LAND SUITABILITY MAP

CACAO

LAND RESOURCES EVALUATION AND SUITABILITY ASSESSMENT OF STRATEGIC PRODUCTION AREAS

COTABATO CITY

R E P U B L I C O F T H E P H I L I P P I N E S D E PA R T M E N T O F AG R I C U LT U R E BUREAU OF SOILS AND WATER MANAGEMENT SRDC Bldg., Elliptical Road Cor. Visayas Avenue, Diliman, Quezon City 1101 Tel/Fax No. : (+632) 332-9534 E-mail : bswm [email protected] MAP INDEX LAND RESOURCES EVALUATION AND SUITABILITY ASSESSMENT OF STRATEGIC PRODUCTION AREAS

KAPATAGAN LEGEND

Places \ Capital City ^ City P Capital Town

BARIRA ! Town Administrative Boundary

Regional Provincial City Municipal

Map Index

PARANG Index grid 3815-IV Polloc Topographic Relief

Bathymetry

SULTAN MASTURA

SULTAN PIGKAWAYAN KUDARAT LOCATION MAP

LIBUNGAN

NORTHERN

MIDSAYAP COTABATO CITY

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MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION

Land suitabilityinformation produced by the Bureau of Soils and Water Management (BSWM) through the Land Resources Evaluation and Suitability Assessment of Strategic Production Areas for Major Commodities Project duly supported by the Philippine Council on SULTAN Agriculture and Fisheries (PCAF) and funded by the Bureau of SUMAGKA Agricultural Research (BAR). DATU ODIN DATU PIANG Map produced by the Geomatics and Soil Information Technology SINSUAT Division, Bureau of Soils and Water Management (BSWM). Users noting errors or omissions in this publication are requested to UPI inform the Bureau of Soils and Water Management.

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TALAYAN GUINDOLUNGAN REPUBLIC OF THE DEPARTME NT OF AGRICU LTU RE BUREAU OF SOILS AND WATER MANAGEMENT SRDC Bldg., Elliptical Road Cor. Visayas Avenue, Diliman, Quezon City 1101 Philippines Tel/Fax No. : (+632) 332-9534 E-mail : [email protected] LAND SUITABILITY MAP FOR CACAO LAND RESOURCES EVALUATION AND SUITABILITY ASSESSMENT OF STRATEGIC PRODUCTION AREAS COTABATO CITY, REGION XII

EXTENT OF SUITABILITY FOR CACAO PRODUCTION BY MUNICIPALITY SUITABILITY CLASSES: EXPANSION AREA (Ha) CONFLICT RESOLUTION AREA (Ha) TOTAL Highly Suitable (S1) Marginally Suitable (S3) TOTAL Land having no significant limitation to sustained Land having limitations which in aggregate are EXISTING CACAO (Ha) Shrubland, Grassland, Paddy rice, POTENTIAL MUNICIPALITY EXISTING Coconut Corn Other crops application of a given use, or only minor limitations severe for sustained application of a given use and unmanaged* unmanaged* non-irrigated EXPANSION AREA (Ha) that will not significantly reduce productivity or will so reduce productivity or benefits, or increase AREA (Ha) S1 S2 S3 S1 S2 S1 S2 S1 S2 S1 S2 S1 S2 S1 S2 benefits and will not raise inputs above an required inputs, that this expenditure will be only COTABATO CITY ------4 ------4 acceptable level. marginally justified.

TOTAL ------4 ------4 Note: Delivery of cacao planting materials must be started on the onset of rainy season. *establishment of shade trees prior to planting of cacao. Moderately Suitable (S2) Not Suitable / Not Relevant Land having limitation which in aggregate are Land having limitations which may be surmountable moderately severe for sustained application of a in time but which cannot be corrected with existing given use; the limitation will reduce productivity or knowledge at currently acceptable cost; the benefits and increase required inputs to the extent limitations are so severe as to preclude successful that the overall advantage to be gained from the sustained use of the land in the given manner. use, although still attractive, will be appreciably Existing forest, shrubland greater than 18% slope, inferior to that expected on class S1 land. irrigated paddy rice and miscellaneous land types such as built up areas, roads, etc are considered as not relevant.

