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About Rice Crop Manager for Odisha, India

Rice Crop Manager aims to sustain the productivity of rice-based cropping systems and increase the net income of farmers in Odisha, India. It achieves this by providing irrigated and rainfed rice farmers with a crop and nutrient management guideline customized to the needs of the individual farmer. Rice Crop Manager uses a farmer’s answers to questions on his or her rice farming practices to automatically generate a rice crop management guideline aimed at increasing the farmer’s net income.

Rice Crop Manager is designed for use by extension workers, crop advisors, input providers, and agricultural service providers who interview farmers using a personal computer, smartphone, or tablet. After the interview, the collected information can be stored on the computer, smartphone, or tablet until the device is connected to the Internet through a Web browser. Collected information is then transmitted via the Internet to the Rice Crop Manager `model', which calculates and transmits a crop management guideline for the rice-based cropping system within moments back to the computer, smartphone, or tablet. Each guideline provides an actionable and unique recommendation for the crop, 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 Rice Crop Manager was developed by IRRI. The nutrient management guideline provided by Rice Crop Manager 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. The Nutrient Manager for Rice developed by IRRI in 2008-2010 provides the SSNM-based, nutrient management component in Rice Crop Manager. The Rice Crop Manager developed by IRRI in 2013 for the Philippines and Bangladesh provides the framework for the crop management decision-making logic used in the Rice Crop Manager for Odisha.

Rice Crop Manager was adapted, evaluated, and verified for rice cultivation in Odisha through collaboration of IRRI with the Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology (OUAT) and the National Rice Research Institute (NRRI).

The development of Rice Crop Manager was made possible through support from the

Cereal Systems Initiative for South Asia (CSISA), funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the U.S. Agency for International Development

For additional information, please contact:

Dr. (Mrs.) Sheetal Sharma
Soil Scientist/ Nutrient Management Specialist-South Asia
IRRI-India, NASC complex, DPS Marg,
Pusa, New Delhi-110012, India
Email: sheetal.sharma@irri.org
Tel: +91 1166219296(O), +91 9873417161(M)

Developed by the:
International Rice Research Institute

as a product of research collaboration with OUAT and NRRI

Terms and conditions

Rice Crop Manager provides a crop and nutrient management guideline for rice in irrigated and rainfed lowland environments of Odisha, 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 Rice Crop Manager - 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 Rice Crop Manager

Questionnaire forms listing all the questions in Rice Crop Manager 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 Rice Crop Manager to obtain a crop management guideline for the interviewed farmer.

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

• Questionnaire (Kharif) - Odia
• Questionnaire (Rabi) - Odia
• Recommendation page - Odia
• Questionnaire (Kharif) - English
• Questionnaire (Rabi) - English
• Recommendation page - English

Instructions for using Rice Crop Manager

1. To start, select on a language (Odia or English). If it is your first time to access the Rice Crop Manager, 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, and 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 e-mail
   3. - for downloading the recommendation as pdf. For smartphones, a pdf reader (Adobe Acrobat, Polaris, or Hancom) 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.

Growth Stage	*	Kilograms of fertilizer for ()
		*	name1	name2	name3	Zn sulfate	*	name1b	name2b	name3b
Early*						20
Active tillering
Panicle initiation
Heading

* Achievable yield in the wet season with good management practices
* Application of fertilizer during early stage can be basal
*

Reported current yield: Variety 1: t/ha      Variety 2: t/ha

• Set another yield level
  The new yield target must be realistically attainable with the variety, crop management and expected climate conditions. Indicate new yield level within the range of sacks to sacks.
  
  Grain yield:    =        t/ha (14% MC)
  
  Reported current yield: sacks at 50 kg/sack, t/ha (14% MC)
• Share fertilizer recommendation
  Do you want to send the fertilizer recommendation
  
  as e-mail to
  
  as text to
  
  
  Do you want to save the fertilizer recommendation
  
  
  
  
  
  

Do you want to store the collected information for field  of ?

The collection of information for field  of is now saved as a pending input file in your phone/computer.

The collected information for field  of will be deleted. No recommendation will be provided..

• Start new session
  Would you like to develop a recommendation
  
  

  
  
  

  
  
  

  
  
  

  Save current fertilizer recommendation before creating a new session
  
  

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