
is the artificial cultivation and processing of
animals, plants, fungi and other life forms for
food, fibers and other byproducts.Agriculture
was the key implement in the rise of
sedentary human civilization, whereby
farming of domesticated species created
food surpluses that nurtured the
development of much denser and more
stratified societies. The study of agriculture is
known as agricultural science.
4 SUB-SECTORS
Farming
- Livestock
- Poultry
- Fisheries
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A crop is a non-animal species or variety that is grown to be harvested as
food, livestock fodder, fuel or for any other economic purpose. Major world crops
include maize (corn), wheat, rice, soybeans, hay, potatoes and cotton. While the
term "crop" most commonly refers to plants, it can also include species from
other biological kingdoms. For example, mushrooms like shiitake, which are in
the fungi kingdom, can be referred to as crops. In addition, certain species of
algae are also cultivated, although it is also harvested from the wild. In contrast,
animal species that are raised by humans are called livestock, except those that
are kept as pets. Microbial species, such as bacteria or viruses, are referred to as
cultures. Microbes are not typically grown for food, but are rather used to alter
food. For example, bacteria is used to ferment milk to produce yogurt.
Rice
 Corn
 Coconut
 Sugarcane
 Bananas
 Pineapples
 Coffee
 Mangoes
 Tobacco
 Abaca

 Peanut
 Cassava
 Camote
 Garlic
 Onion
 Cabbage
 Eggplant
 Calamansi
 Rubber
 Cotton
REGIONS
CAR
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS
palay, corn, banana, potato, sweet potato, coffee
REGION I
palay, corn, tomato, banana, coconut, tobacco, mango
REGION II
palay, corn, tomato, coconut, sugarcane, coffee, peanut, sweet potato
REGION III
palay, corn, tomato, coconut, sugarcane, sweet potato, onion, lemon
NCR
palay, corn, banana, coconut, mango, coffee
REGION IV
palay, corn, copper, mango, banana, pineapple, sweet potato, coconut
REGION V
palay, corn, banana, jackfruit, coconut, pineapple
REGION VI
palay, corn, banana, coconut, sugarcane
REGION VII
palay, corn, banana, coconut, sugarcane, sweet potato
REGION VIII
palay, corn, jackfruit, coconut, sweet potato
REGION IX
palay, corn, coconut, coffee, banana
REGION X
palay, corn, banana, sugarcane, coconut, pineapple
REGION XI
palay, corn, banana, sugarcane, coconut, pineapple, durian
REGION XII
palay, corn, banana, coconut, durian
ARMM
CARAGA
palay, corn, banana, coconut, pineapple, durian
palay, corn, banana, coconut, sweet potato
Livestock (also cattle) refers to one or more
domesticated animals raised in an agricultural setting to produce
commodities such as food, fiber and labor. The term "livestock"
as used in this article does not include poultry or farmed fish;
however the inclusion of these, especially poultry, within the
meaning of "livestock" is common.
Livestock generally are raised for subsistence or for profit.
Raising animals (animal husbandry) is an important component
of modern agriculture. It has been practiced in many cultures
since the transition to farming from hunter-gather lifestyles.
Poultry is a category of domesticated birds kept by humans
for the purpose of collecting their eggs, or killing for their meat
and/or feathers. These most typically are members of the
superorder Galloansera (fowl), especially the order Galliformes
(which includes chickens, quails and turkeys) and the family
Anatidae (in order Anseriformes), commonly known as "waterfowl"
(e.g. domestic ducks and domestic geese). Poultry also includes
other birds which are killed for their meat, such as pigeons or doves
or birds considered to be game, like pheasants. Poultry comes from
the French/Norman word, poule, itself derived from the Latin word
Pullus, which means small animal.
Generally, a fishery is an entity engaged in raising and/or
harvesting fish, which is determined by some authority to be a
fishery. According to the FAO, a fishery is typically defined in
terms of the "people involved, species or type of fish, area of
water or seabed, method of fishing, class of boats, purpose of
the activities or a combination of the foregoing features". The
definition often includes a combination of fish and fishers in a
region, the latter fishing for similar species with similar gear
types.
 A fishery may involve the capture of wild fish or raising fish
through fish farming or aquaculture. Directly or indirectly, the
livelihood of over 500 million people in developing countries
depends on fisheries and aquaculture. Overfishing, including the
taking of fish beyond sustainable levels, is reducing fish stocks
and employment in many world regions.

Aquaculture, also known as aquafarming, is the farming of aquatic
organisms such as fish, crustaceans, molluscs and aquatic plants.
Aquaculture involves cultivating freshwater and saltwater populations
under controlled conditions, and can be contrasted with commercial
fishing, which is the harvesting of wild fish. Mariculture refers to
aquaculture practiced in marine environments.
 The output, as reported, from aquaculture would supply one half of the
fish and shellfish that is directly consumed by humans. However, there
are issues about the reliability of the reported figures. Further, in current
aquaculture practice, products from several pounds of wild fish are used
to produce one pound of a piscivorous fish like salmon.
 Particular kinds of aquaculture include fish farming, shrimp farming,
oyster farming, algaculture (such as seaweed farming), and the
cultivation of ornamental fish. Particular methods include aquaponics,
which integrates fish farming and plant farming.
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Commercial fishing is the activity of capturing fish and other
seafood for commercial profit, mostly from wild fisheries. It
provides a large quantity of food to many countries around the
world, but those who practice it as an industry must often pursue
fish far into the ocean under adverse conditions. Large scale
commercial fishing is also known as industrial fishing.
Commercial fishermen harvest a wide variety of animals, ranging
from tuna, cod and salmon to shrimp, krill, lobster, clams, squid and
crab, in various fisheries for these species.
Commercial fishing methods have become very efficient using large
nets and factory ships. Many new restrictions are often integrated
with varieties of fishing allocation schemes (such as individual
fishing quotas), and international treaties that have sought to limit
the fishing effort and, sometimes, capture efficiency.

