AGRICULTURE

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Agriculture Came from the Latin word Agricultura which means cultivation or growingThe art and science of growing plants and other crops and the raising of animals for food, other human needs or economic gainProvides most of the worlds food and fabrics.Importance of Agriculture:Source of LivelihoodContribution to National IncomeSupply of FoodContribution to Foreign Exchange ResourcesVast Employment OpportunitiesSource of Government IncomeBasis of Economic DevelopmentIssues and ProblemsSupplying the growing global demand for commodities arising from developing economies and world population growthAvailability and price of land for expansionNew government mandates and regulationsStability, development and fluctuations in global financial marketsImpact of global trade policies on food security and the supply and demand for commoditiesDevelopment and use of bio based fuelsLoss of agricultural landDecreased VarietiesPhilippine Agriculture Situation

Major Agricultural ProductsThe 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 ProductNCR (National Capital Region) all the major industrial products above except ship but no agricultural and mineral productCAR (Cordillera Administrative Region) Fruits and vegetables, cut flowers, coffee, sweet potato

ARMM (Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao) seaweeds, processed fishRegion I (Ilocos Region) tobacco, mango, garlic, tomato, saltRegion II (Cagayan Valley) Sugar, fruits and vegetables, fossilized flowers and leavesRegion III (Central Luzon) sugar, garlic, mangoRegion IV A (CALABARZON) sugar, lanzones, coffee, dairy products, coconut oilRegion IV B (MiMaRoPa) gold, copper, nickel, chromite, coal, woven fabricsRegion 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 clothesRegion VII (Central Visayas) ube (yam)Region VIII (Eastern Visayas) coconut oil and other coconut by products, fertilizerRegion IX (Zamboanga Peninsula) seaweedsRegion X (Northern Mindanao) fresh and canned pineapple, cassava and cassava flour, seaweedsRegion XI (Davao Region) major producer of banana and coconut, durian, coffee, cocoa, cut flower especially orchid, coconut oilRegion XII (SOCCSKSARGEN) Major producer of corn, fresh and canned pineapple, papaya, asparagusRegion XIII (CARAGA Region) cut flower, coffee, cocoaPhilippines Agricultural Products for Exports and Imports

Ilocos regionMilkfishMango

Top Agricultural Commodities, Ilocos Region, 2013

CARCabbage

Top Agricultural Commodities, CAR, 2013

Cagayan ValleyCorn

Top Agricultural Commodities, Cagayan Valley, 2013

Central Luzon

Top Agricultural Commodities, Central Luzon, 2013

CALABARZONChicken Eggs

Top Agricultural Commodities, CALABARZON, 2013

MIMAROPACalamansi

Top Agricultural Commodities, MIMAROPA, 2013

Western VisayasSugarcane

Top Agricultural Commodities, Western Visayas, 2013

Northern MindanaoPineapple

Top Agricultural Commodities, Northern Mindanao, 2013

ARMMCassava

Top Agricultural Commodities, ARMM, 2013

SOCCSKSARGENYellowfin TunaSkipjack Tuna

Top Agricultural Commodities, SOCCSKSARGEN, 2013

Davao RegionBananaCoconut

Top Agricultural Commodities, Davao Region, 2013

Imports