LANTAPAN

VEGETABLE
INDUSTRY
PROFILE

MUNICIPALITY OF LANTAPAN
Province of Bukidnon

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 TABLE OF CONTENTS

Part I. Introduction 3

A. Overview
B. Current Status of the Industry

Part II. Executive Summary 10

A. Barangays covered
B. Firms/enterprises involved
C. Current employment capacity of the industry
D. Level of income of production
E. Value and volume of production

Part III. Scope and Limitation 12

Part IV. Structure of the Industry 13

A. Product coverage
B. Geographical dispersion
C. Market performance
D. Production volume
E. Resource assessment
F. Support structure
G. Supply-demand situation
H. Major issues confronting sector
I. Opportunities

Part V. Prospect of the Industry 21

Part VI. Requirements of the Industry 22

References 24

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INTRODUCTION
A. Overview

Vegetables are defined as herbaceous plant grown either conventionally or

organically for its edible part. Conventional growing involves the application or use of
commercially manufactured fertilizers and chemicals. While organic vegetables are grown
with minimum reliance on artificial inputs and high level of management and taking into
consideration the maintenance and feeding of the soil and not just the plant.

In this paper the core industry that will be looked into is that of fresh vegetables in
the Municipality of Lantapan, Bukidnon. According to the Municipal Agriculture Office
(MAO) of Lantapan, Bukidnon there are 18 major kinds of vegetables grown in the
municipality. They are classified into leafy, fruit-like and root vegetables. Aside from these,
there are 250 lesser-known species utilized as vegetables concentrated in the rural areas.
These are generally grown during the dry season. Among the major vegetables, the
institutional markets have identified tomato, sweet pepper, broccoli, celery, carrots and
white potato.
Under the Philippine Standard Industrial Classification (PSIC), vegetable industry falls
under Major Division A that is Agriculture, Hunting and Forestry. It is under Division 01,
Growing of Crops and under Group 017, growing of vegetables, roots and tuber crops,
horticulture specialties & nursery products. The specific classes range from 0171 up to
0184.

B. Current Status of the Industry

1.1 Vegetable Production

a) World Production
World vegetable production from 2002-2006 is steadily increasing (See Annex Table 1). This
is lead by Asia by a wider margin over Europe, the second largest. In year 2006, Asia
captured 72.51% of the world’s production, Europe 11.50% and Africa 6.49%.

Table 1. World vegetable production by Continent (in metric tons), 2002-2006

%
Continent 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Growth
Africa 46,949,613 49,002,205 51,544,068 51,895,431 52,085,594 2.65%
North America 53,057,735 53,843,994 57,764,872 54,606,775 54,182,093 0.52%
South America 18,667,253 19,160,336 18,913,916 19,132,313 18,902,095 0.33%
Asia 511,140,989 537,109,837 554,772,810 569,167,420 582,092,028 3.31%
Europe 87,001,210 91,810,077 96,429,525 93,807,555 92,294,973 1.56%
Oceania 3,313,560 3,118,408 3,367,040 3,247,876 3,246,124 (0.38%)
World Total 720,130,360 754,044,856 782,792,230 791,857,370 802,802,907 2.77%
Source: FAOSTAT | © FAO Statistics Division 2008

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The average annual growth rate from 2002 to 2006 of the world’s vegetable production is
pegged at 2.77%. The top three continents in terms of average annual growth rate are Asia
at 3.31%, followed by Africa at 2.65% and Europe at 1.56%.

According to regional groupings, East Asia has the largest production in 2006 with 402.72
million metric tons, followed by South Asia with 105.17 million metric tons and North
America with 37.57 million metric tons. This represents 50.2%, 13.1% and 4.7% to the total
world production, respectively.

b) Asian Production

Asia’s vegetable production grew at an average of 3.31% from 2002 to 2006 (Table 7). In
2002, the region produced 511.140 million metric tons or 70.97% percent of the world’s
total production. In 2001, this volume increased by 70.951 million metric tons increasing the
region’s share to the world’s total vegetable production to 72.51%.
In 2006, China led in vegetable production in Asia with 377.225 million metric tons or 64.80
percent of Asia’s total vegetable production. India and Turkey followed with 81.672 million
metric tons and 21.917 million metric tons, respectively. The Philippines produced only
5.615 million metric tons or 0.96 percent of Asia’s total vegetable production.

Table 2. Vegetable Production, Selected Asian Countries 2002-2006 (in metric tons)

Continent/ Ave. Annual

2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Countries Growth
Asia 511,140,989 537,109,837 554,772,810 569,167,420 582,092,028 3.31%
China 327,236,910 344,276,103 354,778,362 365,118,099 377,225,870 3.62%
India 70,778,500 78,386,600 80,344,543 81,672,526 81,672,526 3.72%
Turkey 21,250,067 21,667,617 21,522,546 22,320,249 21,917,617 0.80%
Iran 11,272,000 11,809,340 11,635,578 12,500,322 12,500,632 2.68%
Japan 11,744,394 10,846,500 11,110,000 11,295,156 11,205,056 (1.09%)
Korea, South 10,012,857 10,168,655 11,022,484 10,059,794 10,360,012 1.05%
Vietnam 7,000,000 7,200,000 7,369,963 7,571,449 7,571,449 1.99%
Indonesia 6,136,986 7,164,256 7,609,427 7,395,513 7,408,013 5.08%
Philippines 5,081,498 5,082,945 5,741,691 5,640,966 5,615,524 2.70%
Pakistan 4,146,182 4,948,660 4,364,275 4,678,719 5,055,878 5.70%
Uzbekistan 2,935,970 3,299,500 3,336,019 3,517,759 4,256,641 9.99%
Myanmar 3,644,322 3,837,894 3,824,667 3,823,813 3,823,813 1.24%
Thailand 2,738,115 2,756,197 2,928,036 2,824,755 2,798,971 0.61%
Source: FAOSTAT | © FAO Statistics Division 2008

c) National Production

The Philippines’ total vegetable production in the Philippines totaled to 5.615 million metric
tons harvested from (Table 2) in 2002 to 2006 according to the Food and Agriculture
Organization (FAO). The average growth rate from 2002-2006 is pegged at 2.70%.
Table 3 shows the production volume of selected vegetables in the Philippines. From 2002-
2006, gourd (ampalaya, upo, etc.) grew at an annual average growth rate of 66.58%,
followed by lettuce with 27.56%and asparagus with 16.96%. Garlic, onion, cauliflower,

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mungbean and cabbage showed a decrease in production with annual average decrease of
6.15%, 5.75%, 3.76%, 1.26% and 0.03%, respectively.
Table 3. Production volume (in metric tons) of selected vegetables, Philippines, 2002-1006

Growth
Crop 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Rate
Asparagus 12,566 15,211 22,367 25,231 21,938 16.96%
Broccoli 1,634 1,669 1,757 2,072 2,265 8.66%
Cabbage 91,368 91,982 92,782 91,439 91,243 (0.03%)
Camote 549,392 546,971 545,147 574,629 566,773 0.82%
Carrots 34,512 34,666 35,784 35,418 35,694 0.86%
Cauliflower 12,284 12,324 12,007 10,641 10,489 (3.76%)
Eggplant 179,659 176,991 182,753 187,793 191,911 1.68%
Gabi 101,155 100,705 102,274 109,700 111,942 2.60%
Garlic 16,257 15,529 14,999 13,234 12,581 (6.15)
Ginger 23,022 22,616 24,063 24,700 27,261 4.41%
Gourd 33,926 128,387 124,251 120,423 113,421 66.58%
Habitchuelas 11,847 11,549 11,856 12,049 13,493 3.44%
Lettuce 1,495 1,579 1,721 3,386 3,348 27.56%
Mongo 27,351 25,985 26,472 26,748 25,955 (1.26%)
Okra 25,254 22,992 24,913 25,958 26,709 1.62%
Onion 96,358 93,842 86,741 82,019 75,978 (5.75%)
Chinese Pechay 34,885 34,894 35,432 37,062 37,171 1.62%
Pechay (Native) 39,684 41,288 41,339 43,578 43,077 2.11%
Tomato 149,259 150,055 172,344 173,740 175,596 4.32%
Ube 26,238 27,884 28,526 29,256 30,074 3.48%
White Potato 67,540 68,050 69,456 70,160 69,461 0.71%
TOTAL 1,535,686 1,625,169 1,656,984 1,699,236 1,686,380 2.39%
Source: Crop Statistics of the Philippines (National and Regional), Bureau of Agricultural Statistics, 2007

