Fruits production decreased by 2.2 percent

In 2024 Davao Region produced 3,382,309.91 Metric Tons (MT) of fruit crops. It declined by 2.2 percent from 3,457,906.64 MT in 2023. The decrease was mainly attributed to the production drop of banana by 86,947.31 MT between 2023 and 2024. Fruit crops production likewise dropped by 0.5 percent from 2022 to 2023.
 

Top 10 Fruit Crops by Volume of Production

The top 10 fruit crops accounted for 99.7 percent of the total production in the region while the rest meagerly contributed 0.3 percent.

•    Banana accounted for 94.8 percent of the total fruit crops production at 3,190,178.31 MT. However, its production continued to decelerate at 2.7 percent and 0.5 percent in 2024 and 2023, respectively.

•    Durian ranked second which contributed 1.9 percent to the total crop production or 64,621.28 MT. It had an increasing trend in 2024 and 2023 at 7.1 percent and 2.9 percent, respectively.

•    Mango at third recorded 43,174.14 MT. Its production decreased by 1.1 percent in 2024 and 2.6 percent in 2023.

•    At fourth, pineapple listed 27,511.65 MT. It increased by 0.4 percent in 2024, a turnaround from a slight declined by 0.02 percent in 2023.

•    Production of pomelo at fifth registered 15,155.12 MT. It increased by 1.1 percent in 2024, an improvement from a decrease of 1.6 percent in 2023.

•    Papaya at sixth produced 10,803.90 MT. It dropped by 0.9 percent in 2024 from a 1.9 percent decrease in 2023. 
 

Fruit Crops Production by Province

Davao del Norte had the highest percentage share of fruit crops production in the region with 43.4 percent, estimated at 1,468,403.44 MT.

Followed by Davao del Sur at 837,797.00 MT or 24.8 percentage share to the total production.
Davao de Oro contributed 21.7 percent to the total production of the region or 734,386.12 MT share. 

Davao Occidental and Davao Oriental shared the least in the total production, contributing 5.2 percent and 4.9 percent or 175,656.22 MT and 166,067.13 MT, respectively.

TECHNICAL NOTES

The data from this Special Release was based on the Crops Production Survey (CrPS). It is a quarterly survey which aims to generate basic production statistics for crops other than palay and corn at the national and sub-national levels. It covers more than 280 crops sub-classified under three commodity groupings, namely: 1) Non-Food and Industrial Crops, 2) Fruit Crops, and 3) Vegetables and Rootcrops. The commodity coverage by province differs and depends on what each province produces.

Crop Production is the quantity produced and actually harvested for a particular crop during the reference period. It includes those measured but damaged, stolen, given away, consumed, given as harvesters’ and threshers’ shares, reserved etc. Excluded are those produced but not harvested for whatever reasons such as due to low price, lack of demand and force majeure or fortuitous events, etc.

CrPS survey results are posted at the PSA website (https://openstat.psa.gov.ph)

APPROVED FOR RELEASE:

BABY JEAN P. ALID
(Chief Administrative Officer)
Officer-In-Charge
Regional Statistical Services Office 11