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DA pledges support as it dubs Nueva Vizcaya PH’s ginger capital

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<div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/17481485490051748148545881.jpeg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="A market vendor arranges ginger in his still in Metro Manila in June 2024. Jervis Manahan, ABS-CBN News "/>A market vendor arranges ginger in his still in Metro Manila in June 2024. Jervis Manahan, ABS-CBN News </div>MANILA — Nueva Vizcaya is the country’s ginger capital, the Department of Agriculture said, adding the designation is a commitment from the national government to help the province boost agricultural productivity.The province produced 7,140 metric tons of ginger — the most in the Philippines at around 7.4 metric tons per hectare — in 2024, according to Philippine Statistics Authority data.<a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/business/2024/6/4/ginger-price-spikes-seen-in-metro-manila-markets-1801">Ginger prices hit around P280 per kilo in Metro Manila</a> that year due to tight supply of the crop, which is used in households and is processed into tea and other products.Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. said the DA will help the more than 5,000 ginger growers in the province add value to their produce — through processing, for example.<div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/regions/2025/5/13/nueva-vizcaya-town-resolves-election-tie-with-coin-toss-1553">Nueva Vizcaya town resolves election tie with coin toss </a></div>He said this would “uplift the incomes of smallholder farmers in Nueva Vizcaya and across Cagayan Valley.”He said this is part of government’s efforts to help rural communities planting high-value crops like ginger  through access to technology, infrastructure and markets.Ginger is grown on 933 hectares of land in Nueva Vizcaya, which spans 481,388 hectares and also produces rice, corn, onion, garlic, tomatoes, melon, and mango.DA called the province an “agricultural stronghold” for food security and for rural agri-enterprise.

The province produced 7,140 metric tons of ginger — the most in the Philippines at around 7.4 metric tons per hectare — in 2024, according to Philippine Statistics Authority data.

The province produced 7,140 metric tons of ginger — the most in the Philippines at around 7.4 metric tons per hectare — in 2024, according to Philippine Statistics Authority data.