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About Crop Manager for Stress-Tolerant Rice Varieties for Bihar, India

Crop Manager for Stress-Tolerant Rice Varieties aims to sustain the productivity of rice cropping systems and increase the net income of rice farmers in Bihar, India. It achieves this by providing farmers with a crop and nutrient management guideline customized to the needs of an individual farmer. Crop Manager for Stress-Tolerant Rice Varieties uses farmer's answers to questions on his or her rice practices to automatically generate a rice crop management guideline aimed at increasing the farmer's net income.

Crop Manager for Stress-Tolerant Rice Varieties is designed for use by extension workers, crop advisors, input providers, and agricultural service providers who interview farmers using a computer or smartphone. After the interview, the collected information can be stored on the computer or smartphone until the device is connected to the Internet through a Web browser. Collected information is then transmitted via the Internet to the Crop Manager for Stress-Tolerant Rice Varieties 'model', which calculates and transmits a crop management guideline within moments back to the computer or smartphone. Each guideline provides an actionable and unique recommendation, which matches the location-specific cropping practices and needs of the farmer. The guideline is then provided to the farmer as a one-page printout, which the extension worker, input provider, or service provider can also use to advise the farmer on how to increase net income from rice production.

The concept and framework for Crop Manager for Stress-Tolerant Rice Varieties was developed by IRRI. The nutrient management guideline provided by Crop Manager for Stress-Tolerant Rice Varieties is based on the principles of site-specific nutrient management (SSNM), as developed for rice through partnerships of IRRI with national agricultural research organizations in Asia. In Bihar, a collaboration among the Bihar Agricultural University (BAU), Rajendra Agricultural University (RAU), the Indian Council for Agricultural Research (ICAR), and the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) allowed experts on rice cultivation from each organization to contribute technical content and knowledge to Crop Manager for Stress-Tolerant Rice Varieties.

Research contributing to the development of Crop Manager for Stress-Tolerant Rice Varieties was facilitated by the Improved Rice-based Rainfed Agricultural Systems – Bihar, India (IRRAS), funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and implemented by Catholic Relief Services (CRS).

For additional information, please contact:

Sudhanshu Singh
Rainfed Lowland Agronomist, South Asia
International Rice Research Institute
IRRI-India Office, 9th Floor, Agarwal Tower,
23, Rajendra Place, New Delhi 110008, India
E-mail: sud.singh@irri.org

Developed by:
International Rice Research Institute

as a product of research collaboration with:

Terms and conditions

Crop Manager for Stress-Tolerant Rice Varieties provides a location-specific crop and nutrient management guideline for submergence- and drought-tolerant rice varieties in Bihar, India. The use of this software is subject to the following terms and conditions:

The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) does not endorse or promote specific agricultural inputs and fertilizers, and it does not guarantee the accuracy of an analysis labeled on commercial agricultural input and fertilizers. The software assumes that the N, P₂O₅, and K₂O analysis labeled on a bag of fertilizer or organic material accurately reflects the content of plant nutrients. Many factors beyond the scope of Crop Manager for Stress-Tolerant Rice Varieties - such as climate and water availability - affect rice yield. IRRI does not guarantee a targeted rice yield will be attained with the provided crop management guidelines. The content of the software is subject to change without notice.

Limitation of liability

Under no circumstances and under no legal theory, whether tort, contract, or otherwise, shall the Board of Directors of the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) or any of its affiliates, officers, employees, or other representatives be liable to you or any other person for any direct, indirect, special, incidental, or consequential damages of any character including, without limitation, damages for loss of goodwill, work stoppage, computer failure or malfunction, or any and all other commercial damages or losses, specifically including damages to crops and soil resulting from the application of the software, or for any damages or liabilities even if IRRI shall have been informed of the possibility of such damages or liabilities, or for any claim by any other party. This limitation of liability shall apply to liability for death or personal injury except to the extent applicable law prohibits such limitation.

Questionnaire forms for using Crop Manager for Stress-Tolerant Rice Varieties

Questionnaire forms listing all the questions in Crop Manager for Stress-Tolerant Rice Varieties can be printed in the desired language or dialect and then used for interviewing farmers at remote locations with no internet access.

The information collected with a questionnaire form can then be entered into Crop Manager for Stress-Tolerant Rice Varieties to obtain a crop management guideline for the interviewed farmer.

Click on a language or dialect below to download questionnaire forms.

• Hindi
• English

Instructions for using Crop Manager for Stress-Tolerant Rice Varieties

1. To start, select on a language (Hindi or English). If it is your first time to access the Crop Manager for Stress-Tolerant Rice Varieties, this will be the first page you see. If not, you can access this with the button, located on the bottom left of the page, then click on Language.
2. Answer questions for the farmer's field in the order that they appear on the screen. Select an answer from a list of choices by clicking or ticking, or typing the answer into the provided box.
3. Use the scroll bar on the right side of the questionnaire to go back to a previous question.
4. After all questions have been answered, click on the button that will appear on the bottom right of the page. If online, a recommendation page with the crop management guideline will be generated. This guideline is based on the answers to the questions. If offline, the user will be asked to save the collected information. The collected information will be saved as a pending input file. When connected to the internet, click on the button, click on the Pending input files folder then select the file to generate the recommendation.
5. The recommendation page typically provides a guideline for an attainable yield level higher than the yield previously attained by the farmer. The yield level is estimated as attainable with good agronomic management practices for the given variety, season, and location.
6. The recommendation page contains a button. Click on the button to save the recommendation. To see the recommendation, click on the button then the Saved farmer guidelines folder.
7. After saving the recommendation, the following buttons appear in the output page:
   1. - for printing the recommendation
   2. - for sharing the recommendation as an email
   3. - for downloading the recommendation as pdf. For smartphones, a pdf reader (adobe acrobat, polaris, or hancomm) must be installed to open the downloaded file.
8. The recommendation page can be printed as follows:
   1. For desktop or laptop computer: Click on the button below the recommendation page.
   2. For smartphone: Connect the phone to a wireless printer. Mobile print app must be installed in the phone for wireless printing. Find the file from the Gallery or File folder and then print.
9. To start developing a new recommendation, click the button and select Start new session.

Answer the following questions for your field number

		DAP	Urea	MOP	NPK (12-32-16)	Urea	MOP	Zn sulfate
Early
Active tillering
Panicle initiation
After the flood
Active tillering
Panicle initiation
Active tillering
After the flood
Panicle initiation

• Share fertilizer recommendation
  Do you want to send the fertilizer recommendation?
  
  as e-mail to
  
  
  Do you want to save the fertilizer recommendation?
  
  yes
  
  no
  
  
  Note: Once the recommendation has been shared or saved, changes in answers to the questions will no longer be allowed.

yes

no

The collection of information for field is now complete. The information is stored on your device.

The collected information for field of will be deleted. There will be no recommendation to be provided.

• Start new session
  Would you like to develop a recommendation
  
  

  for another field of land for
  
  

  
  
  

  
  
  

  Save current fertilizer recommendation before creating a new session