The agriculture sector grew 1.9 percent in the first quarter of 2025, led by stronger crop, poultry and fisheries output, the Philippine Statistics
Authority said Wednesday.
The PSA reported that the value of agricultural and fisheries production reached P437.74 billion at constant 2018 prices in the first three months of 2025, up from P429.62 billion a year earlier. Palay production edged up to 4.7 million metric tons from 4.69 million MT last year. Average yield reached a record 4.09 metric tons per hectare, the highest since the PSA began monitoring in 1987, which helped compensate for the decline in rice-planted areas and reflects improving efficiency among rice farmers.
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