From April to June 2023, the cassava production was estimated at 709.91 thousand metric tons, which indicates a growth of 1.6 percent from the 698.63 thousand metric tons output in the same quarter of 2022.

The top three regions in terms of volume of cassava production during the quarter were Northern Mindanao with 279.29 thousand metric tons (39.3%), Bangsamoro Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) with 218.99 thousand metric tons (30.8%), and Cagayan Valley with 47.50 thousand metric tons (6.7%).

The area harvested for cassava from January to June 2023 reached 109.62 thousand hectares. This indicates an increase of 0.8 percent from the 108.80 thousand hectares in the same period of 2022.