Filipino farmers turning to government sponsored online learning.

This article comes from the Inquirer.net. GONE ARE the days when Filipino farmers just went about their work with bare feet, looking scrawny in stained, tattered clothes.

As today's farmer starts to ride on the technology wave, he now tinkers with modern equipment and is slowly acquiring knowledge through the information-rich cyberspace.

Various farming technologies have already been made available.

This is evident in some of the 4.8 million farms around the country, covering about 9.7 million hectares of land.

Farmers can also freely make use of the Department of Agriculture's "Open Academy for Philippine Agriculture." Click here to read the rest of this article.