NARRDS Form No.

7a
For Use of Researchers
Crops Sector

NATIONAL AGRICULTURE AND RESOURCES RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM

c/o PCARRD, Los Baños, Laguna

1. NAME OF TECHNOLOGY/INFORMATION

2. STATUS OF TECHNOLOGY
2.1 Current Status 2.2 Recommended Status
 TA  TA
 TV  TV
 TP  TP
 TD  TD
 ID  ID

Year Developed:___________
Year Reported: ___________

3. COMMODITY:
 Coconut and Oil Palm  Plantation Crops
 Corn and Sorghum  Rice, Wheat & other Cereal Grains
 Fiber Crops  Root Crops
 Fruit Crops  Sugarcane
 Legumes  Tobacco
 Ornamentals & Medicinal Crops  Vegetables

4. POSSIBLE AREAS OF APPLICATION

4.1 Region
 CAR  V  X
 I  VI  XI
 II  VII  XII
 III  VIII  NCR
 IV  IX  All Regions

4.2 Specific areas or sites within the region:

5. POSSIBLE AREAS OF ADAPTATION

5.1 Region
 CAR  V  X
 I  VI  XI
 II  VII  XII
 III  VIII  NCR
 IV  IX  All Regions

5.2 Areas or sites within the region:

6. DESCRIPTION OF TECHNOLOGY:(Please provide separate sheet if available)

6.1 Brief Description:

6.2 Detailed Description:

a. materials, measurements and other inputs used in the technology
b. source of raw materals whether locally available or foreign
c. step-by-step process
d. others
(Please provide flowchart if available)
 EQUIPMENT/INFRASTRUCTURE REQUIREMENTS
Equipment Source:

 In-Country  Foreign (pls. specify country or origin)

_______________________________

Description of the Product/End product characteristics(Accomplish this section when

the technology involves processing of an end product) i.e. % moisture content
color :__________________________
specific gravity :__________________________
weight/size :__________________________
others(pleases specify):__________________________

This technology is recommended for the ff: size of enterprise:

 Household/Kitchen technology  Medium Scale
 Small Scale  Large Scale/Corporate farm

7. MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR ADAPTABILITY (Please accomplish whichever section is

applicable)
7.1 Production Technology
Environmental Condition
1) Soil:
Soil Type_______________ cation exchange
capacity:________________
Soil pH:_________________ exchangeable bases:
_________________
Organic Matter(%):________ electrical conductivity:
_________________
Available P:______________

Others (Please include the following information if available)

 Physical soil properties(effective depth, texture, structure consistency, color,
permeability, erodibility, moisture content, drainage, stoniness)

 Chemical/minerological properties (macro/micronutrients, types of clay

minerals)

2) Climate:
Coronas classification:
 Type 1  Type 3
 Type 2  Type 4

Other classification used:__________________

climate type:___________________

3) Topography: Slope
 level to nearly level (0-3%)
 gently sloping (3-8%)
 gently sloping to undulating (8-15%)
 undulating to moderately steep (15-25%)
 moderately steep to steep (25-40%)
 steep to very steep (40-60%)
 very steep (>60 %)

4) Ecological/Development Zones:

 lowland rainfed  coastal zone

 lowland irrigated  fresh water
 upland plain (cultivated)  grass land
 hillyland (cultivated)  savannah
 degraded land  forestall
 (surfaced mined areas)  others

5) Solar Radiation:_____________
6) Distribution of rainfall:
monthly (mm):____________
daily (mm):____________

7.2 Post Harvest/Processing Technology

1) Harvesting:_______________

2) Storage requirements:
Temperature:
o
C________ Relative Humidity:_______________
o
C________ Others (pleases specify):__________

3) Packaging requirements:
 perforated polyethylene/plastic bag
 sawdust
 brown paper/newspaper
 packing equipment/devices (e.g. sealer)
 others (please specify)

4) Drying/Cooling requirements:_____________
Temperature:
o
C________ Others (please specify):__________
o
F________
Airflow rate:____________ Others (please specify):__________

