A social unit consisting of a person living alone or group of persons who sleep under the same roof and usually have common arrangement for the preparation and consumption of food.
A person who takes the technical and administrative responsibility of managing a holding. He is responsible for making day-to-day decisions in operating the holding, including the management and supervision of hired labor. The operator may work on the land alone or with members of his household, or may not work on the land but may employ others to work on the land. He may or may not be the owner of the land. For purposes of CA 2002, persons operating as individual on own account although they hire persons to supervise the day-to-day operation of their holding are considered agricultural operators.
A person who takes the technical and administrative responsibility of managing the day-to-day fishing operations. He is responsible for making major decisions including the management and supervision of hired labor. The operator may do the catching or gathering of aquatic products alone or with members of his household. He may not do the catching or gathering of aquatic products but may employ others to do the job for him. He may or may not be the owner of the fishing boat and/or fishing gear.
A person who takes the technical and administrative responsibility of managing the day-to-day aquafarm operations. He is responsible for making major decisions including the management and supervision of hired labor. The operator may do the farming (culture) of aquatic products alone or with members of his household. He may not do the farming (culture) of aquatic products but may employ others to do the job for him. He may or may not be the owner of the aquafarm and/or aquafarm equipment and facilities.
Any piece or pieces of land used wholly or partly for any agricultural activity (i.e. growing of crops, tending of livestock and poultry, etc.) and operated as one technical unit by one person alone or with others regardless of title, legal form, size, and location. A holding operated as one technical unit means that the pieces of land are operated under one management and that the financial resources needed for the operation of the holding come from the said management.
A civil or juridical person who exercises management control over the agricultural operation of a holding and takes major decisions regarding resource use. The holder has technical and economic responsibility for the holding and may undertake all responsibilities directly, i.e., he operates the holding, or delegates responsibilities related to the day-to-day work management to a hired manager.
One contiguous piece of land under one form of tenure without regard to land use. Both the contiguity and one form of tenure conditions should be met for a piece of land to be classified as one parcel. Contiguous means that the piece of land is not separated by natural or man-made boundaries like road, river, canal, etc., that are not part of the holding.
The right under which a holding/parcel is held or operated. A holding may be operated under a single form of tenure or under more than one form, in which case each form of tenure should be reported separately. A parcel may be owned, rented, leased or held under other forms like those held as mortgage, on squatter basis or rent-free.
a. Fully Owned - refers to the land operated with a title of ownership in the name of the holder and consequently, the right to determine the nature and extent of the use of the land. It includes lands whose absolute ownership is vested in the holder through sale, inheritance, etc. A parcel, which is a part of the holding, is also considered fully owned if the holder has an absolute deed to sale of the land. Likewise, lands of the tillers with Emancipation Patent are fully owned.
Emancipation Patent is the title of the land issued to a tenant upon paying completely his/her amortization of the land he/she tilled and upon compliance with all other government requirements. It represents the full emancipation of the tiller from the bondage of tenancy, hence, vested the absolute ownership of such land.
b. Tenanted - refers to the rented lands wherein the rental arrangement is in the form of share of produce or harvest.
c. Leased/Rented - refers to an area cultivated by a lessee, which belongs to or is legally possessed by another, the lessor. The rental payment is in the form of a fixed amount of either money, produce, or both.
d. Rent Free - refers to an area operated without title of ownership and without paying rent but with the consent or permission of the landowner.
e. Held Under Certificate of Land Transfer (CLT) or Certificate of Land Ownership (CLOA) - includes only those parcels that are still being paid by the holder under the government land reform program of Operation Land Transfer (OLT). OLT is a systematic transfer of ownership of tenanted rice and corn lands from the landowners to the tenant-tillers while CLOA is a title issued to farmers for their farmlot as covered by Republic Act 6657, otherwise known as Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law (CARL). It must be noted that this category covers only those that are currently paying their amortization.
f. Ownerlike Possession Other Than CLT or CLOA - refers to the area of the land under conditions that enable a person to operate it as if he/she is the owner although he/she does not possess title of ownership. Area held under ownerlike possession includes those that are held under heirship and other forms in ownerlike possession.
A land is said to be held under heirship if it is inherited and the title of ownership has not been transferred to the heirs. Included are inherited lands without title of ownership.
Other forms of ownerlike possession include an area without legal title of ownership which is operated uncontestedly and uninterruptedly by the holder for a period of 30 years or more, even without the permission of the owner, and land being purchased on installment basis or under long-term contract.
g. Other Forms of Tenure - includes land held as mortgage and all other forms not categorized above including squatter of less than 30 years.
Physical area
The actual measurement of the land in hectares.
