Production

Palay production for October-December 2021 at 32,429 metric tons, decreased by 2.8 percent from the 33,349 metric tons output in the same period of 2020. It registered the lowest during the same period from 2019 to 2021. (Figure 1 and Table 1)

Figure 1. Palay Production, Apayao Province, Cordillera Administrative Region, October-December: 2019-2021

Figure 2. Palay Production by Ecosystem, Apayao Province, Cordillera Administrative Region, October-December: 2019-2021

For the fourth quarter of 2019 to 2021, the bulk of palay production consistently came from irrigated areas. An increase of 520 metric tons or 2.5 percent was registered from the 20,915 metric tons level in 2020. Likewise, upland palay production increased to 2,957 metric tons or 0.9 percent. Conversely, production from rainfed declined by 1,465 metric tons or 15.4 percent from previous year’s record of 9,502 metric tons. (Figure 2 and Table 1)

About two-third of the production was produced from irrigated areas, while the remaining one-third came from both rainfed and upland areas. (Figure 3 and Table 2)

Figure 3. Percent Distribution of Palay Production by Ecosystem Apayao Province, Cordillera Administrative Region, July to September 2021

Harvest Area

During the 2021 fourth quarter, harvest area contracted to 10,873.20 hectares or by 7.4 percent from the 2020 level of 11,078.00 hectares. (Figure 4 and Table 1)

Figure 4. Palay Area, Apayao Province, Cordillera Administrative Region, October-December: 2019-2021

Yield per Hectare

Yield per hectare of palay registered a decline from 3.01 metric tons in 2020 to 2.98 metric tons in 2021. It was the lowest recorded in the same quarter of 2019 to 2021. (Figure 5 and Table 1)

Among the types of ecosystem, the yield per hectare of irrigated palay was consistently the highest during the fourth quarter for the three-year period, closely followed by rainfed, and far followed by upland. (Table 1)

Figure 5. Palay Yield, Apayao Province, Cordillera Administrative Region, October-December: 2019-2021

Table 1. Palay Production, Apayao Province, Cordillera Administrative Region, October-December: 2019-2021

Table 2. Percent Share of Irrigated, Rainfed and Upland to Total Production, Apayao Province, Cordillera Administrative Region, October-December: 2019-2021