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By : Resel Joy Tianero
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ILOILO City – Farmers from Miag-ao town, Iloilo will benefit from the Rice Crop Manager (RCM).
On Oct. 27, the Department of Agriculture (DA) conducted the RCM to 50 Miag-ao farmers from barangays Igsoligue, Nam-o Sur, and Nam-o Norte.
The RCM is a tool that provides crop and nutrient management guideline to rain-fed lowland rice farmers in the Philippines.
The tool uses a farmer’s answers to questions on their rice farming practices to automatically generate a rice management guideline aimed at increasing the farmer’s net income.
It is designed to be used by extension workers, crop advisers, input providers, and providers of services who interview a farmer using a personal computer, smartphone, or tablet, the DA said.
After the interview, the collected information is stored on the computer, smartphone, or tablet until the device is connected to the internet through a web browser. The collected information will then be transmitted to the Rice Crop Manager “model” which calculates and transmits a crop management guideline within moments back to the device.
Each guideline provides an actionable and unique recommendation for the crop, which matches the location-specific cropping practices and needs of a farmer. The guideline is provided to the farmer as a one-page printout and in some cases, by short message service.
Recommendations generated by the RCM were showcased in technology demonstrations of ongoing Farmers Field Schools in Miag-ao and some selected towns that produced a significant volume of rice during the first cropping season./PN
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