Agriculture in the Philippines
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Agriculture in the Philippines is a major sector of the economy, ranking third among the sectors in 2022 behind only Services and Industry. Its outputs include staples like rice and corn, but also export crops such as coffee, cavendish banana, pineapple and pineapple products, coconut, sugar, and mango.[1] The sector continues to face challenges, however, due to the pressures of a growing population. As of 2022[update], the sector employs 24% of the Filipino workforce[2] and it accounted for 8.9% of the total GDP.[3]
The Philippines is one of the most vulnerable agricultural systems to monsoons and other extreme weather events,[4] which are expected to create more uncertainty as climate change affects the Philippines. However, the Food and Agriculture Organization has described the local policy measures as some of the most proactive in risk reduction.[5]