ECONOMIC SECTOR

Economy

Agriculture remains as the Nueva Ecija’s primary industry and the backbone of its economy. Its agricultural productivity has earned the province the niche of being the “Food Bowl” of Central Luzon. Agricultural production is sustained by approximately 264, 736 hectares of fertile and arable lands that are nourished by the Great Pampanga Rivers and its many auxiliaries.

Nueva Ecija’s primary agricultural product is rice. Over the years it has managed to maintain its position as one of, if not the largest rice producer(s) in the country. Aside from the primary staple, the province is also a major onion producer in the region, with production areas concentrated mainly in the municipalities of Bongabon, Rizal, Laur, Gabaldon and San Jose City. Its other major agricultural products are corn, garlic, melon, and mango.

Livestock, poultry and fish productions are other dominant economic activities in the province. In addition to these, dairy is a fast-flourishing industry that is being primed by the collaborative efforts of the provincial government and the Philippine Carabao Center (PCC) in providing farmers and cooperatives with necessary support in upgrading and increasing the genetic potentials of native carabaos for milk, meat and draft, and in continuous market exploration and development.

Nueva Ecija offers boundless opportunities in agro-industry and agri-based trading activities to local and foreign investors. The province's vast, arable and irrigated agricultural lands and support facilities optimize these opportunities. Various agricultural research and development institutions are collaborating with the Provincial Government in pursuing agricultural advancement as well as in achieving food security not only for the province, but for the whole country as well.

Agriculture

Nueva Ecija’s primary industry is agriculture and its agricultural productivity has gained the province being dubbed as the Food Bowl of Central Luzon.

The suitability of the province’s land to agricultural production is evident in its land use. of the province’s total land area of 550,718 hectares, the biggest portion or 48% is occupied by agricultural land with an area of 264,737 hectares. The province’s freshwater swamps and fishponds, on the other hand, have an aggregate area of 4,286 hectares or a 1% of the total land.

Land Use Area (has) Percentage (%)

Agricultural areas 264,737 48%

Forest Land 135,417 25%

Grazing and Pasture 60,000 11%

Freshwater swamps and Fishpond area 4,286 1%

Residential and commercial 30,514 5%

Others (Institutional/open space) 55,764 10%

Total Land Area 550,718 100.00%

Paddy areas dominate the agricultural land use with a total irrigated and non-irrigated land of

Table 9Present Land Use in Nueva Ecija

Figure 1: Land Use

144,145 and 44,679 hectares, respectively. The remaining areas are devoted to vegetable crops (17,621 hectares), fruit orchards (11,000 hectares), grain crops and root crops (10,946 hectares) and other plantation crops (36,346 hectares).

Table 10

Figure 2: Agrucultural Land Use

(Area of 264,737 Has.)

LAND AREA AND NUMBER OF BARANGAYS BY MUNICIPALITY/CITY

MUNICIPALITY LAND AREA NO. OF BARANGAYS

1. ALIAGA 10,263 26 2. BONGABON 28,700 29 3. CABIAO 11,760 23 4. CARRANGLAN 79,205 17 5. CUYAPO 18,310 51 6. GABALDON 36,623 16 7. GEN. NATIVIDAD 10,375 20 8. GEN. TINIO 11,760 12 9. GUIMBA 23,300 64 10

. JAEN 8,545 27

11. LAUR 26,287 17

12. LICAB 5,200 11

13. LLANERA 7,350 22

14. LUPAO 12,590 24

15. NAMPICUAN 4,090 21

16. PANTABANGAN 37,470 14

17. PENARANDA 9,849 10

18. QUEZON 6,838 16

19. RIZAL 15,110 27

20. SAN ANTONIO 15,590 16

21. SAN ISIDRO 5,750 9

22. SAN LEONARDO 5,190 15

23 STA.ROSA 24,162 33

.24

. STO.DOMINGO 7,580 24

25. TALAVERA 14,455 53

26. TALUGTUG 9,385 28

27. ZARAGOZA 18,375 19

Table 10LAND AREA AND NUMBER OF BARANGAYS BY MUNICIPALITY/CITY

CITY/MUNICIPALITY LAND AREA NO. OF BARANGAYS

24. STO.DOMINGO 7,580 24

25. TALAVERA 14,455 53

26. TALUGTUG 9,385 28

27. ZARAGOZA 18,375 19

28. CABANATUAN CITY 19,228 89

29. GAPAN CITY 15,590 23

30. MUÑOZ SCIENCE CITY 14,769 37

31. PALAYAN CITY 17,229 18

32. SAN JOSE CITY 19,790 38

TOTAL 550,718 849

Crops

Rice and Corn

The primary agricultural product in the province is rice, which is practically grown in all towns. The municipality of Guimba accounts for the biggest share of production area for rice and consequently, holds the most number of farmers engaged in rice farming, followed by the cities of San Jose, Cabanatuan, Muñoz and the Municipality of Talavera, respectively.

Seventy four percent (74%) of the rice production areas in the province are irrigated, as served mostly by the Upper Pampanga River Integrated Irrigation System (UPRIIS) and other lesser communal irrigation systems. Though paddy areas in the towns of Sto. Domingo, Zaragoza, General Natividad, Bongabon, Zaragoza, Cabiao, San Isidro, Cabiao, Jaen and San Leonardo are fully irrigated still, certain municipalities are predominantly reliant on rainfall, particularly the towns of Cuyapo, Nampicuan, Talugtug, Lupao, Gen. Tinio, Peñaranda and the city of Palayan.

Table 11GININTUANG MASAGANANG ANI RICE PROGRAM

RICE PRODUCTION AREACY 2008-2010

MUNICIPALITY/CITY

PHYSICAL AREA

IRRIGATED RAINFED TOTAL

Area (Has.) No. Of Farmers Area (Has.) No. Of

Farmers Area (Has.) No. Of Farmers

1st DISTRICT 49,645.67 31,340 15,011.40 9,053 64,657.07 40,393

ALIAGA 6,406.00 2,562 397.40 223 6,803.40 2,785 CUYAPO 1,468.00 1,319 6,838.00 4,692 8,306.00 6,011 GUIMBA 10,750.00 11,157 4,346.00 2,546 15,096.00 13,703 LICAB 3,543.67 1,436 3,543.67 1,436 NAMPICUAN 702.00 224 3,174.00 1,283 3,876.00 1,507 QUEZON 4,357.00 2,239 243.00 301 4,600.00 2,540 STO. DOMINGO 7,520.00 4,149 7,520.00 4,149 TALAVERA 8,802.00 5,199 13.00 8 8,815.00 5,207 ZARAGOZA 6,097.00 3,055 6,097.00 3,055

2nd DISTRICT 35,284.29 23,062 15,920.36 9,833 51,204.65 32,895

CARRANGLAN 2,999.00 1,382 1,178.95 753 4,177.95 2,135 LLANERA 6,488.00 5,190 1,200.00 1,034 7,688.00 6,224 LUPAO 2,489.00 1,864 3,907.00 2,151 6,396.00 4,015 PANTABANGAN 515.00 454 757.00 709 1,272.00 1,163 RIZAL 6,414.00 4,447 880.00 380 7,294.00 4,827 TALUGTUG 1,841.70 988 4,918.49 2,658 6,760.19 3,646 SAN JOSE CITY 7,325.00 4,757 1,549.51 904 8,874.51 5,661