AGRONOMIC REQUIREMENT OF CACAO PRODUCTION CLIMATE TYPE Two pronouced season, dry from November to April and No dry season with a very pronounced maximum rain LAND SOIL ANNUAL TYPE I : TYPE II : SUITABILITY SOIL DEPTH SOIL INHERENT FLOODING EROSION ROCK ELEVATION CLIMATIC wet during the rest of the year. Maximum rain period is period from December to February. There is not a single UTILIZATION SLOPE (%) SOIL TEXTURE REACTION RAINFALL RATING (cm) DRAINAGE FERTILITY CLASS CLASS OUTCROPS (masl) TYPE from June to September dry month. Maximum monthly rainfall occurs during the TYPE (pH) (mm) period from March to May. CL, SiCL, SCL, SC, S1 <8 >100 WD,MWD 5.6 -7.2 high none-slight none-slight none-few <1000 2001-4500 I, III, IV SiC, C, HC 5.1 - 5.5 Cacao S2 8 - 30 50 - 100 FSL, L, SiL SPD,PD medium moderate moderate common 1000-1500 1000-2000 I, II 7.3 - 7.8 TYPE III : No very pronounced maximum rain period, with a dry TYPE IV : Rainfall is more or less evenly distributed throughout the <1000 season lasting only from one to three months, either year. This type resembles Type II since it has no dry S3 >30 <50 S, LS, CSL, SL VPD,ED <5.0 - > 7.9 low severe severe many >1500 >4500 during the period from December to February or from season. March to May. This type resembles Type I since it has SLOPE (%) SOIL DRAINAGE SOIL REACTION (pH) SOIL TEXTURE a short dry season. 0 - 3 - level to gently sloping ED - excessively drained < 4.5 - extremely acid Coarse Fine 3 - 8 - gently sloping to undulating WD - well drained 4.5 - 5.0 - very strongly acid S - sand SC - sandy clay 8 - 18 - undulating to rolling MWD - moderately well drained 5.1 - 5.5 - strongly acid LS - loamy sand SiC - silty clay 18 - 30 - rolling to moderately steep SPD - somewhat poorly drained 5.6 - 6.0 - medium acid CSL - coarse sandy loam C - clay 30 - 50 - steep PD - poorly drained 6.1 - 6.5 - slightly acid SL - sandy loam HC - heavy clay > 50 - very steep VPD - very poorly drained 6.6 - 7.2 - neutral Medium Western part of Cotabato City is classified as climatic Type IV and Eastern part is Type III. 7.3 - 7.8 - mildly alkaline FSL - fine sandy loam SOIL DEPTH (cm) SURFACE IMPEDIMENT 7.9 - 8.4 - moderately alkaline L - loam 0 - 30 - very shallow ROCK OUTCROPS > 8.5 - strongly alkaline SiL - silt loam 30 - 50 - shallow < 10% - none - few CL - clay loam 50 - 100 - moderately deep 10 - 30% - common SiCL - silty clay loam > 100 - deep to very deep > 30% - many SCL - sandy clay loam

LAND LIMITATIONS DESCRIPTION AND COMBINATIONS ELEVATION SOIL DRAINAGE SOIL DEPTH SOIL EROSION El2 - 1000m - 1500m D2 - Somewhat poorly drained to poorly drained Sh2 - Moderately deep (50 - 100cm) E2 - Moderate erosion El3 - > 1500m D3 - Very poorly drained or excessively drained Sh3 - Very shallow to shallow (< 50cm) E3 - Severe erosion

SLOPE/TOPOGRAPHY SOIL TEXTURE ROCK OUTCROPS FLOODING T2 - Undulating to moderately steep Tc - Coarse texture Rc2 - Common F2 - Moderate seasonal flooding T3 - Steep to very steep Rc3 - Many F3 - Severe seasonal flooding

