BICOL REGION

AS ONE OF THE
HOT SPOT FOR
CACAO
INDUSTRY

 Bicol

is the fifth administrative region under the

Integrated Reorganization Plan (IRP), which was
implemented through Presidential Decree No. 1 in
1972. Generally located at the midsection of the
country or at the southern tip of Luzon, Bicol lies
within coordinates 122 to 124.5 degrees longitude and
12 to 14.5 degrees latitude. It is bounded northwest
by Quezon Province, east by the open seas of the
Pacific, southeast by Samar Sea and southwest by
Sibuyan Sea.

The

region is composed of four mainland provinces

and two island provinces. It has a total of seven (7)
cities and 107 municipalities subdivided into 3,471
barangays. Politically, 14 congressional districts
subdivide the region.

Land Area
The regions land area of about 1.8
million hectares is roughly 6.04
percent of the countrys 30 million
hectares.
Around 69 percent or two-thirds of
the regions land area is part of
mainland Luzon while the rest is
the combined land area of the
island provinces of Masbate and
Catanduanes.
Camarines Sur has the largest land
area with 548,60 hectares or 30
percent of the regional area while
Catanduanes has the smallest with
149,216 hectares or 9 percent.

In 2011 up to present Bicol Region

contributes only 10 metric tons of the
total volume of Cacao production in
the country.
Supplies came from three Municipalities in the
Region such as:
Lupi, Camarines Sur
Sipocot, Camarines
with almost 60, 000 thousand Bearing Trees

Sorsogon Province

Under the 2008 Success Alliance project with the

help of the Cocoa Foundation of the Philippines.

Cacao Planting Materials Distribution

In 2020we aim

to contibute in increasing Cacao Beans

Production to 100,000MT
Improve bio-diversity and sustainability
of existing farming systems
Increase farmers income through
diversification and productivity
enhancement
Create jobs, on-farm & off-farm through
the industry.

Challenges met by Bicolano Cacao

Growers

Limited access to financing for farmers/

producer

High Cost in Organic certification

Politically driven MAOs

Technology Adaptation

Farm to Market Road (FMR)

Control of Local traders in pricing cacao

Beans.

Existing Governments Production

Support

Provision of Planting Materials

Production
and distribution
Nursery Establishment

Equipment for Post Harvest Facilities such

as:
Provision of Value adding equipment such
as Cacao Roaster, grinder

Collaboration with the Private Sector such as

NGO, BLOs, Coops, FAs
Citing an example
TRIASSoutheast asia incorporatedSupport
and services are base in Bicol Region
KABACASKapisanan ng mga Batangueno sa
Camarines Sur, Support and Services are base in
Camarines Sur.
Muravah Foundation Inc.Support and Services
are base in Albay province which is main goal is
to take the people out of poverty permanently