An improved native garlic variety, the Batanes white, can raise garlic production as it has the highest yield at 4.9 metric tons per hectare (MT/ha), even posting as much as 9.3 MT/ha in Pasuquin, Ilocos Norte.

The Department of Agriculture (DA)-Region 1 (Ilocos Region) has crafted a revival program to raise garlic sufficiency as current supply is largely imported — more than 90 percent.