20 March 2025 – BALER, AURORA. The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) – Aurora Provincial Statistical Office (PSO) will conduct the Palay Production Survey (PPS) and Corn Production Survey (CPS) for the First Quarter of 2025 in Aurora on the first 10 days of April 2025.

These surveys generate estimates on palay and corn production, area, yield, and other production-related data that will serve as inputs for policy making and programs on palay/rice and corn of decision makers and other stakeholders in the agriculture sectors such as 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. Specifically, the production data generated from the surveys are direct inputs to the Value of Production in Philippine Agriculture and Fisheries and to the computation of Gross Domestic Product (GDP), accordingly. 

To kick off the survey, the Aurora PSO will hold its Third Level Training on the Palay Production Survey and Corn Production Survey on 27-28 March 2025 at the JS Center, Brgy. Pingit, Baler, Aurora. This training will capacitate the Statistical Researchers on the concepts and definitions, Survey Operations Procedure, and the use of Computer-Assisted Personal Interview (CAPI).

The sample households are requested for their support and cooperation on the upcoming survey by providing accurate information. They are guaranteed that their information will be kept confidential as stipulated in Section 26 of RA 10625 (Confidentiality of Information) and Section 8 of RA 10173, known as the Data Privacy Act. All data collected in this survey will be treated with utmost confidentiality.

FERDINAND E. SANTIAGO
(Supervising Statistical Specialist)
Officer-in-Charge