MUÑOZ SCIENCE CITY 7,212.59 3,980 1,529.41 1,244 8,742.00 5,224

Table 11GININTUANG MASAGANANG ANI RICE PROGRAM

RICE PRODUCTION AREACY 2008-2010

MUNICIPALITY/CITY

PHYSICAL AREA

IRRIGATED RAINFED TOTAL

Area (Has.) No. Of Farmers Area (Has.) No. Of

Farmers Area (Has.) No. Of Farmers

3d DISTRICT 29,735.50 15,991 4,039.80 2,917 33,775.30 18,908

BONGABON 3,550.00 2,792 161.00 71 3,711.00 2,863 GABALDON 1,552.00 1,273 217.00 166 1,769.00 1,439 GEN. NATIVIDAD 6,510.00 2,913 6,510.00 2,913 LAUR 2,114.00 1,518 484.00 356 2,598.00 1,874 STA. ROSA 6,900.00 3,160 658.00 327 7,558.00 3,487 CABANATUAN CITY 8,458.00 3,918 538.80 1,008 8,996.80 4,926 PALAYAN CITY 651.50 417 1,981.00 989 2,632.50 1,406

4th DISTRICT 37,871.80 17,153 4,982.80 2,689 42,854.60 19,842

CABIAO 6,206.00 2,658 129.00 80 6,335.00 2,738

GEN. TINIO 835.00 572 1,526.70 1,210 2,361.70 1,782 JAEN 6,154.00 2,484 6,154.00 2,484 PEÑARANDA 1,396.80 624 1,982.50 866 3,379.30 1,490 SAN ANTONIO 8,884.00 3,152 8,884.00 3,152 SAN ISIDRO 4,282.00 2,211 4,282.00 2,211 SAN LEONARDO 3,012.00 1,549 3,012.00 1,549 GAPAN CITY 7,102.00 3,903 1,344.60 533 8,446.60 4,436

TOTAL 152,537.26 87,546 39,954.36 24,492 192,491.62 112,038Source: OPA

Figure 3: Irrigated & Rainfed Areas by City/Municipality

In the year 2009, Nueva Ecija has topped rice production in the country, regaining the spot from the province of Isabela, contributing a total produce of 1,550,545.19 metric tons of rice per production data as follows:

Table 12

RICE PRODUCTION (Dry Season) 2009

MUNICIPALITY / CITY

2009 (Dry Season)

Hybrid CS Total

Area Harvested

Prod'n (MT)

Ave. Yield

Area Harvested

Prod'n (MT)

Ave. Yield

Area Harvested

Prod'n (MT)

Ave. Yield

Aliaga 704.25 5,105.81 7.2 5,652.25 34,686.08 6.1 6,356.50 39,791.89 6.3

Cuyapo 88.10 579.37 6.6 1,345.90 6,585.48 4.9 1,434.00 7,164.85 5.0

Guimba 424.50 3,875.75 9.1 9,819.55 68,736.85 7.0 10,244.05 72,612.60 7.1

Licab 1,396.00 9,650.26 6.9 1,817.00 9,544.80 5.3 3,213.00 19,195.06 6.0

Nampicuan 30.00 201.15 6.7 385.00 1,925.00 5.0 415.00 2,126.15 5.1

Quezon 1,432.50 11,030.25 7.7 2,924.50 20,237.54 6.9 4,357.00 31,267.79 7.2

Sto. Domingo 3,193.00 28,303.14 8.9 4,327.00 26,523.91 6.1 7,520.00 54,827.05 7.3

Talavera 2,869.30 28,702.18 10.0 5,932.70 37,565.22 6.3 8,802.00 66,267.40 7.5

Zaragoza 3,397.50 22,011.09 6.5 2,699.50 14,496.32 5.4 6,097.00 36,507.41 6.0

San Jose City 2,409.97 20,202.75 8.4 4,048.10 22,860.00 5.6 6,458.07 43,062.75 6.7

Carranglan 88.00 596.40 6.8 2,911.00 16,256.80 5.6 2,999.00 16,853.20 5.6

Llanera 4,400.00 35,640.00 8.1 2,088.00 14,407.20 6.9 6,488.00 50,047.20 7.7

Lupao 20.00 102.80 5.1 2,469.00 10,196.97 4.1 2,489.00 10,299.77 4.1

Munoz 2,070.00 16,529.79 8.0 5,142.59 34,969.61 6.8 7,212.59 51,499.40 7.1

Pantabangan 70.00 558.80 8.0 445.00 1,978.00 4.4 515.00 2,536.80 4.9

Rizal 2,720.92 22,012.20 8.1 3,693.08 22,158.48 6.0 6,414.00 44,170.68 6.9

Talugtug 485.00 4,094.50 8.4 1,075.00 7,525.00 7.0 1,560.00 11,619.50 7.4

Table 12

RICE PRODUCTION (Dry Season) 2009

MUNICIPALITY / CITY

2009 (Dry Season)

Hybrid CS total

Area Harvested

Prod'n (MT)

Ave. Yield

Area Harvested

Prod'n (MT)

Ave. Yield

Area Harvested

Prod'n (MT)

Ave. Yield

Cabanatuan City 1,974.25 13,818.00 7.0 6,461.99 36,374.78 5.6 8,436.24 50,192.78 5.9

Palayan City 118.50 701.70 5.9 400.10 2,029.10 5.1 518.60 2,730.80 5.3

Bongabon 702.98 4,194.38 6.0 2,797.02 15,348.66 5.5 3,500.00 19,543.04 5.6

Gen. Natividad 2,709.30 21,403.47 7.9 3,800.70 22,804.20 6.0 6,510.00 44,207.67 6.8

Sta. Rosa 1,029.00 7,840.53 7.6 5,871.00 33,313.97 5.7 6,900.00 41,154.50 6.0

Laur 153.00 1,215.35 7.9 1,961.00 10,081.75 5.1 2,114.00 11,297.10 5.3

Gabaldon 7.00 37.50 5.4 1,538.00 6,395.20 4.2 1,545.00 6,432.70 4.2

San Isidro 1,363.00 10,938.00 8.0 2,919.00 18,106.05 6.2 4,282.00 29,044.05 6.8

Gen. Tinio 14.00 75.60 5.4 459.80 2,154.85 4.7 473.80 2,230.45 4.7

San Antonio 5,643.00 37,622.40 6.7 3,241.00 16,583.40 5.1 8,884.00 54,205.80 6.1

Cabiao 208.00 1,410.10 6.8 5,971.00 31,474.50 5.3 6,179.00 32,884.60 5.3

Gapan 1,116.94 8,366.21 7.5 5,985.06 32,112.56 5.4 7,102.00 40,478.77 5.7

Penaranda 149.00 1,020.60 6.8 1,247.80 6,080.75 4.9 1,396.80 7,101.35 5.1

Jaen 616.00 4,566.49 7.4 5,538.00 28,965.78 5.2 6,154.00 33,532.27 5.4

San Leonardo 139.00 855.00 6.2 2,872.00 15,276.24 5.3 3,011.00 16,131.24 5.4

TOTAL 41,742.01 323,261.57 7.7 107,838.64 627,755.05 5.8 149,580.65 951,016.62 6.4Source: OPA

Table 13

RICE PRODUCTION (Wet Season) 2009

MUNICIPALITY / CITY

2009 (Wet Season)

Hybrid Certified Total

Area Harvested

Prod'n (MT)

Ave. Yield

Area Harvested

Prod'n (MT)

Ave. Yield

Area Harvested

Prod'n (MT)