CODE LIMITATION CODE LIMITATION CODE LANDUSE 1 F2-D2 11 T3-El3 116 Coconut 2 F2-Tc 134 Shrubs, unmanaged 3 F3-D2 4 T2 5 T2-F2-D2 6 T2-F3-D2 7 T3 8 T3-F2-D2 Source: PAGASA 2018, Climatological Normals (Rainfall),Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), accessed 27 July 2018, 9 T3-F3-D2 . 10 T3-F3-D2 3815-IV COTABATO CITY Polloc

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Batuan

Sigayan

Budas Barao L A N A O D E L S U R LAND SUITABILITY MAP

Bakikis Bayanga Sur CACAO Bongabong LAND RESOURCES EVALUATION AND SUITABILITY ASSESSMENT OF STRATEGIC PRODUCTION AREAS Salaman : Matimos SCALE 1 : 50 000 0 0.5 1 2 3 4 5 Kilometers M A G U I N D A N A O 0 0.5 1 2 3 Miles Universal Transverse Mercator Zone 51 N. PRS 1992 Datum DISCLAIMER : All political boundaries are not authoritative.

Y LEGEND I L L A N A B A Kidama Lusain Sapad SUITABILITY CLASSES S1 Highly Suitable - Land having no significant limitations to sustained application of a given use, or only minor limitations that will not signifi- 7°25' 7°25' cantly reduce productivity or benefits and will not raise inputs above LALAGBUGAN BAY an acceptable level.

S2 Moderately Suitable - Land having limitations which in aggregate are QUIDAMAK BAY moderately severe for sustained application of a given use; the limitations will reduce productivity or benefits and increase required inputs to the extent that the overall advantage to be gained from the use, although still attractive, will be appreciably inferior to that expected on class S1 land. SUGUT BAY S3 Marginally Suitable - Land having limitations which in aggregate are severe for sustained application of a given use and will so reduce produc- tivity or benefits, or increase required inputs, that this expenditure will be only marginally justified.

Not Suitable/ Not Relevant

OTHER SIGNS

NGP Areas 1 Land limitation P O L L O C H A R B O R Cacao 116 Land use

CONVENTIONAL SIGNS

ROADS BOUNDARY HYDROLOGY

Expressway Region Sea / Shoreline Trunk line Province Lakes / Rivers Tuca-Maror Primary District PLACES Secondary Municipality \ ^ Capital City / City

! Tertiary ! Capital Town / Town POLLOC ANCHORAGE P Tagudtongan LAND USE Built-up Fishpond Mangrove Datu Macarimbang Biruar

ADJOINING SHEETS INDEX MAP Gadunganpedpandaran

Polloc 3815-IV Bongo Island (Litayen) 7°20' Landasan 7°20' (Sarmiento)

Cotongan

3815-IV M A G U I N D A N A O Boliok

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Limbayan MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION Dagurongan SOURCES OF INFORMATION : Topographic information taken from NAMRIA Topographic Map Simuay/Seashore at 1:50,000 scale. Land resources information from the Agricultural Land Management and Evaluation Division (ALMED), Soils Survey Division (SSD) and Laboratory Services Division (LSD) Kirkir of BSWM. Rice areas obtained from the Land Use System (FAO, 2015) and Philippine Rice Information System (PRISM) (IRRI, 2015). Data analysis and compilation through the Land Resources Evaluation and Suitability Assessment of Strategic Production Areas for Major Commodities Project implemented by BSWM (2017). Namuken Project Leader : BERNARDO B. PASCUA GIS and Cartography : IRVIN K. SAMALCA Sambolawan Funding Agency : Department of Agriculture - Bureau of Agricultural Research (DA-BAR) Collaborating Agencies : Philippine Council on Agriculture and Fisheries (PCAF) Tariken : Department of Agriculture and Fisheries - ARMM, Department of Agriculture Regional Field Office of Region IX, X, XI, XII and XIII (Caraga) : Unit (LGU) of covered provinces and municipalities Map produced by the Geomatics and Soil Information Technology Division, Bureau of Soils and Water Management (BSWM). Users noting errors or omissions in this publication are requested to inform the Bureau of Soils and Water Management. Inawan This publication is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Unless otherwise noted, copyright and any other intellectual property rights, in this publication is owned by the Philippine Government. This publication should be attributed as : 2 BSWM, 2019. Land Suitability Map Series for Cacao of COTABATO CITY 116 (50,000 Scale) . CC BY NC SA 4.0. Kalanganan I 2 R E P U B L I C O F T H E P H I L I P P I N E S 2 116 D E PA R T M E N T O F AG R I C U LT U R E C O T A B A T O Mulaug BUREAU OF SOILS AND WATER MANAGEMENT C I T Y SRDC Bldg., Elliptical Road Cor. Visayas Avenue, Diliman, Quezon City 1101 2 116 Tel/Fax No. : (+632) 332-9534 E-mail : [email protected] 7°15' 116 7°15' 124°0' 124°5' 124°10' 124°15' COTABATO CITY Sheet 1 of 3 Sheet No. 3815-IV 3815-III COTABATO CITY Labungan

