The main industry is coconut farming and fishing.

These men were sent, ostensibly, to set up coconut farming in Kerala.

The majority of the forests on Manus still remain, but some of the smaller islands have been cleared for coconut farming.

In Delta, coconut, rice farming and aquaculture is practiced.

The money generated from coconut farming has provided a base for infrastructure development.

Rice and coconut farming are the major agricultural activities for most of the barangays and fishing is the second thriving industry particularly in the coastal barangays.

Economic activities include coconut farming, cocoa production, fishing and yaqona (kava) production.

One-third of the Philippine population depends directly or indirectly on coconut farming, so the price increase has resulted in a vast infusion of buying power in rural areas.

Its maximum elevation is 366 m. The main economic activity is coconut farming.

Rice is farmed in the lowland plains areas specifically those around Tacloban, while coconut farming, is the main cash crop in upland and mountainous areas.