+ Follow OPEN ACADEMY Tag
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[Title] => AGFund set to open microfinance bank
[Summary] => The non-profit Arab Gulf Programme for Development (AGFund) is set to open a microfinance bank in the Philippines that will help boost livelihood opportunities for the poor, visiting Saudi Prince Talal Bin Abdul Aziz said.
[DatePublished] => 2013-03-01 00:00:00
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[AuthorName] => Paolo Romero
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[Title] => PhilRice project receives Arab Gulf dev’t award
[Summary] => The Open Academy for Philippine Agriculture (OpAPA), a project by the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) is the recipient of $100,000 in the Government Category of the Arab Gulf Program for Development (AGFUND), the first time that a Philippine project had won the award.
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[Title] => Text your way to a farming career
[Summary] => After being laid off from work in Hong Kong, Rupe Inciong of Balayan, Batangas was in one tough situation.
At 42, he found it wasn’t easy applying for a job, and he needed to provide for his wife and three children. He had a piece of land in Leyte that he thought could probably be cultivated to grow rice, but he had zero knowledge of rice production, training, management, and extension. Inciong surfed the Internet, gathering basic information on how to grow rice, but felt he needed more.
[DatePublished] => 2006-02-12 00:00:00
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[AuthorID] => 1307366
[AuthorName] => Erica G. Cortez
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[Title] => Learning ICT on board a bus
[Summary] => It was agriculture technician Rodrigo Hermosura’s first time to enter an Internet café.
"I was a bit afraid because I didn’t know how to use a computer," he said. Two days later, Hermosura was surfing the web, sending emails, and chatting with friends and co-workers. He has also learned how to do basic office productivity tasks using the computer.
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[Title] => Mobile technology finds application in farming
[Summary] => With text messaging and mobile computing gaining wider acceptance and popularity in the Philippines, the Open Academy for Philippine Agriculture (OpAPA) plans to use mobile technology to provide information to extension workers and farmers.
[DatePublished] => 2005-09-11 00:00:00
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[Title] => Hybrid rice modules now available in CDs
[Summary] => Hybrid rice production learning modules created by content developers in the VClass e-learning platform are now available in CD.
"This is an important step to reach a wider audience for the e-learning component of the Pinoy Farmers’ Internet," Open Academy program director Roger F. Barroga said.
With the stand-alone VClass player and other required software compiled with the course modules in CD form, extension workers with low-bandwidth — or no Internet connection at all — can view the courses on hybrid rice production.
[DatePublished] => 2005-08-14 00:00:00
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[Title] => Open Academy produces 6 modules on hybrid rice
[Summary] => The Open Academy for Philippine Agriculture has produced six modules on hybrid rice (F1) cultivation that are ready for uploading in the Pinoy Farmers’ Internet portal. The modules were outputs of a workshop on content development and VClass authoring tool held last month at PhilRice’s Farmers Training and Information Center.
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[Title] => Open Academy set for start of wet season
[Summary] => SCIENCE CITY OF MUÑOZ, Nueva Ecija — This June, the Open Academy for Philippine Agriculture focuses on rice while information on other crops and livestock will be available next year.
With a few more weeks before the start of the 2005 wet season, the Open Academy is getting ready for the launch of various services for the Filipino extension workers and farmers.
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[Title] => USM, PhilRice develop low-cost Wi-Fi
[Summary] => To access the Internet through a broadband connection, extension workers and farmers need not look further than the ordinary kitchen.
In an effort to provide wider access to information for Filipino farmers and extension workers, information and communication technology (ICT) specialists from the University of Southern Mindanao (USM) and the PhilRice have developed a "low-tech" solution to connect to the Internet through Wi-Fi (wireless fidelity) using antennas made of pots and pans.
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[AuthorName] => Ian Dexter R. Marquez
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[Title] => Disseminating agricultural knowledge via ICT
[Summary] => Four government agencies have joined forces to spread knowledge in agriculture via information and communication technology (ICT).
