Chapter 4: Local Economy Primary Sector As defined, the primary sector is residential/subdivision development, the building of commercial concerned with the extraction of raw establishments, opening of the new road system, and some areas are no materials. It includes fishing, farming, longer cultivated and was used for other purposes attribute to the decrease and mining (www.economicshelp.org). (Office of the Provincial Agriculturist). Meanwhile, to have uniformity of the The primary sector of the economy data, the Municipal Agriculture’s office of Indang based its agricultural area extracts or harvests products from the (8,386.40 hectares) on the data used in updating the municipality’s CLUP. earth, such as raw materials and basic It resulted in an increase of 1,244.26 hectares as compared to 2018’s foods. Activities associated with primary 7,124.14 hectares. economic activity include agriculture Of the total agricultural area, Silang has the largest share with 8,589.78 (both subsistence and commercial), mining, forestry, grazing, hunting and hectares (14.58%), followed by Indang with 8,386.40 hectares (14.23%), Maragondon posted at 7,347.67 hectares (12.47%), and Magallanes with gathering, fishing, and quarrying. The packaging and processing of raw 5,775.50 hectares (9.80%). Furthermore, Cavite City’s 1,183.00 hectares are non-agricultural areas. materials are also considered to be part of this sector (www.thoughtco.com/ Table 4.1 Total Agricultural and Non-Agricultural Area by City/Municipality, Province sectors-of-the-economy). of Cavite: 2019 Hectares Agricultural Croplands Non- Number of City/Municipality Agricultural Land Area Agricultural Farmers Area Agricultural lands are lands devoted to Area or suitable for the cultivation of the soil, 1st District 3,631 218.17 3,412.83 444 planting of crops, growing of trees, Cavite City 1,183 - 1,183.00 - raising of livestock, poultry, fish, or Kawit 1,340 174.50 1,165.50 385 Noveleta 541 16.67 524.33 20 aquaculture production. It also includes Rosario 567 27.00 540.00 39 the harvesting of such farm products 2nd District 5,240 410.00 4,830.00 60 and other farm activities and practices City of Bacoor 5,240 410.00 4,830.00 60 rd performed in conjunction with such 3 District 9,701 1,071.63 8,629.37 282 City of Imus 9,701 1,071.63 8,629.37 282 farming operations by persons, whether 4th District 8,234 1,576.30 6,657.70 3,505 natural or juridical, and not classified by City of Dasmariñas 8,234 1,576.30 6,657.70 3,505 law as mineral land, forest land, 5th District 19,671 9,700.00 9,971.01 4,311 residential land, commercial land, or Carmona 3,092 903.22 2,188.78 190 industrial land (RA 8435). Gen. Mariano Alvarez 938 207.00 731.01 558 Silang 15,641 8,589.78 7,051.22 3,563 th Agricultural production is the growing of 6 District 11,768 3,745.51 8,022.49 709 City of Gen.Trias 11,768 3,745.51 8,022.49 709 field crops, fruits, nuts, seeds, tree 7th District 27,257 14,046.40 13,210.60 7,991 nurseries (except those of forest trees), Amadeo 4,790 4,500.00 290.00 4,000 bulb vegetables and flowers, and the Indang 8,920 8,386.40 533.60 1,574 production of coffee, tea, cocoa, Tanza 9,630 740.00 8,890.00 820 rubber; livestock and livestock products, TreceMartires City 3,917 420.00 3,497.00 1,597 8th District 57,204 28,165.17 29,038.83 21,818 honey rabbits, fur-bearing animals, Alfonso 6,460 5,500.44 959.56 2,751 silkworm, cocoons, etc. Forestry and Gen. E. Aguinaldo 5,103 3,505.30 1,597.70 1,475 fishery production carried on as an Magallanes 7,860 5,775.50 2,084.50 3,748 ancillary activity on an agricultural Maragondon 16,549 7,347.67 9,201.33 3,323 holding is also considered as agricultural Mendez 1,667 1,170.40 496.60 885 Naic 8,600 3,085.45 5,514.55 6,657 production (Philippine Statistics Tagaytay City 6,615 1,257.51 5,357.49 2,667 Authority). Ternate 4,350 522.90 3,827.10 312 Total 142,706 58,933.18 83,772.83 39,120 The agricultural area in Cavite totaled Source: Office of the Provincial Agriculturist, Trece Martires City 58,933.18 hectares in 