date:Aug 15, 2012
o the use of quality seeds.
During the first six months of the year, production of other major crops also increased. These include coconut (up by 5.5 per cent), pineapple (4.4 per cent), coffee (4.4 per cent), tobacco (3.8 per cent), abaca (3.1 per cent), cabbage (three per cent) and rubber (6.7 per cent). Total crop production was valued at P392.3 billion, at current prices.
The poultry subsector, which shared 13.9 per cent in total agricultural output, expanded by 5.5 per cent and grossed P8