CLAIRE DENNIS S. MAPA, Ph.D.

Among the province, the highest duck egg producing in 2020 was recorded in Bulacan with 12.64 thousand metric tons or about 25.0 percent of the total duck egg production. in the

• Ilocos Region recorded the biggest production at 28.18 thousand metric tons and shared 39.0 percent to the country’s total tomato output. Central Luzon came next with

• Ilocos Region, the top producer of native onion at 25.58 thousand metric tons shared 93.7 percent to the national total this quarter (Figure 16).. FIGURE 17 Sweet

 Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) remained the largest producer with 39.8 thousand metric tons representing 79.0 percent of the total cabbage

o decrease in area harvested in Davao Oriental due to effect of dry spell.  Eastern Visayas, the top producer recorded production of 48.96 thousand metric tons and shared 36.6

The total volume of fisheries production during the second quarter of 2019 reached 1.1 million metric tons, which represents an annual growth of 0.4 percent from its level in the

• Palay output for January-September 2005 is expected to slightly surpass last year’s level by around 30 thousand metric tons or 0.3 percent despite the mild El Niño which hit

Total corn output for 2004 was recorded at a high of 5.4 million metric tons, up by 17.3 percent from last year’s crop production of 4.6 million metric tons.. The continuous

• Despite a contraction of 16.7 thousand hectares in the harvest area as a result of the cut in yellow corn hectarage, first semester crop increased by 112 thousand metric

• The total rice stock inventory as of July 1, 2003 was estimated at 1.82 million metric tons, lower than previous month’s level by 13.8 percent but 17.7 percent higher compared

• While corn hectarage for the period may expand by 1.7 percent, the total production may decline by 2.5 percent from 878 to 856 thousand metric tons this year as yield per hectare

™ For the period, January to June 2011, total cattle production was 123.34 thousand metric tons. It was 0.40 percent higher than the production of 122.84 thousand metric tons

• Northern Mindanao was the top pineapple producer at 448.70 thousand metric tons contributing 64.2 percent to the country’s total pineapple production and followed by

Northern Mindanao remained the top pineapple producer with 382.68 thousand metric tons output or 57.2 percent share to the total production this quarter. This was followed

 Production of indo-pacific mackerel from commercial fisheries at 2,628.61 metric tons exhibited similar trend as it recorded another output decline at 12.68 percent

The volume of fish catch unloaded by marine municipal fishing boats reached 258,678.02 metric tons which shared 82.36 percent in the total municipal fisheries output.. The

The volume of commercial fish catch unloaded at private landing centers recorded the biggest decrease at 32.65 percent or 26,308.05 metric tons this quarter.. The volume of fish

On the other hand, seaweeds contributed more than half (64.33 percent) of the total aquaculture production while fins/shellfishes shared 35.67 percent. This was evidenced by

Production in Rizal grew by 4.57 percent due to increase in area harvested in response to the higher great demand for freshwater species because of fish scare.. Production in

The fisheries output during the third quarter of 2003 increased by 36,234.4 metric tons. Commercial and municipal fisheries gained 8.61 percent and 4.40 percent, respectively,

Total municipal fish production leapt from 257,096 metric tons to 283,076 metric tons or an increase of 10.11 percent compared to the same quarter last year.. Marine sub-sector,

It was 0.69 percent lower than the previous year’s production of 143.03 thousand metric tons..  Carabao production recorded negative growth for the first three quarters

Marine municipal fisheries production was estimated at 38,990 metric tons in 2020 which contributed 58.54 percent to the region’s total production.. Volume of