By island group (See Table 14), Luzon produced 1,372,957.32 MT representing 73.14% of the
national total in 2007. Mindanao followed with 303,794.35 MT (16.18%) and Visayas with
200,374.32 (10.67%). In terms of area devoted to production of vegetables, Luzon leads
with 130,803.28 hectares, representing 61.68% of the total Philippine area for vegetables.
Mindanao followed with 44,100.23 hectares (20.79%) and Visayas with 37,168.58 (17.53%).

The main vegetable production regions in the Philippines are the following: Cordillera
Administrative Region (CAR) with 350,295.63 MT (18.66%); Ilocos Region with 287,582.80
(15.32%); Central Luzon with 242,528.69 (12.92%) and CALABARZON with 187,639.92 (10%).

In Mindanao, Northern Mindanao leads the production of vegetables with 94,354.69 MT or

31.06% of the Mindanao total. Southern Mindanao (Davao Region) followed with 65,433.80
MT (21.54%) and Central Mindanao with 46,786.02 MT (15.40%).

d) Regional Production

Northern Mindanao’s vegetable production is at 140,699.20 metric tons in 2007. Data

sourced from the Department of Agriculture-Regional Field Office 10 (Table 4) showing the
production volume of selected vegetables produced within Northern Mindanao revealed
that tomato has the highest production with 41.70 thousand metric tons produced in 2007.
This is then followed by sweet potato (27.49 thousand MT), squash (10.77 thousand MT),
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white potato (6.78 thousand MT), ginger (4.24 thousand MT), cabbage (3.57 thousand MT),
gourds (3.50 thousand MT) and eggplant (3.26 thousand MT).

In terms of growth rates from 2006-2007, broccoli topped with an annual average growth
rate of 29.80%. Other vegetables with significant growth include cauliflower (27.32%),
chayote (18.32%), ginger (17.28%), gabi (15.22%) and sweat peas (14.80%). On the other
hand, production volume of asparagus, lettuce and gourd experienced negative growths
decreased for the same period with annual average growth rates of 2.23%, 2.94% and
2.20%, respectively.
Looking at the share of each province (Table 4) to the total vegetable production volume
produced region-wide shows the province of Bukidnon as the top producer contributing
almost half of the total volume produced in Northern Mindanao at 67,430.59 MT (47.93%).
This is then followed by Misamis Oriental with 22.18%, Lanao del Norte with 19.04%,
Misamis Occidental with 6.75% and Camiguin with 0.77%.

Table 4. Vegetable production volume (in metric tons) in Region 10 with breakdown per province,
2005-2007

Volume of Production (MT) Ave. Annual % of Regional

Crops F F P
2005 2006 2007 Growth Rate Total (2007)
Region 10 128,424.02 135,077.59 140,699.20 4.67 100.00%
Bukidnon 62,295.55 65,248.64 67,430.59 4.04 47.93%
Camiguin 1,032.80 1,031.34 1,083.33 2.45 0.77%
Lanao del Norte 24,425.94 25,481.96 26,784.86 4.72 19.04%
Misamis Occidental 8,291.84 8,556.88 9,494.49 7.08 6.75%
Misamis Oriental 27,897.65 30,198.83 31,200.70 5.78 22.18%
Source: DA-RFU 10; *F=Final; P=Preliminary
In terms of production area for vegetables (Table 5), Northern Mindanao has 6,411
hectares planted with vegetables, a decrease of about 26.78% from 2006’s total of 8,756
hectares. From 2003-2007, Northern Mindanao’s growth in production area devoted to
vegetables is only 0.51%. Bukidnon has the largest area devoted to vegetables in 2007 at
3,000 hectares (46.79% of Region 10’s total), followed by Lanao del Norte with 1,586
(24.74%), Misamis Oriental with 1,155 hectares (18.02%) and Misamis Occidental with 487
hectares (7.60%). Camiguin has the smallest area with only 183 hectares (2.85%) planted
with vegetables.
Table 5. Vegetable production area in Region 10 with breakdown per province 2003-2007

Production Area (in hectares) Ave. Annual % of Regional

Crops
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Growth Rate Total (2007)
Region 10 7,797 5,848 5,454 8,756 6,411 0.51 100.00%
Bukidnon 3,132 3,166 1,700 4,038 3,000 16.65 46.79%
Camiguin 413 49 375 447 183 134.33 2.85%
Lanao del Norte 2,117 913 1,763 2,048 1,586 7.46 24.74%
Misamis Occidental 639 379 518 731 487 0.93 7.60%
Misamis Oriental 1,499 1,341 1,098 1,492 1,155 (3.84) 18.02%
Source: DA-RFU 10

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e) Provincial Production

Bukidnon is the largest vegetable-

producing province in the Northern
Mindanao region in terms of production
area and volume of production. Table 16
shows the area planted to selected
vegetables in the province. In 2007, the
province produced a total of 106, 800.29
metric tons from 3, 000 hectares. Tomato
has the largest area with 1,680 hectares,
followed by white potato and squash with
547 hectares and 402 hectares,
respectively.
The table above also shows that
the area devoted to vegetables in the
province is steadily increasing through the
years with an average of 9.76% average
annual increase. The area planted to
asparagus grew at a dramatic rate of
2,402.02% annually from 2002 to2006.
Asparagus production is being undertaken Figure 1. Major vegetable producing municipalities
by multinational companies operating in in Bukidnon
the province such as Dole and Lapanday.
Other crops that register high growth rates in terms of production area from 2002-2006
include lettuce, broccoli, and gourd with annual average increase of 164.63%, 114.22% and
101.06%, respectively. Only the production area of native pechay decelerated in the period
with an annual average decrease of 6.76% annually.
Table 17 shows the production volume of selected vegetables produced in the
province of Bukidnon. Due to the dramatic increase of production area devoted to
asparagus, this crop also registered the highest increase in volume produced with 1,288.36%
average annual increase. Other vegetable crops with good production performance include
lettuce, broccoli, cauliflower and Chinese pechay with annual average increases of 239.99%,
217.32%, 149.12% and 97.09%. On native pechay and white potato production decreased
from 2002-2006 with annual average decrease of 9.66% and 2.02%, respectively. As a
whole, the total production volume of vegetables in the province is steadily increasing with
13.53% annual average increase.
The main production areas for vegetables are located in the municipalities of
Talakag, Baungon, Libona, Manolo Fortich, Sumilao, Impasug-ong, Malaybalay, Cabanglasan
and Lantapan. These municipalities, except for Cabanglasan, which have areas located in the
foot slopes of the Kitanglad Mountain Range, are able to grow temperate, semi-temperate
as well as tropical vegetables. Cabanglasan grows tropical vegetables specifically squash.
Other municipalities in the province also grow high value vegetables but in lesser quantity
compare to these nine municipalities.
The figure below shows the production volume of high value vegetables produced in
the province versus the area devoted to high value vegetables in the province. A closer look
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will reveal that the production volume is steadily increasing at a faster pace compared to
the growth of production area. It means that the province produces more vegetables in a
lesser area of land.

