Case Study

ACAP links with RCMAS for enhanced farm advisories

author(s)

Balanza, Jane Cuerdo

themes
  • Climate action
  • Digital inclusion
regions
  • Philippines
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full citation

Balanza, J.C.; Giles, J. (2024) ACAP Links with RCMAS for Enhanced Farm Advisories. Rome (Italy): Bioversity International; Cali (Colombia): CIAT 3 p.

The Alliance continues to support the Bicol region in the Philippines in scaling out the use of the Agro-Climatic Advisory Portal (ACAP) by linking the platform via Application Programming Interface (API) to the Rice Crop Manager Advisory Service (RCMAS), a digital tool used by the Department of Agriculture to provide rice farmers with specific crop and nutrient management recommendations, bundled with climate services reaching at least 140,000 farmers using short message service (SMS)