This Special Release presents data on volume of production and area planted of cereals in the province of Cavite for the first quarter of 2024. Figures are based on the preliminary results of the tabulated data from the Quarterly Palay Production Survey (PPS) and Corn Production Survey (CPS).

Total volume of production of cereals decreased.

For the first quarter of 2024, the production volume for palay in the region of CALABARZON decreased by 19.0 percent. Cavite was one of the provinces that fell into 22.5 percent of production from 5,852.1 metric tons in the first quarter of 2023 to 4,536.6 metric tons. Palay production in the province for this quarter was purely from irrigated ecosystem. (Refer to table 1 for details)

Likewise, corn production in Cavite declined by 4.8 percent from 186 metric tons to 177 metric tons on the same period.

The province corn production was divided into two types of variety, white corn and yellow corn. Figure 1 shows the percent distribution of corn variety in Cavite.

Area planted for cereals during first quarter of 2023 and 2024.

Proportionate to the volume of production, area planted to palay decreased by 21.9 percent from 1,508 hectares, it went down to 1, 177 hectares during the quarter.

On the contrary, area planted to corn increased by 8.6 percent. The increase was from both corn variety, 6.3 percent from white corn and 12.2 percent from yellow corn. (Refer to table 2 for details)

Average Farmgate Price of cereals increased.

The average farmgate price of palay from January to March of 2024 was reported at PhP23.2 per kilogram, reflecting an increase of 43.2 percent from PhP16.2 per kilogram in 2023.

Similarly, the average monthly farmgate price of yellow corn also increased by 9.6 percent from PhP24.0 per kilogram in 2023 to PhP26.3 in the same quarter of 2024. (See Figure 2 to 3.1 for details)

Yield per Hectare

Yield per hectare of palay during the reference period was lower by 0.7 percent. The combined yield for both varieties of corn declined by 11.1 percent from 1.8 metric tons on the first quarter of 2023 to 1.6 metric tons’ same quarter of 2024. (Refer to table 3 for details)

TECHNICAL NOTES
PALAY PRODUCTION SURVEY (PPS) /CORN PRODUCTION SURVEY (CPS)

Scope and Coverage

The Palay Production Survey (PPS) and Corn Production Survey (CPS) are 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. Specifically, the production data generated from the survey are direct inputs to the Value of Production in Philippine Agriculture and Fisheries and to the computation of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) accordingly.
The survey covers sample palay and corn farming households in sample palay and corn producing barangays in all provinces in the country. This includes Maguindanao Del Norte, Maguindanao Del Sur, and excluding National Capital Region (NCR).

The data collection for Palay Production Survey is conducted during the first 10 days of April, July, October, and December.

Sources of Information

Palay and Corn Statistics are collected, complied, and validated by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) from the survey that is quarterly conducted by the agency. Survey results and administrative data from key agencies are compared and validated before releasing the data for the public consumption.

Definition of Terms

Crop Production refers to the quantity produced and actually harvested for a particular crop during the reference period. It includes those harvested but damaged, stolen, given away consumed, given as harvester’s and thresher’s shares, reserved, etc. It excludes those produced but not harvested due to low price, lack of demand, force majeure, or fortuitous events, etc.

Types of Ecosystems refers to the type of environment where the palay was planted.

Irrigated - area with irrigation facilities supplying water through artificial means like gravity, force/power, pump, etc. Irrigated area becomes rainfed only when irrigation system is no longer operational for the past two (2) years and beyond repair and there is no plan of irrigating the farm.

Rainfed - palay grown on this ecosystem has dikes that retain water and is solely dependent upon rainfall for its water supply. Rainfed can be converted to irrigated only if area is laid with permanent irrigation facility.

Upland - palay grown on this ecosystem does not have amenities for standing water. It is usually located along elevated lands, along rivers, between hills, hillsides, etc. Upland type is confined not only to high places or hillsides but also to low areas having no facilities for standing water. Though crops planted in this type of ecosystem are drought-resistant and do not require standing water for their normal growth, irrigation by flushing is sometimes practiced improving the crops’ performance especially during the long dry spell.

Harvest Area refers to the actual area from which harvests were realized. This excludes crop areas that were totally damaged. It may be smaller than the area planted.

Yellow corn - used generally as feed grains. It includes all types of corn other than white.

White corn - type of corn used primarily for human consumption.

Metric ton - refers to a unit that is being used which is equal to 1,000 kilograms.

Farmgate Price - refers to the price received by farmers for their crops at the location of farm. Thus, the marketing costs, such as the transport and other marketing cost (if any) incurred in selling the produce are not included in the farm prices.

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) definition: Prices received by farmers for their produce at the location of farm. Thus, the costs of transporting from the farm to the nearest market or first point of sale and market charges (if any) for selling the produce are, by definition, not included in the farm prices. (www.fao.org).

For more details, please visit www.psa.gov.ph