2.1 Vegetable Marketing

Vegetables produced from the different vegetable producing regions of the Philippines are
primarily marketed in key Philippine cities such as Manila, Cebu, Iloilo City, Cagayan de Oro
City, Davao City, Bacolod City, General Santos City, and Zamboanga City.
Vegetable products of Region 10 are shipped mainly to wet markets in Manila and in other
major cities of Visayas and Mindanao such as Cebu, Iloilo, Bacolod, Zamboanga, Davao,
Butuan and Palawan. The presence of regular flights and trips of boats and buses plying
these areas warrant convenient flow of these commodities. Refrigerated vans of CRYO,
likewise, enable shipment of highly perishable leafy vegetables like lettuce.
As shown in the existing vegetable distribution channels diagram (Figure 2) in the region, it
is noted that the consolidators are vital in the distribution process. Consolidators are the
ones who gather or consolidate vegetables from different sources/ farmers for distribution
to wholesalers. The last level of traders then distribute these vegetables by land, sea and air
to other provinces in Mindanao and Visayas and other major cities such as Cebu and Metro
Manila.
With the present distribution channel, the probability of loss due to spoilage of vegetables is
high due to the long distribution process. The presence of a farm produce terminal market
or a trading post will address the problem on high incidence of spoilage. This idea came
about during one of the workshops with the vegetable industry stakeholders.
Estimated volume of vegetables shipped by sea bound for Manila and other major cities in
the Visayas from the port of Cagayan de Oro accounted for 79 percent of the average
production volume of the Region while vegetables shipped by air bound for Manila was only
four percent. The remaining 17 percent was distributed locally and to other cities in
Mindanao.

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 Figure 2. Existing Marketing Distribution Channel of Vegetables

Farmer/Grower
Northern Mindanao

Consolidators

Compradors

Last Level Traders

Agora Buyers
Cagayan de Oro City

By Land By Sea/Air By Sea/Air

Wholesaler-Retailer Wholesaler-Retailer
Cagayan de Oro City/ Cebu/Other Provinces
Other Provinces in in Visayas
Mindanao

Retailer/Supermarket Retailer/Supermarket
Cagayan de Oro City/ Cebu/Other Provinces
Other Provinces in in Visayas
Mindanao

Institutional Buyer
Institutional Buyer
Cagayan de Oro City/
METRO MANILA Cebu/Other Provinces
in Visayas
Other Provinces in
Mindanao

Divisoria Balintawak Q-Mart Others/Institutional

Buyers
Reference: Northern Mindanao Vegetable Producers Association Inc.

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
A. Barangays Covered

The industry covers all the 14 barangays of Lantapan, Bukidnon because topography,
climate and soil type of these barangays favour the growth of diverse kind of vegetable,
from temperate to tropical. However, this paper focuses on the major vegetable-producing
barangays in the municipality: Basac (3,705 ha.), Kibangay (5,090 ha.), Cawayan (1,452 ha.),
Victory (1,123 ha.), Songco (4,304 ha.), Kaatuan (3,976 ha.), Kapitan Juan (1,978 ha.), and
Alanib (4,812 ha.). (See Figure 1)

Figure 3. Map of Lantapan, Bukidnon showing the major vegetable-producing barangays of the municipality
(shown in grey)

The eight barangays covers an aggregate land area of 26, 440 hectares (264.4 km2), covering
almost 75% of the total land area of the municipality of Lantapan (35, 465 ha or 354.65
km2). Around 46% of the total area of the eight (8) barangays or approximately 12, 251
hectares is classified as alienable and disposable while the remaining (about 54%) is
classified as timberland located within the boundaries of the Mount Kitanglad Range Natural
Park, where cultivation and intrusion is strictly prohibited.
By volume, the top vegetables are broccoli, cabbage, lettuce, Chinese cabbage, potato and
sweet pepper. These crops are produced in Kaatuan, Capitan Juan, Songco, Victory,
Cawayan, Basak and Kibangay. These areas have been producing massively since the 1950’s.
The average size of land utilized for vegetable production by a small-scale farmer ranges
from 1/8 to ¼ of a hectare. While most farmers own the lands they till, some farmers still
rent their lands at P2, 000 per hectare per year.[b]

B. Key Players of the Lantapan Vegetable Industry

Small-scale farmers dominate the vegetable industry of Lantapan. Data provided by the
Municipal Agriculture Office (MAO) of Lantapan, Bukidnon showed that there are 2, 850
farmers in the municipality in 2007 tilling 593.23 hectares of vegetables farms. About a third

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of these farmers tilled lands of less than 3 hectares. Only about five percent of the farmers
surveyed have landholdings of more than eight hectares. In terms of ownership, about 55%
of the farmers surveyed owned the land that they are tilling. Another 34 % of the farmers
surveyed lease their lands from the owners. Still other farmers have their own lands but
they still rent other parcel of land.
Farmer organizations have been organized especially in top vegetable producing barangays.
The Lantapan Eco-Agro Forest Farmers Association (LEAFFA), based in Songco, Lantapan
provides community-based livelihood activities for their members aside from vegetable
farming to augment their member’s income. There are also NGO-organized farmer’s
organizations such as the Paglambu-Landcare Farmer Association, a municipal-wide
organization encompassing vegetable farmers practicing agro-forestry and organized by the
World Agroforestry Center (ICRAF). ICRAF provides support thru farming systems advocacy
as well as market linkaging support for their farmers by organizing them as vegetable
clusters.
Large-scale vegetable farms also operate in the municipality. Among them are RSY Farm and
Full View Farm in Barangay Kibangay, Micabalo’s Farm in Barangay Songco, Cyper Farm in
Barangay Victory, and Three Kengi’s Farm in Barangay Capitan Juan .These large farms are
members of the Northern Mindanao Vegetable Producer’s Association (NorminVeggies),
Inc., a producer’s association based in Cagayan de Oro City. NorminVeggies provides
marketing assistance through its NorminVeggies Consolidation Center (NVCC) in Agora
Market, Cagayan de Oro City. [a]

C. Current Employment Capacity of the Industry

The vegetable industry of Lantapan, Bukidnon has a total of 2,850 farmers that own and till
their lands in 2007, according to the data from the MAO-Lantapan Office. Based on the
survey conducted in 2006 to vegetable farmers in Lantapan, it is estimated that the
vegetable industry is capable of employing approximately 1, 800 workers, in which 29% are
full time employees, 24% are part time employees and around 47% seasonal workers.
Seasonal workers are usually hired during maintenance and harvesting of the vegetable
produce.

D. Level of Income of Production

In a survey conducted to 62 farmers of Lantapan in 2006, average annual income for

vegetable production P53, 000. Lantapan vegetable farmers earn from a low of P10, 000 to
as high as P200, 000 for some farmers.

E. Area Planted, Volume of Production and Value of Production

Lantapan is one of the major producers of vegetable in the province. In 2006, the
municipality produced more than 2,983 metric tons of fresh vegetables harvested from an
estimated production area of 618 hectares (See Table 18 and Table 19)

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SCOPE AND LIMITATION

The data used for this industry profile was gathered from a number of sources, including the
Municipal Agriculture Office (MAO), Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), Bureau of
Agricultural Statistics (BAS) and Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). Primary data came
from the survey conducted to vegetable farmers conducted by the Department of Trade &
Industry (DTI) in coordination with the Municipal Agriculture Office (MAO) of Lantapan.
Secondary data used are the production data (area harvested and production volume)
obtained from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Crop Stat of the Bureau of
Agricultural Statistics (BAS), Department of Agriculture-Regional Field Unit 10 (DA-RFU 10),
BAS-Bukidnon Provincial Office, and the Municipal Agriculture Office (MAO) of Lantapan.

