Regional Profile: Eastern Visayas Geographical Background Eastern Visayas is one of three regions situated in the middle of the Philippines and serves to link the islands of Luzon and Mindanao through the National Maharlika Highway that runs through it. It is bound by the Surigao Channel and the island of Mindanao on the south; by the San Bernardino Strait and the tip of the Bicol Peninsula on the north; the Maqueda Bay, Camotes and Visayan Seas, and the islands of Cebu and Bohol on the west; and the Leyte Gulf, the Philippine Sea and the Pacific Ocean on the east. Economy Growth Rates of GRDP and GVA in GRDP and GVA in Agriculture, Agriculture, Constant Prices, Eastern Vi... Eastern Visayas, 2011 2.0 At Current At Constant Item 1.6 Prices 2000 Prices (in million pesos) 1.2 GRDP 242,594 151,909 Percent 0.8 GVA 58,434 31,130 GRDP = Gross Regional Domestic Product GVA = Gross Value Added in Agriculture, 0.4 Fishery, and Forestry GRDP GVA GRDP: Share by Industrial Origin, Eastern Eastern Visayas contributed Visayas, 2011 2.56 percent to the country's Gross Domestic Product. GRDP 20.5% Characteristics increased by 1.76 percent. Agriculture, Fishery and 43.9% Total Land Area: 2,325,395 ha. Forestry Sector accounted for 35.6% Provinces: 6 20.49 percent of the regional Cities: 7 economy. It grew by 0.68 Municipalities: 136 percent in 2011. Industry Service Agriculture... Barangays: 4,390 Agricultural Land Area: 723,048 ha. Temporary Crop Land: 235,089 ha. Idle Land: 2,707 ha. Production Permanent Crop Land: 455,134 ha. Meadows/Pasture: 7,968 ha. Yield per Hectare, Eastern Visayas, 2011 Forest Land: 2,320 ha. Production and Area, Eastern Other Land: 15,570 ha. Visayas, 2011 Production Population (2010) Area Corn Crop (metric Total Population: 4,101,322 (hectare) ton) Growth Rate (2000- 1.28 percent Palay 984,017 284,933 2010): Palay Corn 83,992 60,950 Climate: Type II Waray-waray, Cebuano, Dialect: 0.8 1.6 2.4 3.2 4.0 Boholano, and Abaknon Poverty incidence among 33.2 percent families: In 2011, palay production at 984,017 metric tons increased by 2.06 percent from the 2010 level. Area at 284,933 hectares expanded by 3.35 percent from 2010 record. Corn production at 839,992 metric tons and area at 60,950 hectares declined by 6.90 percent and 5.76 pecent, respectively. Gross Output in Agriculture: Growth Rate by Agriculture: Share by Subsector, In 2011, the region recorded a 0.08 Subsector, Eastern Visayas, 2011 Eastern Visayas, 2011 percent decrease in agricultural production. The crops subsector shared Growth Rate 2010- Sector 54 percent in agricultural production. It 2011 (percent) 20.6% grew by 1.36 percent. Output decreases Agriculture (.08) 54% were noted in the livestock, poultry and Crops 1.36 17.9% fisheries subsectors. Livestock (1.43) Poultry (2.86) Fisheries (1.55) Crops Livestock 1/2 Top Agricultural Commodities, Eastern Visayas, 2011 Share to Total Rank of the Palay and coconut were the leading Production Agricultural Region in the Commodity Name Growth Rate Output of the National commodities with 41.20 contribution to Region Production agricultural production of Eastern ---------- (in percent) ---------- Visayas for the year 2011. The region was 7th in palay production and 2nd in Palay 2.06 21.86 7th coconut production. Hog and chicken Coconut 0.05 19.34 2nd shared 22.05 percent and placed the Hog (2.72) 15.41 9th region in the 9th rank. Chicken (3.70) 6.64 9th Banana (0.41) 2.87 6th Employment and Wages Total Employment (CY2011) Daily Agricultural Wage Rate by Sex, = 1,721,000 persons Eastern Visayas, 2011 Sex Nominal Real Sex Nominal Real Agricultural Employment Share of Agriculture in Total Employment, = 770,000 Eastern Visayas, 2011 (in pesos) Male 183.85 106.53 By Sex: Female 168.69 97.74 Male = 615,000 persons Female = 155,000 persons 44.7% Both 182.58 105.79 55.3% Agriculture in Eastern Visayas employed 770,000 persons in 2011. This accounted for 44.74 percent of the total number of persons employed in the region. About 80 percent of thoseAgriculture employed Otherwere Employment male workers. Prices Inflation Rate by Item, Eastern Visayas, 2011 Inflation Rate by Item, Eastern Visayas, 2011 10.0 Inflation Rate (2006 based) Item (in percent) All Items 4.5 7.5 Food and Non-alcoholic 5.8 Beverage 5.0 Rice 6.7 Percent Corn 3.3 2.5 Meat 1.6 Fish 7.9 0.0 Fruits 6 Rice Meat Fruit Vegetables 9.3 Corn Fish Vegetables Costs and Returns of Production Sources Bureau of Agricultural Statistics Costs and Returns of Production, Eastern Visayas, 2010 National Statistical Coordination Board Item Palay Corn (White) - GRDP, GVA, and Poverty Incidence (in pesos) Land Management Bureau Cost of Production per Hectare 28,498 6,719 - Total land area Cost of Production per Kilogram 8.15 4.97 National Statistics Office Net Returns 20,285 9,007 - Agricultural land area by land use, Population, Employment and Farmgate Price per Kilogram 13.95 11.64 Inflation rate.