Top 10 Agricultural Crops in the Philippines
The Philippines is both an agricultural and industrial country and rice is the most important Filipino staple food.
Every year, the Department of Agriculture (DA) and the National Food Authority (NFA) are closely monitoring the rice production and supply in the country in order to meet the volume of demand needed by the Filipino people.
Despite the country’s high palay production, the government is still importing rice from other Asian countries like Vietnam and Thailand, in order to maintain the needed yearly rice quantity.
Aside from palay, the following are the top ten crops and agricultural products in the Philippines is known for.
1. Sugarcane
With an average of 23 million metric tons of sugarcane production every year, the Philippines is the ninth biggest sugar producer i...