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Kalanganan

Katuli 2 Calsada

C O T A B A T O LAND SUITABILITY MAP C I T Y Bagua Bagua I Bagua CACAO 2 III Rosary LAND RESOURCES EVALUATION AND SUITABILITY L F Bagua II Heights XIII M O R O G U ASSESSMENT OF STRATEGIC PRODUCTION AREAS 2 Rosary Heights Rosary Kalanganan II Heights V Rosary Heights XI 2 Rosary Rosary Heights X Heights VI : COTABATO CITY 134 ^ Rosary Heights SCALE 1 : 50 000 2 2 2 VII Rosary 0 0.5 1 2 3 4 5 Rosary Heights 2 Heights IX Kilometers VIII 2 2 0 0.5 1 2 3 Tamontaka Miles 2 Universal Transverse Mercator Zone 51 N. PRS 1992 Datum Semba DISCLAIMER : All political boundaries are not authoritative. 2 Tamontaka I 2 Dinaig Tamontaka II Prroper LEGEND Tamontaka SUITABILITY CLASSES S1 Highly Suitable - Land having no significant limitations to sustained application of a given use, or only minor limitations that will not signifi- 7°10' Mompong 7°10' cantly reduce productivity or benefits and will not raise inputs above Linek an acceptable level.

S2 Moderately Suitable - Land having limitations which in aggregate are moderately severe for sustained application of a given use; the limitations Capiton will reduce productivity or benefits and increase required inputs to the extent that the overall advantage to be gained from the use, although still Awang attractive, will be appreciably inferior to that expected on class S1 land.

S3 Marginally Suitable - Land having limitations which in aggregate are severe for sustained application of a given use and will so reduce produc- Badak tivity or benefits, or increase required inputs, that this expenditure will be only marginally justified.

Kusiong Not Suitable/ Not Relevant

OTHER SIGNS

NGP Areas 1 Land limitation Tapian Cacao 116 Land use

CONVENTIONAL SIGNS

ROADS BOUNDARY HYDROLOGY

Expressway Region Sea / Shoreline Trunk line Province Lakes / Rivers

Primary District PLACES Secondary Municipality \ ^ Capital City / City

! Labungan Tertiary Barangay P ! Capital Town / Town

LAND USE M A G U I N D A N A O Built-up Fishpond Mangrove

ADJOINING SHEETS INDEX MAP Matuber Tinungkaan 3815-III Bungcog Kibucay 7°5' 7°5' 3815-IV

