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A Review of the Agriculture Sector in MIMAROPA

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In 2002, MIMAROPA registered 221.0 thousand farms for agricultural use, covering 542.2 thousand hectares. The region's total agricultural land area comprised 19.7 percent of the region's total land area. Although the number of farms increased by 5.6…
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A Review of the Agriculture Sector in Bicol Region

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The number of farms in Bicol Region slightly increased by 1.9 percent, from 377.8 thousand in 1991 to 384.8 thousand in 2002. These farms covered an area of 892.0 thousand hectares, almost half (48.4 percent) of the region,s total land area. However…
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The Scenario of the Agriculture Sector in Cordillera Administrative Region

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In 2002, Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) reported 120.1 thousand farms for agricultural use, covering 177.8 thousand hectares, or an average farm size of 1.48 hectares per farm. The region's total agricultural land area comprised 9.6 percent…
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A Review of the Agricultural Sector in CARAGA

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The number of farms in Caraga region increased by 10.9 percent, from 189.6 thousand in 1991 to 210.2 thousand in 2002. This is attributed to the large increase in the number of farms in Agusan del Sur and Surigao del Sur by 32.2 percent and 11.7…
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NSO Takes Census of 1.7 Million Operators of Fisheries

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The National Statistics Office (NSO) expects to interview about 1.18 million municipal and commercial fishing operators and about 500 thousand aquaculture operators nationwide, when the Census of Fisheries (CF) is taken this September. At the start…
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NSO Takes Nationwide Census of Farms and Fisheries

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The National Statistics Office (NSO) deployed over 25,000 personnel in the first lap of the nationwide census-taking of the Censuses of Agriculture and Fisheries 2002 (CAF 2002), which began March 3. Taken every ten years, CAF is a large-scale…
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Caraga: Three in Every Ten Households Owned Agricultural Land

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As the population of the region grew, the economically active persons (15 to 64 years old) increased by more than nine percent, from 1.07 million persons in 1995 to 1.16 million persons in 2000. They comprised about 56 percent of the total…
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Technical Inquiries:

Ms. Erma A. Aquino
Chief Statistical Specialist
Agriculture Fisheries and Census Division
National Census Service
e.aquino@psa.gov.ph


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