Philippine Rice Research Institute(PhilRice)

October 25, 2023 Dear Cyra Jaye Cusit, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated Oct 24, 2023 01:37:08 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. Your Request You asked for ANALYSIS ON THE SYSTEM OF RICE INTENSIFICATION TOWARDS LOCAL ECONOMIC GROWTH: A CASE STUDY IN BARAS. Response to Request Your FOI request is approved. However, unfortunately, our socio-economic division only have data on harvest area and related indicators at minimum of provincial level, which in your case, Rizal, which we are sharing the following links to check and access them: 1. Production, area and yield, Philippines, regions and provinces: https://palaystat.philrice.gov.ph/statistics/retrieve/table/1 2. Production, area and yield, Rizal: https://www.philrice.gov.ph/ricelytics/harvestareas/province/58 You may check with Philippine Statistics Authority or with the Municipal Agriculture Office of Baras for your request. Please note that we are only able to provide some of the information you have requested. f Your right to request a review If you are unhappy with this response to your FOI request, you may ask us to carry out an internal review of the response by writing to Ms. Sophia T. Borja with email address: stborja.philrice.gov.ph. Your review request should explain why you are dissatisfied with this response, and should be made within 15 calendar days from the date when you received this letter. We will complete the review and tell you the result within 30 calendar days from the date when we receive your review request. If you are not satisfied with the result of the review, you then have the right to appeal to the Office of the President under Administrative Order No. 22 (s. 2011). Thank you. Respectfully, FOI Decision Maker PhilRice FOI Receiving Officer