The town is primarily agricultural with rice, sugarcane and corn as
primary crops. Monggo beans, peanuts and vegetables are also grown in
limited areas of the land. Laua-an has the most number of sugarcane
mills in the whole province of Antique. The town has the potential for
large scale production of muscovado for local consumption and for export
in other provinces and outside the country. Some sugarcane mills in the
town also has some refined way of milling muscovado sugar through
technology transfer from foreign aid such that residue-free muscovado
sugar is now produced that can reach markets in Manila, Boracay, Cebu
and other areas in the Visayas, Luzon and even Mindanao.
Primary source of income is farming while hat weaving, fishing, livestock and poultry production are alternate
sources of livelihood.
The Municipality is famous for world-class brown sugar production like bande, pinapa, lasaw, etc.
Forest and mineral resources include:
- Timber
- Rattan
- Cogon
- Buri
- Copper
- Clay
- Bamboo
- Abaca
- Nito
- Gold
- Sand and Gravel
- Limestone
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