PALAY PRODUCTION SLIDES DOWN BY 36.82 PERCENT

Siquijor’s Palay production slid down by 36.82 percent for the period January-June 2024 compared to January-June 2023. Its production in 2024 was recorded at 1,004.64 metric tons, while in 2023 its production was recorded at 634.73 metric tons.

PALAY PRODUCTION BY ECOSYSTEM, January-June 20243-2024

Production on irrigated farms was recorded at 576.39 metric tons in 2024. This was lower by 34.44 percent compared to its record in 2023 with 879.23 metric tons. On the same way, production on rainfed farms decreased by 53.48 percent. Its production in 2023 was reported at 125.41 metric tons and it decreased to 58.34 metric tons in 2024.

QUARTERLY PALAY PRODUCTION, 1st and 2nd Quarter 2023-2024

Production on irrigated palay in the 1st quarter of 2024 yielded 101.09 metric tons.

Compared to its production of the same quarter in 2023 which registered 419.00 metric tons, it was down by 75.87 percent. Its production in the 2nd quarter of 2024 had a record of 475.30 metric tons. This was higher by 3.27 percent compared to the 2nd quarter in 2023 with a production record of 460.23 metric tons. Rainfed palay recorded 35.75 metric tons of production in 2nd quarter of 2024, which was higher than the 1st quarter 2024 of only 22.59 metric tons. In 2023, production on the 2nd quarter was also higher at 107.20 metric tons compared to the 1st quarter at only 18.21 metric tons.

AREA HARVESTED FOR PALAY DECREASES BY 28.52 PERCENT

The harvested area for palay in the province was reported at 198.00 hectares in January-June 2024. It decreased by 28.52 percent from its same semester record in 2023 of 277.00 hectares.

AREA HARVESTED FOR PALAY BY ECOSYSTEM, January-June 2023-2024

The province’s irrigated palay area decreased from 232.00 hectares in January-June 2023 to 177.00 hectares in January-June 2024. On the same way, rainfed palay area in the province decreased from 45.00 hectares in January-June 2023 to 21.00 hectares in January-June 2024.

QUARTERLY AREA HARVESTED FOR PALAY, 1st and 2nd Quarter 2023-2024

In 2024, the 2nd quarter report on area for irrigated palay was posted at 148.00 hectares which was higher than the 1st quarter of only 29.00 hectares. On the same way, rainfed palay was reported higher in the 2nd quarter 2023 with 14.00 hectares compared to 7.00 hectares in the 1st quarter. In 2023, the 2nd quarter had higher area reported for irrigated palay at 137.00 hectares compared to the 1st quarter of only 95.00 hectares. The area for rainfed palay was also higher in the 2nd quarter 2023 with 40.00 hectares compared to only 5.00 hectares in the 1st quarter.

The Palay Production Survey (PPS) is one of the major agricultural surveys conducted by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA). This generates estimates on palay production, area, yield, and other production-related data that serve as inputs for policy making and programs on palay/rice. Specifically, the production data generated from the survey are direct inputs to the Value of Production in the Philippine Agriculture and Fisheries and to the computation of Gross Domestic Product (GDP), accordingly. Moreover, the survey supports the data needs of planners, policy and decision makers and other stakeholders in the agriculture sector particularly the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA), Department of Agriculture (DA) and its attached agencies such as Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice), Philippine Council for Agriculture, and Fisheries (PCAF) and the general public.

The survey covers sample palay farming households in sample palay producing barangays in all provinces in the country. The sampling frame for the Primary Sampling Units (PSUs) is the 2012 Census of Agriculture and Fisheries (CAF) while the sampling frame for the Secondary Sampling Unit (SSUs) is the 2017 Listing of Farm Households (LFH). However, if the selected sample PSU is not covered in the 2017 LFH, the 2012 CAF is used.

Data collection is scheduled on the first 10 days of the month following the reference period, i.e., April for Quarter 1, July for Quarter 2 and October for Quarter 3. To comply with the Philippine System of National Accounts calendar, data collection for Quarter 4 is done during the first 10 days of December. The collection of data for this survey is undertaken by Statistical Researchers (SRs). SRs are trained prior to field operations to ensure that the procedures and concepts are understood.

(SGD) JOSELITO C. MAGHANOY
(Supervising Statistical Specialist)/
Officer-in-Charge