Ave. Yield

Aliaga 29.00 96.28 3.3 6,774.40 18,236.00 2.7 6,803.40 18,332.28 2.7

Cuyapo 0.00 0.00 8,195.50 32,674.47 4.0 8,195.50 32,674.47 4.0

Guimba 16.10 78.25 4.9 14,979.90 68,737.56 4.6 14,996.00 68,815.81 4.6

Licab 18.50 37.00 2.0 1,400.00 2,722.17 1.9 1,418.50 2,759.17 1.9

Nampicuan 0.00 0.00 3,521.50 10,246.52 2.9 3,521.50 10,246.52 2.9

Quezon 50.00 169.10 3.4 4,144.00 13,509.44 3.3 4,194.00 13,678.54 3.3

Sto. Domingo 14.30 41.20 2.9 7,505.70 25,519.38 3.4 7,520.00 25,560.58 3.4

Talavera 84.80 369.34 4.4 8,470.00 29,306.20 3.5 8,554.80 29,675.54 3.5

Zaragoza 69.00 293.00 4.2 3,087.00 9,199.30 3.0 3,156.00 9,492.30 3.0

San Jose City 160.00 604.70 3.8 8,704.21 29,865.20 3.4 8,864.21 30,469.90 3.4

Carranglan 0.00 0.00 3,940.62 15,219.59 3.9 3,940.62 15,219.59 3.9

Llanera 47.00 150.65 3.2 7,641.00 18,491.93 2.4 7,688.00 18,642.58 2.4

Lupao 0.00 0.00 6,346.50 24,566.35 3.9 6,346.50 24,566.35 3.9

Munoz 75.00 283.80 3.8 8,639.00 38,687.10 4.5 8,714.00 38,970.90 4.5

Pantabangan 32.00 162.00 5.1 1,051.30 2,916.00 2.8 1,083.30 3,078.00 2.8

Rizal 166.96 561.00 3.4 6,193.19 21,485.13 3.5 6,360.15 22,046.13 3.5

Talugtug 7.00 29.20 4.2 6,753.14 26,139.25 3.9 6,760.14 26,168.45 3.9

Table 13

RICE PRODUCTION (Wet Season) 2009

MUNICIPALITY / CITY

2009 (Wet Season)

Hybrid Certified total

Area Harvested

Prod'n (MT)

Ave. Yield

Area Harvested

Prod'n (MT)

Ave. Yield

Area Harvested

Prod'n (MT)

Ave. Yield

Cabanatuan City 127.15 419.47 3.3 8,494.83 24,785.87 2.9 8,621.98 25,205.34 2.9

Palayan City 3.00 12.15 4.1 1,968.27 5,971.86 3.0 1,971.27 5,984.01 3.0

Bongabon 23.33 139.98 6.0 3,276.17 12,967.23 4.0 3,299.50 13,107.21 4.0

Gen. Natividad 161.70 548.00 3.4 6,312.80 18,934.00 3.0 6,474.50 19,482.00 3.0

Sta. Rosa 23.00 101.80 4.4 7,349.85 26,310.25 3.6 7,372.85 26,412.05 3.6

Laur 0.00 0.00 2,379.75 8,423.74 3.5 2,379.75 8,423.74 3.5

Gabaldon 0.00 0.00 1,577.00 2,968.55 1.9 1,577.00 2,968.55 1.9

San Isidro 50.00 305.00 6.1 3,426.00 14,046.60 4.1 3,476.00 14,351.60 4.1

Gen. Tinio 16.00 78.00 4.9 10,185.90 7,935.70 3.7 10,201.90 8,013.70 2.7

San Antonio 0.00 0.00 4,016.50 14,084.06 3.5 4,016.50 14,084.06 3.5

Cabiao 0.00 0.00 3,721.00 11,594.00 3.1 3,721.00 11,594.00 3.1

Gapan 61.00 309.30 5.1 8,385.60 33,022.26 3.9 8,446.60 33,331.56 3.9

Penaranda 45.00 195.50 4.3 3,334.30 12,846.00 3.9 3,379.30 13,041.50 3.9

Jaen 2.00 5.00 2.5 3,632.00 8,607.80 2.4 3,634.00 8,612.80 2.4

San Leonardo 36.00 84.96 2.4 2,486.00 4,549.38 1.8 2,522.00 4,634.34 1.8

TOTAL 1,317.84 5,074.68 3.9 169,829.23 594,453.89 3.5 171,147.07 599,528.57 3.5Source: OPA

Table 14 RICE PRODUCTION (Totally Damage, Has)

MUNICIPALITY / CITY

2009 (Wet Season)

Area Planted (Has)

Area Harvested (Has)

Totally Damaged Area

(Has)% Accomplisment

Aliaga 6,803.40 6,803.40 100Cuyapo 8,306.00 8,195.50 110.50 99Guimba 15,096.00 14,996.00 100.00 99Licab 3,225.87 1,418.50 1,807.00 44Nampicuan 3,876.00 3,521.50 354.50 91Quezon 4,600.00 4,194.00 406.00 91Sto. Domingo 7,520.00 7,520.00 100Talavera 8,814.80 8,554.80 260.00 97Zaragoza 4,439.00 3,156.00 1,283.00 71San Jose City 8,874.51 8,864.21 10.30 100Carranglan 4,177.95 3,940.62 237.33 94Llanera 7,688.00 7,688.00 100Lupao 6,396.00 6,346.50 49.50 99Munoz 8,742.00 8,714.00 28.00 100Pantabangan 1,272.00 1,083.30 188.70 85Rizal 7,294.00 6,360.15 933.85 87Talugtug 6,760.19 6,760.14 100

Table 14

RICE PRODUCTION (Totally Damage, Has)

MUNICIPALITY / CITY

2009 (Wet Season)

Area Planted (Has)

Area Harvested (Has)

Totally Damaged Area

(Has)% Accomplisment

Cabanatuan City 8,996.45 8,621.98 374.47 96Palayan City 2,032.35 1,971.27 61.08 97Bongabon 3,711.00 3,299.50 411.50 89Gen. Natividad 6,510.00 6,474.50 35.50 99Sta. Rosa 7,558.00 7,372.85 185.15 98Laur 2,598.00 2,379.75 218.25 92Gabaldon 1,769.00 1,577.00 192.00 89San Isidro 4,132.00 3,476.00 656.00 84Gen. Tinio 2,189.70 10,201.90 100San Antonio 6,831.00 4,016.50 2,814.50 59Cabiao 6,335.00 3,721.00 2,614.00 59Gapan 8,446.60 8,446.60 100Penaranda 3,379.30 3,379.30 100Jaen 6,154.00 3,634.00 2,520.00 59San Leonardo 3,012.00 2,522.00 490.00 84

TOTAL 187,540.12 171,147.07 16,341.13 91Source: OPA

A comparative review of the annual rice production for the last Five years is shown below.

Table 15Five-Years Rice Production in Nueva Ecija

YearArea

Harvested (Ha.)

Production (MT)

Area Yield (MT)

2005 303,831.00 1,433,307.00 4.82006 314,430.30 1,505,273.00 4.82007 308,657.32 1,571,023.70 5.12008 314,870.32 1,598,531.00 5.02009 320,727.72 1,550,545.19 5.1

Average 286,176.06 1,513,084.38 4.96

Though the total area planted decreased in 2007, the yield per hectare has significantly increased from 4.8mt/ha to 5.1mt/ha thus contributing to a higher total production to 1,571,023.70 mt.. This was significantly due to the use of high yielding varieties like hybrid rice and certified seeds. Introduction of this technology started with Demonstration Trials and information campaign conducted by the extension workers of the provincial and municipal/city Agriculture Offices. The concerted efforts of the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) to improve their service facilities and the support of the Department of Agriculture through the GMA Rice Program contributed to the increase in the farming performance of Novo Ecijanos. The improved farming system in the province through farm mechanization and post-harvest practices also added to the development of rice industry as supported by the continuous efforts to increase the number and availability of the following equipment and support facilities:

Table 16INVENTORY OF FARM FACILILITIES, 2008

Municipality/CityMini Ware

HouseMPDP

Mechanical DryerRicemill Tresher/

Sheller STW SWIP DD/CIS Hand tractor

4 Wheel Tractor

Transplanter (Rice)

