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More than 51% of the total land area of Camarines Sur are devoted to agriculture.
Rice, corn, root crops, fruit trees, sugar cane and coconut are the most important crops grown on the slopes of Mt. Isarog. According to the 1991 Census of Agriculture, 98% of the total farmland in the area is used for crop production. The small remaining portion is used as pastureland, woodland and for residential purposes.
Agriculture represents the main source of income for 42% of the Bicol households including self-employed farmers and wage earners in agricultural sector. The different agricultural land use
are shown in the table below.
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| Land Use in Camarines Sur |
| Agricultural Lands |
Area(ha) |
% Total |
| Irrigated rice |
62,466 |
11.86 |
| Rainfed rice |
24,345 |
4.62
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| Diversified crops |
31,909
|
6.06 |
| Coconut |
140,121 |
26.60 |
| Abaca |
3,751 |
0.71 |
| Sugar cane |
2,957 |
0.56 |
| Fruit trees |
5,444 |
1.03 |
| TOTAL AGRICULTURAL LANDS |
270,993 |
51.45 |
| Other Lands Uses |
| Grassland/Shrubland |
141,187 |
26.81 |
| Woodland |
80,816 |
15.34 |
| Wetland |
|
2.68 |
| Miscellaneous |
19,563 |
3.71 |
| TOTAL LAND AREA |
526,682 |
100.00 |
| BSWM, 1987, Soils/Land Resource Evaluation Project, Cam. Sur, The Physical Environment, Vol. 1, pages 179-181 |
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