Regional Profile: Central Visayas

Geographical Background

Central Visayas is located in the center of the Philippines, between the two (2) main islands, Luzon and Mindanao. It covers the provinces of Bohol, Cebu, Negros Oriental and Siquijor and the smaller Camotes group of islands, Bantayan and Panglao. Its borders are the Visayas sea on the north, Bohol sea on the south, Leyte on the east and Negros Occidental on the west. The terrain is characterized by highlands with narrow coastal strips of arable land. Bohol, however, has a level plateau upon which its agricultural areas are concentrated.

Economy

Growth Rates of GRDP and GVA in GRDP and GVA in Agriculture, Agriculture, Constant Prices, Central Vis... Central Visayas, 2011 8

At Current At Constant Item 7 Prices 2000 Prices (in million pesos) 6

GRDP 601,880 366,380 Percent 5 GVA 51,890 28,628 GRDP = Gross Regional Domestic Product GVA = Gross Value Added in Agriculture, 4 Fishery, and Forestry GRDP GVA

GRDP: Share by Industrial Origin, Central Central Visayas contributed Visayas, 2011 6.18 percent to the country’s Gross Domestic Product. In 2011, GRDP increased by 7.93 Characteristics 36.4% percent. Agriculture, Fishery Total Land Area: 1,588,597 ha. and Forestry Sector accounted 55.8% Provinces: 4 for 7.81 percent of the regional Cities: 16 economy. It recorded an Municipalities: 116 increase of 5.0% in 2011. Industry Service Agriculture... Barangays: 3,003 Agricultural Land Area: 522,433 ha. Temporary Crop Land: 346,719 ha. Idle Land: 4,465 ha. Production Permanent Crop Land: 132,942 ha. Meadows/Pasture: 1,453 ha. Yield per Hectare, Central Visayas, 2011 Forest Land: 1,958 ha. Production and Area, Central Other Land: 32,562 ha. Visayas, 2011 Production Population (2010) Area Corn Crop (metric Total Population: 6,800,180 (hectare) ton) Growth Rate (2000- 1.77 percent Palay 322,862 106,824 2010): Palay Corn 177,297 212,438 Climate: Type II Cebuano, Boholano, Dialect: 0 1 2 3 4 Porohanon, Tagalog Poverty incidence 30.2 percent (2009): Palay production in 2011 was 322,862 metric tons, 19.38 percent more than its 2010 record. Area increased by 4.86 percent from 2010. Corn production at 177,297 metric tons dropped by 0.63 percent and the area at 212,438 hectares went down by 1.64 percent from 2010 level.

Gross Output in Agriculture: Growth Rate by Agriculture: Share by Subsector, In 2011, agriculture grew by 4.93 Subsector, Central Visayas, 2011 Central Visayas, 2011 percent. The crops subsector accounted for 36 percent of agricultural production. Growth Rate 2010- Sector It recorded 9.07 percent increase in 2011 (percent) 18.3% output. The fishery subsector posted an 36.2% Agriculture 4.93 output decrease of 0.69 percent. Crops 9.07 18.7%

Livestock 3.08 26.9% Poultry 5.74 Fisheries (0.69)

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Top Agricultural Commodities, Central Visayas, 2011

Share to Total Rank of the Production Agricultural Region in the Commodity Name Growth Rate Output of the National Hog, chicken and chicken eggs, palay Region Production and sugarcane were the major ------(in percent) ------commodities in the region. They Hog 3.03 22.83 4th contributed 55.15 percent to the Chicken 7.32 12.59 5th region's agricultural output.Hog production in Central Visayas ranked 4th Palay 19.38 7.78 16th in the national production. It ranked 3rd Chicken eggs 2.66 6.02 3rd in the production of sugarcane and Sugarcane 68.04 5.93 3rd chicken eggs.

Employment and Wages

Total Employment (CY2011) Daily Agricultural Wage Rate by Sex, Central = 2,902,000 persons Visayas, 2011 Agricultural Employment Share of Agriculture in Total Employment, Sex Nominal Real = 905,000 persons Central Visayas, 2011 (in pesos) Male 177.34 101.57 By Sex: Female 167.20 95.76 Male = 599,000 persons 31.2% Female = 306,000 persons Both 173.76 99.52 68.8%

About 31 percent of the region's total employment were absorbed by the agriculture sector. Of those employed in agriculture, 66 percent were male workers. Agriculture Other Employment

Prices

Inflation Rate by Item, Central Visayas, 2011 Inflation Rate by Item, Central Visayas, 2011 12 Inflation Rate (2006 based) Item (in percent) All Items 4.4 9 Food and Non-alcoholic 5.1 Beverage 6

Rice 4.9 Percent

Corn 1.5 3 Meat 2.1

Fish 8.1 0 Fruits 4.7 Rice Meat Fruit Vegetables 11.3 Corn Fish Vegetables

Costs and Returns of Production Sources

Bureau of Agricultural Statistics Costs and Returns of Production, Central Visayas, 2010 National Statistical Coordination Board Item Palay Corn - GRDP, GVA, and Poverty Incidence (in pesos) Land Management Bureau Cost of Production per Hectare 30,159 12,989 - Total land area Cost of Production per Kilogram 11.36 15.73 National Statistics Office Net Returns 13,011 (1,921) - Agricultural land area by land use, Population, Employment and Farmgate Price per Kilogram 16.26 13.40 Inflation rate