Crops Production
 Livestock & Poultry

The principal agriculture crops of Kalayaan are coconut, rice, banana, fruit/citrus and vegetables. Areas planted to these crops total to 1,496.3 hectares.

The following table shows the areas and the yield crop from 1990 to 1994.

Areas are planted to coconut for the largest proportion of about 59.14% of the total area planted to crops. Rice lands comes next which occupies about 23.5% of the total area, followed by fruits and citrus with 14.37%; bananas, 1.67% and vegetables, 1.32%.

It can be noted that areas planted to coconut and rice constant from 1990 to 1995. No increase or decrease in area planted to these crops was recorded. Increase in area through minimal are recorded only in areas planted to bananas fruits/citrus and vegetables.

Rice lands in barangay San Juan and Longos are 50.4% irrigated while those in San Antonio are entirely rain fed except for some areas, which are spring-water irrigated. The municipal agriculturist estimates the total irrigated area at 346.5 hectares, approximately about 98% of the total rice lands.

In 1990, coconut production is showed an average yield of 60 nuts per tree totaling to about 5.31 millions nuts. However, there has been a declining trend in coconut production, with only 22 nuts per tree in 1994. These have been attributed to climatic changes in the area.

Rice production on the other hand, showed an increasing trend, though at a minimal level. Area planted to rice remains constant. Rice harvest increased from 3.0 MT to 3.5 MT from 1990 to 1994 respectively. Considering the total population of 17.783. The present production is more than enough for the requirements of the population.

Barangay surveys showed a total farm household of 1,315. With the total agricultural crop area of 1,496.3 hectares, the current farm household to cropland ratio is 1:1.14 hectares per farm household and about .26 hectares of rice land per household is 1:26. Such proportion is below subsistence level.

As the farming facilities, equipment and services are existing irrigation facilities, that contribute to rice yields farm-to-market roads that facilitate movement or marketing of goods and services; rice mills and storage facilities and other service facilities.

There are three communal irrigation systems (CIS) in the municipality, which are established, operated and maintained by the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) and farmers under the irrigators' Service Association (ISA). The three CIS are the San Juan Communal Irrigation System 55.5 hectares and the Longos Communal Irrigation System covering an area of 60 hectares. There are also existing forms of spring irrigation in Barangay San Antonio specifically in the sitios of Lunao, Sala and Kalayaan covering an estimated area of 195.5 hectares.

The San Juan and Kalayaan CIS utilize the San Juan River and series of springs as their sources off water supply. The Longos CIS utilizes only a series of springs. All these irrigation systems service the entire area along Laguna de Bay.

MUNICIPAL AGRICULTURIST

With the devolution of functions of the Department of Agriculture to Local Government Units, the task of ensuring and extending assistance to agriculture, specifically crop production lies with the municipal government. The office of the Municipal Agriculture Office implements/ performs the functions.