Ube Buyers in the Philippines

Name: Philippine ube (Dioscorea alata) production by province, 2010-2025
Creator: Philippine Statistics Authority
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Philippine ube production has been falling for fifteen years. PSA recorded 21,554 tonnes nationally in 2010; by 2025 that had dropped to 12,180 tonnes from 2,317 hectares across 72 reporting provinces — a national average of just 5.26 tonnes per hectare. Research trials on Dioscorea alata reach 20 to 35 t/ha under good husbandry, so the gap is not biological. It is a coordination problem: growers who cannot find a reliable buyer stop investing in the crop.

National volume 2010–2025

Source: Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) OpenSTAT — Vegetables and Root Crops: Volume of Production and Area Planted/Harvested, by Region, Province, Quarter and Semester, 2010-2026. Commodity: Ubi (Greater yam).

All reporting provinces (2025)

Rank	Province	Region	Volume (MT)	Area (ha)
#1	Bohol	Central Visayas	3,931	297.03
#2	Cagayan	Cagayan Valley	1,010	198.21
#3	Quezon	Calabarzon	849	116.36
#4	Lanao del Norte	Northern Mindanao	727	327.62
#5	Lanao del Sur	BARMM	435	24.14
#6	Leyte	Eastern Visayas	389	100.45
#7	La Union	Ilocos Region	311	15.72
#8	Laguna	Calabarzon	291	101.2
#9	Negros Occidental	Negros Island Region	271	23
#10	Nueva Vizcaya	Cagayan Valley	235	34.58
#11	Batangas	Calabarzon	203	47.6
#12	Cavite	Calabarzon	196	40.06
#13	Cebu	Central Visayas	185	29.53
#14	Benguet	CAR	180	8.5
#15	Davao del Sur	Davao Region	174	28.92
#16	Aurora	Central Luzon	170	69
#17	Romblon	Mimaropa	168	18.01
#18	Misamis Occidental	Northern Mindanao	140	15
#19	Misamis Oriental	Northern Mindanao	136	47
#20	Occidental Mindoro	Mimaropa	135	32.11
#21	Quirino	Cagayan Valley	133	17.86
#22	Aklan	Western Visayas	130	16.67
#23	Ilocos Sur	Ilocos Region	128	40.15
#24	Palawan	Mimaropa	125	62.55
#25	Iloilo	Western Visayas	116	19.31
#26	Batanes	Cagayan Valley	115	24.3
#27	Zamboanga del Sur	Zamboanga Peninsula	91	36
#28	South Cotabato	Soccsksargen	88	3.19
#29	Antique	Western Visayas	81	6.81
#30	Rizal	Calabarzon	69	28.45
#31	Camiguin	Northern Mindanao	60	4.74
#32	Ilocos Norte	Ilocos Region	55	12.49
#33	Albay	Bicol Region	55	15.43
#34	Guimaras	Western Visayas	54	7
#35	Bataan	Central Luzon	53	18
#36	Samar	Eastern Visayas	51	73.43
#37	Marinduque	Mimaropa	51	20.27
#38	Davao del Norte	Davao Region	44	8.28
#39	Zamboanga Sibugay	Zamboanga Peninsula	40	20.13
#40	Davao de Oro	Davao Region	39	8.79
#41	Maguindanao	BARMM	37	23.76
#42	Biliran	Eastern Visayas	36	13.93
#43	Sultan Kudarat	Soccsksargen	33	7.2
#44	Camarines Sur	Bicol Region	33	3.72
#45	Capiz	Western Visayas	31	6.85
#46	Zambales	Central Luzon	29	5.73
#47	Bukidnon	Northern Mindanao	29	4.29
#48	Isabela	Cagayan Valley	25	9.91
#49	Eastern Samar	Eastern Visayas	23	26.64
#50	Masbate	Bicol Region	22	13.94
#51	Cotabato	Soccsksargen	22	42.35
#52	Sarangani	Soccsksargen	21	14.55
#53	Apayao	CAR	20	5.85
#54	Zamboanga del Norte	Zamboanga Peninsula	15	7.62
#55	Bulacan	Central Luzon	12	0.86
#56	Northern Samar	Eastern Visayas	12	3.28
#57	Southern Leyte	Eastern Visayas	10	12.3
#58	Kalinga	CAR	10	4.99
#59	Pampanga	Central Luzon	10	6
#61	Oriental Mindoro	Mimaropa	6	12.29
#67	Agusan del Sur	Caraga	2	63.99