Drum Seeder Sprayer

Flatbed Recirculating

1 Aliaga - 129 - 12 28 263 - - - - - - - -

2 Bongabon 46 62 - 5 14 151 438 1 11 559 41 47 4 20

3 Cabanatuan City 42 111 - 8 40 265 507 - - - - - - -

4 Cabiao 54 31 8 14 94 44 - - 288 28 - - 25

5 Carranglan 35 120 - 6 11 149 192 6 - 395 5 - - 20

6 Cuyapo 32 49 - 7 11 219 497 2 20 930 285 - 1 83

7 Gabaldon 15 32 - 2 10 80 32 - 8 - - - - -

8 Gapan City 120 173 3 4 55 184 156 1 1 777 16 - 3 44

9 Gen. Natividad 114 63 - 5 28 273 12 - - - - - - -

10 Gen. Tinio 31 41 2 5 16 145 - - - 275 26 - - -

11 Guimba 17 257 2 22 22 507 2,960 4 3 3,001 335 - - -

12 Jaen 32 169 - - 36 131 75 1 - 643 18 - - 64

Figure 4: Five Years Rice Production

Municipality/CityMini Ware

HouseMPDP

Mechanical DryerRicemill Tresher/

Sheller STW SWIP DD/CIS Hand tractor

4 Wheel Tractor

Transplanter (Rice)

Drum Seeder Sprayer

Flatbed Recirculating

13 Laur 9 38 - 3 - 71 24 - 5 316 33 - 2 25

14 Licab 58 63 - 8 15 87 1,130 - - 493 35 - 3 6

15 Llanera 90 83 2 18 27 142 - - 1 - - - - -

16 Lupao 15 108 - 1 13 266 690 4 2 910 105 - 2 11

17 Nampicuan 3 28 - 2 6 63 - - - 502 38 - - 14

18 Palayan City 4 37 1 3 7 50 15 - 1 92 8 - - 37

19 Pantabangan - 26 - 3 6 35 217 5 1 - - - - -

20 Peñaranda 21 26 - 8 5 180 180 - - 239 37 - 2 37

21 Quezon 31 48 - 15 15 129 802 - - 565 18 - - 3

22 Rizal 236 223 - 4 19 439 2,545 4 3 870 20 - - 1,967

23 San Antonio 46 66 2 1 20 201 846 - - - - - - -

24 San Isidro 8 31 - 8 10 61 - - 3 283 4 - 4 34

25 San Jose City 61 143 - 53 28 297 1,603 2 - 1,883 172 - - 46

26 San Leonardo 41 57 - 8 15 83 326 - - 375 7 - 1 88

27 Science City of Munoz 82 93 2 19 17 359 1,292 - - - - - 2,296

28 Sta. Rosa 117 109 2 27 19 202 503 - - - - - - -

29 Sto. Domingo 103 116 2 10 52 271 - - - - - - - -

30 Talavera 134 215 - 8 31 322 632 3 9 - - - - -

31 Talugtug 6 58 - - 8 160 457 7 - 961 222 - 3 8

32 Zaragoza 25 72 - 8 15 119 423 1 1 663 443 - 4 15TOTAL 1,628 2,877 18 291 613 5,998 16,598 41 69 15,020 1,896 47 29 4,843

Source: OPA

Note: MPDP - Multi Purpose Drying Pavement; STW - Shallow Tube Well; SWIP - Small Water Impounding Projects;

DD - Diversion Dam; CIS - Communal Irrigation System

Nueva Ecija is a major contributor to rice sufficiency in the country. Only thirty percent (30%) of the province’s total rice produce is consumed locally and around seventy percent (70%) of the total

production per year is actually exported to Metro Manila and other regions, making the nation significantly dependent on the supply of rice coming from the province.

Source: BAS

Another cereal which is important in the province is corn. Currently corn production in the province is not enough to meet the demands of animal raisers and depends heavily on imports of yellow corn from other provinces, to fill up the supply gap. Area planted to corn for 2009 was 3,030 hectares with a total production of 10,535.43 MT, 6.00 MT average productions per hectare.

Table 17PALAY: HARVEST AREA AND PRODUCTION, 2009

ITEMHARVEST AREA (HA.) PRODUCTION (MT)

January-June July-December January-June July-Decmeber

IRRIGATED 121,353.00 135,756.00 713,823.00 519,667.00

RAINFED 38,731.00 127,425.00

TOTAL 121,353.00 174,487.00 713,823.00 647,092.00

GRAND TOTAL 295,840.00 1,360,915.00

Table 18CORN: HARVEST AREA AND PRODUCTION, 2009

ITEMHARVEST AREA (HA.) PRODUCTION (MT)

January-June July-Decmeber January-June July-December

WHITE 1,885.00 2,116.00 3,702.00 3,521.00

YELLOW 2,150.00 320.00 11,030.00 1,370.00

TOTAL 4,035.00 2,436.00 14,732.00 4,891.00

GRAND TOTAL 6,471.00 19,623.00

Table 19GININTUANG MASAGANANG ANI: CORN 2009

Municipality/City

Hybrid OPV Other Types TOTAL PRODUCTION

Area Planted

(ha)

Area Harvested

(ha)

Production (MT)

Area Planted

(ha)

Area Harvested

(ha)

Production (MT)

Area Planted

(ha)

Area Harvested

(ha)

Production (MT)

Area Planted

(ha)

Area Harvested

(ha)

Production (MT)

District I 1 Aliaga 122.00 122.00 871.50 15.00 15.00 52.50 137.00 137.00 924.00 2 Cuyapo 1,102.00 512.00 4,105.20 1,102.00 512.00 4,105.20 4 Licab 192.00 192.00 5 Nampicuan 70.00 70.00 6 Quezon 71.00 71.00 7 Sto. Domingo 44.00 44.00 138.50 44.00 44.00 138.50 8 Talavera 4.25 4.25 25.50 51.50 48.10 170.40 25.50 25.50 79.05 81.25 77.85 274.95

Sub-total 1,561.25 638.25 5,002.20 95.50 92.10 308.90 40.50 40.50 131.55 1,697.25 770.85 5,442.65 District II

1 San Jose City 113.50 87.50 601.99 10.00 10.00 31.00 123.50 97.50 632.99 2 Carranglan 19.00 19.00 133.00 10.00 20.00 63.00 29.00 39.00 196.00 3 Llanera 5.00 5.00 17.50 5.00 5.00 17.50 4 Lupao 190.80 170.00 1,139.00 12.50 30.00 35.00 103.25 233.30 205.00 1,242.25 5 Munoz Sci. City 5.00 5.00 26.30 7.70 5.00 22.50 3.50 18.50 58.68 16.20 28.50 107.48 6 Rizal 65.60 34.60 144.60 25.00 32.00 96.00 90.60 66.60 240.60 7 Talugtug 0.75 15.75 48.00 10.75 15.75 48.00

Sub-total 393.90 316.10 2,044.89 20.20 5.00 22.50 94.25 136.25 417.43 508.35 457.35 2,484.82

Table 19GININTUANG MASAGANANG ANI: CORN 2009

Municipality/City Hybrid OPV Other Types TOTAL PRODUCTION

Area Planted

(ha)

Area Harvested

(ha)

Production (MT)

Area Planted

(ha)

Area Harvested

(ha)

Production (MT)

Area Planted

(ha)

Area Harvested

(ha)

Production (MT)

Area Planted

(ha)

Area Harvested

(ha)

Production (MT)

District III 1 Cabanatuan City 2.60 1.80 9.54 77.40 4.65 18.65 95.12 84.65 20.45 104.66 2 Palayan City 129.80 106.00 556.50 1.50 12.00 12.00 36.00 143.30 118.00 592.50 3 Bongabon 9.00 9.00 50.20 20.00 27.00 91.80 29.00 36.00 142.00 4 Gen. Natividad 45.00 45.00 270.00 10.00 10.00 29.80 55.00 55.00 299.80 5 Laur 2.00 2.00 8.00 15.00 41.25 2.00 17.00 49.25 6 Sta. Rosa 2.50 13.80 20.00 30.00 108.00 36.30 30.00 108.00

Sub-total 190.90 163.80 894.24 92.70 66.65 112.65 401.97 350.25 276.45 1,296.21 District IV

1 Cabiao 152.50 134.50 654.95 17.50 27.50 123.75 170.00 162.00 778.70 2 San Isidro 102.50 5.30 16.43 102.50 5.30 16.43 3 Gen. Tinio 57.25 41.60 45.72 134.87 98.85 45.72 134.87 4 Jaen 18.50 18.50 120.25 5.00 10.00 35.00 23.50 28.50 155.25 5 Penaranda 5.00 17.00 5.00 17.00 6 San Antonion 5.00 10.00 32.50 5.00 10.00 32.50 7 San Leonardo 65.30 30.30 97.00 9.00 25.00 80.00 74.30 55.30 177.00

Sub-total 396.05 183.30 872.20 78.10 128.52 439.55 474.15 311.82 1,311.75

Grand Total 2,146.05 1,118.15 7,941.33 604.45 280.40 1,203.60 279.50 417.92 1,390.50 3,030.00 1,816.47 10,535.43 Source: BAS

Vegetables

Nueva Ecija is one of the major producers of lowland vegetables in the region. The province supplies eggplant, tomato, ampalaya and pechay to the consumers of Metro Manila and other urban centers.

