Footnote to a Crisis - some comparative statistics
( Please click on the image to enlarge ) Above is a tabulation of some statistics I thought would provide some additional information and put some perspective on the current rice "crisis" of sorts that our country is experiencing. These data were either based on 2006 or 2007 reports of the two cited sources. As can be gleaned, it shows that the Philippines lag behind Thailand and Vietnam in terms of riceland, irrigated rice area and over-all arable land. But it is the highest in terms of population and population growth rate. It is interesting to note that in terms of yield per hectare or volume of rice produced per hectare, the Philippines perform better than Thailand (clearly debunking the myth that Thailand produces more even if they just learned rice production from us). (NOTE: These data do not exist in a vacuum. They may be directly influenced by other socio-political factors such as policy or implementation issues, that are not readily apparent in th...