User Guide

  1. Home
  2. My Crop Manager
  3. User Guide

My Crop Manager User Guide

Directly ask us via our support E-Mail:  support@bivatec.com

Click here for the Farm Account guide
Download Pdf Version
    Starter Version update! In an attempt to make your data secure, the Starter package is no longer supported. Going forward, we encourage our members to sign up for a Farm Account instead for better reliability, data security and support.
  1. What is this app about?
  2. How do I add a crop record?
  3. How do I edit a crop record?
  4. How do I delete a crop record?
  5. How do I add crop variety record?
  6. How do I add a field record?
  7. How do I edit a field record?
  8. How do I delete a field record?
  9. How do I add planting records?
  10. How do I edit planting records?
  11. How do I delete planting records?
  12. How do I add harvest records?
  13. How do I edit harvest records?
  14. How do I add treatment record?
  15. How do I edit treatment record?
  16. How do I delete treatment record?
  17. How do I add an income?
  18. How do I add an expense?
  19. When should I get the Starter package?
  20. When should I get the Farm Account package?
  21. How do I backup & restore data?
  22. How do I enable passcode?
  23. How do I change currency?
  24. How do I filter reports?



What is this app about?

This app has been designed to help crop farmers manage their activities with ease. Its a crop farm record keeping app that will enable farmers to manage crops and fields, register fields and cultivations, track field/cultivation treatments, record crop harvests, track revenue and expenses, etc..



How do I add a crop record?

From the Home Screen, take the following steps;

  1. Select the Crops & Fields menu.
  2. Click on Crop List.
  3. Click on the button on the bottom right hand side of your screen.
  4. Enter all the necessary details about the Crop.
  5. Click on the Tick () on the right hand side of the screen to save the Crop into the app.
  6. The Crop will appear on the list of added crops.






How do I edit a crop record?

From the Crop List details Screen, take the following steps;

  1. Select the crop to take you to the crop details screen.
  2. Click on the three dots() on the right hand side of your crop name.
  3. Click on Edit Record.
  4. Edit all the necessary details about the crop.
  5. Click on the Tick () on the right hand side of the screen to save the changes of the crop into the app.






How do I delete a crop record?

From the Crop List screen, take the following steps;

  1. Select the crop to take you to the crop details screen.
  2. Click on the three dots() on the right hand side of your crop name.
  3. Click on Delete Crop.
  4. A pop up screen will appear.
  5. Click on a button to delete the crop.

Note

Once you click on the Delete button all the information attached to that crop will be removed permanently like variety.







How do I add a field record?

From the Home Screen, take the following steps;

  1. Select the Crops & Fields menu.
  2. Click on Field List.
  3. Click on the button on the bottom right hand side of your screen.
  4. Enter all the necessary details about the Field.
  5. Click on the Tick () on the right hand side of the screen to save the Field into the app.
  6. The Field will now appear on the list of added Fields.






How do I add crop variety record?

From the Crop List screen, take the following steps;

  1. Select the crop to take you to the crop details screen.
  2. Click on the three dots() on the right hand side of your screen.
  3. Click on Add Variety to take you to the screen of New Crop Variety.
  4. Enter all the necessary details about the crop.
  5. Click on the Tick () on the right hand side of the screen to save the crop into the app.






How do I edit a field record?

From the Field List screen, take the following steps;

  1. Select the Field to take you to the Field details screen.
  2. Click on the three dots() on the right hand side of your field name.
  3. Click on Edit Record.
  4. Edit all the necessary details about the Field.
  5. Click on the Tick () on the right hand side of the screen to save the changes of the Field into the app.






How do I delete a field record?

From the Field List screen, take the following steps;

  1. Select the Field to take you to the Field details screen.
  2. Click on the three dots() on the right hand side of your field name.
  3. Click on Delete.
  4. A pop up screen will appear.
  5. Click on a button to delete the Field.

Note

Once you click on the Delete button all the information attached to that field will be deleted permanently.







How do I add planting records?

From the Home Screen, take the following steps;

  1. Select Activities menu.
  2. Click on Plantings.
  3. Click on the button on the bottom right hand side of your screen.
  4. Enter all the necessary details about the planting.
  5. Click on the Tick () on the right hand side of the screen to save the planting into the app.
  6. The planting will now appear on the list of added plantings.






How do I edit planting records?

From the plantings screen, take the following steps;

  1. Click on the three dots() on the right hand side of a planting card.
  2. Click on Edit Record.
  3. Edit all the necessary details about the planting.
  4. Click on the Tick () on the right hand side of the screen to save the changes of the planting into the app.






How do I delete planting records?

From the Plantings details screen, take the following steps;

  1. Click on the three dots() on the right hand side of your planting.
  2. Click on Delete.
  3. A pop up screen will appear.
  4. Click on a button to delete the planting.

Note

Once you click on the Delete button all the information attached to that planting will be removed permanently.







How do I add harvest records?

