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Introduction
Agriculture is very important in the Philippine economy. It was the key development in
the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food
surpluses that enabled people to live in cities.
1. What are the major crops of the Philippines (cite their respective scientific name)?
2. Provide the production percentage of each crop and the provinces or locality here bulk of
production is as well as those minor locations for production based from the information
provided/released by the Department of Agriculture.
RICE
In 2019, the total rice was lower by -1.3 percent from the
previous year’s level. By ecosystem, more than three-fourths
(76.9 %) of total rice output came from irrigated areas and
the remaining 23.1 percent was from rainfed areas.
(Figure 2 and Table 1.1)
CORN
Fruit Crops
BANANA
CALAMANSI
MANGO
From 2015 to 2019, mango production
decreased at an average annual rate of -4.8
percent, from 902.74 thousand metric tons in
2015 to 737.94 thousand metric tons in 2019. In
the same manner, area planted slowed down at
an average annual rate of -0.2 percent, from
188.42 thousand hectares in 2015 to 186.62
thousand hectares in 2019. Likewise, the
number of bearing trees declined at an
average annual rate of -1.0 percent from 9.95
million bearing trees in 2015 to 9.56 million
bearing trees in 2019. (Figure 18, and Tables
1.1 to 1.3)
PINEAPPLE
ABACA
Conclusion
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