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Farm, fisheries output dropped 2.17% in 2024

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Philippine farm and fisheries production dropped 2.17 percent year-on-year in 2024, pulled down by a 4.42-percent decline in the fourth quarter.

The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) on Tuesday reported declines across most farm sub-sectors last year.

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It said that from January to December 2024, the total volume of crop production was estimated at 80.41 million metric tons (MT), a 6.3-decline from the previous year’s figure of 85.83 million MT.

A 13.5-percent decline in sugarcane output and a drop of 4.8 percent in palay production dragged the crop performance in 2024. La Niña and El Niño episodes also adversely affected harvests.

Livestock production decreased by 4 percent to 2.17 million MT from 2.26 million MT in 2023. This was attributed to lower production across almost all livestock commodities, with hog production leading the decline at 5.1 percent year-on-year. Dairy production showed a slight uptick.

Poultry production saw a positive performance in 2024, reaching 2.94 million MT, a 6.6-percent increase from the previous year’s output of 2.76 million MT.

Chicken production, which makes up 70.7 percent of total poultry output, grew by 6.8 percent, buoyed an otherwise bitter downturn for the entire farm sector.

The fisheries sector also experienced a 5-percent decrease as total production for 2024 was estimated at 4.05 million MT, down from 4.26 million MT in 2023.

Notable decreases in seaweed production, as well as in big-eyed scad, tamban, and galunggong, affected the sub-sector’s output.

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