From the Home Screen, take the following steps;

  1. Select Activities menu.
  2. Click on Harvests.
  3. Click on the button on the bottom right hand side of your screen.
  4. Enter all the necessary details about the harvest.
  5. Click on the Tick () on the right hand side of the screen to save the harvest into the app.
  6. The harvest will now appear on the list of the added Harvests.






How do I edit harvest records?

From the Harvests details screen , take the following steps;

  1. Click on the three dots() on the right hand side of a plant.
  2. Click on Edit Record.
  3. Edit all the necessary details about the Harvest.
  4. Click on the Tick () on the right hand side of the screen to save the changes of a harvest into the app.



How do I delete harvest records?

From the Harvests details Screen, take the following steps;

  1. Click on the three dots() on the right hand side of the Harvest card.
  2. Click on Delete.
  3. A pop up screen will appear.
  4. Click on a button to delete the Harvest.

Note

Once you click on the Delete button all the information attached to that harvest will be removed permanently.







How do I add treatment records?

From the Home Screen, take the following steps;

  1. Select Activities menu.
  2. Click on Treatments.
  3. Click on the button on the bottom right hand side of your screen.
  4. Enter all the necessary details about the Treatment.
  5. Click on the Tick () on the right hand side of the screen to save the treatment into the app.
  6. The treatment will now appear on the list of the added Treatments.






How do I edit treatment records?

From the Treatments details screen , take the following steps;

  1. Click on the three dots() on the right hand side of the treatment.
  2. Click on Edit Record.
  3. Edit all the necessary details about the Treatment.
  4. Click on the Tick () on the right hand side of the screen to save the changes of the treatment into the app.






How do I delete treatment records?

From the Treatments screen, take the following steps;

  1. Click on the three dots() on the right hand side of your Treatment card.
  2. Click on Delete.
  3. A pop up screen will appear.
  4. Click on a button to delete the Treatment.

Note

Once you click on the Delete button all the information attached to that treatment will be removed permanently.




How do I add an income?

From the Home Screen of my crop manager, take the following steps;

  1. Click on Transactions and select the INCOME tab.
  2. Click on the button on the bottom right hand side of your screen.
  3. Enter all the necessary details about the income.
  4. Click on the Tick () on the right hand side of the screen to save the Crop into the app.
  5. The income will now appear on the list of added income.






How do I add an expense?

From the Home Screen of my crop manager, take the following steps;

  1. Click on Transactions and select the EXPENSE tab.
  2. Click on the button on the bottom right hand side of your screen.
  3. Enter all the necessary details about the Expense.
  4. Click on the Tick () on the right hand side of the screen to save the Crop into the app.
  5. The Expense will now appear on the list of added Expense.






Starter Version update! In an attempt to make your data secure, the Starter package is no longer supported. Going forward, we encourage our members to sign up for a Farm Account instead for better reliability, data security and support.

When should I get the Starter package?

You should get the Starter package if you want to do the following;

  1. To view restricted reports for i.e field report, planting report, harvest report, treatment report e.t.c.
  2. To backup/restore your data to your Google Drive account.
  3. To remove adverts.



NOTE

You can only Restore data from the Email you backed data to.


When should I get the Farm Account package?

One should get this package when he or she wants to;

  1. Share data / information between different users on the farm account.
  2. Get access to a web version for central management.
  3. Add multiple farm user accounts for record keeping.
  4. Access to web reports.
  5. To view restricted reports i.e field report, planting report, harvest report,treatment report etc
  6. Export data to excel, csv pdf, etc
  7. Advert-free experience.



How do I Backup & Restore Data?

From the Home Screen of my crop manager, take the following steps;

  1. Click on the menu Icon from left hand side of the app.
  2. A drawer menu will pop up from the left side of the app.
  3. Then click on Backup & Restore and you will be directed to the Back up screen.
  4. Click on the button.






NOTE
  • In case you want to also RESTORE your data, take the following steps as taken in the the back uo procedure.
  • Click on the button.



    • How do I enable passcode?

    From the home screen of My Crop Manager , take the following steps ;

    1. Click on the menu Icon from top left hand side of the app.
    2. A drawer menu will pop up from the left side of the app.
    3. Click on Settings under preferences.
    4. Click on General to take you to the General Preferences.
    5. Click on Enable passcode to set a pass code on your app.

    NOTE

    Here you can also change your passcode by taking th following steps;

    1. Take a reference of the first four steps in the Enable passcode section (1-4).
    2. Click on Change passcode inorder to change your passcode.






    How do I change currency?

    From the home screen of My Crop Manager , take the following steps ;

    1. Click on the menu Icon from top left hand side of the app.
    2. A drawer menu will pop up from the left side of the app.
    3. Click on Settings under preferences.
    4. Click on General to take you to the General Preferences.
    5. Click on Default Currency to change the currency.






    How do I filter reports?

    From the home screen of My Crop Manager , take the following steps ;

    1. Click on the Reports icon .
    2. On the reports details screen Choose the type of report you want for example field Status report,harvests e.t.c.
    3. Click on the filter () icon on the right hand side of your screen to filter by either month or custom range.