The first "Agricultural Growth through Information and Knowledge Networking" or e-AGRIKultura project was launched recently by the Department of Agrarian Reform in Buruanga town in Aklan.

DAR said in a press release that the recipients were members of the Tag-osip-El Progreso Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries' Multipurpose Cooperative and farmers from Barangays Balusbod, El Progreso, Nazareth, Tag-osip, Cabugan and Habana agrarian reform communities.

E-AGRIKultura is a partnership program of the DAR, the Philippine-Australia Technical Support for Agrarian Reform and Rural Development and the Development Academy of the Philippines, the press release said.

Secretary Nasser Pangandaman said the project intends to push agricultural development by providing farmers their own e-community centers. He said that through the E-agrikultura centers, the farmers would be able to go online and access information on the latest agricultural technologies, marketing opportunities and other agricultural events, the press release added.

DAR will establish six e-AGRIKultura centers in various parts of the country. Each center will be equipped with computers, printers, monitors, modems, CD writers, scanner, photocopier, web camera, digital camera and computer softwares.

Agrarian reform communities are clusters of barangays with farmer-beneficiaries who were awarded with lands and with convergence of development initiatives from national government service agencies, local government units, non-government organizations, and foreign donor communities to support the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program.*

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