CROPS PRODUCTION IN NUEVA ECIJA 2022-2023

Release Date :

Friday, January 24, 2025

Reference Number :

2549-SR004

CROPS

Crop production in Nueva Ecija grew by 1.70%, from 266,250 metric tons in 2022 to 270,768 metric tons in 2023.

Source: Openstat: Other Crops: Volume of Production, by Region and by Province, by Quarter and Semester, 2010-2024

Looking at Figure 2, the production of Non-Food and Industrial Crops and fruits slightly decreased by 2,160 metric tons and 1,077 metric tons, respectively. The increase of 7,755 metric tons in Vegetables brought up the crops production of Nueva Ecija in the year 2023.

Source: Openstat: Other Crops: Volume of Production, by Region and by Province, by Quarter and Semester, 2010-2024

FRUITS

Fruit production decreased from 29,483.77 metric tons in 2022 to 28,406.55 metric tons in 2023, as per Figure 2. The decrease was due to the Major Fruit Crops, which decreased by 1,171.14 metric tons, from a production of 23,549.35 metric tons in 2022 to 22,378.21 metric tons in 2023, as illustrated in Figure 3.

Source: Openstat: Other Crops: Volume of Production, by Region and by Province, by Quarter and Semester, 2010-2024

Mango was the top contributor in the province’s major fruit crops production as illustrated in Figure 4, the production decreased from 10,074.82 metric tons in 2022 to 9,011.62 metric tons in 2023.

Source: Openstat: Other Crops: Volume of Production, by Region and by Province, by Quarter and Semester, 2010-2024

VEGETABLES AND ROOT CROPS

Vegetable and Root Crops production reached 224,653.94 metric tons in 2023, an increase of 3.58% from the production of 216,899.26 metric tons in 2022, as per Figure 2. The growth of both Major and other vegetables and root crops from 165,665.49 metric tons in 2022 to 172,156.97 metric tons in 2023 and from 51,233.77 metric tons in 2022 to 52,496.97 metric tons in 2023 respectively, made the vegetable and root crops production increase for the year 2023.

Source: Openstat: Other Crops: Volume of Production, by Region and by Province, by Quarter and Semester, 2010-2024

As illustrated in Figure 6, Onion production is the top contributor to the increase of major vegetable and root crops production, from a production of 124,572.86 metric tons in 2020 to 129,810.15 metric tons in 2023.

Source: Openstat: Other Crops: Volume of Production, by Region and by Province, by Quarter and Semester, 2010-2024

NFIC (NON-FOOD AND INDUSTRIAL CROPS)

Looking at Figure 7., Non-food and Industrial Crops production was decreased by 10.87%, from the production of 19,867.29 metric tons in 2022 to 17,707.16 metric tons in 2023. A decrease in the Major Production of NFIC was the cause of the drop from 18,661.36 metric tons in 2022 to 16,465.09 metric tons in 2023.

Source: Openstat: Other Crops: Volume of Production, by Region and by Province, by Quarter and Semester, 2010-2024

Sugarcane specifically used for Centrifugal Sugar decreased from 17,723.38 metric tons in 2022 to 15,476.85 metric tons in 2023. A production drop of 2,246.53 metric tons occurred for the year 2023. That is a decrease of 12.68% in the production of sugarcane in the province of Nueva Ecija.