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Issn 2094-6198 ISSN 2094-6198 Explanatory Notes The Non-Food and Industrial Crops Quarterly Bulletin provides updates on production of major non-food and industrial crops namely, abaca, coconut, coffee, rubber, sugarcane and tobacco. These crops are highlighted in the report on the Performance of Agriculture that the Bureau of Agricultural Statistics (BAS) releases quarterly. This 2nd quarter 2013 issue of the Bulletin provides the final estimates of production in January-March 2013 and preliminary estimates in April-June 2013. Also featured are the January-June 2013 preliminary estimates on area planted and number of bearing trees for permanent crops, and area harvested for temporary crops. The data on area and bearing trees are collected on a semi-annual basis. Data on area, production, and number of bearing trees are based on the results of the Quarterly Crop Production Survey (CrPS) of the BAS and the Quarterly Coconut Production Survey (QCPS) of the Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) and BAS. Data on canes milled are sourced from the Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA). i Figure 1. Abaca production by region, Philippines, April-June 2013 1 Production April-June 2013 Abaca o In the 2nd quarter of 2013, abaca production went down by 3.40 percent from 20.08 thousand mt in 2012 to 19.40 thousand mt attributed to the following: Harvesting slowed down in Aklan, Iloilo, Maguindanao and Agusan del Sur due to low demand. Eastern Visayas remained affected by mosaic disease and bunchy tops causing a drop of 6.28 percent in production. Surigao del Sur was similarly affected by bunchy top disease. Davao Region which has yet to recover from the damages of typhoon “Pablo” registered production decline by 13.06 percent. Around 118 ha of abaca were cut down as a measure in eradicating bunchy top disease in Goodyear Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Multi-Purpose Cooperative (GARBEMCO). Thus, production in Zamboanga Sibugay dropped by 53.57 percent. o Bicol Region recorded the highest production at 7.43 thousand mt or 38.29 percent of the total abaca fiber output of the country. This was followed by Region VIII (Eastern Visayas) with 5.48 thousand mt or 28.25 percent share and Region Xl (Davao Region) with 2.04 thousand mt or 10.49 percent share (Figure 1). 2 Figure 2. Coconut production by region, Philippines, April-June, 2013 3 Coconut o For 2nd quarter of 2013, coconut production decreased by 1.52 percent compared to the output in the same period in 2012 (Table 1). o Around 97.72 percent young were harvested as nut matured nuts while 2.28 2.28% percent were young nuts (Figure 3). mature o The production of nut 97.72% matured nut was 1.69 percent lower than the Figure 3. Coconut: Percent Distribution output in April-June of Production by Crop Type, Philippines, 2012. April-June 2013 Production in Agusan del Sur and Surigao del Norte dropped by 5.51 percent and 15.54 percent, respectively due to low price of copra. Davao Oriental, Compostela Valley, Davao del Norte, Lanao del Norte, Misamis Oriental, and Surigao del Sur have yet to recover from the adverse effects of typhoon “Pablo.” Cutting of old tall trees reduced output in Aurora by 2.77 percent or by 1,755 mt. Coconut trees affected by scale insects were cut down in Batangas. o In contrast, production of young nut was higher by 6.36 percent High demand from makers of “buko” shakes, juice, halo-halo, and candies increased production of young nuts by 4,938 mt compared to the output a year ago. o The top coconut producers were Davao Region, Zamboanga Peninsula, Northern Mindanao, Eastern Visayas, and Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (Figure 2). 4 Figure 4. Coffee production by region, Philippines, April-June, 2013 5 Coffee o Production of coffee in the second quarter of 2013 dropped by 3.79 percent, from 10.10 thousand mt in 2012 to 9.72 thousand mt in 2013. Contributory factors that accounted for the decline in production were as follows: Production in Davao Region went down by 13.28 percent. Those of Compostela Valley, Davao Oriental, and Davao del Norte went down by 51.14%, 2.48%, and 2.48%, respectively, due to the adverse effects of typhoon “Pablo.” Davao City, on the other hand, reported shifting to banana (lakatan and cavendish). Heavy rainfall affected coffee in Sulu during the flowering stage causing production in the province to drop by 3.63%. Low market demand led to neglect of coffee farms in Quezon, Leyte, Zamboanga City, Zamboanga del Sur and Lanao del Norte. Rains during the flowering stage led to falling off of flowers in Cavite while insufficient water retarded development of berries/cherries in Batangas. These caused the drop in production of CALABARZON by 27.03%. Strong winds negatively affected development of cherries in Misamis Oriental. Cutting of old and less productive Liberica trees was reported in Batangas. o Among the coffee producing regions in the country, SOCCSKSARGEN was the top producer with 48.18 percent share to the total production. Davao Region and ARMM followed with respective shares of 16.91 percent and 14.11 percent. 