5) Threshing/shelling/stripping
requirements:_____________

6) Milling:_____________

7) Sorting/Cleaning/Grading:___________
Temperature: Relative Humidity (%):__________
o
C________ Others (please specify):__________
o
F________

8) Curing:_____________________________

9) Transporting:________________________

10) Handling:___________________________

11) Ripening:___________________________

12) Other Requirements:__________________

8. SOCIO-ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
8.1 Economic data analysis (Please provide detailed economic data analysis)

1) costs _________________
2) returns __________________
3) measures
 net income ________________
 BCR ________________
 IRR/ROI ________________
 Others ________________

8.2 Social Impact

9. SUPPORT SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

10. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF THE TECHNOLOGY

11. ADVANTAGE AND LIMITATIONS OF THE TECHNOLOGY

11.1 Advantages:

11.2 Limitations:

12. DYSFUNCTIONAL CONSEQUENCES OF THE TECHNOLOGY

12.1 Misuse of Technology

12.2 Negative spill-over effects

13. SOURCE OF TECHNOLOGY (may refer to a research program/project/study or an

activity of an NGO). Please use extra sheets if there are several sources

13.1 TITLE RESEARCH:

13.2 DURATION:

13.3 AGENCY/ORGANIZATION/ADDRESS:

13.4 RESEARCHER(S)/OTHERS:

13.5 LOCATION (specify)

13.6 SOURCE9 (s) OF FUND / BUDGET:

14. HISTORICAL BACKROUND (Please fill-up appropriate blanks)

Date the technology
was reported as: Researcher(s)/ Agency
Farmers
YY MM DD
TA ____ ____ ______________________ ____________________
____ _
TV ____ ____ ______________________ ____________________
____ _
TP ____ ____ ______________________ ____________________
____ _
TD ____ ____ ______________________ ____________________
____ _
ID ____ ____ ______________________ ____________________
____ _

15. REMARKS/ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE/REFERENCE USED

16. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FUTURE ACTION ON THIS TECHNOLOGY

Prepared and Submitted

by:______________________________________
Position:_____________________________________________
Agency:_____________________________________________
Date:_______________________________________________
 Filling up NARRDS Form No. 7a (CROPS Data Sheet)

The NARRDS Form No. 7a (CROPS Data Sheet) is issued to

document technology/information

It is recommended that for every technology that is described, one data sheet should
be accomplished. In order to document the proper information, certain data standards have to
be adhered to. The following sections describes the prescribed information in each field.
In the context of agriculture and natural resources, “technology “ can be classifed as
follows:
Product - refers to technologies that take the form of physical goods. Examples of these
include among others, onion dryer, tissue cultured macapuno, rhizobia, mychorrhiza,
azospirillum, new crop varieties, copra meal in swine rations, quick test kit for soybean oil meal
and rice bran quality assurance, snack food items from coconut.
Process - refers to “system for doing things” or schemes for improved production, post
production or processing. It may also involve models/strategies for efficient technology
transfer and commercialization; marketing and distribution systems, seed production system;
and others. Examples of these include: biological method of coconut oil extraction ; improved
agroforestry schemes; appropriate farming systems for smallhold upland farmers; barangay
integrated development approach for nutrition improvement (BIDANI); village level curd
production.
Information - refers to significant findings that may indicate valuable socio-economic and
technical databases for policy formulation and follow-up R and D activities . Evaluation System
(ASES), Agriculture and Resources Regional Technology Information System (ARRTIS), etc.
Service - refers to technologies that generally provide the complementary activities/services
to enhance existing programs/policies of the government. For instance, the technogy of
upgrading Philippine carabao through estrus synchronization and artificial insemination may
not have a very high impact in terms of complementing the programs of government to
improve the Philippine carabao stocks. Technologies under this therefore, may necessitate
government support especially in the early stages where the market structure may not yet
provide adequate premium payoff to private investments.

1. Name of Technology - Describe in the active voice the technology/information being

documented. It must be concise, straight to the point and must indicate keywords on what
the technology is all about. Name of Technology/Information should be different from the
title of the research which generated the technology/information.

