PalayCheck Strategy

Group and experiential learning through farmers’ meeting and participative interactions are necessary to help farmers learn PalayCheck by comparing farming practices, management, and yield/quality in the technology demonstration plot with those of other farmers’ field (BOX 1).

PalayCheck uses the following strategies:

• Packaging key technologies as Key Checks
• Working with groups of farmers to identify rice-farming problems, demonstrate the Key Checks, and help farmers learn PalayCheck by comparing the practices, management, and yield/quality as well as profit with those of other farmers’ fields
• Teaching farmers how to evaluate their current practices, and improve the management of their fields using the developed Key Checks
• Monitoring and recording management inputs and achievement of Key Checks per growth stage
• Helping farmers assess the Key Checks and identify the reasons for achieving or not achieving the Key Check(s)

• PalayCheck System
  
• Principles of PalayCheck
  
• Implementing PalayCheck
  

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