Chapter 6. Economic Sector Figure 6.1. Distribution of Agricultural and Non-Agricultural Area (Has) Province of Cavite: 2012 Agriculture 2nd District 3rd District 1st District 0.22% 1.18% 4th District Agriculture, as defined, is the science of cultivating land, producing crops and 0.27% 1.71% raising livestock; and these were among the agricultural activities that the Caviteño farm workers had been actively involved with. Furthermore, fishery is 5th District 8.10% also another major component of the agricultural sector wherein the province is home to numerous fishery activities providing livelihood to many Caviteños. As 6th District previously discussed, Cavite is now one of the most populous provinces in the 8.21% country and has achieved industrial growth, but despite the growing of many industrial establishments and industrial estates which have been or are being Non-Agricultural developed in various parts of the province, it is still considered agricultural and Area has a lot of potentials in the production of corn, coffee, vegetables and other 49.83% high value crops. 7th District 30.47% Based on the data gathered from the Office of the Provincial Agriculturist, the agricultural land is about 50.17% of the total land area of the province or 71,590.71 hectares while 49.83% or 71,115.29 hectares is non-agricultural area. Out of the agricultural area, 43,478.54 hectares or 30.47% came from 7th District, 8.21% or 11,717.71 hectares comprised 6th District, 5th District has 11,563.20 hectares or 8.10% while 2,445.56 hectares or 1.71% is from 4th District. Moreover, 3rd District has 1.18% or 1,684.00 hectares while1st and 2nd Districts have only 0.27% and 0.22% agricultural land, respectively (Figure 6.1). As presented in Table 6.1, the municipality of Maragondon has the biggest area intended for agriculture with 14.34% of the total agricultural area or 10,265.93 hectares followed by the municipalities of Silang having 9,431.83 hectares or 13.17% and Indang with 10.83% or 7,755 hectares. It is noted that the agricultural area was being worked by 43,058 farmers wherein 23,845 farmers came from 7th District. 116 Table 6.1. Total Agricultural and Non-Agricultural Area and Number of Crop Production Farmers by City/Municipality, Province of Cavite: 2012 Total Total Non- Total Crop production refers to the growing of crops either for sale or domestic Total Land % Agri- Agricultural Agricultural Number consumption. Generally, Cavite is best suited to crop production component City/Municipality Area cultural Area Area of since its soil characteristics both in the lowland and upland areas coupled with (Hectares) Land (Hectares) (Hectares) Farmers suitable weather condition are fit and conducive to crop cultivation as demonstrated by the production of major and diverse agriculture produce in the st 1 District 3,631 391.70 3,239.30 451 0.27 province such as rice, corn, vegetables, coffee, coconut, among others. Cavite City 1,183 1,183.00 Kawit 1,340 311.00 1,029.00 145 0.22 Table 6.2 shows that 33.23% or 18,569.45 hectares are planted to food crops Noveleta 541 53.70 487.30 267 0.04 wherein rice accounted for the largest planted area of 14,287.64 hectares Rosario 567 27.00 540.00 39 0.02 registering production volume of 61,963.38 metric tons. Vegetables followed 2nd District 5,240 310.00 4,930.00 460 0.22 next planted at 2,038.98 hectares with 24,944.21 metric tons produce. City of Bacoor 5,240 310.00 4,930.00 460 0.22 Industrial/commercial crops having a total production of 223,827.55 metric tons 3rd District 9,701 1,684.00 8,017.00 815 1.18 occupies 66.70 % of the total area planted or 37,266.84 hectares with coconut having the widest area of 16,996.90 hectares. Coffee which ranked second City of Imus 9,701 1,684.00 8,017.00 815 1.18 among the widest area planted comprised 9,144.95 hectares producing 8,300.87 4th District 8,234 2,445.56 5,788.44 1,054 1.71 metric tons. Moreover, the province has only 40.15 hectares intended for cut City of Dasmariñas 8,234 2,445.56 5,788.44 1,054 1.71 flowers, ornamentals and sampaguita