Binhing Palay (Philippine Rice Variety Catalog)
Philippines
This digital solution provides Philippino farmers with rice variety information including agronomic characteristics, pest and disease resistance, grain quality and other information. The Binhing Palay app offers: 1) Catalog of Philippine rice varieties – The catalog includes all released rice varieties in the Philippines. Sort and filter through the list of rice varieties according to location, environment, season, crop establishment, seed classification, and release year. 2) Rice variety characteristics – Each rice variety comes with full descriptions of their maximum and average yields, maturity, height, number of tillers, recommended domain (season, region, and mode of crop establishment), resistance to pests and diseases, milling potential, physical attributes, and physicochemical characteristics. With these, you can make informed decisions about which rice variety you will use. 3) Rice Seed Key Check – The app also gives instructions from the PalayCheck Keycheck 1 to help you choose and use quality seeds for higher yields. 4) Rice Variety Search – Eager to know more about a particular variety? Binhing Palay’s search function will help you find it faster. 5) Works offline – Binhing Palay app doesn’t need the internet to give you the information you need.
Digital Solution (DS) Category
Digital Agrifood Services
Digital Solution Type (sub-category)
Digital marketing and trading
Delivery type (format)
Mobile app
DS supplier-user category
Government to business
Type of entity (ICT developer-supplier)
Government agency
Name of supplier/developer
Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice)
Primary Users
Farmers , Agribusiness / private company , Value chain actors
Digital Solution Development Stage
Commercial stage (broad use use locally)
Number of users or subscribers
Measurable positive impact(s) by Digital Solution (DS) on target users and/or audience
Digital Solution Geographic scope
All over Philippines
Name of Digital village(s), districts, communes where DS is used/deployed
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