2. Status of Technology -refers to the level of development the technology is at the time of
reporting . The different levels are:

 Technology for Adaptation (TA) - TA trilas determine the performance and suitability of
technologies and are conducted either in farmer’s field or research stations and managed
by researchers. These trials further test the economic feasibility of component
technologies (e.g. variety, fertilizer, scheme, weed control, disease control)as they fit into
the existing production system of the farmers. A technology is classified as TA if it meets
the following criteria.
a) It has been tested in technology generation (TG) research for at least one season
b) It has shown good potential for economic feasibillty as based on TG research
c) It has a good potential for acceptance by farmers and commercial producers
 Technology for Verification (TV) - TV test a combination of test factors (representing
improved technologies) which are incorporated in the major farming systems in specific
localities. TV trilas are conducted to identify the most appropriate technologies for specific
locations by comparing the most promising technologies with existing farmer practices. A
technology is classified as TV if it can be incorporated in a package of technology that has
good potential for improving existing farmers practices. Specifically, it should satisfy the
following::
a) It has been tested for two season in TG trials
b) It has shown economic and technical feasibility in TG trials. Its computed returns
based on TG trials is better than that of farmer’s practice as shown by marginal rate of
return (MRR)
c) It is perceived to be socially acceptable and environmentally safe
 Technology for Piloting (TP) or Development/Action Project (D/A) - is designed to
assess the average performance of improved packages of technologies when applied or
used by a large number of farmers, uses a whole community or portion thereof, as the
basic unit of evaluation; also seeks to gauge users reaction to the introduction of new
technologies; and determine major constraints to its adoption.
 In the adoption of technology through this project, farmers are given support services
like credit/market and technical supervision by extension workers.
A technology is ready for piloting if its TV shows a minimum Marginal Benefit Cost
Ratio (MBCR) of 2.
 Technology for Dissemination (TD) - A technology that consistently shows outstanding
performance in TG or TV may be immediately judged ready for TD if it meets all of the
following criteria:
a) It must have general adaptability. The technology must be replicable outside the
research station, that is, under field condition of producers/entreprenuers
b) The technology must be economically pofitable. A technology is profitable if its percent
profitability is at least equal to the prevailing rate of interest on loans of formal financial
institution.
c) The technology must have social acceptability. This means that the technology should
not pose any serious contradiction to existing social norms and values prevailing in the
community.
d) It must be environmentally safe. The technology should have no obvious deleterious
environmental consequences both in the short run and long run.
e) The support system (e.g. provision of seeds) can be made available for the technology
to be adopted.
 Information for Dissemination (ID) - findings or significant research results which cannot
be translated into defined technologies but which, among others have significant social and
economic implications associated with transfer and acceptance/adoption of technology by
the end users as well as other aspects related to country side development. These
findings may indicate valuable socio-economic data bases.

Year Developed - refers to the year the technology was developed.

Year Reported - refers to the year the technology was initially reported at a specific
status/level of development as cited in this report.

3. Commodity - refers to any crop commodity based on PCARRD classification.

4. Possible Areas of Application - refers to the area/region where technology can be
extended and/or applied.
5. Possible Areas of Adoptation - refers to the area/region where the technology is being
used or adapted.
6. Description of Technology - There will be two levels of description of the technology:

6.1 Brief Description - capsulized information about the technology

6.2 Detailed Description - should include the following:

a) Materials, measurements and other inputs used in the technology. However, a
disclaimer must indicate that the agency/researcher and PCARRD are not
recommending specific brands of fertilizers/insecticides/supplies but only disclose
the components of a recommended technology.
b) Sources of raw materials whether locally available or foreign.
c) Step-by step process of the technology
d) Equipment/Infrastructure Requirements - regardless of the nature of technology
being described (i.e., production, post harvest, processing), accomplish this section
if certain equipment/infrastructure requirements have to be met. Describe
equipment/infrastructure and attach diagram and specifications if possible.

7. Minimum Requrements for Adaptability - defines the condition which will guarantee that
the technology being described can be succesfully repeated. This entry is divided into four
sections. The respondents need only to answer those which are applicable.

7.1 Production technology - accomplish this portion if the technology being described
pertains to production of agricultural/natural resource commodity.