2019, representing 41.30 percent of the total land area of the province. It declined by 538.92 hectares or 0.91 percent compared to 59,472.11 hectares in 2018 and was observed mainly from the City of Dasmariñas, Noveleta, Tanza, Alfonso, and Naic. Generally, the conversion of agricultural area to Crop Production Table 4.2 Major Crops by Area Planted & Harvested and its Production, Province of Cavite: 2019 Hectares Despite the decrease in the Number of Major Crops Area Production agricultural area, the province of Area Planted Farmers a Harvested Cavite still has a lot of potentials in Food Crops 10,397.83 9,833.45 89,531.63 m.t. 22,073 crop production, such as rice, corn, Rice 6,299.06 5,799.58 26,743.57 3,890 coffee, coconut, sugarcane, Irrigated 5,655.00 5,156.58 24,846.48 3,449 banana, pineapple, and other high- Rainfed 409.56 408.50 1,433.34 285 Upland 234.50 234.50 463.75 156 value crops. Corn 1,036.04 997.12 5,173.98 1,689 Green corn 815.39 813.72 4,250.51 1,344 As presented in Table 4.2, the total Yellow corn 220.65 183.40 923.47 345 area harvested for crop production Vegetables 1,996.13 1,987.00 34,469.47 13,052 was registered at 45,107.17 Leafy 341.56 339.08 2,784.79 2,745 hectares. It is 76.54 percent of the Fruit 1,102.16 1,096.52 22,005.36 7,173 total agricultural area. Harvest area Legumes 214.80 214.56 2,375.75 1,792 Root 330.36 329.59 7,255.54 1,328 for food crops totaled 9,833.45 Bulb 7.25 7.25 48.03 14 hectares, registering a production Root crops 1,066.60 1,049.75 23,144.61 3,442 volume of 89,531.63 metric tons. 322,268.23 m.t. Industrial/ 36,555.51 35,259.61 15,767,175 nuts 46,051 Vegetables have the highest Commercial Crops production posted at 34,469.47 2,358,780 poles Coconut (pcs.) 12,083.45 11,571.00 15,767,175 7,434 metric tons (38.50%), followed by Coffee 8,644.65 8,542.45 6,156.03 10,942 rice with 29.87 percent output or Banana 4,076.29 4,007.11 34,011.38 9,661 26,743.57 metric tons. Root crop Pineapple 2,670.51 2,473.46 74,835.49 2,064 production was registered at Mango 1,396.52 1,348.71 20,160.35 2,894 23,144.61 metric tons or 25.85 Papaya 262.74 261.69 5,616.47 1,367 Peanut 105.63 105.63 140.47 313 percent of the total food crops Sugarcane 2,897.00 2,832.00 148,472.00 299 production, while corn has Black Pepper 869.53 824.28 782.72 1,917 5,173.98 metric tons or 5.78 Dragon Fruit 57.49 54.49 788.75 139 percent share. Other Fruit Trees 2,482.22 2,230.94 30,693.82 8,947 Other Fruits 29.48 27.85 610.75 28 Meanwhile, harvest area for Bamboo (poles) 980.00 980.00 2,358,780.00 46 Cut flowers and 28,335.66 dozen industrial/commercial crops at 14.11 14.11 483 Ornamentals 139,389 pots 35,259.61 hectares contributed a Cut flowers (dozen) 5.33 5.33 28,335.66 271 total crop production of 322,268.23 Anthurium 1.76 1.76 8,227.66 128 metric tons, coconut production of Orchids 3.57 3.57 20,108.00 143 15,767,175 nuts, and 2,358,780 Ornamental Plants (pots) 8.78 8.78 139,389.00 212 poles of bamboo. Sugarcane 411,799.86 MT registered production of 15,767,175 nuts 148,472.00 metric tons while Total 46,967.45 45,107.17 2,358,780 poles 68,607 pineapple posted production of 28,335.66 dozen 74,835.49 metric tons. In addition, 139,389 pots a The total number of farmers differs from the number of farmers by city/municipality since farmers are counted other fruit trees and banana by commodity contributed 30,693.82 metric tons Source: Office of the Provincial Agriculturist, Trece Martires City and 34,011.38 metric tons of production, respectively. The area planted and harvested for crops and crop production was presented in One agricultural product that is Tables 4.3 and 4.4. The municipality of Magallanes has the most spacious also gaining prominence is the harvest area of 7,867.30 hectares topped in crop production with 135,845.73 production of cut flowers and metric tons. It could be due to double cropping of particular crops and the ornamentals. The area intended for presence of the sugarcane industry, contributing production volume of this industry totaled 14.11 118,540.00 metric tons.