Number of Farms Increased by 10.3 Percent in 2002 The number of farms in Northern Mindanao increased by 10.3 percent, from 289.5 thousand in 1991 to 319.2 thousand in 2002. This is attributed to the large increase in the number of farms in Misamis…

In 2002, Central Visayas registered 430.0 thousand farms for agricultural use, covering 522.4 thousand hectares. The region's total agricultural land area comprised 31.6 percent of the region's total land area. The number of farms in Central Visayas…

A child born in the Philippines is at greater risk of dying than children born in other Southeastern Asian countries, according to the latest results from the 2003 National Demographic and Health Surveys (NDHS) conducted by the National Statistics…

In 2002, Central Luzon registered 341.5 thousand farms for agriculture use, covering 552.1 thousand hectares. The region's total agricultural land area comprised 25.6 percent of the region's total land area. Compared with 1991, the number of farms…

In 2002, CALABARZON registered 282.7 thousand farms for agricultural use, covering 588.5 thousand hectares. The region's total agricultural land area comprised 36.3 percent of the region's total land area. As the number of farms decreased by 11.6…

In 2002, SOCCSKSARGEN posted 330.6 thousand farms for agricultural use, covering 775.3 thousand hectares. The region's total agricultural land area comprised 39.9 percent of the region's total land area. As the number of farms increased by 25.2…

In 2002, Western Mindanao registered 252.7 thousand farms for agricultural use, covering 785.3 thousand hectares. The region's total agricultural land area comprised almost half (45.2 percent) of the region's total land area. As a result of the…

In 2002, the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) registered 248.5 thousand farms for agricultural use, covering 533.4 thousand hectares. The region’s total agricultural land area comprised 25.9 percent of the regionââ 

Year-on-year headline inflation rate at the national level grew by 0.2 percentage point to 7.1 percent in October from 6.9 percent in September as all the commodity groups registered higher inflation rates. Inflation a year ago was 3.1 percent.

Contraceptive use among married women in the Philippines has almost tripled over the last 30 years, from 17 percent in 1973 to 49 percent in 2003 (Table 1). Furthermore, two Filipino women in five who are not currently using a contraceptive method…