The area planted to different kinds of vegetables and volume of production grown in the province is shown below.

Table 20

Vegetable Harvest and Production, 2009

ITEMHARVEST AREA (HA.) PRODUCTION (MT)

January-June July-December January-June July-December

Ampalaya 533.00 250.00 8,181.55 4,125.35 Bell Pepper 46.00 4.00 138.00 6.76 Cassava 64.00 21.00 168.96 197.48 Cucumber 90.00 20.00 1,445.40 108.00 Eggplant 886.00 648.00 4,199.64 2,684.03 Garlic 144.00 - 329.76 Ginger 26.00 45.00 198.38 324.55 Green F. Pepper 298.00 64.00 292.04 105.50 Habichuelas 20.00 10.00 37.00 10.62 Kangkong 8.00 13.00 17.84 51.50 Mongo 139.00 4.00 50.04 1.12 Muskmelon 6.00 4.00 46.76 Okra 151.00 217.00 3,303.88 4,885.36 Onion, Bermuda Red 7,424.00 - 68,449.28 -

Table 20 Vegetable Harvest and Production, 2009

ITEM HARVEST AREA (HA.) PRODUCTION (MT)

January-June July-December January-June July-December

Onion, Red Shallot 520.00 22.00 4,180.80 105.50 Papaya 211.00 136.00 182.55 299.05 Patola 40.00 65.00 331.20 427.32 Peanut 38.00 24.00 17.86 12.66 Pechay 52.00 38.00 510.12 394.85 Radish 18.00 16.00 97.38 97.01 Saluyot 20.05 7.00 40.00 34.28 Siguedillas - 4.00 - 28.00 Squash 509.00 239.00 13,834.62 6,459.58 Stringbeans 360.00 306.00 7,725.60 8,250.43 Sweet Potato 133.00 84.00 575.89 535.82 Tomato ,292.00 80.00 10,051.76 415.50 Turnips 30.00 4.00 239.70 42.95 Watermelon 303.00 332.00 2,117.97 110.00 Upo 207.00 70.00 4,554.00 1,720.00

Source: BAS

Table 21 Vegetable Planted and Production, 2009

VegetableArea Planted

(ha)Production

(MTEggplant 497.16 6,417.40Pole sitao 352.34 3,739.30Green pepper 186.49 7,983.40

Hot pepper 59.17 1,851.40Tomato 475.48 12,818.94Patola 70.46 1,574.30Squash 603.13 15,675.81Ampalaya 295.04 8,575.68Upo 90.73 2,362.10Cucumber 43.68 712.40Winged bean 15.40 131.65Okra 217.76 4,659.64Pechay 71.50 2,496.75Radish 28.15 652.00Mustard 12.35 1,366.75Cauliflower 3.2 44.50Gabi 3 147Sweet Potato 12 1,411.60Watermelon 90.70 1,953Melon 548.70 25628Spring onion 6.72 20.52

Total 4,312.52 100,749.87

Source: OPA

Table 22 CROPS COMMERCIALLY GROWN BY MUNICIPALITY

CITY/MUNICIPALITY C R O P S1 Aliaga Squash, Tomato, Ampalaya, Calamansi

Upo, Eggplant, Okra2 Bongabon Onion, Cauliflower, Cabbage, Pole sitao,

Rice (traditional variety)

3 Cabiao Sorghum, Pole sitao, Mango, Corn, (native corn)

4 Carranglan Pole sitao, Eggplant, Ampalaya, Tomato, Yantok, Mango, Melon

5 Cuyapo Mango, Watermelon, Melon6 Gabaldon Yantok, Onion, Banana, POle sitao,

Cabbage, Pepper,( Bell and Hot), Pechay7 Gen. Natividad Peanut, Corn (Native Corn)8 Gen Tinio Pole sitao, Eggplant, Ampalaya,

Gourd, Patola9 Guimba Okra (exportable), Cassava, Pole sitao

Bush sitao, Mango10 Jaen Mango, Sitao (Bush and Pole), Eggplant

Ampalaya, Citrus11 Laur Onion, Cabbage, Cauliflower, Peanut, Pepper

Okra, Ube, Rice (Traditional Variety)12 Licab Ube, Mongo, Ampalaya, Eggplant13 Llanera Onion, Garlic, Eggplant, Gourd

Tomato, Pepper, Squash14 Lupao Peanut, Mango, Cassava, Banana15 Nampicuan Garlic, Mango, Star Apple,

Sampaloc, Sugarcane, Tobacco16 Pantabangan Corn, Cashew, Mango, Cabbage, Cauliflower17 Peñaranda Mango, Yantok18 Quezon Cucumber, watermelon

Table 22CROPS COMMERCIALLY GROWN BY MUNICIPALITY

CITY/MUNICIPALITY C R O P S19 Rizal Onion, Cabbage, Mango, Cauliflower,

Tomato, Pepper20 San Antonio Watermelon, Melon, corn, Sorghum,

Pole sitao, Ampalaya

21 San Isidro Mango, Ampalaya, Watermelon,, Melon22 San Leonardo Onion, Ampalaya, Eggplant, Calamansi

Corn, Green corn, Watermelon, Melon23 Sta. Rosa Pole sitao, Ampalaya, Eggplant, Calamansi,

Corn, Green corn,Watermelon, Melon24 Sto. Domingo Onion, Yambean (singkamas), Green corn,

Upo, Eggplant, Tomato, Garlic25 Talavera Tomato, Onion, Eggplant, Upo, Calabasa,

Yambean, Ampalaya, Green Corn26 Talugtug Mango, Patola27 Zaragoza Tomato, Watermelon, Melon, Eggplant,

Pechay, Sorghum, Mongo, Papaya, Mango28 Cabanatuan City Calamansi, Eggplant, Ampalaya, Pole

Sitao, Green Corn, Upo, Tomato29 Gapan City Mango, Cauliflower, Onion(red creole),

Raddish, Pechay, Cabbage30 Muñoz Science City Onion (all kinds), Cucumber, Garlic,

Mango, Watermelon, Melon, Red Pepper31 Palayan City Onion, Tobacco, Mango, Gabi, Cadios32 San Jose City Garlic, Onion, Tomato, Eggplant,

Ampalaya, Mango, Cashew, SitaoSSource: OPA

It can be noted that vegetables are produced year-round but in greater quantities during the dry season due to favorable dry and cool weather. The total land area devoted to vegetable production during dry season (January-June) totaled 17,621 hectares while in the wet season, only 1,849 hectares was cultivated. The major vegetable crops grown are onion, ampalaya, eggplant, tomato, stringbeans and squash.

Nueva Ecija is the major onion producer in the region. In 2009 an area of 8,138 hectares was planted to onion with estimated production of 97,556.30 mt. Onion varieties that were planted include

the Red Creole (7,251.96 has), which accounts for the greatest share in terms of area planted, followed by Red Shallot (451.50 has) and Yellow Granex (434.70 has).

