RBanking, the complete software for rural banking, has been face-lifted with new features. One big change is the back-end is now an SQL database.

Home Resources will explore the possiblity of complementing the ICT facilities of PhilRice to enhance this service to rice farmers.

After a successful bid, Home Resources signed the contract with Cadiz City Water District (CCWD) to design a database and develop software for the CCWD Management Information System. Representing CCWD were General Manager, Jesus Pedro Zaldarriaga, Dary Caceres, Winston Makilan, Rey Oplan and Feme Zamora. Home Resources was represented by Managing Owner Marita de la Paz, Network Adminstrator and Office Manager John de la Paz.



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This new project covers the development of a system to handle collection and billing, field services, accounting, personnel, warehouse, motorpool, equipment maintenance and global information system.

E-SRA is a collection of programs, applets and protocols aimed to collate data into a singular database where the whole sugar industry can draw information from.

Developed for the Negros and Panay operations of the Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA), this information and communcations technology solution utilizes both wired and wireless technology to link up all players in the sugar industry. A local intranet was also activated to allow different offices within the SRA Bacolod compound access to information. All computers in the premises are on the network and enjoy internet access as well. Field offices, mills and other individuals can access SRA through dial-up or via the internet.

By providing real-time information, stake holders of the sugar industry will be more aware of what is going on. Once fully implemented, E-SRA will greatly enhance the capabilities of the Sugar Regulation and Enforcement Department (SRED) to monitor sugar production and movement.

Further details on the E-SRA project can be found here

Home Resources has developed a system for Negros Women for Tomorrow Foundation, Inc (NWTF), an organization providing sustainable financial services to the poor. The software SUGAR4 was customized to supervise loans availed by small-area sugar farmers.

The Micro-Crop Loans software stores loan applications and payments while integrating with Sugar4’s powerful cost accounting module to get details about how released funds were used.

Visit Sugar4.Net for more information on Sugar4 Release 10!

Home Resources held a series of workshops at the Sugarland Hotel to unveil the release 10 upgrade to the software SUGAR4.

In that occassion, a companion program to the software SUGAR4, dubbed Crop Year Planner, was also introduced. The Crop YearPlanner is basically a management tool. Information helpful to the farm manager is pulled out from the SUGAR4 database by mouse clicks and typing in parameters.

Some of the highlights of the latest Sugar4 release include:

• Improved mobility.
  Planters on the go can now access Sugar4 reports on their PDAs or on their laptops even if they’re away from the office.
• GIS Integration.
  With Sugar4, GPS map are transformed using the Graphical Data Interface to let planters monitor field activity through field maps.
• More management tools.
  With the Crop Year Planner interacting with Sugar4 data, farm administrators have the tools to address concerns such as manpower utilization and the status of work, budget preparation, harvest results and field productivity.

A price increase on products and services will take effect on July 2006. Please see the Downloads section for the updated price list.