Environmental Conditions -refer to the following data:

7.1.1 Soil - indicates the characteristics of the general physical and chemical
properties of the soil which would have a bearing on the technology being
described.

7.1.2 Climate - Corona classified the Philippine climate based on the prevalence of
Southwest and Northwest monsoon and monthly distribution of rainfall . The four
types are:
 Type 1 - two pronounced wet and dry seasons; wet during the months of June to
November and dry from December to May. This type of Climate is found
in the western parts of :Luzon, Mindanao, Palawan, Panay, and Negros.
The controlling factor is topography. These regions are shielded from
the northeast monsoon and even in good parts from the tradewinds by
high mountains ranges. Thay are open only to the southwest monsoon
& cylconic storms.

Type 2 - no dry season with a very pronounced maximum rain period in

December, January and February. Catanduanes, Sorsogon, eastern part
of Albay, Camarines Norte, Camarines Sur eastern Quezon, Samar,
Leyte & eastern Mindanao are of this type. These regions are along or
very near the eastern coast and are not sheltered either from the
northeastern monsoon & tradewinds from the cyclonic storms.

Type 3 - intermediate type with no pronounced maximum rain period and short dry
season lasting from one to three months only. Areas under this type are
the western parts of the Cagayan Valley, eastern parts of the Mountain
Region, Southern Quezon, Masbate, Romblon, Northeastern Panay,
Eastern Negros, Central and Southern Cebu, Eastern Palawan and
Northern Mindanao. These localities are only partly sheltered from the
northeastern moonsoon & tradewinds and are open to the southwest
monsoon or at least to frequent cyclonic storms.

Type 4 -uniformly distributed rainfall. The provinces affected by this are: Batanes
Northeastyern Luzon, Southwestern part of Camarines Norte, Western
part of Camarines Sur and Albay, Bondoc Peninsula, Eastern Mindanao,
Marinduque, Western Leyte, Northern Cebu, Bohol & most of Central,
Western & Southern Mindanao. These regions are so situated that they
receive the moderate effects of the northeast monsoon & tradewinds as
well as the southeast monsoon & cyclonic storms.

Other Classifications of the Philippine climate are : Hernandez classification and Huke
classification. The former is based on the ratios of dry months and wet months.
Hernandez came up with Types A,B,C,D,E,F. Huke classification shows the
characteristics yearly pattern of the rainfall; the period of maximum rainfall; and the
length and season of the dry spells where these exist. He came up with Types
A,B,C,D,E,F,G.

7.1.3 Topography - is the surface configuration of an area. Aside from the slope
gradient, other topographic features like elevation, total area or field size and
shape, and vegetative cover maybe included where possible. The Bureau of
Soils and Water Management classifies sloping topography into seven, as
indicated in the ARRTIS Data Sheet.

7.1.4 Ecological/Development Zone:

Lowland rainfed - bunded flatlands without irrigation.

Lowland irrigated - bunded flatlands usually served by irrigation systems almost
throughout the year.
Upland plain - unbunded flatlands usually dependent on rain for water
requirements.
Hilly land - slighltly rolling and up-land agroforest lands not exceeding 18 %
slope constituting 70 % of the country’s arable land, they serve
as critical watershed for the rivers which provide water for crop
production.
Degraded land - open areas subjected to mining activities and/or severe soil
erosion.
Coastal - mangroove forest coastal estaurines (mouth of rivers) and
coastal wetlands (open areas with lands containing much soil
moisture as in swamps or bogs).
Freshwater - inland rivers, lakes and inland wetlands (i,e., swamps, basins)
Forestal -agro-forest land which exceeds 18 % slope inclusive of the
settled prime forest areas.
 Grassland - open areas usually used for pasture purposes or for grazing
livestock. It also refers to areas covered by pasture lease
agreement (PLA).
Savannah - tropical grassland with a scattering of shrubs and small and
large trees

7.1.5 Solar radiation - refers to the average electromagnetic radiation emitted by the
sun to the crop’s/growth development.

7.1.6 Distribution of rainfall - amount of rainfall (monthly/daily) in the location where

research/trial is conducted.

7.2 Post-harvest/Processing Technology

Post-harvest Technology - accomplish this section if the technology being described is

post-harvest in nature. Please use extra sheets if needed.