6 Figure 5. Rubber production by region, Philippines, April-June, 2013 7 Rubber o Rubber cuplump production from April to June 2013 decreased by 2.57 percent to 114.55 thousand mt from 117.57 thousand mt in 2012. Production of Davao Region and Caraga went down by 52.74 percent and 57.24 percent, respectively. This negated the gains from the other regions. Zamboanga Peninsula posted growth of 1.69 percent after rubber trees recovered from defoliation. More trees were tapped in Zamboanga del Norte and Zamboanga del Sur due to higher demand for rubber. Northern Mindanao posted a growth of 10.35 percent. The increase was attributed to the increasing number of tappable trees in Bukidnon and Misamis Occidental. Output of SOCCSKSARGEN rose by 1.63 percent due to the increased number of mature trees. ARMM's output also climbed by 7.25 percent. This was attributed to the increase in number of mature trees in Basilan. o Concentration of rubber production was observed to be in Zamboanga Peninsula, SOCCSKSARGEN and ARMM with shares of 38.38 percent, 32.31 percent and 22.06 percent, respectively, to the national rubber production. Production of these regions accounted for 92.75 percent of the national output (Figure 4). 8 Figure 6. Sugarcane production by region, Philippines, April-June, 2013 9 Sugarcane o Total production of sugarcane went down by 23.09 percent, from 3.96 million mt in 2012 to 3.05 million mt in 2013. This could be attributed to: Shifting to palay and cassava in Pampanga; corn in Camarines Sur and South Cotabato; and rubber, oil palm and banana in North Cotabato; Early termination of harvesting/milling in Batangas (April 2013) and Cebu (May 2013); Movement of harvest from 1st quarter of 2013 to 4th quarter of 2012 as a result of the intensified harvesting/milling in Iloilo and Negros Occidental. o Production of cane for panocha / centrifugal sugar, which basi/vinegar muscovado 0.05% accounted for 95.28 1.57% percent of the total ethanol chewing sugarcane production 3.06% 0.01% (Figure 7), dropped by 25.80 percent. o Production of sugarcane for chewing dropped by centrifugal 16.70 percent. sugar 95.28% o Sugarcane for other uses Figure 7. Sugarcane: Percent (panocha/muscovado Distribution of Production by Use, and basi/ vinegar) went Philippines, up by 3.35 percent. April-June 2013 o Western Visayas contributed 42.87 percent to total production (Figure 6). 10 Figure 8. Tobacco production by region, Philippines, April-June 2013 11 Tobacco o Production of tobacco went up by 13.37 percent in the second quarter of 2013, to 41.36 thousand mt from 36.49 thousand mt in 2012 (Table 1). o Virginia tobacco production increased by 31.91 percent, from 12.99 thousand mt in 2012 to 17.13 thousand mt in 2013. This was attributed to: Crop shifting from yellow corn and garlic in Ilocos Sur and Ilocos Norte. Lesser infestation of cutworm was observed in Ilocos Sur and Ilocos Norte. High price of Virginia tobacco was noted. o Production of other varieties, mostly Burley tobacco, grew by 5.72 percent to 14.57 thousand mt from 13.78 thousand mt in 2012. This was due to: Increase in area planted/harvested in Pangasinan and Ilocos Norte due to high price. Financial assistance was extended to tobacco farmers in La Union by Universal Leaf Philippines Inc. o Harvest of Native tobacco declined by 0.56 percent on account of: Shifting to banana saba in Davao del Sur. Native tobacco leaves were affected by leaf folder in South Cotabato. Native tobacco crops in Maguindanao were affected by floods. 12 Production, Area and Number of Bearing/Mature Trees January-June 2013 Abaca o The abaca production in the 1st half of 2013 was 35.06 thousand mt or 5.54 percent lower than last year’s production level of 37.12 thousand mt (Table 1). The following were the factors contributed for the decline: Some municipalities in Leyte and Southern Leyte were still affected by bunchy top disease. Davao Region which has yet to recover from the effects of typhoon “Pablo.” Production went down by 21.92 percent or by 1.04 thousand mt. Around 118 ha of abaca plant were cut down as a measure in eradicating bunchy top disease in Goodyear Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Multi- Purpose Cooperative (GARBEMCO). Thus, dropping production in Zamboanga Sibugay by 43.14 percent. At mid-year, area planted to abaca dropped by 4.58 percent, from 136.90 thousand hectares in 2012 to 130.63 thousand hectares in 2013.
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