The Philippines remains an agricultural country with four main sectors: farming, fisheries, livestock, and forestry, despite efforts to industrialize. Notable orchard growers include Editha Aguinaldo Dacuycuy, known for her dragon fruit innovations, Alfredo M. Yao, a successful juice producer, and Patricio Base, who cultivates a variety of melons. The document emphasizes the importance of recognizing these contributors to agriculture and encourages interviewing practitioners for further insights.

1. SUCCESSFUL ORCHARD
GROWERS IN THE PHILIPPINES

2. The Philippines is still primarily an agricultural
country despite the plan to make it an
industrialized economy by 2000. Most
citizens still live in rural areas and support
themselves through agriculture. The
country's agriculture sector is made up of 4
sub-sectors: farming, fisheries, livestock, and
forestry (the latter 2 sectors are very small).

3. 4 sub-sectors of
agriculture
1. farming
2. fisheries
3. livestock
4. forestry

4. What are the
different crops that
our country has?

5. • Rice
• Corn
• Coconut
• Sugarcane
• Bananas
• Pineapple
• Coffee
• Mangoes
• Tobacco
• abaca
MAIN AGRICULTURAL CROPS

6. • Peanut
• Cassava
• Camote
• Garlic
• Onion
• Cabbage
• Eggplant
• Calamansi
• cotton
SECONDARY AGRICULTURAL CROPS

7. Do you know some
famous and well
known orchards or
Agri-farmers in the
Philippines?

8. 1. EDITHA AGUINALDO DACUYCUY
• DRAGON FRUIT LADY
• Ventured into the dragon fruit business
when she was told how the fruit can help
relieve constipation problems

9. • Expanded her business with dragon fruit ice
cream, vigan dragon fruit lumpia, wine,
vinegar and even empanadita, dumplings
and burger patties
• Located at Brgy. Paayas, Burgos, Ilocos Norte
• REFMAD (Rare Eagle Forest Marine and
Agricultural Development) is now an
agritourism showcase offering research and
livelihood training for fellow Ilocanos and
interested farmers

10. 2. ALFREDO M. YAO
• JUICE KING OF THE PHILIPPINES
• Owner of farm in Negros Occidental aside
from Zest-O Corporation
• Launched his own fruit juice and become
one of the biggest local juice brands
• The product was also exported to other
countries in Asia like China, Korea,
Singapore and in some parts of America
and Europe

11. 3. PATRICIO BASE
•With three-hectare plantation of
watermelon, honeydew melons
and papaya, he produce crops
year round in Alicia, Isabela.

12. Do you think, they
deserved to have an
exemplary recognition
out of their works?

13. How we will give
importance to their
contributions in
AgriFarm?

14. Assignment:
Interview at least one
practitioner who can share his/her
expertise in growing trees, fruit
trees and managing an orchard.