Guimaras’ corn yield up by 2.60%

JORDAN, Guimaras – The province of Guimaras produced 2,169 metric tons (MT) of corn in 2021, up by 2.60 percent from 2,114 MT in 2020 propelled by the yellow corn production which grew by 7.66 percent, data released by the Philippine Statistics Authority ( PSA) showed.

“Corn yield in the province in 2020 and 2021 was mostly the yellow corn which contributed to the provincial total by 50.51 percent and 53.75 percent, respectively, while the white corn shared 48.08 percent and 46.24 percent, correspondingly,” said Provincial Statistical Officer Nelida Losare.

White corn production in 2021 at 1,003 MT exhibited a 2.71-percent decrease from the 1,031 MT output in 2020 while the yellow corn recorded 1,166 MT output in 2021, posting a growth of 7.77 percent from the 1,083 MT produced in 2020.

“The increment in corn yield was due to the expansion in area harvested by 17 hectares of yellow corn, from 264 has. in 2020 to 281 has. in 2021 or a 6.44 percent increment,” Losare said.

The total area harvested to corn in 2021 was at 653 hectares, expanded by 0.62 percent or equivalent to four hectares over its recorded 649 hectares in 2020.

Meanwh i l e , t he area harvested for white corn at 372 was 13 hectares less than its area in 2020 of 385 hectares, while yellow corn got the largest shares of the white corn in the years 2020 and 2021. (