Department of Agriculture(DA)

Good Day! I am a 5th year Architecture Student from Adamson University. As part of the requirements of my Architectural Design 9 Thesis Writing.
I would like to request the following latest available data from 2020-2025:
1. Area of total available and remaining agricultural land and vacant land in every region in the Philippines.
2. List of the most demanded and imported high value crops (fruits and vegetables) in Quezon City and Metro Manila.
3. What region and provinces are the producers of each high value crops (fruits and vegetables) that are being imported in Quezon City.
4.How much land area are being occupied and how many of each high value crops that are being harvested for export to Quezon City and Metro Manila. (please specify each high value crops, fruits and vegetables)
5. How much is the interest or "patong"/"tubo" of high value crops (fruits and vegetables) imported in Quezon City (please specify each kind of high value crops).
6. Percentage or number of high value crops (fruits and vegetables) that have been damaged when being imported to Quezon City and in Metro Manila (please specify each kind of high value crops)
7. The number of high value crops (fruits and vegetables) that are being consumed in a day/week/month/year in Quezon City and Metro Manila (please specify each kind of high value crops.
8. Route of exported each high value crops from the region/province it was harvested and produce to Quezon City and Metro Manila. (please specify each high value crops, vegetables and fruits)

Dear eFOI user, 
Mabuhay!
Thank you for utilizing the eFOI portal (www.foi.gov.ph) and exercising your right to information under Executive Order No. 2, s. 2016 on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.
We have received your request on Data on High Value Crops in Quezon City and Metro Manila, dated Oct. 25, 2025. 
While our primary objective is to provide information whenever possible, we regret to inform you that the requested information is not available at this Office. However, we recommend reaching out to Bureau of Plant Industry through their National Urban and Peri-urban Agriculture Program (NUPAP) at [email protected] for further assistance. 
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Thank you.
Respectfully,
AFID
DA FOI Receiving Office