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ECONOMIC PROFILE REPORT: CALABARZON 2000

Submitted by: Gemma De Asis

Geographical Background CALABARZON is designated as Region IV-A. The region is composed of five (5) provinces, namely: CAvite, LAguna, BAtangas, Rizal, and QueZON. CALABARZON is located in southern Luzon, just south and west of Metro Manila and is the second most densely populated region. Economy GRDP and GVA in Agriculture, CALABARZON, 2011 At Current Prices At Constant 2000 Prices 1,030,165

Item

(in million pesos) GRDP 1,644,843 GVA 108,940 64,356 GRDP = Gross Regional Domestic Product GVA = Gross Value Added in Agriculture, Fishery, and Forestry Growth Rates of GRDP and GVA inAgriculture, Constant Prices, CALABAR...GRDPGVA0.61.21.82.43.0Percent CALABARZON contributed 17.39 percent to the countrys Gross Domestic Product. In 2011, GRDP increased by 2.57 percent. Agriculture, Fishery and Forestry Sector accounted for 6.25 percent of the regional economy. It recorded a 0.98 percent increment in 2011. GRDP: Share by Industrial Origin,Calabarzon, 2011IndustryServiceAgricultur...32%61.8% Production Production and Area, CALABARZON, 2011 Production Area Crop (metric (hectare) ton) Palay 399,193 114,186 Corn 57,557 31,858 Yield per Hectare, CALABARZON, 20111.01.82.63.44.2CornPalay In 2011, the region's palay production at 399,193 metric tons grew by 2.31 percent from the 2010 level. Palay area at 114,186 hectares expanded by 9.66 percent. Corn production at 57,557 metric tons dropped by 4.40 percent. However, its area at 31,858 hectares went up by 7.31 percent.

Gross Output in Agriculture: Growth Rate by Subsector, CALABARZON, 2011 Sector Agriculture Crops Livestock Poultry Growth Rate 20102011 (percent) 1.29 2.83 4.87 3.49

Fisheries (6.04) Agriculture: Share by Subsector,CALABARZON, 2011CropsLivestock1/222.2%25.2%23.3%29.3% In 2011, agricultural production inched up by 1.29 percent. The poultry subsector accounted for the largest share of 29.27 in agricultural output. It grew by 3.49 percent. The crops and livestock subsectors grew by 2.83 percent and 4.87 percent, respectively. Fisheries subsector contracted by 6.04 percent. Top Agricultural Commodities, CALABARZON, 2011 Production Growth Rate Share to Total Agricultural Output of the Region 22.91 21.19 7.89 4.67 3.67 2.23 Rank of the Region in the National Production 2nd 2nd 1st 15th 5th 4th

Commodity Name

---------- (in percent) ---------Hog Chicken Chicken eggs Palay Coconut Sugarcane 5.47 1.97 7.83 2.31 (0.27) 28.01

Hogs and chicken were the major commodities with a combined share of 44 percent of the region's total agricultural output. For both commodities, CALABARZON was 2nd in rank. For chicken egg production, it was ranked 1st.

Economic Zones Growth Rate of Economic Zones (CALABARZON): NCSB (2009)

The table above indicates that as of 2012, CALABARZON's per capita gross regional domestic product at constant 2010 prices was 14,437 pesos, very close to the national average of 14,676 pesos. CALABARZON has an unemployment ratio in primary for CALABARZON is 98%, the highest in the nation.

Employment and Wages Total Employment (CY2011) = 4,666,000 persons

Agricultural Employment = 742,000 persons

By Sex:

Male = 582,000 persons Female = 160,000 persons Share of Agriculture in Total Employment,CALABARZON, 2011AgricultureOther Employment84.1% Daily Agricultural Wage Rate by Sex, CALABARZON, 2011 Sex Male Female Nominal 269.41 245.04 Real 160.39 145.88

(in pesos)

Both 269.15 160.23 About 16 percent of the region's total employment were in the agriculture sector. Male workers comprised 78 percent of the agricultural employment. Prices Inflation Rate by Item, CALABARZON, 2011 Item All Items Food and Non-alcoholic Beverage Rice Corn Meat Fish Fruit Inflation Rate (2006 based) (in percent) 5.0 5.0 3.8 2.5 3.5 4.5 4.7

Vegetables 7.8 Inflation Rate by Item, CALABARZON, 2011RiceCornMeatFishFruitVegetables13579Percent Costs and Returns of Production Costs and Returns of Production, CALABARZON, 2010 Item Cost of Production per Hectare Cost of Production per Palay Corn

(in pesos) 40,757 10.88 13,135 6.48

Kilogram Net Returns Farmgate Price per Kilogram Sources

Bureau

11,776 14.02

9,173 11.00

of Agricultural Statistics

National

Statistical Coordination Board - GRDP, GVA, and Poverty Incidence Management Bureau - Total land area Statistics Office - Agricultural land area by land use, Population, Employment and Inflation rate

Land

National