How can farmers claim seed?

Before seed distribution

DA-PhilRice delivers seedsaccording to allocated number of bags, and available preferred varieties within the area to drop-off points assigned by the C/MAO.

C/MAO informs the farmers on the date

and place of seed distribution, including the health protocols to be followed (e.g., use of face mask and shield). Farmers or their authorized representative must bring the requirements during the day of the seed distribution (see page 3).

During seed distribution

The venue for seed distribution was set to conform with the health protocols of the LGU-IATF (e.g., use of sanitizers/alcohol, checking of body temperature, observance of physical distancing).

The farmer/authorized representative presents

the required documents to the C/MAO staff for verification. Enlisted farmers will sign the Farmer Acknowledgement Receipt (FAR) and will receive a QR code containing the information on RSBSA number, name of farmer, number of bags, variety selected.

Farmers NOT enlisted in the FAR will have to fill-out the required information in it before receiving the QR code.

Farmer presents

his/her QR code for encoding in the RCEF Distribution App. After encoding, farmer presents his/her QR code to the releasing staff. The C/MAO staff releases

the corresponding seed bags, collaterals and/or IEC materials

to the farmer. The releasing officer collects the QR codes for reference.

After

C/MAO staff syncs the data encoded in the RCEF

Distribution Appto the RCEF Seed Monitoring System (RCEF SMS). The RCEF Seed Distribution App can be used for offline encoding. This can be synced online at the end of the distribution day.

In areas with problem on internet connectivity, the data on seed distribution is manually documented using paper-based documents, which will be encoded later and synced with the RCEF SMS.