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PREGINET: Advancing Technology for Philippine Agriculture Extension Workers and Farmers

PREGINET connects 64 institutions across the Philippines to provide technology and information services for agriculture extension workers and farmers. It links to AI3 and APAN Tokyo NOC, supporting hybrid rice and other crops. Upgrades include Maffin link to 6Mbps. The network also supports the Digital Library Project and mirror services.

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PREGINET: Advancing Technology for Philippine Agriculture Extension Workers and Farmers

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  1. APAN-PH Denis F. Villorente Advanced Science and Technology Institute denis@asti.dost.gov.ph 16th APAN Meetings, Busan, Korea (25-29 August 2003)

  2. PREGINET • Philippine Research, Education, and Government Information Network • 19 access points nationwide • Links 64 institutions in the Philippines (as of May 2003) • Connected to AI3 (1.54Mbps + shared 6Mbps/512kbps) • Connected to APAN Tokyo NOC (512kbps thru PHnet; will be upgraded to 6Mbps within this year in cooperation with MAFFIN)

  3. PREGINET(as of August 2003) MMSU AI3 DMMMSU Benguet State University APAN PSHS-CVC BPHRE PLDT-Mabuhay PCC PhilRice DOST Agencies PSHS-Main EARIST CLSU ASTI University of the Philippines Manila DOTC-Telof Bureau of Agricultural Research Bicol University PSHS-Main IRRI Leyte State University SLPC UP Open University PSHS-EVC WVCST PSHS-WVC MPSC CVPC Cebu CVISNet MSU-IIT Backbone: E1 Spur Links: E1 and 512kbps University of San Carlos Cagayan de Oro Ateneo de Zamboanga University of Southern Mindanao Davao

  4. Updates • Initiation of the Open Academy for Philippine Agriculture – DA, DOST, UPOU, other state universities and colleges, IRRI, ICRISAT • Technology and information services for agriculture extension workers and farmers • Will use FITS Centers (currently more than 100 nationwide) • Will use existing network infrastructure – PREGINET and DA-NIN, also commercial ISPs • Hybrid rice; later corn, sugarcane, coconut, vegetables and rootcrops

  5. Updates • Upgrade of MAFFIN link to 6Mbps by November this year

  6. Other Activities • Digital Library Project – with the National Library of the Philippines, University of the Philippines Libraries, Science Libraries Network, DA Library • Mirror services over PREGINET – Biomirror, S*Alliance (bioinformatics courseware), Libweb

  7. PREGINET is supported under the Grants-in-Aid Program of the Department of Science and Technology http://preginet.asti.dost.gov.ph http://www.preginet.net Email: mgmt@preginet.net

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