REPORTER:

PONCIANO, FRETZEL
ROSQUETA, HANNA ROSE
SALAZAR, CAILA RICELLE
SALCEDO, LORIELYN MAE
 • It provides food and raw material to non-
agriculture sectors of the company.
• Providing employment to a vast number of people.
• For a country to be self-sustaining, the initial
process of development should begin in
agricultural sector
• It helps by earning valuable foreign exchange
through export of agricultural products.
 PRODUCER PRICE INDEX FOR AGRICULTURE, BY COMMODITY GROUP, PHILIPPINES, 2010-2015
Commodity Group 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Cereals 137.3 143.8 151.3 156.1 186.2 157.9

Vegetables & 100.3 134.0 121.9 121.1 118.0 131.1

Legumes
Rootcrops 114.8 129.1 137.9 147.2 131.0 127.1
Fruits 125.4 138.3 142.3 146.9 156.1 160.6
Commercial Crops 155.1 192.2 156.7 138.5 170.3 154.0

Livestock 130.4 128.8 128.5 137.9 146.3 141.7

Poultry 121.6 122.8 123.1 138.7 132.0 134.0

Fishery 118.6 120.4 126.3 127.6 131.5 129.5

 4.8%

3.8% 3.60
3.2% %
2.6
%
 PRODUCER PRICE INDEX FOR AGRICULTURE, BY COMMODITY GROUP, PHILIPPINES, 2015-2018
Commodity Group 2016 2017 2018 2019

Cereals 157.6 163.6 185.0

Vegetables & Legumes 148.9 141.8 174.7

Rootcrops 147.5 155.2 161.5

Fruits 195.2 200.6 209.8

Commercial Crops 177.8 172.1 147.5

Livestock 138.8 155.1 167.9

Poultry 133.8 135.7 138.6

Fishery 124.7 135.8 147.8

 GDP CONTRIBUTION OF PHILIPPINES 2010-2015
60

50

GDP CONTRIBUTION OF
40 AGRICULTURE IN THE PHILIPPINES
GDP CONTRIBUTION OF INDUSTRY
IN THE PHILIPPINES
30 GDP CONTRIBUTION OF SERVICE IN
THE PHILIPPINES
20

10

0
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
 GDP CONTRIBUTION OF PHILIPPINES 2016-2019
70

60

50 GDP CONTRIBUTION OF
AGRICULTURE IN THE PHILIPPINES
40 GDP CONTRIBUTION OF INDUSTRY
IN THE PHILIPPINES
GDP CONTRIBUTION OF SERVICE IN
30 THE PHILIPPINES

20

10

0
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
 FACTORS AFFECTING THE DECREASE OF AGRICULTURE

CONTRIBUTION OF THE PHILIPPINES

1.GROWING SHARES OF OTHER SECTORS

2.AGRICULTURE SECTOR HAS NOT RECEIVED ADEQUATE
RESOURCES FOR FUNDING OF CRITICAL PROJECTS OR
PROGRAMS
3.POPULATION GROWTH
4.CONTINUOUSLY IMPORTING OF AGRICULTURE
PRODUCTS
 AGRICULTURE SECTOR’S
CONTRIBUTION TO
PHILIPPINE EMPLOYMENT
 • In 2020, 22.52
EMPLOYME percent of the
NT BY employees in the
ECONOMIC Philippines were
SECTOR IN active in the
THE agricultural sector,
PHILIPPINES 19.85 percent in
industry and 57.64
percent in the service
sector.
 • Philippines: Distribution of employment by
economic sector from 2010 to 2020:
100%

75% 51.63 52.01 52.56 53.38 53.65 54.62 55.52 56.29 56.64 57.16 57.64

50%
15.54 15.31 15.27 15.58 15.94 16.19 17.45 18.27 19.06 19.44 19.85
25%
32.84 32.69 32.16 31.05 30.42 29.19 27.03 25.44 24.29 23.41 22.52

0%
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Agriculture Industry Services
 60
55
50
45
40
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020

Agriculture Industry Services

• Source: Statista 2021 and Philippine Statistics Authority
• The Philippine Statistics Authority reported that net employment in
the country’s agriculture, hunting, and forestry sector, or AHF, has
bee declining since 2010 as workers migrate to the industry and
services sectors.
• Based on latest Agricultural Indicators System of the Philippine
Statistics Authority (PSA), the total number of persons
employed in agriculture declined to 9.7 million in 2019, down
three percent from 10 million in 2018. This is already a 14
percent drop from the five-year reference period when 11.3
million people work
workedwas
in the sector in 2015.
• Agricultural substituted for jobs that do not
necessarily pay high wages but offer a relatively stable
income stream, non-wage benefits and better working
• condition.
Decline in agricultural employment was observed in all 17
regions except for Northern Mindanao, Soccsksargen, and
the Bangsamoro region.
 REASONS FOR THE DECLINE OF
EMPLOYMENT IN
AGRICULTURE:
1. Rising production input costs (particularly labor)
2. Low farm gate prices
3. Land Conversion
4. Limited access to credit and output markets
5. Poor management of irrigation systems
6. Changing agro-climatic conditions and environmental
problems
7. Government investments in education and training enables
children to finish schooling and later acquire better-paying jobs
 REASONS FOR THE DECLINE OF
EMPLOYMENT IN
8. Aging farming AGRICULTURE:
population
9. Mechanization which results in displacement of farm labor
10. Poor economic condition and profitability of farmers
11. Unfavorable on-farm working conditions
12. Increased availability of non-agricultural jobs
13. Sociocultural bias against agriculture as a profession
14. Poor market access