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First Philippine Industrial Park, established in 1996, comprises 520 hectares (1,300 acres) ecozone located in the cities of Tanauan and Santo Tomas in the province of Batangas, Philippines. Divided into three phases, currently has 67 occupants, including 37 Japanese firms and approximately 30,000 employees on site.
Photo showing piece of agricultural land irrigated and ploughed for paddy cultivation Share of land area used for agriculture, OWID. Agricultural land is typically land devoted to agriculture, [1] the systematic and controlled use of other forms of life—particularly the rearing of livestock and production of crops—to produce food for humans.
Typhoon Haiyan alone cost the Philippines' agricultural sector an estimated US$724 million after causing 1.1 million tonnes of crop loss and destroying 600,000 ha of farmland. [77] The agricultural sector is expected to see an estimated annual GDP loss of 2.2% by 2100 due to climate impacts on agriculture. [76]
Balayan is a lowland town in western Batangas. According to the Philippine Statistics Authority, the municipality has a land area of 108.73 square kilometers (41.98 sq mi) [18] constituting 3.49% of the 3,119.75-square-kilometer- (1,204.54 sq mi) total area of Batangas.
The Lima Technology Center is a development by Lima Land, Inc. (LLI), a 60-40 joint venture of local firm Alsons Land Inc. and Japanese company Marubeni [1] The Alcantara Group originally had the majority stakes in Alsons Land. [2] "Lima" in its name was derived from the first syllables of Lipa and Malvar, the location of the center. [3]
Alaminos has a land area of 5,476 hectares (13,530 acres) and is situated 46 kilometers (29 mi) from Santa Cruz and 73 kilometers (45 mi) southeast of Manila.The municipalities of Calauan and Bay are located north of Alaminos, the city of San Pablo on the south and east and the city of Santo Tomas in Batangas province on its west.
Land reform in the Philippines has long been a contentious issue rooted in the Spanish colonial period.Some efforts began during the American colonial period with renewed efforts during the Commonwealth, following independence, during martial law, and especially following the People Power Revolution in 1986.
A coconut plantation in Sipocot, Camarines Sur Coconut crafts. Coconut production plays an important role in the national economy of the Philippines.According to figures published in December 2009 by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the Philippines is the world's second largest producer of coconuts, producing 19,500,000 tonnes in 2009. [1]