Sunday, February 25, 2007 Davao Region is top coffee-producing area
DAVAO Region was identified to have the biggest share in terms of coffee production in the country, according to the Bureau of Agricultural Statistics (BAS).
BAS report showed that as of 2005, Davao Region shared 28.12 percent out of the total of 105.9 thousand metric tons of coffee produced from 16 coffee producing areas in the country.
The second biggest coffee producing area is also in Mindanao -- the South Cotabato-Sultan Kudarat-Sarangani-General Santos City (Socsksargen), which accounted for 25.68 percent of the total coffee produced in the country.
Among other coffee producing areas in Mindanao are the Caraga and the Autonomous in Muslim Mindanao (Armm) regions.
In Visayas, the Western Visayas region has the biggest share in coffee production compared with the other two regions namely: Central and Eastern Visayas. Western Visayas contributed a total of 5.36 percent in the production of coffee in the country.
In Luzon, the Calabarzon region produced 10.21 percent, the biggest among other six regions that produced coffee. The six other regions are the Cordillera Autonomous region, Ilocos, Cagayan Valley, Central Luzon, Mimaropa, and Bicol. (JGRS)
