Postharvest Review

and Evaluation

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 FINAL
ANALYSIS !

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 PalayCheck is not
just….
-planning, managing,
monitoring, checking, and
comparing

-it includes the FINAL ANALYSIS

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of PalayCheck field results
 PalayCheck Cycle
PalayCheck Farmers’
key checks & knowledge &
recommendations experiences

Climate,
agroecosystem, Resource
soils, etc. & finance
availability

Neighbor/peer group knowledge, attitudes, etc.

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 The Final Analysis
 Done 3-4 weeks after harvest during the
postharvest review and evaluation meeting

Helps farmers recognize the weaknesses and

strengths of their management

 Enables farmers to realize what

practices should be
continued, adopted or modified
5 next season
Final Analysis farmer group
activities

Review management and weather

conditions during the season

Relate key checks achieved to the yield

and gross margin obtained

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Final Analysis farmer group
activities
Investigate reasons for differences in
yield and gross margin

Identify strengths
and weaknesses of
management

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Final Analysis farmer group
activities
Discuss results of participatory trials

 Discuss management
for the next
cropping season

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 What are data and
information needed?
Yield

Quality results

Gross margin

Summary of key check assessments of

each PalayCheck field
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 PalayCheck Crop Monitoring Form
Wet Season 2018
SUMMARY OF KEY CHECK ASSESSMENTS
Farmer-cooperator: Ric Gomez Address: San Esteban, Rizal, Nueva
Ecija
Assessment of Key Check Observations/Remarks
1. Variety and seed selection 
 Recommended Variety Used farmer’s seeds of NSIC Rc 222
 High-quality seeds
2. Land preparation 
 No high and low soil spots
3. Crop establishment 
 Planted 14 days before or Transplanted late
after the majority of
service area is planted

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 ≥30 days fallow period
 SUMMARY OF KEY CHECK ASSESSMENTS
Farmer-cooperator: Ric Gomez Address: San Esteban, Rizal, Nueva Ecija

Assessment of Key Check Observations/Remarks

4. Crop establishment 
 Seeding rate of 20 to 40 kg/ha Used 40 kg/ha
 ≥25 healthy hills/m2 27 healthy hills/m2
 At least 1 healthy seedling/ hill Achieved 1 healthy seedling/ hill
5. Nutrient management 
 Sufficient nutrients at tillering Total fertilizer applied: 75-30-60 kg NPK
 Sufficient nutrients at
early panicle initiation
 At least 300 panicles/m2 324 panicles/m2
6. Water management 
 Avoided excess water
 Avoided drought stress
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 SUMMARY OF KEY CHECK ASSESSMENTS
Farmer-cooperator: Ric Gomez Address: San Esteban, Rizal, Nueva
Ecija Assessment of Key Check Observations/Remarks
7. Pest management 
 Golden apple snails
 Weeds
 Insect pests 35% stemborer whiteheads at maturity
 Diseases 20% of field infected with BLB at maturity
 Rats 3% rat damage at maturity
 Birds 2% bird damage at maturity
8. Harvest management 
 Cut/reaped at the right time Sunny weather during harvesting
 Threshed at the right time and threshing
9. Postharvest management 
 Dried grains uniformly within 12-24
hours after harvest
 Properly stored cleaned grains at 13-
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 What are data and
information needed?

Matrix table (monitoring board)

Grain yield and gross margin versus

number of key checks achieved

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 MONITORING BOARD
Key Check No. of
Grain Yield Gross Margin
Farmer Cooperator Key
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 (t/ha) (P/ha)
Checks
Achieved

Alvin (farmer partner)         8 6.15 38,160

Ben         8 7.20 45,080
Charlie         8 4.65 25,560
Cris         7 5.37 32,000
Doming         7 5.53 33,350
Gary         7 5.58 34,350
Jojo         7 5.72 35,550
Larry         7 4.20 23,580
Mando         7 4.40 25,260
Paul         7 4.71 26,050
Robert         7 4.49 24,220
Romeo         6 3.90 22,360
Roger         6 5.15 25,830
Vic         6 5.35 27,350
Willy         5 3.50 16,300
Range = Mean = Mean =
14 Checks achieved (%) 60 87 93 100 80 87 93 87
5–8 5.06 29,000
 GRAIN YIELD AND GROSS MARGIN VERSUS
NUMBER OF KEY CHECKS ACHIEVED

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 Key Questions in the
Final Analysis

has this crop yielded well, average, or

poorly?

is there a yield difference or why

have
some farmers’ fields yielded better
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or
 Key Questions in the
Final Analysis

the yield differences be explained by the

number of key checks achieved or does the
achievement of key checks explain the
difference?

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 Key Questions in the
Final Analysis
other factors may have
contributed to the difference?

practices contributed most or least to

the difference?

changes should/could be made in the

practices for the next crop?
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 Guidelines in the Final Analysis

 Facilitators must be well prepared and

have the necessary data and extension aids

 Participants must
feel comfortable

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 Guidelines in the Final Analysis
Encourage each member of the farmer group to
actively participate in the discussion
Avoid answering
questions for the farmer
group but facilitate the
answer from the group

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 Guidelines in the Final Analysis
 Start discussion by comparing the management
practices and yield results.

 Look for differences and determine what

happened.

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 Guidelines in the Final Analysis

 Compare key checks achieved versus

yield and gross margin.

 Keep asking them a result

occurred.

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 Back to
the

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 did farmers with the same number of
key checks obtain different yields?

didn’t the farmer partner get the

highest yield?

did the farmer who only achieved

5 checks obtain higher yield than the
farmer who had 7 checks?
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 Remem ber !
The achievement of the key checks is
only a starting point in assessing and
answering the WHY.

Look beyond the key checks for

unexplained differences.
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 Thank You!

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