Production of Palay in Mountain Province increased by 202.06 Metric Tons

 

Mountain Province is a minor producer of palay in the Cordillera Administrative Region. As shown in the figure below, the volume of palay production in the province went up by 202.06 metric tons or 10.52 percent from 2,015 to 2,227.06 metric tons in the second quarter of 2020 and 2021 respectively. All production came from irrigated ecosystem since there were no production on rainfed and upland ecosystems from April to June of 2020 and 2021.

 

 

Figure 2 shows the estimated area harvested for the second quarter of 2020 and 2021. Irrigated palay had an area harvested of 636 hectares in 2020 and increased to 675 hectares in 2021 while there were no Rainfed and Upland palay area harvested in the province in the same quarter.

 

 

Production of Corn in Mountain Province decreased by 331 metric tons

 

Mountain province produced 4,368 metric tons of corn in the second quarter of 2021. This is 331 metric tons lower than the production in 2020 with 4,699 metric tons or 7.04 percent decrease in production. (Fig. 4)

 

 

There was no white corn production recorded in the province in the second quarter of 2020 and 2021. (Fig. 5)

 

 

 

 

The yield of corn, in metric tons per hectare, in Mountain Province decreased by 6.91 percent in the second quarter of 2021. The average yield in the said quarter of 2020 was 3.33 metric tons per hectare which decreased to 3.10 metric tons per hectare in the same quarter of 2021.

 

The decrease was only observed from yellow corn since there was no recorded yield for white corn in April to June of 2020 and 2021. The yield per hectare for corn and by crop type is shown in Figure 7.