[DatePublished] => 2005-03-27 00:00:00
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OPEN ACADEMY
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[Title] => AGFund set to open microfinance bank
[Summary] => The non-profit Arab Gulf Programme for Development (AGFund) is set to open a microfinance bank in the Philippines that will help boost livelihood opportunities for the poor, visiting Saudi Prince Talal Bin Abdul Aziz said.
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[Title] => PhilRice project receives Arab Gulf dev’t award
[Summary] => The Open Academy for Philippine Agriculture (OpAPA), a project by the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) is the recipient of $100,000 in the Government Category of the Arab Gulf Program for Development (AGFUND), the first time that a Philippine project had won the award.
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[Title] => Text your way to a farming career
[Summary] => After being laid off from work in Hong Kong, Rupe Inciong of Balayan, Batangas was in one tough situation.
At 42, he found it wasn’t easy applying for a job, and he needed to provide for his wife and three children. He had a piece of land in Leyte that he thought could probably be cultivated to grow rice, but he had zero knowledge of rice production, training, management, and extension. Inciong surfed the Internet, gathering basic information on how to grow rice, but felt he needed more.
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[Title] => Learning ICT on board a bus
[Summary] => It was agriculture technician Rodrigo Hermosura’s first time to enter an Internet café.
"I was a bit afraid because I didn’t know how to use a computer," he said. Two days later, Hermosura was surfing the web, sending emails, and chatting with friends and co-workers. He has also learned how to do basic office productivity tasks using the computer.
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[Title] => Mobile technology finds application in farming
[Summary] => With text messaging and mobile computing gaining wider acceptance and popularity in the Philippines, the Open Academy for Philippine Agriculture (OpAPA) plans to use mobile technology to provide information to extension workers and farmers.
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[Title] => Hybrid rice modules now available in CDs
[Summary] => Hybrid rice production learning modules created by content developers in the VClass e-learning platform are now available in CD.
"This is an important step to reach a wider audience for the e-learning component of the Pinoy Farmers’ Internet," Open Academy program director Roger F. Barroga said.
With the stand-alone VClass player and other required software compiled with the course modules in CD form, extension workers with low-bandwidth — or no Internet connection at all — can view the courses on hybrid rice production.
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[Title] => Open Academy produces 6 modules on hybrid rice
[Summary] => The Open Academy for Philippine Agriculture has produced six modules on hybrid rice (F1) cultivation that are ready for uploading in the Pinoy Farmers’ Internet portal. The modules were outputs of a workshop on content development and VClass authoring tool held last month at PhilRice’s Farmers Training and Information Center.
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[Title] => Open Academy set for start of wet season
[Summary] => SCIENCE CITY OF MUÑOZ, Nueva Ecija — This June, the Open Academy for Philippine Agriculture focuses on rice while information on other crops and livestock will be available next year.
With a few more weeks before the start of the 2005 wet season, the Open Academy is getting ready for the launch of various services for the Filipino extension workers and farmers.
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[Title] => USM, PhilRice develop low-cost Wi-Fi
[Summary] => To access the Internet through a broadband connection, extension workers and farmers need not look further than the ordinary kitchen.
In an effort to provide wider access to information for Filipino farmers and extension workers, information and communication technology (ICT) specialists from the University of Southern Mindanao (USM) and the PhilRice have developed a "low-tech" solution to connect to the Internet through Wi-Fi (wireless fidelity) using antennas made of pots and pans.
[DatePublished] => 2005-05-08 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
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[AuthorName] => Ian Dexter R. Marquez
[SectionName] => Agriculture
[SectionUrl] => agriculture
[URL] =>
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[ArticleID] => 271647
[Title] => Disseminating agricultural knowledge via ICT
[Summary] => Four government agencies have joined forces to spread knowledge in agriculture via information and communication technology (ICT).
[DatePublished] => 2005-03-27 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
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