-20, 2011 at VSU, Visca, Baybay, Leyte.

The series of training of trainers on AgriPinoy framework became a venue for the e-Extension coordinators (eEC) to promote the e-Extension program of the Department of Agriculture, which is being carried on by the Agricultural Training Institute.