The Philippine Statistics Authority – Regional Statistical Services Office I (PSA – RSSO I) will conduct the Survey on Costs and Returns (SCR) of Palay Production. The survey is in collaboration with the Bureau of Agricultural Research (BAR) of the Department of Agriculture. This survey covers palay farmers who harvested palay during the reference period. It will be conducted in two rounds to account for farming operations in January to June and July to December. The first round will be conducted on 18 July to 12 August 2022.

The SCR of palay production will generate data on the cost and returns of producing palay. This aims to establish an up-to-date production costs structure; determine indicators of profitability such as gross and net returns, returns above cash costs, returns above variable costs, etc.; come up with benchmark/updated data sets on average use of material and labor inputs; and generate other related socio-economic variables.

The PSA enjoins all sample households to support the SCR of palay production by providing the information needed. Authorized PSA interviewers will visit the sample households to conduct a personal interview. All information collected by hired Statistical Researchers from the sample households shall be kept strictly confidential.