Written in 2007 by Marciano A. Paroy Jr.
During the FITS Database Build-up at the HARRDEC headquarters
Benguet State University

 

  Designed to cater to the information needs of the underserved members of the population regarding opportunities that could make them contribute to community development, FITS is a depository of beneficial information and available technology.

 

     In an effort to strengthen the promotion of both modern and traditionally beneficial agriculture and Natural Resources Technologies in the countryside or rural areas, the Philippine Council for Agriculture Forestry and Natural Resources and Development (PCARRD) launched the Farmers Information and Technology Services (FITS) Center or Techno Gabay Program.

 

   And so KASC, back in 2002, saw the opportunity of extending its reach as to technology popularization and jumped into the bandwagon of enterprising agencies that had initiative to establish FITS Centers right inside their backyards. KASC, through Research Director Jovita E. Saguibo, then established the first (and the only one then) FITS Center in the province of Kalinga. It has been unrelenting since then in its commitment to serve the information-hungry farmers and entrepreneurs by way of training activities and other extension activities.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      In fact, a year after it was launched, our FITS Center in the province was chosen as the Best FITS in the Cordillera. This was then during Dr. Venus Lammawin’s term.

 

     With Dr. Eduardo Bagtang now at the helm of the state college, FITS continues to enjoy the support of the administration. It is still within the fence of the Research and Extension Department – which has recently been re-structured, with Dr. Maximo Garming now sitting at the Extension arm of the unit, and Dr. Jovita Saguibo retaining the most probably uncontested seat at the Research wing of the college.

 

   An invitation: FITS is a storehouse of information; so anyone (farmer, entrepreneur, student, researcher, scientist-expert) can visit the center in KASC and pore over the materials (publications) or look into the scheduled training opportunities and extension activities, or possibly build a tie-up with the center – as long as the welfare of our intended clients take the forefront of our undertakings.

 

     So whether you may want to look into our publications, or look into our training activities, the doors of the FITS Center in KASC are open. There just might be something here that could answer your concern about changing your crop of choice