Tuesday, December 05, 2006
Davao provinces are top banana producers
By Joy Romares-Sevilla
THE regional office of Bureau of Agricultural Statistics (BAS) reported that three provinces in Davao Region are the top banana-producing provinces in the country in the last five years.
Data obtained from BAS showed that Compostela Valley Province, Davao del Norte, and Davao del Sur occupied the top three spots as the highest producers of banana from 2000 to 2005.
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Compostela Valley produced a total of 952,194 metric tons of banana from the year 2000 to 2005, 899,402 metric tons were produced by Davao del Norte, while a total of 523,288 metric tons were produced by Davao del Sur.
Meanwhile, Davao City was seventh in the list with a total of 183,364 metric tons.
Other provinces in the country that produced banana (according to rank) are: North Cotabato, which is next to Davao del Sur, Lanao del Norte, Maguindanao, Davao City, Oriental Mindoro, South Cotabato, and Bukidnon.
Mindanao has the highest produced banana for the last five years with 4,843,032 metric tons followed by Luzon with 787,688 metric tons, and the Visayas with 667,505 metric tons.
In terms of banana plantation area, Davao del Norte posted to have the largest banana plantation in the country with a total of 26,226 hectares. Compostela Valley Province was listed in the third spot with 18,291 hectares. Davao del Sur was ranked ninth in the list with 12,560.
Mindanao has still the largest banana plantation in the country. It has a total area of 208,190 hectares as of last year. Luzon has a total of 123,594 hectares, while Visayas has 85,971 hectares.
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