AGRICULTUR

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MLS 2C

Agriculture
Came

from the Latin word

Agricultura which means
cultivation or growing
The art and science of growing plants
and other crops and the raising of
animals for food, other human
needs or economic gain
Provides most of the worlds food and
fabrics.

Importance of Agriculture:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.

Source of Livelihood
Contribution to National Income
Supply of Food
Contribution to Foreign Exchange
Resources
Vast Employment Opportunities
Source of Government Income
Basis of Economic Development

Issues and Problems

Supplying the growing global demand for
commodities arising from developing
economies and world population growth
Availability and price of land for
expansion
New government mandates and
regulations
Stability, development and fluctuations
in global financial markets

 Impact

of global trade policies on food

security and the supply and demand for
commodities
Development and use of bio based fuels
Loss of agricultural land
Decreased Varieties

Philippine Agriculture
Situation

Major Agricultural
Products
The

country's major agricultural crops are rice,

corn, coconut, sugarcane, banana, cassava,
pineapple, and vegetables.
The major livestock products are hog, cattle,
carabao, goat, and dairy products. Chicken and
duck are the leading poultry products. Having
vast stretches of coastlines, the Philippines
boasts of an abundance in fish species.
Among the leading species are tuna and tuna-like
varieties, roundscad, sardines, anchovy, and
slipmouth.

Performance of Philippine
Agriculture

Agriculture
expanded by
1.83 percent in
2014. The sector's
growth was
contributed by the
production
increments in the
crops, livestock
and poultry
subsectors..

 The

crops subsector
which shared 51.71
percent in total
agricultural production
grew by 3.25 percent
during the year.
Production of palay went up
by 2.87 percent and that of
corn, by 5.33 percent.
Notable gains were also
recorded for sugarcane,
mango, tobacco, cassava
and onion.

 Livestock

production
increased by 1.02
percent. It contributed
16.10 percent to total
agricultural output. All
components of the
subsector registered output
gains in 2014.
The poultry subsector
inched up by 0.27
percent. It shared 14.54
percent in the total
agricultural production. The
sources of growth were
chicken, duck and duck egg.

Fisheries production
declined by 0.15
percent in 2014. The
subsector accounted
for 17.65 percent of
total agricultural
output. Gainers in the
subsector were
skipjack and yellowfin
tuna with 13.84
percent and 8.18
percent output
increases, respectively.

 On

the average,
farmgate prices went
up by 7.74 percent
from last year's
quotations. Significant
price increases were
recorded in the crops
subsector at 10.92
percent. The poultry
subsector followed with
an average price gain of
7.55 percent. In the
livestock subsector,
prices were quoted 4.54
percent more this year.

Philippine Regions and their

Agricultural Product
NCR

(National Capital Region) all the

major industrial products above except
ship but no agricultural and mineral
product
CAR (Cordillera Administrative Region)
Fruits and vegetables, cut flowers,
coffee, sweet potato

 ARMM

(Autonomous Region of Muslim

Mindanao) seaweeds, processed fish
Region I (Ilocos Region) tobacco,
mango, garlic, tomato, salt
Region II (Cagayan Valley) Sugar, fruits
and vegetables, fossilized flowers and
leaves

 Region

III (Central Luzon) sugar, garlic,

mango
Region IV A (CALABARZON) sugar,
lanzones, coffee, dairy products,
coconut oil
Region IV B (MiMaRoPa) gold, copper,
nickel, chromite, coal, woven fabrics

 Region

V (Bicol Region) abaca,

pineapple, abaca by products such as
paper, cordage, shoes and bags,
coconut oil and other coconut by
products like coco oil
Region VI (Western Visayas) sugar,
abaca, pia clothes
Region VII (Central Visayas) ube (yam)

 Region

VIII (Eastern Visayas) coconut oil and

other coconut by products, fertilizer
Region IX (Zamboanga Peninsula) seaweeds
Region X (Northern Mindanao) fresh and
canned pineapple, cassava and cassava flour,
seaweeds
Region XI (Davao Region) major producer of
banana and coconut, durian, coffee, cocoa, cut
flower especially orchid, coconut oil

 Region

XII (SOCCSKSARGEN) Major

producer of corn, fresh and canned
pineapple, papaya, asparagus
Region XIII (CARAGA Region) cut
flower, coffee, cocoa

Philippines Agricultural Products

for Exports and Imports

Ilocos region

Milkfish

Mango

Top Agricultural Commodities,

Ilocos Region, 2013

CAR

Cabbage

Top Agricultural Commodities,

CAR, 2013

Cagayan Valley

Corn

Top Agricultural Commodities,

Cagayan Valley, 2013

Central Luzon

Top Agricultural Commodities,

Central Luzon, 2013

CALABARZON

Chicken
Eggs

Top Agricultural Commodities,

CALABARZON, 2013

MIMAROPA

Calamansi

Top Agricultural Commodities,

MIMAROPA, 2013

Western Visayas

Sugarcane

Top Agricultural Commodities,

Western Visayas, 2013

Northern Mindanao

Pineapple

Top Agricultural Commodities,

Northern Mindanao, 2013

ARMM

Cassava

Top Agricultural Commodities,

ARMM, 2013

SOCCSKSARGEN

Yellowfin Tuna

Skipjack Tuna

Top Agricultural Commodities,

SOCCSKSARGEN, 2013

Davao Region

Banana

Coconut

Top Agricultural Commodities,

Davao Region, 2013

Imports