Major Vegetables and Rootcrops Quarterly Bulletin, January-March 2017
May 2017
Tomato
- In January-March 2017, production of tomato reached 91.26 thousand metric tons, up by 4.1 percent from its 2016 level of 87.68 thousand metric tons. The growth was supported by:
- the increase in area planted in Ilocos Sur due to contract growing scheme offered by Northern Foods Corporation (NFC) of Ilocos Norte;
- the use of high yielding varieties in Pangasinan; and
- the bigger fruits harvested in Nueva Ecija due to sufficient use of fertilizer and LGU intervention on good seeds in Bulacan.
- the increase in area planted in Ilocos Sur due to contract growing scheme offered by Northern Foods Corporation (NFC) of Ilocos Norte;
- Ilocos Region, the highest contributor with 41.34 thousand metric tons shared 45.3 percent to the national output. This was followed by Central Luzon with 19.9 percent share and CALABARZON with 10.3 percent.
