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Main use of the holder/farm parcel refers to any of the following categories: homelot, under temporary crops, under permanent crops, temporary fallow, under temporary meadows and pasture, under permanent meadows and pasture, covered with wood and forest, under livestock and poultry raising, under aquaculture, and others.
1 Homelot – the land is used mainly for residential purposes of the agricultural operator, regardless of its location.
2 Under temporary crops – the land is planted to crops that are grown seasonally and whose growing cycle is less than one year and which must be sown or planted again for production after each harvest. Land planted with herbaceous forage crops mainly for sale is classified as under temporary crops even if part of the produce is used as feeds for livestock. Land planted with kangkong, alogbati, and similar plants whose growing cycle may be less than, equal to, or more than a year, and need not be replaced after each harvest shall be considered as under temporary crops. Land planted to crops which are grown for more than a year but have to be replaced after harvesting like cassava and pineapple is also classified as land under temporary crops.
3 Under permanent crops – the land is planted to crops that occupy the land for a period of time and do not need to be replaced after each harvest like fruit trees.
4 Temporarily fallow – the land which is purposely allowed to stay idle for a period of at least one year or at most 5 years in order to recover its fertility, after which period it is again planted to temporary crops.
5 Under temporary meadows and pastures – the land is purposely used for temporary grazing of animals for a period of five years or less.
6 Under permanent meadows and pastures – the land is used permanently or intended to be used permanently for more than 5 years for the purpose of growing herbaceous forage crops, either seeded or cared for or existing naturally. Examples of permanent crops are mango, coconut, cacao, coffee, nut trees and forest trees that are planted in agricultural lands.
7 Covered with wood and forest – the part of the holding that is wood or forestland, natural or planted. Example of this is the land planted with trees such as ipil-ipil, shrubs, and other non-fruit trees. Nurseries of forest trees and wood or forestland used only for recreational purposes should be reported under this category.
08 Under livestock and poultry raising – the land is built with pigpen, poultry house, livestock house and other farm structures used in the raising of livestock and/or poultry.
09 Under Aquaculture – the part of the holding utilized for the operation of land-based aquafarm such as fishpond, fish tanks and hatchery or pangitlugan.
10 Others, specify – the land is undeveloped, potentially productive for agriculture, wasteland and other lands not included in the preceding land use classification. Wasteland comprises barren rocky land, sloping areas, and others which are not used for any productive purposes.
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