Table 23ONION/GARLIC TERMINAL HARVEST 2009

Municipalities/CitiesGARLIC

ONIONTOTAL ONION

RED SHALLOT YELLOW GRANEX RED CREOLE

No. of Farmers

Area (Ha)

Prod'n (MT)

No. of Farmers

Area (Ha)

Prod'n (MT)

No. of Farmers

Area (Ha)

Prod'n (MT)

No. of Farmers Area (Ha) Prod'n (MT) No. of

FarmersArea (Ha)

Prod'n (MT)

1 Talavera 18 4.90 66.20 836 498.93 6,784.55 854 504 6,851 2 Guimba 2 5.75 167.50 761 555.25 6,906.65 763 561 7,074 3 Sto. Domingo 45 22.95 344.95 1 0.15 0.62 264 220.90 3,060.50 310 244 3,406 4 Cuyapo 10 3.00 29.40 100 37.00 324.50 100 37 325 5 Nampicuan 48 28.37 625.48 48 28 625 6 San Jose City 96 25.20 642.00 542 231.00 1,989.66 299 73.30 617.60 1,240 578.96 5,253.04 2,081 883 7,860 7 Muñoz 26 4.00 36.40 317 139.15 1,408.70 117 60.60 1,227.75 434 200 2,636 8 Llanera 207 53.50 615.25 4 1.20 15.36 538 133.89 2,543.91 749 189 3,175 9 Pantabangan 461 223.80 573.40 461 224 573

10 Lupao 24 3.50 34.30 73 27.50 368.50 457 217.00 4,014.50 30 245 4,383

Table 23ONION/GARLIC TERMINAL HARVEST 2009

Municipalities/CitiesGARLIC

ONIONTOTAL ONION

RED SHALLOT YELLOW GRANEX RED CREOLE

No. of Farmers

Area (Ha)

Prod'n (MT)

No. of Farmers

Area (Ha)

Prod'n (MT)

No. of Farmers

Area (Ha)

Prod'n (MT)

No. of Farmers Area (Ha) Prod'n (MT) No. of

FarmersArea (Ha)

Prod'n (MT)

11 Rizal 61 27.00 8.10 18 19.50 256.50 826 888.00 11,988.00 844 908 12,245 12 Gabaldon 1,159 652.76 5,732.51 1,159 653 5,733 13 Gen. Natividad 4 0.80 11.70 81 99.10 1,306.30 85 100 1,318 14 Laur 502 432.10 5,703.72 502 432 5,704

15 Palayan City 212 182.50 1,097.90 212 183 1,098 16 Bongabon 270 300.00 6,748.07 1,930 2,400.00 7,572.84 2,200 2,700 34,321 17 San Isidro 7 6.50 49.00 8 10.00 5.50 15 17 55 18 San Leonardo 15 13.30 40.65 15 13 41 19 Gen. Tinio 20 10.50 45.35 20 11 45 20 Quezon 11 9.00 89.64 11 9 90

TOTAL 217 62.70 750.20 1,129 451.50 4,424.76 678 434.70 8,234.85 9,586.00 7,251.96 84,896.69 11,393 8,138 97,556

Majority of the onion produce, especially Red Creole is exported to Metro Manila and other Regions. Red Shallot on the otherhand is also being exported to neighboring countries like Japan, Indonesia and Malaysia. The municipalities of Bongabon, Rizal, Guimba, and San Jose City are the major onion producers in the province. The onion industry in the province is contributing 60% of the total production in the Philippines.

Mushroom is another commodity being ventured into by a good number of farmers in the province. Although mushroom production is not yet on its industry level, a number of mushroom growers started to adopt a more advanced technology in order to intensify their production and meet the growing demands for mushroom by local consumers. Several government and non-government

Figure 5: Onion Area by Variety

organization in the province such as Tropical Mushroom Research and Development (CTMRD) of Central Luzon State University (CLSU), the Department of Science and Technology (DOST), Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR), Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and the Provincial Government concerted their efforts to push mushroom production as livelihood project in the province.

Orchard

Nueva Ecija is one of the provinces with the highest number of mango trees. Total mango tree population is 725,194 composed of 193,925 non-fruit bearing trees and 531,269 fruit bearing trees planted in a total area of 8,335.68 has.

Table 24HIGH VALUE COMMERCIAL CROPS

MANGO POPULATION 2010

Municipality No. of farmers

No. of TreesTotal no. of Trees

Total Area (ha)

Production M.T.

Bearing Area (ha)Non-

bearing Area (ha)

1 Aliaga 71 2,343 2.34 195 1.95 2,538 4.29 2 Cuyapo 430 11,046 96.70 13,456 134.56 24,502 231.26 780.45 3 Guimba 475 17,123 181.71 2,415 23.53 19,538 205.24 1,197.91 4 Licab 195 692 13.80 898 8.98 1,590 22.78 52.08 5 Nampicuan 21 9,314 237.00 517 13.00 9,831 250.00 6 Quezon 373 5,218 74.29 597 6.80 5,815 81.09 7 Sto. Domingo 1,320 10,392 125.40 5,331 66.00 15,723 191.40 236.00 8 Talavera 822 7,122 71.22 4,318 43.18 11,440 114.40 9 Zaragoza 100 5,290 1,077.00 2,608 26.08 7,898 1,103.08 10 San Jose City 579 22,922 215.93 10,196 93.92 33,118 309.85 4,328.00 11 Carranglan 18,834 181.30 9,658 96.58 28,492 277.88 560.16 12 Llanera 56 5,810 5.81 9,211 9.21 15,021 15.02 13 Lupao 9,175 106.90 5,850 64.15 15,025 171.05 372.07 14 Muñoz Science City 824 7,349 125.00 564 9.82 7,913 134.82 15 Pantabangan 441 20,497 400.00 17,462 188.77 37,959 588.77 16 Rizal 2,533 21,507 215.07 10,000 100.00 31,507 315.07 17 Talugtug 606 13,180 131.00 9,630 96.30 22,810 227.30 554.54 18 Cabanatuan City 347 25,361 327.45 1,275 18.70 26,636 346.15 19 Palayan City 8,830 88.30 23,672 236.72 32,502 325.02 1,372.98 20 Bongabon 102 4,091 40.19 6,395 14.64 10,486 54.83

Table 24HIGH VALUE COMMERCIAL CROPS

MANGO POPULATION 2010

Municipality No. of farmers

No. of TreesTotal no. of Trees

Total Area (ha)

Production M.T.

Bearing Area (ha)Non-

bearing Area (ha)

21 Gen. Natividad 274 13,041 170.80 543 6.00 13,584 176.80 1,303.35 22 Sta. Rosa 42 6,210 18.00 6,210 18.00 23 Laur 11,236 112.36 3,400 34.00 14,636 146.36 24 Gabaldon 20 1,040 10.40 6,765 68.00 7,805 78.40 481.80 25 San Isidro 632 8,947 893.00 50 0.50 8,997 893.50 26 Gen. Tinio 615 135,720 1,711.20 17,755 237.40 153,475 1,948.60 27 San Antonio 574 24,644 117.50 24,644 117.50 28 Cabiao 504 18,516 506.75 18,516 506.75

29 Peñaranda 202 16,373 279.75 1,625 162.50 17,998 442.25 30 Jaen 754 2,233 27.60 26,983 269.83 29,216 297.43 1,565.02 31 San Leonardo 114 13,505 13,505 32 Gapan 53,708 771.91 2,556 32.25 56,264 804.16

Total 13,026 531,269 8,335.68 193,925 2,063.37 725,194 10,399.05 12,804.36 Source: OPA

In terms of the number of trees with the potential to bear fruits in the years to come, the province can soon be known as the mango capital in the Philippines because of the foreseen increases in production.

