In 1992, the Information and Publications Unit (IPU) was established in the Ministry of Agriculture to support village-level activities where the need for information is great. Its role was to support extension and farmer training by producing information materials as well as to publish the Agriculture Newsletter (now RNR Newsletter). In 1993, it was renamed to Farmer Extension Communications Support Unit (FECSU) and early this year it was reorganized to what is now known as RNR Information and Communication Services (ICS).