Major Vegetables and Rootcrops Quarterly Bulletin, January-March 2017
May 2017
Peanut
- For the first quarter of 2017, production of peanut went up to 12.05 thousand metric tons from 11.04 thousand metric tons in 2016, or by 9.1 percent which was brought about by the following:
- more pods developed in Pangasinan and in Cagayan due to favorable soil moisture; and
- increase in area planted in La Union and Ilocos Norte due to good price last year.
- more pods developed in Pangasinan and in Cagayan due to favorable soil moisture; and
- Ilocos Region, the top producer with 7.58 thousand metric tons shared 62.9 percent to total peanut production. The other top producing regions were Western Visayas and Northern Mindanao with 6.5 percent and 6.4 percent shares, respectively.