These is some disparity in figures as the industry-collected data and data from the different
sources are not always in accord.

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STRUCTURE OF THE INDUSTRY
A. Product Coverage

The One Town One Product (OTOP) Program of the municipality is high value vegetables but
the municipality focuses on six products, namely: broccoli, sweet pepper, carrots, cabbage,
celery and tomato.

B. Geography of the Production Area

Lantapan is in central Bukidnon and is bounded in the north by the municipalities of Sumilao
and Impasug-ong, in the east by Malaybalay City, in the south by Valencia City separated by
Manupali River and in the west by Talakag.
Vegetables area is produced in barangays in the northwestern portions including Basak,
Kibangay, Songco, Victory, Cawayan, Songco, Alanib, Capitan Juan and Kaatuan. These
barangays are located within the boundaries of the Mt. Kitanglad Range Natural Park.
Around 70% of the area in Lantapan has strong sloped above 18%. The rest are slight to
moderately rolling terrain (8% to 18%). The predominant soil type in Lantapan is clay soil
(Adtuyon and Kidapawan clay). Elevation ranges from 1, 100 meter and 1, 240 meter. Basac
is 1, 100 meter above sea level, Cawayan is a 1, 240 meters, Kibangay is at 1, 200, Victory at
1, 280 meters, Songco at 1, 135 meters, Kaatuan and Capitan Juan at 2, 150 and Alanib at
800 above sea level.
The municipality’s climate falls under Type IV with no very pronounced rainfall or dry
period. Rainy months are July-September. Rainy season may start as early as May and
extend to December. Average rainfall is 224.54 mm. There have been no cases of typhoons
or floods. Air temperature averages 21.84°C with little fluctuation at 2°C between warmest
and coldest temperature.

C. Market Performance

The current marketing system involves vegetables picked up at the farm by

“viajeros”/“jamboleros” who own vegetable hauling trucks. Some of these viajeros are also
residents of the municipality, while others are from the Agora Market. These are delivered
to the Agora Market in Cagayan de Oro or shipped directly to Manila via the Cagayan de Oro
port.
There are no specific pick up points in Lantapan. And since majority of their farms are not
accessible thru the national highway, farmers bring their produce beside the road for the
trucks to pick up. Farmers also use waiting sheds and sari-sari stores to protect their goods
from the sun while others have no choice but to display the sacks along the roadside where
passenger jeepneys or trucks can stop to load the vegetables.
Since there are no wholesalers in Lantapan, some farmers who have small volumes bring
their products to one of the following public markets: Malaybalay Public Market, Aglayan
Public Market and Valencia Central Market and sell them to wholesalers or retailers in the
area. But since there are also Agora bound passenger jeepneys are available in these areas,
the Agora Market is a likely destination for their produce.

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Almost 99% of the vegetable produce in the municipality are sold to the outside market.
Majority of the production find their way to the Agora Market of Cagayan de Oro through
the “viajeros” and “jamboleros” that pick up the farmers produce in the area. Some farmers,
who are members of the NorminVeggies producer’s association, deliver their products to
the group’s consolidation center. This is then sold to markets outside Cagayan de Oro
(Manila and the Visayas markets). Small portions are sold in the public markets of
Malaybalay and Valencia.
The table below shows market performance of the focused products under the One Town
One Product (OTOP) program of the municipality using the computed value from year 2003
to 2007. Data used for the computation came from the Municipal Agriculture Office for the
volume of production and the Bureau of Agricultural Statistics (CropStat) website for the
farm gate prices.
Table 6. Estimated value of production (in Php) of focus vegetable crops under the One Town One
Product Program (OTOP) of Lantapan, Bukidnon, 2003-2007

Crops 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

Tomato 10,915,750.00 8,423,966.25 1,280,858.28 15,743,666.25 5,568,766.43
Broccoli 4,158,000.00 3,625,600.00 5,560,000.00 12,076,470.00 3,812,224.00
Cabbage 5,815,720.00 3,590,400.00 6,727,875.00 7,408,800.00 2,663,655.00
Carrot 2,765,880.00 172,300.00 3,768,750.00 6,146,658.00 2,087,600.00
Sweet Pepper 2,205,811.20 4,101,625.00 2,765,400.00 5,652,006.00 3,187,500.00
Total 25,861,161.20 19,913,891.25 20,102,883.28 48,964,220.25 17,319,745.43
*Sales was computed using the data from the MAO-Lantapan and BAS

D. Production Volume
Table 7. Total production area and volume of
production of MAO-monitored vegetables
Table 7 shows the total area planted and the
Year Area Planted (Has.) Production (MT)
total production of volume of vegetable 2003 477.46 4,281
products produced in Lantapan, as monitored 2004 408.63 3,604
by the Municipal Agriculture Office (MAO) of 2005 481.75 3,656
Lantapan, Bukidnon. The data showed that 2006 770.25 8,291
the volume of vegetable decreased by as 2007 618.50 2,983
much as 64% from its 2006 level. In 2006, there was a dramatic increase in area planted to
tomato and cabbage from resulting in larger production volume.

Table 8. Estimated volume of production (in metric tons) of vegetable crops under the One Town
One Product Program (OTOP) of Lantapan, Bukidnon, 2003-2007

5-Year
Crop 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Total
Average
Broccoli 189.00 160.00 250.00 609.00 166.40 1,374.40 274.88
Sweet Pepper 65.28 137.50 110.00 163.40 127.50 603.68 120.74
Carrots 156.00 10.00 225.00 338.10 122.80 851.90 170.38
Cabbage 838.00 510.00 962.50 1,058.40 371.50 3,740.40 748.08
Tomato 1,175.00 950.25 157.00 1,993.50 710.00 4,647.25 929.45

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Tomato, as shown in Table 8, is the major product of the Table 9. Top 10 vegetables of
Lantapan in terms of volume
municipality in terms of volume of production, churning
out an average of 929.45 metric tons per year from Average (2003-
2003-2007. Lantapan produced an estimated 710 metric Rank Crop
2007)
tons of tomatoes in 2007, down by 64% from its 1, 1 Tomato 997.15
993.50 metric tons in 2006. Large areas of tomato are 2 Cabbage 748.08
found in Kibangay, Songco, Cawayan, and Victory. 3 Chinese Cabbage 523.93
4 Squash 492.22
Cabbage is also produced in large quantities peaking at
5 White Potato 280.22
1, 058.40 metric tons in 2006. Lantapan produced an 6 Brocolli 274.88
average of 748.08 metric tons of cabbage annually from 7 Cauliflower 220.06
2003-2007. Cabbage in mainly produced in Kiabangay, 8 Sayote 211.94
Basak, Songco, Cawayan and Victory. 9 Sweet Potato 180.54
10 Carrot 170.38
Lantapan also produced 274.88 metric tons of broccoli, Source: Municipal Agriculture Office, Lantapan
170.38 metric tons of carrots and 120.74 metric tons of
sweet pepper annually from 2003 to 2007. Most of the crops reached record levels of
production in 2006 and dropped in 2007.
Table 9 shows the top ten vegetables in terms of production volume from 2003-2007 in
Lantapan, Bukidnon. Four of the crops in the top ten vegetables are focused products under
the One Town One Product (OTOP) program of the municipality.