Pura 3815-III 3815-II

Bugabungan

Kibleg

MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION

SOURCES OF INFORMATION : Topographic information taken from NAMRIA Topographic Map at 1:50,000 scale. Land resources information from the Agricultural Land Management and Evaluation Division (ALMED), Soils Survey Division (SSD) and Laboratory Services Division (LSD) Penansaran of BSWM. Rice areas obtained from the Land Use System (FAO, 2015) and Philippine Rice Renede Information System (PRISM) (IRRI, 2015). Data analysis and compilation through the Land Resources Evaluation and Suitability Assessment of Strategic Production Areas for Major Kiga Commodities Project implemented by BSWM (2017). Mirab Project Leader : BERNARDO B. PASCUA GIS and Cartography : IRVIN K. SAMALCA Kabakaba Kinitan Sefegefen Funding Agency : Department of Agriculture - Bureau of Agricultural Research (DA-BAR) (Kinitaan) Collaborating Agencies : Philippine Council on Agriculture and Fisheries (PCAF) : Department of Agriculture and Fisheries - ARMM, Department of Agriculture Regional Field Office of Region IX, X, XI, XII and XIII (Caraga) : Local Government Unit (LGU) of covered provinces and municipalities Map produced by the Geomatics and Soil Information Technology Division, Bureau of Soils and Water Management (BSWM). Users noting errors or omissions in this publication are requested to inform the Bureau of Soils and Water Management. Nuro This publication is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Rempes International License. Unless otherwise noted, copyright and any other intellectual property rights, in this publication is owned by the Philippine Government. This publication should be attributed as : UPI ! BSWM, 2019. Land Suitability Map Series for Cacao of COTABATO CITY (50,000 Scale) . CC BY NC SA 4.0.

Kenebeka R E P U B L I C O F T H E P H I L I P P I N E S Blensong D E PA R T M E N T O F AG R I C U LT U R E BUREAU OF SOILS AND WATER MANAGEMENT SRDC Bldg., Elliptical Road Cor. Visayas Avenue, Diliman, Quezon City 1101 Tel/Fax No. : (+632) 332-9534 E-mail : [email protected] 7°0' 7°0' 124°0' 124°5' 124°10' 124°15' COTABATO CITY Sheet 2 of 3 Sheet No. 3815-III 3815-II COTABATO CITY Dulawan

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N O R T H C O T A B A T O

Limbo Malagakit Gumaga Raguisi Cabpangi Ungap Baguer Bulalo Damaniog Simsiman Salimbao Pinaring Upper Labas LAND SUITABILITY MAP Poblacion I Pigkelegan (Ibotegen) Datu Binasing CACAO Banatin Poblacion Buricain Gayonga Patindeguen Panatan Poblacion II Nara Central Labas LAND RESOURCES EVALUATION AND SUITABILITY Bulibod Kapimpilan ASSESSMENT OF STRATEGIC PRODUCTION AREAS

Kabuntalan

Lower Baguer Lagumbingan Balacayon NORTHERN K!ABUNTALAN Nalinan Sabaken : Poblacion Paulino Labio SCALE 1 : 50 000 VIII Bagumba Katidtuan 0 0.5 1 2 3 4 5 Lower Matilac Kilometers Pangangkalan 0 0.5 1 2 3 Poblacion IX Miles Universal Transverse Mercator Zone 51 N. PRS 1992 Datum Kakar DISCLAIMER : All political boundaries are not authoritative. C Katamlangan Bual Norte Tamontaka III Kadingilan O (Matampay) Palongoguen Upper T Pangangkalan 116 Kapimpilan LEGEND 2 C A Datu SUITABILITY CLASSES B Torreta Agriculture I 116 Mantil S1 Highly Suitable - Land having no significant limitations to sustained T A application of a given use, or only minor limitations that will not signifi- Damatog 7°10' 7°10' cantly reduce productivity or benefits and will not raise inputs above Tamontaka IV Y T an acceptable level. O Indatuan Malingao S2 Moderately Suitable - Land having limitations which in aggregate are Libungan moderately severe for sustained application of a given use; the limitations Tanuel will reduce productivity or benefits and increase required inputs to the extent that the overall advantage to be gained from the use, although still Guiawa attractive, will be appreciably inferior to that expected on class S1 land.

Tambak S3 Marginally Suitable - Land having limitations which in aggregate are Salunayan severe for sustained application of a given use and will so reduce produc- Tamontaka V LIBUNGAN MARSH tivity or benefits, or increase required inputs, that this expenditure will be Dulangan Gambar Tumbras only marginally justified.

