Production of sweet potato from April to June 2023 was registered at 151.65 thousand metric tons. This indicates a decrease of -7.5 percent from the 163.94 thousand metric tons output in the same quarter of 2022.

Bicol Region was the highest producer of sweet potato for this quarter with 43.87 thousand metric tons or 28.9 percent share to the total production. The other top producing regions were Central Luzon with 24.94 thousand metric tons and Eastern Visayas with 24.64 thousand metric tons. The combined production of these regions shared 61.6 percent to the country’s total sweet potato production during the quarter.

From January to June 2023, the area harvested for sweet potato was estimated at 38.33 thousand hectares, which shows an increase of 0.8 percent from the 38.01 thousand hectares level in the same period of 2022.