| Philippines - AGRICULTURE |
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Agriculture
| Agriculture in The Philippines employs 42% of the working population and accounts for more than 20% of the GDP. The agricultural growth (2.7% in 1997) has weakened slightly compared to the previous year (3.7%). The agricultural results have been affected by the decline in volume of the rice-growing production in a 5.9 %, the fall of the sugar cane production (-3.6 %) and the negative results of the forest sector (-14.2 %). Reforms are still expected in this sector which remains affected by climatic hazards as in many other countries. |
Farmland surface area:
| The areas under cultivation include arable lands and those with permanent crops. They represent 10,000,000 hectares in The Philippines. |
Number of farms:
Livestock
Number of tractors:
Irrigated land (surface area):
Fishing
Yield in metric tons
Shellfish, mollusks and cephalopods |
Saltwater fish |
309,694Tm.
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1,514,999 Tm.
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Aquacultural yield in metric tons:
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February 2004
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