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The first evidence of rice found in the Philippines dates to between 2025 BC and 1432 BC. [11] This taro-first model is only indirect evidence in favor of the cultivation of taro before the Austronesian-speaking people arrived in Southeast Asia and for the lateness of wet-rice agriculture in the Philippines and other parts of Island Southeast Asia.
Coffee is an important agricultural product in the Philippines, and is one of the Philippines' most important export products [39] aside from being in high demand in the country's local consumer market. [40] The Philippines is one of the few countries that produce the four main viable coffee varieties; Arabica, Liberica , Excelsa and Robusta.
The economic history of the Philippines is shaped by its colonial past, evolving governance, and integration into the global economy. Prior to Spanish colonization in the 16th century, the islands had a flourishing economy centered around agriculture, fisheries, and trade with neighboring countries like China, Japan, and Southeast Asia.
Land reform in the Philippines has long been a contentious issue rooted in the Spanish colonial period.Some efforts began during the American colonial period with renewed efforts during the Commonwealth, following independence, during martial law, and especially following the People Power Revolution in 1986.
The Philippines is the 8th-largest rice producer in the world, accounting for 2.8% of global rice production. [1] The Philippines was also the world's largest rice importer in 2010. [2] [needs update] There are an estimated 2.4 million rice farmers in the Philippines as of 2020. [3]
The cultural achievements of pre-colonial Philippines include those covered by the prehistory and the early history (900–1521) of the Philippine archipelago's inhabitants, the pre-colonial forebears of today's Filipino people. Among the cultural achievements of the native people's belief systems, and culture in general, that are notable in ...
The history of the Philippines dates from the earliest hominin activity in the archipelago at least by 709,000 years ago. [1] Homo luzonensis, a species of archaic humans, was present on the island of Luzon [2] [3] at least by 134,000 years ago. [4] The earliest known anatomically modern human was from Tabon Caves in Palawan dating about 47,000 ...
Thus, the office became the Ministry of Agriculture and Food until 1987, when the office's name was reverted to the Department of Agriculture by Executive Order No. 116. [ 8 ] The same executive order mandated the DA to promote agricultural development by providing the policy framework, public investment, and support services, which are needed ...