20 March 2025 – PUERTO GALERA, ORIENTAL MINDORO. The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) Oriental Mindoro conducted the first-quarter round of the 2025 Crops Production Survey (CrPS) under Republic Act (RA) No. 10625, or the Philippine Statistical Act of 2013, which authorizes the PSA to prepare and conduct periodic censuses on various sectors of the economy, and Executive Order No. 352, mandating the conduct of the survey every quarter.

The field operation will be conducted on 20 – 31 April 2025. About 597 sample farmers in the province were visited and interviewed by seven hired statistical researchers. The collected data will undergo manual editing and computerized data processing after the data collection.

The CrPS is one of the major agricultural surveys conducted by the PSA. This survey aims to generate estimates on the volume of production, area planted/harvested, the number of bearing trees/hills/vines, and farmgate prices for crops other than palay and corn at the national and sub-national levels.

The PSA is committed to delivering relevant and reliable statistics. Hence, the agency encourages the public, especially the sample households, to participate in the various censuses and surveys conducted by the PSA. The agency also assures that all collected personal information is processed under the law and other issuances

(SGD) CHARLYN ROMERO- CANTOS, PhD
(Chief Administrative Officer)
Officer-in-Charge
Oriental Mindoro Provincial Statistical Office
HTD/DAP