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MIMAROPA
DA Regional Field Unit No. 4B
RICE
CASHEW
COCONUT
SABA
CORN
CALAMANSI
SEAWEEDS
MANGO
Total Land Area: 2,745,720 hectares Arable Land Area: 550,302 hectares Irrigated Area: 67,564 hectares
PALAWAN Capital : Puerto Princesa Area : 17,073.75 sq. km Population : 1,037,518 No. of Towns : 23 City: One (1)
GEOGRAPHY
Palawan is an elongated island situated between the islands of Mindoro and Borneo approximately 240 km. or 55minute air travel southwest of Manila approximately 1-hour travel Northeast of Cebu
THE LAND
CLIMATE
Generally free from typhoons Palawans land area is and is away from any major 1,703,075 hectares, the countrys largest island in the earthquake fault lines archipelago. distinct dry during November to April it spans 650 km. long coastline is 1,959 km. with 1,780 islands and islets wet seasons for six months during May to October Average rainfall: 1,475 mm
2009 POPULATION
Commodity
PROVINCE
Volume/ Supply
Demand
Analysis (Deficit/Surplus)
Rice
Occ. Mindoro
320,212.00
50,236.80
269,975.20
Or. Mindoro
294,263.00
89,059.32
205,203.68
Marinduque
27,589.00
26,971.56
617.44
Romblon
29,194.00
32,443.56
(3,249.56)
Total
911,190.00
306,880.86
604,309.14
Remarks: Supply gap in Romblon is filled-in by the surplus of 2 Mindoros Surplus delivered to CALABARZON, Metro Manila & Region VI
108 kgs/year
Commodi ty Corn
Demand
Remarks
The three (3) provinces is filled-in by the surplus of Occ. Mindoro, Palawan & Batangas Surplus delivered to Batangas & Iloilo
124,280.00 10,088.06 -
3.54 kgs/year
Commodity Province
Volume/ Supply
Demand
Surplus
Calamansi
Occ. Mindoro
137.63
232.57
(94.94) Supply gap of 3 provinces is filled-in by the 119,837.60 surplus of Or. Mindoro (75.58) Surplus delivered to 18.99 Metro Manila & Region IV-A (60.17)
Total
121,046.62
1,420.72
119,625.90
Commodity
Volume/ Supply
Demand
Remarks
Banana
(2,761.76) Supply gap of 3 provinces is filled-in by Or. 65,331.99 Mindoro & Romblon (1,778.81) Surplus 2,061.58 delivered to Metro Manila & Region IV-A (444.27) 62,408.73
Commodity
Demand
Remarks
Bangus
(195.12) Supply gap is filled-in by Occ. Mindoro and from (357.24) CALABARZON (47.90) (657.91)
2.65 kgs/year
Commodity
Province
Demand
Remarks
Tilapia
(802.56) Commodities is coming from (27.58) CALABARZON & Region VI (395.71) (1,326.13) (3,145.60)
2.65 kgs/year
Commodity
Region
Demand
Remarks Galunggong harvest from Palawan is mostly unloaded at the Navotas Fishport while those from Or.Mindoro supplies Batangas & Cavite
Galunggong
MIMAROPA
5,148.00
Commodity
Demand
Remarks
Pork
Supply gap of 47.65 Palawan is filledin by Or. 1,833.30 Mindoro & Reg. VI 436.95 22.65 (12,287.65) 15,066.90 Surplus delivered to Metro Manila & Region IV-A (Batangas)
19.95 kgs/year
Commodity Chicken
Remarks
7.40 kgs/year
Commodity
Volume/ Supply
Demand
Remarks
Tomato
2.70 kgs/year
Commodity
Province
Volume/ Supply
Demand
Remarks
Ampalaya
.78 kgs/year
Commodity
Province
Volume/ Supply
Demand
Remarks
Okra
Commodity
Province
Volume/ Supply
Demand
Remarks
Squash
(552.38) (1,014.78) commodity is coming from (113.07) CALABARZON (174.48) (1,300.49) (3,155.20)
2.65 kgs/year
Commodity
Province
Volume/ Supply
Demand
Remarks
Eggplant
4.37 kgs/year
Commodity
Volume/ Supply
Demand
Remarks
Garlic
Supply gap is filled-in by Occ. Mindoro and (165.33) from Region II (50.61) (33.46) (258.36) Surplus delivered to Metro Manila & Region IV-A
1,304.24