E. Resource Assessment

Production Areas

In 2007, the municipality of Lantapan has 628.50 hectares of land area devoted to
vegetables. The top ten vegetables in the municipality, in terms of area harvested are
shown in Table 10. Majority of these vegetable
production areas are in Basak, Kibangay, Songco, Table 10. Top 10 vegetables of
Victory, Cawayan, Songco, Alanib, Capitan Juan and Lantapan in terms production area
Kaatuan. The total alienable and disposable (A & D)
Average
of these eight barangays is estimated at 12, 251 Rank Crop
(2003-2007)
hectares planted to other crops or lying idly and 1 Cabbage 90.00
uncultivated. In the eight barangays alone, there is 2 Tomato 76.57
plenty of room for expansion for vegetable 3 Chinese Cabbage 64.20
production purposes (more than 11,000 hectares). 4 Squash 46.49
5 White Potato 40.46
Furthermore, there are still other barangays with
6 Brocolli 34.85
potential for vegetable production, especially for 7 Cauliflower 32.65
tropical types of vegetables in the lower elevation 8 Sweet Pepper 28.88
areas of the municipality. The climate for Lantapan is 9 Sweet Potato 28.07
ideal for vegetable production and vegetables can be 10 Baguio beans 19.35
Source: Municipal Agriculture Office, Lantapan
planted the whole year round.

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 Table 11. Estimated area of production (in hectares) of focus vegetable crops under the
One Town One Product Program (OTOP) of Lantapan, Bukidnon, 2003-2007

5-Year
Crop 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Average
Broccoli 27.00 16.00 25.00 50.75 55.50 34.85
Sweet Pepper 21.76 34.38 27.50 21.50 39.25 28.88
Carrots 13.00 5.00 15.00 24.50 40.10 19.52
Cabbage 104.75 63.15 96.25 98.00 87.83 90.00
Tomato 58.75 63.35 88.50 110.75 61.50 76.57

Among the focused vegetables under the OTOP Program of the municipality, the area
devoted to cabbage is 90 hectares annually is the largest. Tomato has 76.57 hectares,
broccoli has 34.85 hectares, sweet pepper has 28.88 hectares, and carrots 19.52
hectares annually from 2003 to 2007.

Labor Supply
Labor is readily available in the vicinity of the major production areas. Labor rates vary
from the services being rendered by the laborer (i.e. plowing-200/day, harvesting
100/day, etc.). Although at present, there has been a stiff competition from
multinational companies operating in the municipality and which offers higher wage
rates compared to the farmer’s rates.

Technology
Almost 99% of the farmers in Lantapan use conventional method of vegetable
production that relies heavily on expensive chemical inputs such as fertilizers and
pesticides.

Offsite Infrastructure
i. Farm-to-Market Roads (FMR)
Poblacion Lantapan is 140 kilometers from Cagayan de Oro City and 30 kilometers from
Malaybalay. From the main highway (Crossing Aglayan, Malaybalay City), Lantapan is 15
kilometers over a combination of cemented and gravel roads.
The national road passes through all the barangays and is connected to Talakag through
Barangay Basak, Lantapan and Barangay Lirongan in Talakag. Farms located near the
national highway are generally accessible and farmers have little problem bringing their
produce to the roadside. Farmers with farms located in the hinterlands are the ones that
have difficulty in bringing their products to the market, because of the very poor
conditions of the road.

ii. Irrigation & Power

Majority of the smallholder farms in the municipality are rain fed and there is difficulty
in securing water for their farms although there are numerous water sources such as
streams, creeks and rivers from which they can fetch water.

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 All barangays in the municipality is already energized by the Bukidnon Second Electric
Cooperative (BUSECO) although there are far-flung sitios in the mountainous areas that
were not energized.

iii. Post-Harvest Facilities

The municipality has inadequate post harvest facilities. After harvesting their products,
the farmers clean, sort and grade their products in the harvest area. They use sorting
tables to properly sort their products in the open and there is an absence of
sorting/packing sheds. Packaging materials used by the farmers includes sacks, cartoon
boxes, and wooden crates. Only few farmers employ the use of plastic crates because of
financial constraints.
The municipality has a vegetable trading post located in Barangay Kibangay, which was a
DA-funded project, but is not operational. The structure is still incomplete and the
trading post lacks the necessary facilities like sorting tables, weighing scale, water
supply, comfort rooms and other necessary facilities. The facility has a high potential for
consolidating the vegetable products before being marketed and reducing the post-
harvest losses for the products.

iv. Transportation & Telecommunication

The survey conducted to 62 farmers in 2006 revealed that majority of the farmers,
around 70%, use vegetable hauling trucks as the main form of transportation in
transporting their produce from the farm to their intended market. These trucks are
usually owned by the “viajeros” that own bodegas in the Agora Market, Cagayan de Oro
City but there are some residents of the municipality that own trucks that also engage in
the trucking business for vegetables. Another form of transportation being used by
farmers is jeepneys that ply the Lantapan-Malaybalay route (responded by 39% of the
farmers surveyed). Jeepneys are usually used when transporting produce to nearby
Malaybalay (Poblacion and Aglayan Public Markets) and Valencia City markets. Still other
farmers (around 13%) use animal-drawn carts or animals (horses, carabaos or cattle) to
transport their produce from the farms not accessible by other means of transport to
roadsides where they can be picked up by trucks or jeepneys.
Telecommunication facilities being used by farmers in the municipality includes
cellphones, since many of the areas in the municipality has either Smart or Globe cell
sites.

Market Structures

No permanent market structures are present in Lantapan, except in the Lantapan Public
market. Temperate vegetables are seldom sold in the market. “Jamboleros” and
“viajeros” bound for Agora Market bypass the Lantapan Public market.
Retailers procure their vegetable supplies from the Malaybalay Public market.
Vegetables sold inside the market are mainly tropical such as string beans, squash,
onions and spices.

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F. Support Structure

Production Inputs

i. Seeds, Fertilizers and Pesticides

Vegetable farmers of Lantapan source out their farming inputs such as hybrid seeds,
chemical fertilizers and chemical pesticides in Cagayan de Oro City, Malaybalay City
(Aglayan), and Valencia City. Local stores also sell basic farm implements and production
inputs but major purchases are usually made in major cities where the farmers sell their
produce mentioned above. A number of stores or farmer’s cooperative store retail seeds
and fertilizers/chemical inputs to the farmers. Some seed companies also sell seeds to
farmers on credit, which the farmers pay after their harvest.

ii. Financing
Most vegetable farmers in the municipality are self-financed but their capital is not
enough to produce in amounts to take advantage of economies of scale[c] but still others
rely on the buying agents (“bodegeros”) in Agora Market, Cagayan de Oro City.
Although many of these farmers are self-financed, they turn to non-institutional sources
such as traders, bodegeros and other farmers for production loans. Financing schemes
vary among crops and growing conditions. Usually, the financier provides production
loans in the form of cash and specific farm inputs (a scheme locally known as
“dextrose”). At harvest time, some financiers collect a fixed amount of money from
every kilo or crate of produce sold by farmers as repayment for the loans made by the
farmer. [d]

Technical Support

The Municipal Agriculture Office of Lantapan provides technical support to all vegetable
farmers in the municipality. The MAO Office periodically conducts activities aimed at
improving the skills of the farmers such as Farmers’ Field Schools (FFS) to train them on
Integrated Pest Management (IPM) techniques. Technology trainings are conducted
when new technology is introduced to them. Organic farming and the use of bio-control
measures in farming was already taught to the farmers and have adequate knowledge
on the subject matter. However, there are no known strict practioner of this technology
in the municipality.

G. Supply-Demand Situation

The vegetable industry of Lantapan churns out an average of 4, 562.91 metric tons of
vegetable annually from 2003 to 2007. Basing from the annual per capita consumption of
Filipinos of vegetables, which stood at 26 kilograms annually and the present population of
the municipality at 51, 406 inhabitants as of August 2007, the total estimated demand for
vegetables within the municipality stood at 1, 336.56 metric tons although actual
consumption could be actually lower than this. Therefore, there is an estimated surplus of 3,
226.35 metric tons of vegetables that could be marketed outside of the municipality
annually.

