From Trading Economics
Rizal Philippines
Total agricultural land in the Philippine is 111, 840 km. Of that, 5.03 million hectares is arable land; the arable land as percentage of total land area is only 15% of the total land area. Only 50% of the agricultural land is utilized. That means to say, the agricultural land productivity is not being utilized. (as per world bank)
In this case, the economics definition as wise of use of scarce resources does not apply to the Philippines because labor nor land is not scarce...
According to Phil stat the figure is as follows;
9.671 million is agricultural land;
4.936 is arable land;
4.225 million hectare is cropland (meaning to say only 50% of arable land is fully utilized)
We had a record rice production in 2013 (as claimed by Sec Alcala)
| Palay: | 18.44 million metric tons |
|---|---|
| Corn: | 7.38 million metric tons |
| Hog: | 2.01 million metric tons |
| Chicken: | 1.56 million metric tons |
| Number of Agricultural Farms: (2002) | 4.82 million |
| Palay: | 2.15 million |
| Corn: | 1.46 million |
| Coconut: | 2.60 million |
| Sugarcane: | 0.17 million |
In 2013, production of palay was 2.26 percent higher than the 2012 record. Corn production was down by 0.40 percent. Production of hog increased by 1.95 percent while that of chicken grew by 5.11 percent
Agricultural Employ
| Location: | Southeastern Asia, archipelago between the Philippine Sea and the West Philippine Sea, East of Vietnam |
|---|---|
| Area: | total: 300,000 square kilometers |
| land: 298,170 square kilometers | |
| water: 1,830 square kilomters | |
| Agricultural land area: | 9.671 million hectares (2002 CAF) |
| arable land: | 4.936 million hectares |
| permanent cropland: | 4.225 million hectares |
| permanent meadows/pastures: | 0.129 million hectares |
| forest land: | 0.074 million hectares |
| other lands: | 0.307 million hectares |
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