BPSU to develop training app for agriculture and fishery communities

BALANGA CITY, Bataan – The Bataan Peninsula State University will develop a mobile application training for agriculture and aquaculture technology, to benefit farmers, fishermen, and animal growers.

Engr. Kristine Ortega, BPSU College of Engineering and Architecture faculty member and Project Leader, said the mobile application they will develop called  eCulture Application will contain researches of the university determined to be useful to target beneficiaries.

She said they will develop this month of December the mobile application from 50 researches of BPSU Abucay Campus about best practices and new processes for agriculture and aquaculture.

She said they will conduct interviews and surveys to determine the most helpful researches to beneficiaries to be included in the application.

Ortega said once the app is developed as part of the extension program of the university, they will train the beneficiaries how to use it.

She said they are targeting 5,000 farmers, fishermen, and animal and crop growers from the 11 towns and one city of the province. She said the application will also benefit agriculturists, researches, and students.

The eCulture application will be launched in different municipalities of the province, and agriculture and fisheries agencies.

Ortega said, information on the application will be disseminated through web and Facebook page development, distribution of app training module to the 5,000 target beneficiaries, press releases, radio and TV interviews, and production of IEC materials among others.

Other members of the research and extension project are Engr. Christopher V. Maglaque, Project Co-Investigator; Mark Anthony S. Colentava, Project Technical Expert; Dr. Hermogenes Paguia, Project Expert (Agriculture); Adrian Deil C. Manliclic, Project Expert (Aquaculture); and Dr. Rina Paguia, Project Member-LGU Coordinator.

Project members also include Christopher DL. Sarile, Project Member-Admin Staff; John Kevin B. Gamiao, Project Member-Document Specialist; Analyn Boniacio, Project Member-Admin Staff; and Kristine Joy G. Roque, Project Member-Admin Staff.

The project is funded by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) National Agriculture and Fisheries Education System (NAFES). The project extension period is from January 2017 to December 2018.