Table 2. Top Five Temporary Crops in Terms of Area Planted by Province: Davao Region, 1991 and 2002
         (Data are tabulated by residence of farm operators; Area is in hectares; Details may not add up to total due to rounding)

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                            |           |           |           |              |            |
Crop                        |     Davao |     Davao |     Davao | Davao exclud-| Compostela | Davao (includ-
                            |    Region |   del Sur |  Oriental | ing Composte-|     Valley |  ing Composte-
                            |           |           |           |    la Valley |            |     la Valley)
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2002

Corn

     Number of Farms            127,631      55,058      22,609         16,415       33,549          49,964
     Area Planted               214,019      88,851      45,312         24,008       55,848          79,856

Palay

     Number of Farms             50,506      14,369       7,812         19,318        9,007          28,325
     Area Planted               106,113      31,843      14,063         39,949       20,257          60,206

Tubers, Roots and Bulbs

     Number of Farms             91,820      36,530      17,346         16,297       21,647          37,944
     Area Planted                13,240       8,184       1,385          1,282        2,389           3,671

Sugarcane

     Number of Farms              8,506       6,021
     Area Planted                 8,818       8,748

Fruit Bearing Vegetables

     Number of Farms            110,214      40,310      28,339         20,872       20,693          41,565
     Area Planted                 5,219       3,022         298            643        1,256           1,899

Leguminous Plants

     Number of Farms                                                    11,052       10,902          21,954
     Area Planted                                                          599          562           1,161

Peanuts

     Number of Farms                                      1,255
     Area Planted                                           570

1991

Corn

     Number of Farms            157,180      69,166      27,149                                      60,865
     Area Planted               268,638     118,583      51,221                                      98,834

Palay

     Number of Farms             63,829      23,720      10,705                                      29,404
     Area Planted               117,968      38,127      15,279                                      64,562

Tubers, Roots and Bulbs

     Number of Farms             94,200      36,783      13,841                                      43,576
     Area Planted                 6,455       3,474         640                                       2,341

Sugarcane

     Number of Farms             15,659       5,418
     Area Planted                 5,980       5,927

Leguminous Plants

     Number of Farms             59,908      24,925       9,295                                      25,688
     Area Planted                 4,616       2,514         301                                       1,801

Fruit Bearing Vegetables

     Number of Farms                                                                                 46,789
     Area Planted                                                                                       593

Peanuts

     Number of Farms                                      1,084
     Area Planted                                           238

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Note:    A farm is counted only once for the same crop.

Source:  National Statistics Office:  1991 Census of Agriculture and Fisheries
                                      2002 Census of Agriculture

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