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H. Major Issues Confronting Sector

During the One Town One Product (OTOP) Strategic Planning and Action Planning Activities
conducted in March and June 2006, in which OTOP stakeholders that included farmers, non-
government organizations (ICRAF), national government agency (DTI) and the Local
Government Unit (LGU), issues and problems were discussed with regards to the present
status of the industry. These issues can be grouped into marketing, production, human
resource development and resource generation. These can be summarized as follows:

No unified and established vegetable producers association identified in the
municipality

In-operational trading post and the need to establish a trading post in the lower
portion of the municipality to accommodate the majority of the vegetable-barangays

Heavy usage of chemical inputs (fertilizers and pesticides)

Insufficient skilled labor for vegetable production due to competition by
multinational companies operating in the municipality, which offers higher wages
compared to what’s offered by the farmers.

Lack or non-existence of vegetable processing activities in the municipality on a
commercial level. Processing can extend the shelf life of the vegetables and could
augment the meager income of the farmers

Insufficient capital or financing for vegetable farmers. Farmers also have difficulty in
accessing loans from banks due to very stringent requirements forcing them to
access non-institutional financing intermediaries which have offers easy capital but
the capital is very high

Lack of promotion of vegetable consumption to address malnutrition particularly
among children. Vegetable consumption within the municipality if low because most
of the vegetables produced go to the outside market.

High post harvest losses that can be attributed to many factors such as inadequate
post-harvest technology, poor farm to market roads, absence of cold storage
facilities, etc.

High costs of production inputs such as chemical fertilizers, chemical pesticides and
hybrid seeds

Lack of production programming and complementation across production areas
resulting to gluts in the market and dampening of prices

Lack or complete absence of Research and Development (R&D) studies to match
market requirements and needs of farmers in vegetable production

Inadequate and poorly maintained infrastructure facilities necessary for vegetable
production such as farm-to-market roads, trading posts, and packing sheds resulting
in increase in marketing costs due to post harvest losses. There is also lack of
irrigation in some key vegetable production areas, diminishing their productivity.

Low and very unstable prices for vegetable products.

Peace and order problems in the major vegetable producing barangays such as
Basak, Kibangay, and Songco.

Pest and diseases regularly cause huge losses on the farmers. There is also an
absence of new pest control technologies that is affordable to the farmers.

Poor condition of soil used for vegetable production caused by erosion. Some soils
have very high acidity rendering them unsuitable for vegetable growing.

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High trucking fees going to their market

Lack of seminars and training for majority of the vegetable farmers in the
municipality. Extension services, although being given by the LGU, is inadequate.

Form of transportation used is inappropriate causing huge post harvest losses on the
farmer. Handling of vegetable products is also inefficient causing damage to the
vegetable produce resulting in, again, post harvest losses due to spoilage.

Inefficient marketing system, in which the products passes through many hands
before reaching the intended market.

Deterioration in the values and culture of the vegetable farmer. Farmers also lack
the drive to participate in farmers’ organizations such as coops, associations or
clusters due to the seemingly lack of organizational management skills.

Insufficient attention given by the Local Government on vegetable farming.

I. Opportunities

The presence of non-government organizations in the municipality, particularly the World

Agroforestry Center (ICRAF), in partnership with the Catholic Relief Services (CRS), is one of
the opportunities for the vegetable industry. ICRAF and CRS had started organizing their
own vegetable clusters in complement with the foreign-funded projects on agroforestry. So
far, two vegetable clusters have been made—one in Brgy. Songco and one in Brgy. Kaatuan.
The target markets for these clusters include institutional buyers in General Santos City and
Cagayan de Oro City. Trainings and seminars were also given to the farmers, mainly on
farming systems and marketing.

There are also projects that are currently being undertaken by the Department of
Agriculture—Regional Field Office 10 (DA-RFU 10) in partnership with LGU-Lantapan thru
the Municipal Agriculture Office that complements the requirements of the vegetable
industry in the municipality. The Mindanao Integrated North Coast Area Development
Project (MNCIADP) and the Mindanao Rural Development Project (MRDP)-CFAD has
infrastructure, livelihood and training components for the vegetable farmers.

The increasing population of the municipality as well as the country can also benefit the
vegetable industry of the municipality with increasing demand for food products such as
vegetables.

Vegetable processing, which is lacking or non-existent in the municipality at a commercial

level, can be a great opportunity considering the highly volatile price of vegetable
commodities. The provision of technology and processing equipments to potential
processors should be looked into to capitalize on this opportunity.

Lifestyle, well-being, convenience, safety, cleanliness and social responsibility have been
identified as critical issues in the food industry worldwide for the next 10 years. This is
represented by the increase in demand of organic products, including vegetables. This could
be an opportunity for vegetable farmers in Lantapan to cash-in on such products.

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PROSPECTS OF THE INDUSTRY

The present trend in agriculture is towards the production of safety and clean foods for the
consumer brought about by the increased awareness of the consumers about the health
benefits as well as the risks of eating “unsafe” and “unhealthy” food products. Farmers all
over the world are shifting their production from conventional to organic way of vegetable
production to answer this consumer demands. Aside from the health-awareness of the
consumers, lifestyle and convenience especially of people in urban areas are factors that
should be taken into account in the coming years. Consumers are beginning to be
accustomed to a “fast” way if living. They tend to purchase “ready-to-cook” products that
are convenient with their way of living.

Market-oriented vegetable production is increasingly being practiced by many countries,

including the Philippines with industry clustering as the strategy. This is to consolidate and
program the vegetable production so that farmer-producers can take advantage of the
economics of scale and to reduce production costs, which are increasing fast due to the
recent rise in the prices of petroleum in the world market. Clustering is used in the country
given the fact that most of the vegetable farms are small and can’t cope up with the volume
being demanded by the market.

Another factor that will greatly affect the vegetable production in the country is the
increasing presence of imported products brought about by the entry of the Philippines into
the World Trade Organization (WTO). WTO aims to reduce or eliminate the barriers that
hamper trade in its member countries. Vegetables from China and other major vegetable
producers, cheaper and in greater quantities continue to enter into the Philippine market,
creating stiff competition with vegetables produced domestically, which are far more
expensive. Thus the trend in the Philippine vegetable production is to drastically reduce the
production costs so that we can price our products at par or lower with imported
vegetables.

Finally, the increasing Philippine population, which stood at 88.57 million, is a potential
market for the vegetable producers in the country.

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REQUIREMENTS OF THE INDUSTRY

Using Figure 4, Industry Cluster Diagram for High Value Vegetables, as reference the high
value vegetable industry of Lantapan requires the following to boosts its development:

Small water impounding projects for key vegetable areas that do not have sufficient
irrigation

Improvement in the road network of the municipality especially the farm-to-market
roads

Vegetable trading post or consolidation area (“bagsakan”)

Cold chain facility with reefer vans

Trainings and seminars for farmers (farming methods, production of organic
fertilizers, bio-pest control methods and other technologies)

Packing sheds

Skills Training on vegetable processing (basic and upgrading)

Organization of farmers into vegetable clusters or farmer-producer association

Research and development (R & D) research

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 Figure 4. Vegetable Industry Cluster Diagram

Deep Well, Power

Drilling Deep Offsite Roads,
Materials & Well Infrastructure Financing Fertilizers/
Equipment Telecom Chemicals/
Labor

Farm Land Nursery

Implements Preparation

Fertilizer/ Planting
Propagation
Technology Labor Materials
Mat’ls
Fertilizers & Eqpt
Chemicals
Growing

Harvesting Imported Local

Farm Eqpt.
Equipment Seeds Breeders
Labor
Harvesting/
Cleaning
Labor

Packing Sorting/ Legend:

Shed Grading
Gaps in Process
Process
Allied Activities Gaps
Packaging Allied Activities
Packaging
Materials

Storage Cold Storage

Ethylene
Absorber, Transport Reefer Vans
Eqpt/Chemicals

Fresh Processing Processing Equipment

Domestic Export Export Domestic

Supermarket Wholesale
Food Industry Food Service

Consumer
Consumer Retailer Food Food Service
Industry

Consumer

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REFERENCES

Lantapan Municipal Profile. Published by the Local Government of Lantapan, Bukidnon.

