Philippine E-Journals

A MOBILE BASED INSTRUCTIONAL GUIDE FOR BLACK RICE PLANTING

Charlagne Aduana | Kris Amor Capinda | Jay Ann Imbo | Rheamie Raper | Shanie Grace Sumawang | Daniel Ryan D. Quiño

 

Abstract:

There are currently different rice types available today with the most common one being the white variety. Out of all the types, however, black rice is found to be the one containing the highest amount of nutrition that helps with growth. Very little people know about the importance of black rice, so the researchers want to provide information through an application about the benefits of black rice. The method used throughout this study is Descriptive-Qualitative Research Method because it aims to solve the problem by conducting interview, data gathering and document reviews and the process model use for developments is a 4D process model, the researchers conducted a simple survey about the mobile application with 33 farmers and consumer from Calinan, Davao City. The researchers used a simple survey questionnaire to know the effectiveness and reliable information of mobile application. Based on the results of the survey, the majority of farmers do not know about the existence of black rice, they were only familiar with the varieties of white rice and providing a mobile application will help in this matter.