Agriculture
Total Area: 300,000 sq km
Land Area: 298,170 sq km Water Area: 1,830 sq km Climate description: tropical marine; northeast monsoon (November to April); southwest monsoon (May to October) Terrain description: mostly mountains with narrow to extensive coastal lowlands Arable Land Use: 18% Permanent Crop Land Use: 17.33% Irrigated Land: 18,790 sq km Total Renewable Water Resources: 479 cu km Total Freshwater Withdrawal: 81.56 cu km/yr Per Person Freshwater Withdrawal: 859.9 cu m/yr Natural Hazards description: astride typhoon belt, usually affected by 15 and struck by five to six cyclonic storms each year; landslides; active volcanoes; destructive earthquakes; tsunamis
Total Labor Force: 41.33 million % of Labor Force in Agriculture: 32% Agricultural Products description: sugarcane, coconuts, rice, corn, bananas, cassava (manioc, tapioca), pineapples, mangoes; pork, eggs, beef; fish |
In Bulacan, there are rice paddies. Rice is the most important crop of the Philippines. x
A man holding a fish that he caught in the Siargao Islands. x
Advances in farming machinery are being made in the Philippines. x
Corn contour farming in Manila. x
Sugarcane being grown in the Philippines. x
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