This is absolutely GOOD NEWS!!!
An improving economy should always have enough (more much
better) when in terms of food supply for its people. The ideal scenario for any
country is for to have enough supply to meet the local demand, a buffer just in
case there is a calamity, or have an excess to cater to foreign demand of an
agricultural product.
Tasked to spearhead the food sufficiency of the country by
President Rodrigo Roa Duterte is former
governor and his fellow Mindanaoan Emmanuel “Manny” Piñol
being appointed as the Department of Agriculture Secretary. *
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| (photo credit to Manny Piñol’s FaceBook page) |
In Manny Piñol’s
FaceBook page he just announced a very much welcomed news, somewhat a ‘fitting
birthday gift’ to the President when the country posted a historic first in
terms of achieving a 103% sufficiency for yellow corn in last year-2017.
For purposes of information dissemination
and for added knowledge of our readers we are quoting in full the message
posted by Department of Agriculture Secretary Manny Piñol last Marc 28, 2018 in
his Facebook page.
Fitting birthday
present!
PH
POSTS 103% SUFFICIENCY
IN YELLOW CORN PRODUCTION
IN YELLOW CORN PRODUCTION
By
Manny Piñol
In
what could be considered as a symbolic birthday present to President Rody
Duterte, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) has reported that the country
achieved a 103% sufficiency for yellow corn in 2017, a historic first.
In
the PSA's Yellow Corn-Feed Supply and Demand Estimates covering the period
January to December 2017, Filipino corn farmers posted a gross production of
5.811-million metric tons with a 1.07% post-harvest loss for a net local
production of 5.749-MMT.
The
local demand for the year was placed at 5.560-MMT for a sufficiency level of
103%, according to the PSA reported which was validated by PhilMech, the
Livestock Development Council (LDC) and the PhilMaize Foundation.
This
is the first time in the history of the corn industry that Filipino farmers
produced more yellow corn than the local demand with prices at record high at
P15 to P16 per kilo at farm gate. *
Including
White Corn which is staple food in many Mindanao and Eastern Visayas Provinces,
the total production for 2017 was 7,914,817 metric tons which was almost
700,000 metric tons higher than the 2016 production of 7,218,817 metric tons.
The
area harvested also increased from 2,484,465 hectares in 2016 to 2,552,592
hectares in 2017 and the average yield per hectare increased from 2.91-metric
tons per hectare to 3.10 metric tons.
The
2017 production of 7.914 million metric tons and average yield of 3.10 metric
tons per hectare are the highest on record, according to the PSA.
Additional
PSA data on White and Yellow Corn production showed the following:
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2016 vs 2017: Production growth rate of 9.64% or an increase of 696,092 metric
tons;
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2016 vs 2017: Area harvested growth rate of 2.74% or an increase of 68,127
hectares;
-
2016 vs 2017: Average yield growth rate of 6.72% or an increase of 0.20 metric
tons/hectares.
The
increased production in yellow corn could lead to a more vibrant livestock
industry and the white corn production could further stabilize the country's
staple food supply.
The
country has traditionally imported corn from the United States, Argentina and
even Thailand as the Filipino farmers struggled with very poor production.
With
the introduction of quality corn seeds and the availability of modern
technology and easy access financing, the Filipino corn farmers have been
steadily increasing their production. *
The
very high farm gate prices for both Yellow and White Corn this year could
further boost the production for 2018.
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