Agriculture contracted by 0.12 percent in 2010.
The gains recorded in the fourth quarter were
not enough to cushion the negative effects of
the El Niño phenomenon during the first nine
(9) months of the year. Crop production
continued to decline. Meanwhile, production
increased in the livestock, poultry and
fisheries subsectors. At current prices, the
gross value of production amounted to P1.25
trillion or 5.27 percent higher than the
previous year's record.
0.3
0.2
0.29
0.1
0
-0.12
2010
2009
-0.1
-0.2
Agriculture

The crops subsector which contributed 45.47
percent to the total agricultural production
reported a 2.77 percent decline in output this year.
Production of palay went down by 3.04 percent and
that of corn, by 9.34 percent. Coconut and
sugarcane farms came down with output decreases
of 0.81 percent and 19.67 percent, respectively.
Crops with more than 3.0 percent of production
increases were mango, tobacco, onion, cabbage
and eggplant. Gross value of crop production was
P666.8 billion at current prices and was higher by
5.60 percent from the 2009 level.
0
2009
2010
-0.5
-1
-1.55
-2.77
-1.5
-2
-2.5
-3
CROPS

Livestock production was up by 1.48
percent this year. It accounted for 12.69
percent of total agricultural production.
Hog production grew by 1.11 percent in
2010. Goat, cattle, carabao and dairy
production increased by 1.38 percent to
8.95 percent. The subsector grossed P211.0
billion at current prices, up by 7.41 percent
from the previous year's level.
1.5
1.45
1.4
1.35
1.3
1.25
1.2
1.15
1.1
1.48
1.24
2009
2010
LIVESTOCK

The poultry subsector grew by 3.72
percent. It shared 14.93 percent in total
agricultural production. Chicken and
chicken eggs had output increases of 4.01
percent and 5.12 percent, respectively.
Production of duck and duck eggs
continued to decline. At current prices, the
subsector grossed P152.1 billion or 4.80
percent more than the year ago record.
4
3.5
3
2.5
2
1.5
1
0.5
0
3.72
1.83
2009
2010
POULTRY

Production in the fisheries subsector which
represented 26.91 percent of the total
agricultural output expanded by 1.72 percent
this year. Aquaculture production sustained its
growth and this year recorded another 2.68
percent increment. Municipal fisheries
production was up by 1.62 percent. However,
commercial fisheries production declined by
0.49 percent. The subsector's gross value of
output was P221.3 billion at current prices.
This was 2.64 percent higher than the 2009
record.
2.5
2
1.5
2.36
1.72
1
0.5
0
2009
2010
FISHERIES
FISHERIES
26.91%
POULTRY
14.93%
LIVESTOCK
12.69%
CROPS
45.47%

On the average, farmgate prices increased
by 5.39 percent this year. All subsectors
recorded price gains in 2010. In the crops
subsector, prices were up by an average of
8.61 percent. The livestock subsector
recorded an average price increase of 5.85
percent. Prices in the poultry subsector
grew by an average of 1.04 percent. In the
fisheries subsector, prices moved up by an
average of 0.91 percent.
6
5
4
5.39
3
2
1.94
1
0
2009
2010
FARMGATE PRICES
GDP growth at constant 1985
prices in Philippine pesos
Year 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
GDP
growt 4.6
h%
4.9
4.8
9.2
5
6.4
8
5.6
5.2
5.6 5.149 3.423 3.619 1.875 -7.324 -7.307 3.417 4.312 6.753 6.205
Year 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
GDP
grow 3.037
0.338 2.116 4.388 4.679 5.846 5.185
3.396 5.968 1.756 4.449 4.93 6.38 4.952 5.341 7.079 3.839 0.918 7.3
0.578
0.577
th %
The proposed national government budget for
2011 has set the following budget allocations
Budget Allocation
Department of Education
Department of Public Works
and Highways
Department of National
Defense
Department of Interior and
Local Government
Department of Agriculture
Department of Social Welfare
and Development
Department of Health
Department of Transportation
and Communications
State Universities and
Colleges
Millions of Pesos
(PHP)
207,300
Millions of US Dollars
(US$)
4,573
110,600
2,439.8
104,700
2,309.7
88,200
1,945.7
37,700
831.7
34,300
756.7
33,300
734.6
32,300
712.5
23,400
516.2
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
As a basic source of livelihood
As a source of food and raw materials in a
growing economy
As market for products of industry
As a source of earnings in foreign trade
As a source of resource transfers for the rest
of the economy