The major livestock and poultry in the province based on JPSA data recorded that there are 2,326,732 total heads of chicken (broiler: 389,976 heads, layer: 59,967 heads, and native/improved: 1,876,789 heads) in the province. It is followed by coconut (with husk) and banana with a volume of production of 153,049.71 metric tons and 70,449.52 respectively.
Sugarcane production is very dominant in the province with a volume of production of 2,179,531.33 metric tons yielding 55.65 metric tons per hectare. These are the top 5 other crops in the province based on the volume of production of Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) as of 2018. These are sugarcane, coconut (with husk), banana, banana saba, and cassava. Aside from palay and corn, there are other major crops that are produced in the province. Like most people in the country, people in Negros Oriental are involved in the agriculture industry.Īmong the provinces in Central Visayas, Cebu has the highest number of farms while Negros Oriental ranked second with 137,100 number of farms, covering 228,000 hectares. Negros Oriental has 3 districts comprising 6 component cities and 19 municipalities with a total of 557 barangays. The province also lies outside the typhoon belt. The province has three different climates: the tropical monsoon, tropical rainforest and the tropical savanna climate. It has a total land area of 538,553 hectares. Negros Oriental faces Cebu to the east across the Tañon Strait and Siquijor to the south-east. The principal products grown are sugarcane, cassava, coconut, corn and rice. Meanwhile, in the coastal areas, fishing is considered as the main source of livelihood. Then, followed by the organic agricultural products such as corn, rice, and coconut. Sugarcane plantation is prevalent in the agricultural areas of the island. Negros is noted for being the nation’s prime producer and exporter of sugar. It is considered as the fourth largest island in the Philippines and comprises the highly urbanized city of Bacolod and the provinces of Negros Occidental and Negros Oriental, along with its corresponding outlying islands and islets. It refers to the dark-skinned natives that lived on the island which was later on changed to Negros by the Spanish invaders. The Island of Negros is originally called Buglas, an old Hiligaynon word which means “to cut off”.
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