Friday, December 15, 2006 Coffee production in Davao down
DAVAO Region's coffee production decreased by 4.85 percent based on the latest monitoring conducted by the Bureau of Agricultural Statistics (BAS) in June this year.
BAS reported that from a volume of 7,305.64 metric tons in June last year, the region only produced 6,951.01 metric tons of coffee this June.
Significant increase, on the other hand, was observed in Davao del Sur and in Davao del Norte with 0.35 percent and 2.68 percent in production, respectively.
Meanwhile, Compostela Valley Province, the one with the largest coffee production in June last year with a total volume of 2,540.68 metric tons, decreased its production by 9.66 percent. It only produced a total of 2,295.26 metric tons in June.
Davao City, on the other hand, was the second largest producing coffee in Davao Region in last year's second quarter, but the city was overtaken by Davao del Sur in terms of volume of production.
Davao City only produced 1,561.43 metric tons this June, while 1,653.80 metric tons was produced from Davao del Sur.
It was earlier reported that the regional office of the Department of Agriculture has expanded a total of 383.93 hectares of coffee plantation in at least four provinces in Davao Region excluding Davao City. (JGRS)
