Agusan del Norte contributes 42.9 percent of the total palay production in Caraga for the first quarter of 2025

In the first quarter of 2025, palay production in Caraga was recorded at 48,931.00 metric tons (MT). Among the provinces, Agusan del Norte posted the highest contribution to the region’s total palay production, accounting for 42.9 percent with a production of 20,993.00 MT. Surigao del Sur ranked second, contributing 29.4 percent or a total of 14,371.00 MT. Surigao del Norte and Agusan del Sur ranked third and fourth, with shares of 21.9 percent and 3.1 percent, harvesting 10,737.00 MT and 1,506.00 MT, respectively. Furthermore, Dinagat Islands had the smallest share, contributing 2.7 percent or 1,324.00 MT. (Figure 1 and 2)

Agusan del Norte’s palay production increased by 2.9 percent in the first quarter of 2025

Palay production in the province increased by 2.9 percent, or about 596.00 MT, from 20,397.00 MT in the first quarter of 2024 to 20,993.00 MT in the same quarter of 2025. This growth was attributed to a 0.02 percent expansion in the harvested area. The total area harvested in the first quarter of 2025 reached an estimated 6,053.00 hectares, representing an increase of 1.00 hectare compared to the 6,052.00 hectares recorded in the first quarter of 2024. Additionally, the yield per hectare showed a 2.9 percent increase, from 3.37 MT per hectare in the first quarter of 2024 to 3.47 MT per hectare in the same quarter of 2025. (Table 1)

Figure 3 illustrates that irrigated palay accounts for 90.0 percent of the total palay production in the province, showing a 3.2 percent increase from 18,315.00 MT in the first quarter of 2024 to 18,896.00 MT in the same quarter of 2025. Furthermore, rainfed palay recorded a growth of 0.7 percent in the first quarter of 2025, yielding 2,097.00 MT and comprising 10.0 percent of the province's overall palay production.

Irrigated palay areas accounted for 88.6 percent of the total harvested area in the province. The harvested area for irrigated palay increased by 0.1 percent, from 5,355.00 hectares in the first quarter of 2024 to 5,361.00 hectares in the same period of 2025. In contrast, rainfed palay areas decreased by 0.7 percent, declining from 697.00 hectares in the first quarter of 2024 to 692.00 hectares in the same quarter of 2025. (Figure 4)

Figure 5 presents the yield of palay by ecosystem in Agusan del Norte. Irrigated palay recorded an increase of 3.1 percent from 3.42 MT per hectare in the first quarter of 2024 to 3.52 MT per hectare in same period of 2025. Likewise, the yield of rainfed palay posted a growth of 1.4 percent, progressing from 2.99 MT per hectare in the first quarter of 2024 to 3.03 MT per hectare in the same period of 2025. 

TECHNICAL NOTES

The Palay Production Survey (PPS) is one of the major agricultural surveys conducted by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) which aims to generate estimates on palay production, area, yield, and other production-related data. Data generated by this survey will serve as input to Value of Production in Philippine Agriculture and Fisheries and accordingly to the preparation of the Gross Regional Domestic Product (GDP). Moreover, the survey supports the data needs of planners, policy and decision makers, and other stakeholders in the agriculture sector.

Production refers to quantity produced and actually harvested during the reference period. It includes those harvested but damaged, stolen, given away, consumed, given as harvesters’ and threshers’ shares, reserved, etc. Palay production from seed growers which are intended for seed purposes is excluded from the survey.

Irrigated palay refers to the palay crop that requires standing water for its normal growth, not confined to lowland but also to high places where paddies are built for planting rice, requires irrigation water made available through artificial means (gravity, force, power pumps, etc.).

Rainfed palay are palay crops that depend solely upon rainfall for its water supply, usually planted through transplanting or direct seeding in fields with dikes that retain water. There may be dikes in the field to hold water in the case of lowland-rainfed, or none in the case of upland palay.

Area harvested refers to the actual area from which harvest is realized. This excludes crop areas which were totally damaged. It may be smaller than the area planted. Area planted refers to the actual physical area planted. This generally applies to areas reported for permanent crops and multi-harvest temporary crops.

Approved by:

(Sgd.) REYNELO S. MAGNO
Chief Statistical Specialist, PSO – Agusan del Norte
Tel. No.: (085) 817-3193/ Telefax No.: (085) 225-2097
Email add: agusandelnorte@psa.gov.ph  www.psa.gov.ph