2005

Lantapan Municipal Comprehensive Land Use Plan. Published by the Local Government of
Lantapan, Bukidnon. 2005

The Philippine Vegetable Industry Trends, Issues and Policy Implications. Published by the
Regoverning Markets Program. URL:
http://www.regoverningmarkets.org/en/resources/se_asia/the_philippine_vegetabl
e_industry_trends_issues_and_policy_implications

Temperate Vegetables in Mindanao: Key Production Areas. Published by the Growth with
Equity in Mindanao (GEM) Program. August 2000.

The Vegetable Production Areas of Mindanao: Key and Potential Profiles. Published by the
Northern Mindanao Vegetable Producers Association, Inc. and the Vegetable
Industry Council of Southern Mindanao, Inc.

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 ANNEXES
Table 12. World vegetable production (in metric tons) by continent and regional groupings, 2002-
2006

%
Continent 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Growth
Africa 46,949,613 49,002,205 51,544,068 51,895,431 52,085,594 2.65%
East Africa 6,297,409 6,545,130 6,657,228 6,627,478 6,633,670 1.32%
Middle Africa 2,465,083 2,374,263 2,352,873 2,385,180 2,344,169 (1.23%)
North Africa 23,567,043 25,105,064 27,094,495 26,915,413 27,025,796 3.55%
South Africa 2,179,083 2,292,459 2,257,324 2,242,316 2,034,456 (1.57%)
West Africa 12,440,995 12,685,289 13,182,148 13,725,044 14,047,503 3.09%
America 71,724,988 73,004,329 76,678,787 73,739,088 73,084,188 0.52%
North America 38,154,061 37,380,455 40,046,431 37,600,096 37,567,674 (0.27%)
Caribbean 4,393,115 5,051,929 5,206,147 4,356,785 3,832,552 (2.57%)
Central America 10,510,559 11,411,610 12,512,294 12,649,894 12,781,867 5.09%
South America 18,667,253 19,160,336 18,913,916 19,132,313 18,902,095 0.33%
Asia 511,140,989 537,109,837 554,772,810 569,167,420 582,092,028 3.31%
Central Asia 6,172,329 6,991,741 7,317,160 7,693,860 8,423,843 8.14%
East Asia 352,849,591 369,180,968 380,802,439 390,395,336 402,719,625 3.36%
South Asia 90,923,533 99,270,309 101,537,960 104,649,071 105,173,199 3.76%
South-East Asia 26,310,115 27,645,711 29,079,240 28,882,800 28,840,911 2.36%
Middle East Asia 34,885,421 34,021,108 36,036,011 37,546,353 36,934,450 1.50%
Europe 87,001,210 91,810,077 96,429,525 93,807,555 92,294,973 1.56%
Eastern Europe 31,091,881 36,134,371 36,910,488 35,934,871 36,751,668 4.50%
Northern Europe 4,254,838 4,526,060 4,428,779 4,574,691 4,387,807 0.86%
Southern Europe 34,484,071 35,137,555 37,568,522 36,716,059 35,126,167 0.55%
Western Europe 17,170,420 16,012,091 17,521,736 16,581,934 16,029,331 (1.50%)
Oceania 3,313,560 3,118,408 3,367,040 3,247,876 3,246,124 (0.38%)
Australia and N. Zealand 2,728,284 2,532,334 2,774,807 2,653,891 2,653,891 (0.49%)
Melanesia 535,081 535,422 542,976 544,486 544,570 0.44%
Micronesia 14,058 14,054 12,683 14,469 12,633 (2.10%)
Polynesia 36,137 36,598 33,914 35,030 35,030 (0.69%)
World Total 720,130,360 754,044,856 782,792,230 791,857,370 802,802,907 2.77%
Source: FAOSTAT | © FAO Statistics Division 2008

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Table 13. Volume of production (in metric tons) and production area (in hectares) for vegetables in
the Philippines with breakdown per region 2007

Volume of Prdn. In % to Production Area in % to

Regions
MT (2007) Phil. Total Hectares (2007) Phil. Total
Philippines 1,877,125.98 100.00% 212,072.09 100.00%
CAR 350,295.63 18.66% 17,743.50 8.37%
Ilocos Region 287,582.80 15.32% 35,800.08 16.88%
Cagayan Valley 175,997.02 9.38% 22,684.00 10.70%
Central Luzon 242,528.69 12.92% 21,560.00 10.17%
CALABARZON 187,636.92 10.00% 15,561.50 7.34%
MIMAROPA 31,465.37 1.68% 6,465.87 3.05%
Bicol Region 97,450.89 5.19% 10,988.33 5.18%
Western Visayas 81,271.42 4.33% 14,103.63 6.65%
Central Visayas 71,230.45 3.79% 14,794.49 6.98%
Eastern Visayas 47,872.45 2.55% 8,270.46 3.90%
Zamboanga Peninsula 35,586.37 1.90% 5,794.33 2.73%
Northern Mindanao 94,354.69 5.03% 9,579.86 4.52%
Southern Mindanao 65,433.80 3.49% 12,297.60 5.80%
Central Mindanao 46,786.02 2.49% 5,133.18 2.42%
ARMM 25,766.12 1.37% 6,334.73 2.99%
CARAGA 35,867.35 1.91% 4,960.52 2.34%

Table 14. Volume of production (in metric tons) and production area (in hectares) for vegetables in
the Philippines with breakdown per island group 2007

Volume of Prdn. % to Production Area in % to

Island Groups
In MT (2007) Phil. Total hectares (2007) Phil. Total
Philippines 1,877,125.98 100.00% 212,072.09 100.00%
Luzon 1,372,957.32 73.14% 130,803.28 61.68%
Visayas 200,374.32 10.67% 37,168.58 17.53%
Mindanao 303,794.35 16.18% 44,100.23 20.79%

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Table 15. Volume of selected vegetables in Region 10 – Northern Mindanao from 2005-2007

Volume of Production (MT) Ave. Annual

Crops F F P
2005 2006 2007 Growth Rate
Mungbean 316.47 343.01 349.24 5.10
Cabbage 2,890.72 3,051.74 3,566.57 11.22
Eggplant 2,920.16 3,157.63 3,258.79 5.67
Tomato 37,998.80 40,261.81 41,698.38 4.76
Camote 23,775.07 26,997.55 27,491.01 7.69
Habitchuelas 384.97 435.77 461.95 9.60
Asparagus 615.20 651.35 584.00 -2.23
Brocolli 336.00 518.02 546.17 29.80
Cauliflower 275.68 386.81 442.25 27.32
Lettuce 1,725.23 1,672.96 1,625.35 -2.94
Pechay 1,379.24 1,477.24 1,720.09 11.77
Ampalaya 1,891.28 1,926.09 2,184.91 7.64
String Beans 1,845.34 1,844.76 1,950.32 2.85
Gourd 3,662.71 3,657.31 3,501.79 -2.20
Okra 1,297.97 1,337.12 1,397.48 3.77
Squash 9,003.79 9,662.85 10,765.27 9.36
Ginger 3,114.16 4,029.11 4,237.77 17.28
Sweet Pepper 1,668.07 2,190.20 2,019.56 11.76
Carrots 717.73 766.37 827.76 7.39
Gabi 1,938.20 2,017.01 2,548.92 15.22
Radish 193.60 240.50 238.38 11.76
White Potato 6,662.50 6,744.89 6,778.01 0.86
Chayote 821.96 1,007.20 1,149.22 18.32
Leeks 765.31 879.40 964.60 12.30
Singkamas 65.85 74.45 73.97 6.21
Cucumber 395.35 438.67 448.69 6.62
Sweat Peas 77.93 83.20 102.20 14.80
Celery 61.00 65.00 75.00 10.97
Total 106, 800.29 115, 918.02 121,007.65 6.46%
*F=Final; P=Preliminary
Source: DA-RFU 10

