Economy
The economy of Indang largely depends on agriculture. It is a first (1st) class municipality. The 80.45% or 7,176.38 hectares are primarily devoted to agriculture. They are predominantly planted with various types of crops like coconut, banana, coffee, fruit trees, and pineapple, while there are small portions of rice, root crops, vegetables, and corn. Most farmers are engaged in multi-cropping farming system. The largest number of employment is farming and trading of agricultural products. Livestock and poultry raisers occupied an area of about 22.76 hectares or 0.32% of the total agricultural area.
On the trade and industry, existing commercial and agribusiness establishments play a relatively major role in the predominantly agri-based economy of Indang.
Municipal record on this establishment shows the wholesale and retail trade stores are clustered within the poblacion or urban area while in the rural, the trading establishments are dominated by sari-sari stores.
Agro-business commercial farms raise large volumes of livestock and poultry. As per record of the municipal agricultural office, there are existing hog farms, broiler farms, layer and breeder farms.
Indang Public Market and Slaughterhouse stand on 20,316 square meter government-owned property along Dimabiling St., Barangay IV (Poblacion). This public market has three (3) simple market buildings and “Bagsakan” for wholesale trading. The slaughterhouse occupies an area of 1,800 square meters, which is adjacent to meat section of market building. It has complete facilities like corral and hog-holding pen with drainage and sanitation facilities.
Land transportation is the principal mode of transporting goods and services in Indang and its neighboring municipalities. Vehicular routes going to other municipalities are Indang - Tagaytay, Indang - Alfonso, Indang - Naic, and Indang - Trece Martires City - Dasmarinas via Baclaran and vice versa. There are several types of vehicles transversing the place, but the most commonly used vehicles for public conveyances are buses, jeepneys and a number of tricycles plying within the Poblacion area and nearby barangays.
Indang has 25.535 km. barangay roads, 5.01 km municipal roads, 25.534 km. provincial roads, 26.568 km national roads, and 44,744 km. farm-to-market roads within the municipality. The barangay roads primarily provide the delivery of goods, services, and facilities which bring improvement on the living condition of the rural populace. On the other hand, the 93.10% of farm-to-market roads are not passable particularly during rainy seasons. The widening and improvement of these roads would ensure faster, easier, and safer transport of farm products. There of twenty-five (25) bridges connecting the twenty (20)barangay of this municipality, these are classified as national, provincial, and barangay bridges.
Newspapers, magazines, and other related reading materials reach the municipality. Likewise, radio and television sets have a good reception. All these forms of communication channels make the populace of Indang well-informed and up-to-date in terms of national and international issues.
The Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT) and Digital Telecommunications Inc. (DIGITEL) are the two leading telephone companies serving the municipality. The PLDT has its branch office at barangay Kaytapos, while the DIGITEL branch office is located at Tagaytay City. Year 2010, Globe Telecom, Inc is now operating their telephone lines bundled with DSL to selected Barangay's of Indang including the Poblacion, Kaytapos and Alulod.
Smart Communications, Inc., Globe Telecom, Inc. and Digitel thru Sun Cellular installed their Mobile Base Transceiver Stations and Telecommunication Antenna Tower in the locality. Smart has currently five mobile (5) Base Station Towers, Globe has only eight (8) and Sun Cellular has one (1) mobile transceiver facility. Cellular phones are commonly used by the residents especially in remote barangay where telephone landline services are not available.
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