The Department of Agriculture of Philippines has launched e-K Agrikultura through its Bureau of Agricultural Research (BAR). The e-K Agrikultura is also known as “Kagalingan sa Agrikultura tungo sa Kabuhayan, Kasaganaan at Kaunlaran.
The e-K Agrikultura is a unified program aimed to enhance the delivery of accurate agriculture and fisheries information to users' for appropriate decision-making and business development. It is an interactive, dynamic and responsive modality using information communication and technology (ICT) in improving, enhancing, coordinating and managing the e-learning of all agriculture stakeholders. The e-K Agrikultura can be used as a development strategy that makes agriculture a business activity along the utilization and application of agriculture and fisheries information and knowledge for enterprise development and agribusiness. The e-K has four major components that include information and knowledge products preparation, dissemination and management, enhancement of community-based knowledge systems, expansion of the e-Pinoy FARMS, and development of commodity production resource management system (C-PREMS), and strengthening and maintenance of e-Partnerships for agriculture and fisheries development.