Aside from mango, Nueva Ecija is also producing a large volume of calamansi. Major producers are the city of Cabanatuan with an area of 425.19 hectares and the municipalities of San Leonardo and Gabaldon with an area of 263.95 hectares and 111.34 hectares respectively. Recorded production was 7,632.29 mt.

Table 25HIGH VALUE COMMERCIAL CROPS

CALAMANSI POPULATION 2010

Municipality No. of Farmers

No. of Trees Total no. Of Trees

Total Area (ha)Bearing Area (ha) Non-bearing Area (ha)

1 Aliaga 7 1,000 10.00 1,000 10.00 2 Sto. Domingo 2 900 1.15 900 1.15 3 Pantabangan 2 500 2.00 500 2.00 4 Rizal 9 1,350 6.25 1,350 6.25 5 Cabanatuan City 538 341,608 403.86 20,100 21.30 361,708 425.16 6 Gen. Natividad 34 20,190 23.00 3,075 3.50 23,265 26.50 7 Sta. Rosa 59 35,780 43.70 35,780 43.70 8 Laur 7 9,250 8.75 500 0.50 9,750 9.25 9 Gabaldon 26 21,410 85.54 3,797 25.80 25,207 111.34

10 San Isidro 6 11,500 10.50 11,500 10.50 11 Gen. Tinio 88 18,880 2,000 20,880 12 San Antonio 13 14,022 5.00 14,022 5.00 13 Cabiao 119 81,210 83.90 81,210 83.90 14 Peñaranda 60 30,600 27.95 6,710 4.30 37,310 32.25 15 San Leonardo 237 197,605 253.70 7,800 10.25 205,405 263.95 16 Gapan 20 13,454 13.42 13,454 13.42

Total 1,227 799,259 978.72 43,982 65.65 843,241 1,044 Source: OPA

Fisheries

Nueva Ecija has 6,362 aquafarm operators spread out in 32 municipalities and cities of the province.

Annual fish production in fishpond operation is 7.42 MT/ha/yr translating to a total of 10,335.94 metric tons

Table 26

Fishery Production Data, 2009

Municipality/City No. of Operators Area (ha)

Tilapia Production

(MT)District I

1 Aliaga 150 24.20 205.702 Cuyapo 128 10.00 85.003 Guimba 102 22.00 187.004 Licab 105 38.00 329.805 Nampicuan 79 34.59 294.026 Quezon 160 70.28 595.007 Sto. Domingo 103 32.57 276.858 Zaragoza 80 12.00 102.00 Sub-total 907 243.64 2,075.37

Table 26Fishery Production Data, 2009

Municipality/City No. of Operators Area (ha) Tilapia

Production (MT)District II

1 San Jose City 58 20.78 244.632 Carranglan 43 8.92 75.823 Llanera 170 45.63 387.824 Lupao 92 16.35 138.985 Munoz Sci. City 162 85.30 725.056 Pantabangan 28 3.25 27.637 Rizal 160 15.50 131.758 Talugtug 523 61.60 523.60

Sub-Total 1,236 257.33 2,255.28District III

1 Cabanatuan City 165 38.56 327.762 Palayan City 47 9.30 79.053 Bongabon 69 10.50 89.254 Gen. Natividad 325 38.90 330.655 Laur 241 29.38 75.006 Sta. Rosa 965 113.25 963.477 Gabaldon 102 12.00 102.00 Sub-Total 1,914 251.89 1,967.18

Table 26Fishery Production Data, 2009

Municipality/City No. of Operators Area (ha) Tilapia

Production (MT)District IV

1 Cabiao 128 242.53 2,061.312 San Isidro 127 65.07 553.093 Gapan 1,632 192.00 235.004 Gen. Tinio 86 19.50 165.755 Jaen 87 19.20 163.206 Penaranda 124 10.25 87.137 San Antonion 70 45.10 383.358 San Leonardo 51 45.68 389.28 Sub-total 2,305 639.33 4,038.11

Grand Total 6,362 1,392.19 10,335.94

The province is also maintaining two (2) tilapia hatcheries located at barangay Caalibangbangan, Cabanatuan City and CLSU, Science City of Munoz, that are technically supervised by the Fishery Division of the Office of the Provincial Agriculturist. These hatchery projects are producing tilapia fingerlings that are being dispersed to backyard fishpond operators for free or in 50:50 scheme.

LIVESTOCK

Nueva Ecija has the capability to produce supply of agricultural products including livestock and poultry. Its uplands and lowland areas, hills and mountains are conducive pasture areas for small and large ruminants such as goats, cattle and carabao. The proximity of some of the country’s leading livestock Research and Development (R&D) institutions, such as the Philippine Carabao Center (PCC) and the Central Luzon State University (CLSU) which are both situated in the Science City of Muñoz, further serves to bolster livestock production through technology development and transfer.

The province’s total livestock production for the year 2010, for the dominant livestock as carabao, cattle, swine, goat and sheep are as follows:

Table 27Livestock Population 2010

SPECIES TOTAL POPULATION

CARABAO 53,950 CATTLE 32,895

SWINE 114,528 GOAT 79,780 SHEEP 8,906

TOTAL 290,059Source: BAS

To date, Nueva Ecija is becoming known as National Impact Zone for Dairy Buffalo production, producing quality milk that is now being exported to Metro Manila and several provinces of Central Luzon. This is mainly because of the existence of the PCC that continuously provides support thru the development of technologies to upgrade native carabaos and increase production of Murrah Buffalo. PCC and the Provincial Veterinary Office (PVO) also join hands in the implementation of Artificial Insemination Program which aims to increase conception rate in large animals producing high quality breeds of cattle and carabao. The technology is becoming well known to carabao raisers in the province with recorded 60% conception and increase calf drop.

Swine-raising is a dominant activity all over the province. Aside from the existence of big commercial piggery farms and breeder farms that produce stocks supplied to Metro Manila and in Northern provinces, backyard swine-raising, which is a popular livelihood amongst families, further contributes to the province’s swine production. The total swine population from commercial and backyard production in the province, as shown in Table 22 has a total of 114,528.

Table 28Livestock Production, By Municipality 2009

City/ Municipality

CARABAO CATTLE SWINE

Backyard Comm'l Total Backyard Comm'l Total Backyard Comm'l Total

District I

Aliaga 1,891 - 1,891 353 - 353 4354 1437 5,791 Cuyapo 4,393 - 4,393 922 - 922 2154 113 2,267 Guimba 4,327 - 4,327 429 656 1,085 1275 710 1,985 Licab 1,632 - 1,632 177 - 177 1030 - 1,030 Nampicuan 248 - 248 594 - 594 475 24 499 Quezon 1,375 - 1,375 75 210 285 1814 55 1,869 Sto. Domingo 840 - 840 556 - 556 1027 1155 2,182 Talavera 3,117 - 3,117 547 - 547 2767 801 3,568 Zaragoza 1,387 - 1,387 119 80 199 2900 - 2,900

Table 28Livestock Production, By Municipality 2009

City/ Municipality

CARABAO CATTLE SWINE

Backyard Comm'l Total Backyard Comm'l Total Backyard Comm'l Total

District IICarranglan 3,077 - 3,077 1,514 - 1,514 2172 - 2,172 Llanera 1,395 - 1,395 689 - 689 4493 - 4,493 Lupao 1,244 - 1,244 1,831 - 1,831 1157 646 1,803 Pantabangan 1,337 - 1,337 1,287 965 2,252 704 - 704 Rizal 1,459 - 1,459 819 170 989 1561 981 2,542 San Jose City 3,917 - 3,917 3,119 - 3,119 7200 180 7,380