Processing Technology- accomplish this section if the technology being described

deals with processing. Attach process flowchart if possible. List down the minimum
requirements necessary for the processing technology to be successfully
replicated/adopted.

8. Socio-economic Analysis - accomplish only what is available

8.1 Economic Data Analysis
8.1.1 Cost - Cost incurred from employing the technology. In farm production, this
may consist of additional expenses on labor, seeds, fertilizer,
pesticides, etc.

8.2.2 Returns- Refers to both additional cash and non-cash income derived from
employing the technology. If thetechnology increases volume of
output, then returns from the technology is the increment in output
multiplied by the prevailing output price.

8.2.3 Measures - could be any of the following:

 Net Return - This is simply the difference between returns and cost
 Return on investment (ROI) = Net return - return to labor and mgmt x 100
Total value of capital investment

a) return to labor and management - the technology may require an

increase in farmer’s own labor and management effort. A value should
be inputted to this to determine the return to labor and management.
b) total value of capital investment - the technology may require
additional fixed inputs (e.g. land, machineries and equipment). Total
cost of all these inputs is the value of capital investment.

 Marginal Cost Benefit Ratio (MBCR) = Added benefit

Added cost
where: added cost is the cost of alternative technology minus cost
of farmer’s technology
added benefit is the benefit of alternative technology
minus benefit of farmer’s technology

 Internal Rate of Return (IRR) =  Rt - Ct

t-1 -------- = 0
(1 + r )t
where: Rt = total returns in year t
Ct = total cost in year t
T = total number of years considered

The Internal Rate of Return (IRR) is the discount factor that makes the
net present worth of benefits equal to zero. This is used to analyze the
viability of technologies which generate an annual stream of costs and
returns.

8.2 Social impact - refers to any effect that the technology may cause on a group of
people or society in general. It must be measured in terms of the following
 stratification: farmer’s level, community/regional level, industry level. Beneficiaries,
recipients and possible adoptors of technology should be specified.
9. Support System Requirements - refers to the researchers’ view of the factors which
should exist for the technology to be adopted, for example: presence of cold storage
facilities within 10km radius.

10. Environmental impact of the technology - refers to the effect of the technology on soil,
water, air, biological environment (plants and animals) and others.

11. Advantages/Limitations of the technology:

11.1 Advantages - “plus factor” or benefits the adopters would derive from using the
technology and may include the positive effects on socio-economic (increase in
farm-family income), or socio-cultural aspects, enhancement of the
environment/natural resources, etc.
11.2 Limitations - limits set which are inherent to the technology itself. For example, not
applicable for small-scale production.

12. Dysfunctional Consequences - refers to the adverse effects of the technology that may
result in any of two cases:
12.1 Misuse of technology - adverse effects due to careless/improper use of the
technology. This could be exemplified in the case of excessive use of mango
flower inducer which stresses mango trees and decreases prooduction.
12.2 Negative spill-over effects - inherent characteristics of the technology which may
not have been consciously addressed nor recognized as a limitation of the
technology. An example is the case of golden snail production.

13. Source of Technology - must include the following data:

13.1 Research Title - refers to the title of the research which generated/verified the
technology.
13.2 Duration - refers to the month and year that the research/trial is implemented
13.3 Agency Affiliation/Proponent Agency - refers to the agency which generated/
verified/refined the technology.
13.4 Researcher(s)/Farmer(s) Name - refers to the person(s) who generated/
verified/refined the technology.
13.5 Location of Research/Farm - refers to the site where the technology was generated
or verified.
13.6 Source(s) of Fund/Budget - refers to the funding source of the project and the
corresponding cost. If there are several, please indicate all sources and all costs

If the technology is not a product of research and is a practice adopted by farmers

for reasons of its effects in terms of improved production and reproduction performance,
only 13.4 and 13.5 shall be filled up. If there are several sources, please use extra
sheets.

14. Historical Background - includes the date the technology was first reported, and
researchers and agencies who generated/verified the technology. This item is
specifically needed for acknowledging, sourcing and providing indicator for
determining existing expertise.