Major Non-Food and Industrial Crops Quarterly Bulletin, January-March 2017
May 2017
Sugarcane
- Production of sugarcane (all uses) for the quarter increased by 3.0 percent, from 12.21 million metric tons last year to its current level of 12.58 million metric tons.
- Sugarcane for centrifugal sugar, which accounted for 98.7 percent of the total sugarcane production during the quarter, increased by 3.6 percent. This was associated with the following:
- enhanced growth of canes stimulated by sufficient and proper application of fertilizer and enough rainfall in NIR (Negros Occidental); and
- relatively better growth of canes in Central Luzon (Tarlac) attributed to less weather disturbance compared to the previous quarters.
- enhanced growth of canes stimulated by sufficient and proper application of fertilizer and enough rainfall in NIR (Negros Occidental); and
- For the quarter, Negros Island Region produced 53.6 percent of the national sugarcane production. Northern Mindanao and CALABARZON contributed 15.4 percent and 9.2 percent to the total production, respectively.