Science City of Muñoz 1,041 - 1,041 963 135 1,098 805 1218 2,023

Talugtug 1,487 - 1,487 976 790 1,766 2708 0 2,708 District III

Bongabon 1,152 - 1,152 556 - 556 1810 4408 6,218 Cabanatuan City 2,136 - 2,136 623 575 1,198 6092 2564 8,656 Gabaldon 1,884 - 1,884 668 - 668 1785 0 1,785 Gen. Natividad 776 - 776 315 70 385 932 7585 8,517 Laur 1,128 - 1,128 346 - 346 686 0 686 Palayan City 716 - 716 319 - 319 600 1200 1,800 Sta. Rosa 897 - 897 299 735 1,034 4307 1056 5,363

District IV

Cabiao 761 - 761 100 - 100 6291 566 6,857 Gapan City 1,419 - 1,419 565 665 1,230 5358 4865 10,223

Gen. Tinio 1,565 - 1,565 2,158 2,219 4,377 2007 3048 5,055 Jaen 1,044 - 1,044 243 - 243 5581 1059 6,640 Peñaranda 1,518 - 1,518 172 4,680 4,852 4847 0 4,847 San Antonio 1,064 - 1,064 42 - 42 742 1028 1,770 San Isidro 1,058 - 1,058 106 - 106 4274 660 4,934 San Leonardo 1,315 - 1,315 148 - 148 2215 885 3,100

TOTAL 157,576 - 157,576 21,630 11,950 33,580 86,123 34,807 122,367

Source: BAS

Table 29 Livestock Production, By Municipality (Goat & Sheep)

City/ Municipality

GOAT SHEEP

Backyard Comm'l Total Backyard Comm'l Total

District I

Aliaga 2437 0 2,437 12 150 162 Cuyapo 3639 101 3,740 0 0 - Guimba 8070 313 8,383 0 250 250 Licab 1723 15 1,738 103 0 103 Nampicuan 1838 35 1,873 0 0 - Quezon 1251 130 1,381 385 407 792 Sto. Domingo 2196 0 2,196 42 190 232 Talavera 4101 0 4,101 344 1105 1,449 Zaragoza 2795 50 2,845 184 37 221

District IICarranglan 2134 15 2,149 98 0 98 Llanera 1540 0 1,540 10 0 10 Lupao 4950 116 5,066 9 80 89 Pantabangan 2643 88 2,731 0 0 - Rizal 2270 0 2,270 0 130 130 San Jose City 5364 180 5,544 146 0 146 Science City of Muñoz 3581 0 3,581 0 80 80

Talugtug 4200 15 4,215 0 40 40

Table 29 Livestock Production, By Municipality (Goat & Sheep)

City/ Municipality

GOAT SHEEP

Backyard Comm'l Total Backyard Comm'l Total

District IIIBongabon 2438 0 2,438 13 0 13Cabanatuan City 3675 237 3,912 304 300 604Gabaldon 3384 135 3,519 7 0 7Gen. Natividad 940 0 940 0 0 0Laur 1667 67 1,734 29 150 179Palayan City 1332 210 1,542 81 895 976Sta. Rosa 1030 - 1,030 122 600 722

District IVCabiao 1072 0 1,072 78 0 78Gapan City 1098 193 1,291 606 624 1,230Gen. Tinio 1120 0 1,120 0 85 85Jaen 1416 0 1,416 0 0 -Peñaranda 1129 160 1,289 25 335 360San Antonio 1613 0 1,613 0 0 -San Isidro 640 0 640 283 0 283San Leonardo 1502 90 1,592 47 520 567

TOTAL 78,788 2,150 80,938 2,928 5,978 8,906

Source: PVO

Goat production is another interest among farmers in the province. Nueva Ecija is becoming known with restaurants serving goat meat dishes such as papaitan and kalderetang kambing. Due to

the growing industry, goat population has been steadily increasing in the past years with a province wide production now recorded at 78,788. The Center for Small Ruminants at the Central Luzon State University supports the industry with its efforts to develop technology in goat raising and production that is being disseminated and adopted by farmers all over the province.

When it comes to poultry, the Province of Nueva Ecija produces broilers and layers thru privately owned commercial farms and contract growers of multi-national feed companies. Aside from broilers and layers, native chicken is also abundant in Nueva Ecija. Very rare farm families have no native chicken raised in their backyard. Mallard and muscovy ducks are dominantly raised by farmers as well. The mallard ducks are propagated for duck meat consumption and muscovy ducks are predominantly raised for the eggs they produce, commonly processed into “balot” and salted eggs (“itlog na pula”). Poultry population is detailed below.

Table 24Poultry Population 2010

SPECIES TOTAL POPULATION

BROILER CHICKEN 7,136,650LAYER CHICKEN 337,850NATIVE CHICKEN 1797,820MALLARD DUCK 450,570

TOTAL 14,723,879Source: BAS

Figure 6: Poultry Population

Table 31POULTRY POPULATION 2009

City/BROILER CHICKEN

LAYER CHICKEN

NATIVE CHICKEN MALLARD DUCK TOTAL

Municipality Comm'l Comm'l Backyard Backyard Comm'l Total Backyard

District I Aliaga 134,466 71,503 1,502 8,788 10,290 73,005

Cuyapo 51,683 4,272 4,272 55,955

Guimba 72,516 21,090 53,959 6,469 3,675 10,144 60,428

Licab 183,816 52,633 8,377 8,054 16,431 61,010

Nampicuan 20,965 40,185 0 0 40,185

Quezon 180,141 46,556 3,765 3,765 50,321

Sto. Domingo 118,716 75,556 20,852 5,028 25,880 96,408

Talavera 326,091 76,965 9,285 9,398 18,683 86,250

Zaragoza 58,305 15,464 15,464 73,769

Subtotal 1,015,746 42,055 527,345 69,986 34,943 104,929 597,331

District II

Carranglan 22,140 65,433 14,197 14,197 79,630

Llanera 74,091 67,455 22,523 22,523 89,978

Lupao 62,499 7,252 7,252 69,751

Pantabangan 64,852 3,846 3,846 68,698

Rizal 92,466 61,131 7,970 3,723 11,693 69,101

San Jose City 200,400 60,990 77,685 18,779 4,725 23,504 96,464

Talugtug 96,666 52,000 4,591 11,308 15,899 56,591

Science City of Munoz 113,466 52,878 5,126 6,861 11,987 58,004

Subtotal 577,089 83,130 503,933 84,284 26,617 110,901 588,217

Table 31POULTRY POPULATION 2009

City/BROILER CHICKEN

LAYER CHICKEN

NATIVE CHICKEN MALLARD DUCK TOTAL

Municipality Comm'l Comm'l Backyard Backyard Comm'l Total Backyard

District III

Bongabon 37,155 2,546 2,546 39,701

Cabanatuan City 721,941 90,592 7,859 22,048 29,907 98,451

Gabaldon 44,540 2,874 2,045 4,919 47,414

Gen. Natividad 47,913 8,476 8,390 16,866 56,389

Laur 42,434 4,258 5,880 10,138 46,692

Palayan City 212,166 31,065 51,665 3,965 2,075 6,040 55,630

Sta. Rosa 288,816 22,140 39,498 5,174 2,100 7,274 44,672

Subtotal 1,222,923 53,205 353,797 35,152 42,538 77,690 388,949

District IV

Cabiao 491,466 287,790 51,008 5,031 14,143 19,174 56,039

Gapan City 471,516 117,690 55,049 9,223 6,372 15,595 64,272

Gen. Tinio 466,266 34,425 40,453 5,921 8,584 14,505 46,374

Jaen 195,528 18,990 53,690 14,131 6,562 20,693 67,821

Peñaranda 43,267 63,773 2,489 3,733 6,222 66,262

San Antonio 161,766 36,192 5,205 6,799 12,004 41,397

San Isidro 441,906 37,365 42,735 3,406 7,003 10,409 46,141

San Leonardo 230,016 57,840 43,926 3,925 3,925 47,851

Subtotal 2,458,464 597,367 386,826 49,331 53,196 102,527 436,157

TOTAL 5,274,222 775,757 1,771,901 238,753 157,294 396,047 2,010,654Source: BAS