Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) recently launched ‘PalayCheck App’, a new smartphone application, designed to make PalayCheck – a rice integrated cropping system, more interactive and accessible for stakeholders. The PalayCheck System recommends nine keychecks for crop management areas, including seed quality, land preparation, crop establishment, and management of nutrients, water, pests, harvest, and postharvest. The PalayCheck App serves as the mobile counterpart of this system with easy-to-use features for farmers, farm managers, and agricultural extension workers. Nehemiah L. Caballong, lead developer, said that one of the app’s main features is the cropping season calendar, which provides a comprehensive schedule of farm practices, from land preparation and planting to harvesting. The schedule is based on the variety of rice the farmer intends to use, the chosen establishment method, and the preferred nutrient management option. “For a successful harvest, ric
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