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SOWING SEASON Rice farmers in Barangay Bakero in Cabanatuan City start planting in this photo taken on Jan. 17 to keep up with the scheduled irrigation of the National Irrigation Administration in time for the dry cropping season in Nueva Ecija. —ARMAND GALANG MANILA, Philippines — Central Luzon contributed the most to the country’s farm output totaling P1.
73 trillion in 2024, as it recorded the largest share in poultry and fisheries production, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA). In a report, the statistics agency said Central Luzon had the largest share of 13.7 percent or P238.
51 billion in the overall value of agriculture and fisheries production. It was slightly lower than P239.04 billion in 2023.
With a total land area of 21,470 square kilometers, Central Luzon is home to the seven provinces, namely: Aurora, Bataan, Bulacan, Nueva Ecija, Pampanga, Tarlac and Zambales. READ: Surge in local rice production expected Northern Mindanao ranked second with a share of 10.3 percent or P178.
59 billion, albeit the value has declined in the last three years. This region comprises five provinces: Camiguin, Misamis Oriental, Lanao del Norte, Bukidnon and Misamis Occidental. Davao Region settled for third place with a 7.
5-percent share valued at P130.13 billion, also a drop of 1.4 percent from P131.
96 billion. The PSA said Cordillera and the National Capital Region had posted the smallest contributions to the total farm output at 1.6 percent and 0.
5 percent, respectively. Among the regions, Central Luzon was the top producer of poultry and fisheries. It held a share of 26 percent in the value of poultry output.
Calabarzon (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal and Quezon) and Northern Mindanao followed with 19.5 percent and 9.2 percent, respectively.
Central Luzon also topped the list in fisheries production, accounting for 17.4 percent. Soccsksargen followed with 10.
4 percent and Western Visayas with 8.8 percent. In the case of crop output, Northern Mindanao cornered the highest share of 12.
1 percent. Cagayan Valley came next with 10.7 percent and Central Luzon with 9.
7 percent. Meanwhile, Calabarzon was the leading source of livestock with a share of 13.8 percent, followed by Central Luzon with 11.
9 percent. In terms of major island group, Luzon took the lion’s share of agriculture and fisheries output with 45.9 percent.
READ: DA: Central Luzon farms contributed 20% to Philippine rice output in 2021 Mindanao took 36.9 percent and the Visayas held the remaining 17.2 percent.
Luzon had a share of 45.8 percent in livestock production, 57.2 percent in poultry output and 48.
1 percent in fisheries. Mindanao managed to top crop production with a contribution of 43 percent. The PSA explained that producing this report on a regional basis covered all agriculture and fishery commodities, highlighting selected commodities that vary across regions.
For crops, 22 commodities are highlighted in each region. READ: Landbank backs Sagittarian Agricultural with P1.3-B loan In the case of fisheries, 20 commodities are featured in all the regions, except Cordillera, which only included nine commodities.
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