industry contributing production volume th 5 District 19,671 11,563.20 8,107.80 8,993 8.10 of 66,808.21 dozen, 354,575 pots and 9.98 metric tons respectively. Production Carmona 3,092 1,923.65 1,168.35 250 1.35 data of the other major crops and number of farmers are also highlighted in the Gen. Mariano table. Alvarez 938 207.72 730.28 525 0.15 Silang 15,641 9,431.83 6,209.17 8,218 6.61 Area planted to crops account to 55,876.44 hectares or 78.05% of the total 6th District 30,105 11,717.71 18,387.29 7,440 8.21 agricultural area. Of the seven districts in the province, 7th District has the Amadeo 4,790 4,500.00 290.00 4,000 3.15 largest area planted to crops with an area of 33,127.87 hectares or 59.29% Gen. Trias 11,768 4,901.00 6,867.00 1,589 3.43 share. It is followed by 6th District comprising 18.10 % of the area or 10,116.15 th Tanza 9,630 1,896.71 7,733.29 899 1.33 hectares, 5 District at 13.33% share or 7,447.93 hectares while 2,325.78 th rd Trece Martires City 3,917 420.00 3,497.00 952 0.29 hectares or 4.16% are from 4 District and 3 District has 2,205.46 hectares. Moreover, 1st District was recorded at 377.05 hectares and 2nd District has 7th District 66,124 43,478.54 22,645 23,845 30.47 276.20 hectares (Figure 6.2). The municipality of Silang has the widest area Alfonso 6,460 5,800.50 659.50 2,635 4.06 utilized for cropping totaling to 6,870.62 hectares followed by the municipalities Gen. Aguinaldo 5,103 3,710.06 1,392.94 1,780 2.60 of Magallanes and Indang recorded at 6,331.15 hectares and 5,998.99 hectares, Indang 8,920 7,755.00 1,165.00 4,395 5.43 respectively. Magallanes 7,860 5,571.00 2,289.00 2,483 3.90 Maragondon 16,549 10,265.93 6,283.07 5,559 7.19 Major crops harvested totaled to 328,459.17 metric tons wherein the largest Mendez 1,667 1,327.80 339.20 1,085 0.93 production came from 7th District with 64.22% or 210,932.68 metric tons. This Naic 8,600 7,290.00 1,310.00 3,150 5.11 was followed by 6th District having 12.89% or 42,348.72 metric tons produce Tagaytay City 6,615 1,272.00 5,343.00 2,446 0.89 while 11.60% or 38,107.25 metric tons came from 5th District. In addition, 4th Ternate 4,350 486.25 3,863.75 312 0.34 District has 22,173.84 metric tons or 6.75% harvest, 3rd District has 11,659.10 st TOTAL 142,706 71,590.71 71,115.29 43,058 50.17 metric tons, 2nd District registered 1,413.41 metric tons and 1 District was Source: Office of the Provincial Agriculturist, Trece Martires City recorded at 1,824.17 metric tons. As indicated, the municipality of Magallanes recorded the highest production at 97,909.70 metric 117 tons. Coconut, which was also one of the major crops planted in the province, Area Area Production Farmers th Planted to has a total production of almost 82 million coconuts. 7 District was the largest Major Crops Harvested (Metric Served Crops producer of this crop recorded at 66,567,567 coconuts and still the municipality (Hectares) Tons) (Number) (Hectares) of Magallanes topped with 23,516,766 coconuts harvested. Likewise, cut flower Cutflowers/ 40.15 40.15 66,808.21 929 and ornamental production which are currently gaining prominence in the Ornamentals dozen/ province are harvested in the municipality of Silang, Trece Martires City and & Sampaguita 354,575 Gen. Aguinaldo while sampaguita is planted mostly in Trece Martires City (Table pots/9.98 m.t. 6.3). Cutflowers 12.68 12.68 66,808.21 577 Anthurium 3.18 3.18 13,199.75 170 Table 6.2. Major Crops Planted, Province of Cavite: 2012 Orchids 9.50 9.50 53,608.46 407 Area Area Production Farmers Ornamentals 20.47 20.47 354,575 260 Planted to Major Crops Harvested (Metric Served Sampaguita 7.00 7.00 9.98 92 Crops (Hectares) Tons) (Number) TOTAL 55,876.44 49,437.34 82,723 (Hectares) Food Crops 18,569.45 18,850.77 104,631.62 30,169 Source: Office of the Provincial Agriculturist, Trece Martires City Rice 14,287.64 14,808.25 61,963.38 7,587 Irrigated 13,351.44 13,874.35 59,956.83 6,725 Rainfed 213.10 212.70 488.33 174 Upland 723.10 721.20 1,518.22 688 Corn 1,335.84 1,146.69 5,106.30 1,707 Yellow corn 313.26 228.86 882.34 451 Figure 6.2.