Tumaguinting Not Suitable/ Not Relevant

Bitu OTHER SIGNS

NGP Areas 1 Land limitation Payan Balong Margues Cacao 116 Land use Tugal Dadtumog Ganta Kapinpilan (Dadtumeg) Upper Taviran Montay CONVENTIONAL SIGNS Poblacion Pedtad Taviran Bagumbayan ROADS BOUNDARY HYDROLOGY KABUNTALAN ! Expressway Region Sea / Shoreline Matilak Trunk line Province Lakes / Rivers

Langeban Primary District PLACES Secondary Municipality \ ^ Capital City / City

! Sambulawan Tertiary Barangay P ! Capital Town / Town Nabalawag Liong LAND USE

Pened Built-up Fishpond Mangrove N Baka O R T H C O T A B A T O ADJOINING SHEETS INDEX MAP M A G U I N D A N A O Maitong Buterin Lomopog 3815-II Montay Kadingilan 7°5' 7°5' Balong 3815-IV

Bugawas Sapalan Kakar 3815-III 3815-II

Damatulan Ambadao

Kurintem Ambolodto Pageda Duaminanga Sifaren Kilalan Kadigasan MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION (Sifaran) SOURCES OF INFORMATION : Topographic information taken from NAMRIA Topographic Map Bongued Tugal at 1:50,000 scale. Land resources information from the Agricultural Land Management and Kalipapa Evaluation Division (ALMED), Soils Survey Division (SSD) and Laboratory Services Division (LSD) of BSWM. Rice areas obtained from the Land Use System (FAO, 2015) and Philippine Rice Information System (PRISM) (IRRI, 2015). Data analysis and compilation through the Land Resources Evaluation and Suitability Assessment of Strategic Production Areas for Major Commodities Project implemented by BSWM (2017). Gadungan Dado Masigay Project Leader : BERNARDO B. PASCUA Makir EBPANAN MARSH GIS and Cartography : IRVIN K. SAMALCA Dados TALITAY Balanakan Bintan Funding Agency : Department of Agriculture - Bureau of Agricultural Research (DA-BAR) Alonganan (Bentan) ! Collaborating Agencies : Philippine Council on Agriculture and Fisheries (PCAF) Duaminanga : Department of Agriculture and Fisheries - ARMM, Department of Nekitan Linamunan Agriculture Regional Field Office of Region IX, X, XI, XII and XIII (Caraga) Talitay : Local Government Unit (LGU) of covered provinces and municipalities Manggay Liong ! Nunangan Map produced by the Geomatics and Soil Information Technology Division, Bureau of Soils and Kanguan Water Management (BSWM). (Nunangen) Buayan DATU ODI!N SINSUAT Users noting errors or omissions in this publication are requested to inform the Bureau of Soils Benolen Dado and Water Management. Kuden This publication is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Sibuto Damablac BUTILAN MARSH Dalican Masigay International License. Unless otherwise noted, copyright and any other intellectual property rights, in this publication is owned by the Poblacion Kiladap Magaslong Philippine Government. This publication should be attributed as : Alonganan BSWM, 2019. Land Suitability Map Series for Cacao of COTABATO CITY (50,000 Scale) . CC BY NC SA 4.0. Liong Bagoenged Makadayon Balanakan Brar ! R E P U B L I C O F T H E P H I L I P P I N E S Katibpuan Buayan D E PA R T M E N T O F AG R I C U LT U R E Mapayag Binangga BUREAU OF SOILS AND WATER MANAGEMENT Tee Magaslong Tulunan North Muslim SRDC Bldg., Elliptical Road Cor. Visayas Avenue, Diliman, Quezon City 1101 Tel/Fax No. : (+632) 332-9534 E-mail : [email protected] 7°0' 7°0' 124°15' 124°20' 124°25' 124°30' COTABATO CITY Sheet 3 of 3 Sheet No. 3815-II