Major Non-Food and Industrial Crops Quarterly Bulletin, January-March 2017
May 2017
Coffee
- Production of dried coffee berries dropped by 10.5 percent, from 22.59 thousand metric tons last year to 20.21 thousand metric tons. This decrease was caused by the following:
- trees were toppled down and less berries were harvested due to strong winds brought by Super Typhoon “Lawin” in CAR (Kalinga) during flowering stage; and
- prevalence of old and low-yielding trees in CALABARZON (Cavite).
- trees were toppled down and less berries were harvested due to strong winds brought by Super Typhoon “Lawin” in CAR (Kalinga) during flowering stage; and
- SOCCSKSARGEN was the largest producer of coffee at 7.46 thousand metric tons (36.9 percent). It was followed by Davao Region (12.8 percent), Northern Mindanao (10.3 percent), and ARMM (9.5 percent), respectively.
- Robusta coffee was the top-produced variety at 70.7 percent of the total production, followed by Arabica at 20.9 percent. Excelsa and Liberica varieties composed 7.8 percent and 0.6 percent of the total coffee production, respectively.
