Cadiz City recently opened its Farmers' Information and Technology Services Center , or Techno Pinoy, at the City Agriculture Office compound, a press release from the Office of the Provincial Agriculturist said.

It also held an information caravan on various agricultural technologies at the city gymnasium.

Officials of the Philippine Council for Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Resources Research and Development, Western Visayas Agriculture and Resources Research and Development Consortium led by Dr. Ma. Luisa Mabunay, and city officials led by Mayor Salvador Escalante Jr. attended the FITS opening, the press release said.

Seven prospective Magsasaka-Siyentista were presented by Anna Mae Relingo, regional Techno Gabay coordinator. Magsasaka Siyentista is composed of outstanding farmers who demonstrate successful application of science and technology-based and indigenous technologies.

Escalante and officials of PCARRD and WESVARRDEC signed a Memorandum of Agreement on the establishment of FITS Cadiz , the second in Negros Occidental and the 25th in Western Visayas , the press release said.

The first FITS in Negros Occidental is based at the Office of the Provincial Agriculturist in Bacolod City .

FITS or Techno Pinoy is an information and technology delivery service facility conceptualized by PCARRD, coordinated by WESVARRDEC and other consortia, and implemented by local government units and other institutions to improve access of farmers, traders, processors, entrepreneurs and other stakeholders to information and technologies in agriculture, forestry, and natural resources.

FITS, through the Regional Applied Communication Office, provides IEC materials in different formats such as print, audio-visual, broadcast, and e-based media, the press release added.*

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