Rice Crop Manager Farming Monitor Beta version The RCM Farming Monitor determines the rice farming practices of a farmer, who has received an RCM recommendation for the previous rice crop or current rice crop. Instructions: Use the RCM Farming Monitor to interview a farmer near or after harvest of the rice crop. After the interview with RCM Farming Monitor, the farmer can be interviewed with Rice Crop Manager to provide a recommendation for the upcoming season. The farmer should answer the following questions for the previous rice crop or current rice crop for each field they have an RCM recommendation. Have you received an RCM recommendation for your previous rice crop or current rice crop? If no, Interview cannot proceed. Go to RCM interview. Do you know the RCM field identification number for your rice field? Enter field number - - - If field number not known, Do you know the reference number of the RCM recommendation for your field? Enter reference number 4. Enter birth date of farmer: Month Day Year 5. Where is the field? Region: Province: Municipality: Barangay: 6. Gender: O Male O Female 7. Farmer s name: Field Name: 8. What was the size of the field which received an RCM recommendation in previous/current season? O Hectare: ha O Dimension: Width: m x Length: m 9. Which describes your field in previous/current season? O Irrigated O Rainfed
10. How was the rice crop established in previous/current season? O Manual transplanting O Mechanical transplanting O Wet seeding O Dry seeding If wet seeding or dry seeding, 11a. When was rice sown in the field? Month Day Year Warning: RCM Farming Monitor can only be used more than 60 days after sowing in the field If transplanting, 11b. When was rice sown in the seedbed? _ Warning: RCM Farming Monitor interview can only be done more than 70 days after sowing in seedbed When was the transplanting date? Month Day Year Warning: RCM Farming Monitor interview can only be done more than 40 days after transplanting 1 What variety did you grow in previous/current season? O Inbred O Hybrid Variety name: If variety is not in the list and if crop establishment method is transplanted, What is the growth duration of the variety from sowing to harvest? O 101-110 days O 111-120 days O 121-130 days If variety is not in the list and if crop establishment method is wet or dry seeded, What is the growth duration of the variety from sowing to harvest? O 91-100 days O 101-110 days O 111-120 days If transplanting, 1 What was the age of seedlings at transplanting? O 10-14 days O 15-22 days O 23 days or more If wet or dry seeding, 14. How much seed did you use for your hectare field? kg 15. Please indicate your fertilizer practices for your hectare field in previous/current season. Indicate the amount of fertilizer sources in bag/s or kg. Time of application Date of application Name of fertilizer* Indicate if in bag or kg Amount 1st application Month Day Year 3 2nd application Month Day Year 3rd application Month Day Year
4th application Month Day Year *Fertilizer sources could be: 14-14-14 16-20-0 Urea (46-0-0) MOP (0-0-60) Other (If other is selected, ask for the NPK analysis listed on the bag) 16. Did you apply organic fertilizer to your hectare field? How much organic fertilizer did you apply for your hectare field? Total number of bags Typical weight of bag (kg) 17. Did you apply zinc fertilizer? How was zinc fertilizer applied? If transplanted O Granular fertilizer applied to seedbed O Foliar fertilizer applied to seedbed If wet seeded O Added to water used for seed soaking If dry seeded If granular fertilizer is selected in any conditions, What Zn fertilizer did you use? O Zinc sulfate O Zinc oxide O Other Zn fertilizer Please specify: How much (selected zinc source) did you apply to you hectare field? kg 18. Did you spray insecticide to control insect pests in your rice field?
Please indicate the timing of spraying insecticide in your field to control insect pests. Time of spraying Date of application First spray Second spray Third spray If irrigated, 19. Did you control irrigation and allow soil to wet and dry during rice growth in previous/current season? Did you allow soil to dry with no standing water for two days or more between applications of irrigation water? How many times did soil dry between transplanting (sowing for wet seeded rice) and two weeks before harvest? 20. How did you control weeds in the previous/current season? (can select more than 1 option) O Pre-emergence herbicide O Post-emergence herbicide O Hand weeding If hand weeding, When did you hand weed? O Before application of fertilizer O After application of fertilizer 2 Which best describes the status of water supply in your rice field in previous/current season? O Adequate water supply during rice growth; no yield loss from drought or flooding O Flooding during rice growth resulted in yield loss O Shortage of water during rice growth resulted in yield loss 2 Have you harvested rice sown in previous/current season? When was rice harvested? Month Day Year How did you harvest rice in previous/current season? O Manual harvest O Use of reaper O Combine harvest How many sacks of fresh unmilled rice was harvested from your hectare field using the selected variety? Give your total harvest. Number of bags:
Weight of each bag: 2 Which best describes tenure for the field for which you received the RCM recommendation? O Owner of the field - makes decision on management of the field O Tenant or renter of the field with sharing or payment arrangement with the owner - owner makes decision on management of the field O Tenant or renter of the field with sharing or payment arrangement with the owner - tenant or renter makes decision on management of the field O Worker or laborer in the field - does not make decision on management of the field 24. Was the money needed to purchase the total amount of inputs in the RCM recommendation in the previous/current season available or accessible to you such as through a loan? 25. How far is your house from the market where you obtain agricultural inputs? O Less than 3 km O 3 to 6 km O More than 6 km 26. For how long is the walk to carry fertilizer to your rice field? O Less than 10 minutes O 10 to 20 minutes O More than 20 minutes 27. Educational attainment: O Elementary O High school O Vocational O College O Post graduate 28. Are you a member of a farmer organization or cooperative? 29. Do you find the RCM recommendation helpful? In what way did the RCM help you? (Multiple answers can be selected) O RCM helped me improve my yield O RCM helped me reduce my input cost O RCM helped me to learn new ways to manage my crop Information about the person operating RCM Farming Monitor Given name: Surname: Gender: O Male O Female Profession: O Extension worker or agent O Farmer O Researcher O Loan officer O Fertilizer dealer O Others, please specify: Mobile phone number (optional): E-mail: (optional)