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• Philippine Agriculture - Philippines is still primarily an agricultural country. Most citizens still live in rural areas and support themselves through agriculture.
• 4 sub-sectors of agriculture - Farming, Fisheries, Livestock, Forestry.
• Country’s most agricultural crops - rice, corn, coconut, sugarcane, banana, pineapple, coffee, mangoes, tobacco and abaca.
• Secondary crops - peanut, cassava, camote, garlic, onion, cabbage, eggplant, calamansi, rubber, and cotton.
• Export countries - USA, Japan, Europe, and ASEAN countries.
• Export products - coconut oil and other products, fruits and vegetables, banana, prawns.
• PRE-COLONIAL PERIOD - Indo-Malayan migrants brought with them wet-rice agriculture, with carabao as a source of animal power for cultivation. This type of agriculture predominated near bodies of water like rivers and lakes.
• COLONIAL PERIOD - This period introduced a non-producing class for which Filipinos produced surpluses, leading to an increase in agricultural production.
• POST WAR PERIOD - Introduction of technological improvements. 1950’s-1960’s, campaign for use of modern farm inputs and farm mechanization.
• CROP - The produce of cultivated plants
• Crop production - the branch of agriculture that deals with the production of crops for food and fiber.
• CROP - The produce of cultivated plants
• Crop production - one of the branches of Agriculture, that deals with the cultivation of plants utilized by man for any purpose, for sale or domestic consumption.
• Role of crop in nutrition - Plants provide a diverse collection of essential vitamins, amino acids, fatty acids, and minerals essential in the human diet.
• Role of crops in the economy - Agronomic crops provide the food, feed grain, oil, and fiber for domestic consumption
• Agricultural trade - Trade plays a crucial role in providing livelihoods for farmers and people employed along the food supply chain.
• Land Preparation - Soil is considered as one important component in the success of cropproduction. You have delved into the primary information and processes of crop production.
• Land Clearing - is the removal of bushes, stones, trash, unwanted plants, and other unnecessary materials in the planting area that could hamper he growth of a new plant. It is the first step in making your planting area or plot
• SOIL TESTING AND SAMPLING - When you are done in clearing the land, the next step would be to identify whether the soil has adequate nutrients for your plants. A soil testing is done in order to identify the nutrients and defects in the planting area or plot.
• PLOWING - A method of turning the lowermost part of soil into the surface while the weeds, unwanted crops, and other decayed plant materials are mix or buried underneath the soil.
• HARROWING - This tillage operation is done to break clods and make soil into a fine fragments which will create a smooth planting surface that enables aeration and elimination of pest and and weeds
• LEVELING - This is done to flatten the surface of the land which help distribute water evenly, reduce weed problem, helps crops grow uniformly, and increases time for planting.
• FURROWING - A land preparation that makes long ridges and furrows. This helps lessen soil erosion and water loss.
• 8TH - The Rank of the Philippines as top producer of rice in the Globe.
• CHINA - What country is the Top consumer of rice in the World.
•  Saccharum officinarum - Scientific name of Sugarcane
• Ananas comosus - Scientific name of pineapple
• SIte Characterization - is the process of determining the Geology, Hydrologic, and Engineering features of a site, including soil, rock, groundwater, and often man-made subsurface conditions.
• PSA - aimed as an initial investigation into the possible POPs contamination that may be present where in the owner manufacturers or uses POPs in its operations or as a disposal site for POPs .
• DSA - intrusive investigations that will involve soil and water sampling and the development of a Conceptual Site Model (CSM) based on the risk associated with the identified POPs.
• POP - Are toxic substances composed of organic (carbon-based) chemical compounds and mixtures.