Land Utilization
It is the distribution of the physical area of land in the holding according to its main use during the reference period. Land utilization may be classified as follows:
a. Homelot - land used mainly for residential purposes of the agricultural operator, regardless of its location.
b. Land Under Temporary Crops - land planted to crops that are grown seasonally and whose growing cycle is less than one year and which must be sown or planted again for production after each harvest. Land which is planted with herbaceous forage crops mainly for sale is classified as under temporary crops even if part of the produce is used as feeds for livestock. Land planted with kangkong, alogbati, and similar plants whose growing cycle may be less than, equal to, or more than a year, and need not be replaced after each harvest shall be considered as under temporary crops. Land planted to crops which are grown for more than a year but have to be replaced after harvesting like cassava is also classified as land under temporary crops.
c. Land Under Permanent Crops - land planted to crops that occupy the land for a long period of time and do not need to be replaced after each harvest like fruit trees.
d. Temporarily Fallow - land which is purposely allowed to stay idle for a period of at least one year or at most 5 years in order to recover its fertility, after which period it is again planted to temporary crops.
e. Under Temporary Meadows and Pastures - land purposely used for temporary grazing of animals for a period of five years or less.
f. Under Permanent Meadow and Pastures - land used permanently or intended to be used permanently for more than 5 years for the purpose of growing herbaceous forage crops, either seeded or cared for or existing naturally. If the growing of the forage crops is considered the most important use of the area, the land should be considered as permanent pastures even if fruit trees and/or nut trees are grown on it. However, if the operator does not raise livestock but raises forage crops for sale, and sells most of the forage crops, the area is classified as under temporary crops.
g. Land Covered with Wood and Forest - part of the holding that is wood or forestland natural or planted. Forest concessions are not included under this category.
h. Other Form of Land Use Classification - include lands occupied by pigpen, poultry house, fishpond, wasteland and undeveloped land potentially productive for agriculture and other lands not included in the preceding land use classification. Wasteland comprises barren rocky land, sloping areas, etc., which are not used for any productive purposes.
Irrigation
This is the practice of artificially providing land with water to increase agricultural productivity. Main Irrigation System refers to the system from where the irrigated water was drawn most of the time. Such system includes the following:
a. National - the government-owned irrigation system built or constructed to provide continuous supply of water for agricultural purposes to farmers in exchange for a fee.
b. Communal - an irrigation system owned by the community, association, farmers’ cooperative, etc.
c. Individual - irrigation means provided personally by the operator for his holding’s irrigation needs.
d. Other Irrigation System - includes all irrigation systems not categorized in the above-mentioned systems.
Permanent Crops of Productive Age
Crops that are already capable of bearing fruits. The number of trees/vines/hills refers to the actual count of productive and non-productive trees/vines/hills found standing in a farm, whether these trees/vines/hills are categorized as scattered planting or compact planting.
Compact Planting
An agricultural practice wherein plants, trees or shrubs are planted in a regular or systematic manner. Plants, trees or shrubs forming an irregular pattern but are dense enough to permit the collection of information regarding the area are also considered compact planting.
Livestock
Domesticated animals with four legs with hoofs.
Poultry
Domesticated fowl collectively, especially valued for their meat and eggs.
Equipment, Machineries, Facilities and Other Farm Tools
Farm equipment and facilities used for agricultural activities. This includes large and small machineries and small farm implements and facilities that are semi-durable or have a lifetime of at least one year. For purposes of CA 2002, only those equipment, machineries and facilities owned and rented are included.
Municipal Fishing
Fishing operation carried out without the use of boat or with the use of a raft or a boat of three (3) gross tons or less.
Commercial Fishing
Covers fishing operation using boat(s) of more than three (3) gross tons.
Gross Tonnage of the Fishing Boat/Vessel
The vessel’s closed-in spaces expressed in volume terms on the basis of one hundred cubic feet, which is equal to one (1) gross tons. It includes permanently enclosed spaces above the tonnage deck, also known as the underdeck tonnage.
Fishing Gears
Any apparatus, gadget, implement and other paraphernalia used in catching and gathering of fish, crustaceans, mollusks, and other aquatic products.
Aquaculture
The culturing of aquatic products such as fish, oysters, seaweeds, and other aquatic resources in sea, lakes and rivers.
Fishpond
Body of water (artificial or natural) where fish and other aquatic products are cultured, raised or cultivated under controlled conditions
Fishpen
Enclosure constructed along lakes and bayshores and is usually prepared by staking bamboo poles in selected sites. The shape varies from square to round. The poles are enclosed with bamboo screens (banatan) or synthetic nettings (e.g. nylon, kuralon, etc.) where fingerlings are stocked and reared to marketable size under natural (not controlled) conditions.
Fish Cage
Stationary or floating fish enclosure made of synthetic net wire bamboo screen or other materials set in the form of inverted mosquito net with or without cover with all sides either tied to poles staked to the water bottom or with anchored floats for aquaculture purposes. The difference between a fish cage and a fishpen is that the former is set in the form of an inverted mosquito net with its bottom suspended at the lake bottom unlike the latter which may take any form and the enclosure covers the entire water depth from the water surface down to the bottom.
Fish Tank
Land-based type of aquafarm which is made of wood, glass or cement usually in rectangular or cylindrical shape designed to grow and culture fish for breeding/seed fish production.
Hatchery (Pangitlugan)
Aquafarm where brood stock eggs are hatched and reared into fry in body of water (artificial or natural) contained in tanks or ponds under controlled condition in fresh and saltwater environment.
Oyster and Mussel Farms
Other types of aquaculture which are constructed in shallow tidal flats or in shallow plain portion of bays and riverbeds.
Marine Water
Refers to seawater environment with salinity ranging from 30 to 40 parts per thousand (ppt) consisting of ocean, bay, gulf and channels.
Brackishwater
Mixed seawater and fresh water environment with salinity of less than 30 ppt that varies with the tide.
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