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Table 16. Production area (in hectares) of selected vegetables in Bukidnon 2002-2006

Production Area in Hectares Ave. Annual

Crops
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 Growth Rate
Mungbean 40 38 39 39 43 1.97
Cabbage 242 242 255 260 276 3.37
Eggplant 155 157 161 160 168 2.05
Tomato 1,329 1,300 1,600 1,661. 1,680 6.46
Camote 518 516 527 526 567 2.34
Habitchuelas 11 9 14 34 37 47.26
Asparagus 2 194 200 200 210 2,402.02
Broccoli 5 5 17 47 66 114.22
Cauliflower 9 15 19 40 52 58.46
Kangkong 55 140 141 140 140 38.64
Lettuce 10 18 24 155 154 164.63
Chinese Pechay 47 47 57 66 75 12.68
Native Pechay 40 40 34 033 30 (6.76)
Ampalaya 65 58 59 62 65 0.22
Stringbeans 27 34 35 36 39 10.01
Gourd 20 114 32 33 340 101.06
Okra 21 18 19 21 23 2.83
Squash 115 195 365 386 402 41.66
Ginger 7 7 27 27 27 71.43
Pepper 58 56 71 74 119 22.09
Carrots 41 40 65 78 82 21.30
Gabi 10 10 11 19 19 20.68
Radish 18 18 15 15 18 0.83
White Potato 520 525 533 530 547 1.28
TOTAL 3,365 3,796 4,320 4,642 4,873 9.76
Source: Bureau of Agricultural Statistics—Bukidnon

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Table 17. Volume of production (in metric tons) of selected vegetables in Bukidnon, 2002-2006

Volume of Production (in MT) Ave. Annual

Crops
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 Growth Rate
Mungbean 32.03 32.22 33.41 33.25 41.21 6.94
Cabbage 1,904.95 2,108.75 2,154.00 2,211.50 2,393.64 5.94
Eggplant 371.81 370.07 378.10 372.00 563.00 12.86
Tomato 18,445.21 17,722.48 28,940.00 30,743.20 31,527.55 17.04
Camote 9,438.26 9,300.17 9,329.87 9,820.00 10,660.00 3.17
Habitchuelas 59.95 58.90 96.92 252.40 267.20 57.27
Asparagus 4.02 203.05 595.50 615.20 651.35 1,288.36
Broccoli 7.57 16.70 74.00 336.00 509.00 217.32
Cauliflower 17.01 80.88 109.50 270.32 375.00 149.12
Kangkong 304.20 1,054.01 1,052.72 1,060.00 1,083.00 62.31
Lettuce 61.50 140.00 190.50 1,714.00 1,654.00 239.99
Chinese Pechay 46.50 45.90 190.00 287.40 357.70 97.09
Native Pechay 279.46 290.51 273.00 201.00 180.50 (9.66)
Ampalaya 332.29 376.25 378.32 388.35 409.25 5.45
Stringbeans 31.53 149.53 153.40 154.99 166.10 96.26
Gourd 302.26 936.70 228.06 237.87 252.60 36.18
Okra 46.22 43.35 44.35 43.83 55.10 5.16
Squash 871.36 2,329.93 4,519.00 5,880.00 6,241.00 74.40
Ginger 40.84 39.77 44.60 46.82 109.40 37.04
Pepper 514.26 525.99 758.20 780.20 1,331.55 30.00
Carrots 158.15 158.30 453.80 585.95 613.00 55.13
Gabi 76.55 75.77 126.00 168.00 192.20 28.25
Radish 114.90 125.69 122.00 127.28 141.00 5.39
White Potato 7,324.06 6,875.36 6,886.00 6,652.00 6,737.00 (2.02)
TOTAL 40,784.89 43,060.28 57,131.25 62,981.56 66,511.35 13.53
Source: Bureau of Agricultural Statistics—Bukidnon

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 Table 18. Area planted to selected vegetables in Lantapan, Bukidnon 2003-2007

Area Planted in Hectares Ave. Annual

Crops
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Growth Rate
Tomato 58.75 63.35 88.50 110.75 61.50 7.05
Broccoli 27.00 16.00 25.00 50.75 55.50 31.97
Ampalaya 1.00 1.00 2.00 1.50 23.30 382.08
Cabbage 104.75 63.15 96.25 98.00 87.83 1.04
Carrot 13.00 5.00 15.00 24.50 40.10 66.37
Cauliflower 22.00 15.50 31.50 56.25 38.00 29.95
Sweet Pepper 21.76 34.38 27.50 21.50 39.25 24.68
Sweet Peas 16.25 16.00 3.75 12.50 No data 13.81
Squash 27.45 24.75 29.50 62.75 88.01 40.58
Baguio Beans 17.50 12.00 18.00 8.50 40.75 86.30
Sayote 19.50 5.00 5.00 29.00 No data 76.41
White Beans 6.00 10.00 12.00 40.00 No data 55.00
Sweet Potato 9.25 13.50 13.50 44.00 60.10 77.12
White Potato 51.50 50.00 31.00 32.00 37.80 (4.89)
String Bean 1.00 0.75 2.00 0.50 21.10 1,046.67
Chinese Cabbage 73.75 54.75 54.75 87.75 No data (16.37)
Singkamas 7.00 6.50 7.00 11.00 No data (10.58)
Total 477.46 391.63 462.25 691.25 593.24 8.85
Source: Municipal Agriculture Office (MAO), Lantapan, Bukidnon

Table 19. Volume of production of selected vegetables in Lantapan, Bukidnon 2003-2007

Volume of Production (in MT) Ave. Annual

Crops
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Growth Rate
Tomato 1,175.00 950.25 157.00 1,993.50 710.00 250.69
Broccoli 189.00 160.00 250.00 609.00 166.40 27.96
Ampalaya 2.00 2.50 8.00 7.50 30.00 134.69
Cabbage 838.00 510.00 962.50 1,058.40 371.50 (1.34)
Carrot 156.00 10.00 225.00 338.10 122.80 510.75
Cauliflower 110.00 77.50 252.00 551.25 109.57 58.56
Sweet Pepper 65.28 137.50 110.00 163.40 127.50 29.30
Sweet Peas 16.50 16.00 3.75 8.75 No data (11.56)
Squash 411.75 371.25 442.50 1,129.50 106.10 18.50
Baguio Beans 35.00 24.00 36.00 12.75 44.25 50.26
Sayote 292.50 100.00 100.00 355.25 No data 22.36
White Beans 12.00 20.00 24.00 48.00 No data 21.67
Sweet Potato 92.50 135.00 135.00 475.20 65.00 52.91
White Potato 257.50 500.00 310.00 217.60 116.00 (5.08)
String Bean 2.00 1.50 4.00 2.00 27.20 337.92
Chinese Cabbage 590.00 328.50 492.75 684.45 No data (13.85)
Singkamas 36.00 30.00 35.00 55.00 No data (10.71)
Total 4,281.03 3,374.00 3,547.50 7,709.65 1,996.32 6.79
Source: Municipal Agriculture Office (MAO), Lantapan, Bukidnon

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