THE country's crop output in the second quarter decreased, while that of poultry increased, the Philippine Statistics Authority said in its latest report.
THE country's crop output in the second quarter decreased, while that of poultry increased, the Philippine Statistics Authority said in its latest report.Total crop harvest from April to June 2024 was 15.56 million metric tons , down by 13 percent from 17.88 million MT in the same period last year, according to the report, due to an annual decline in the production of sugarcane, which went down by 42.3 percent to 1.6 million MT from 2.8 million MT in 2022.
7 percent to 15,880 MT, and that of carabao by 2.4 percent to 32,900 MT.Dairy production, on the other hand, rose by 9.7 percent to 7,419 MT from 6,760 MT in the previous year.Likewise, poultry production was up by 8.7 percent at 739,720 MT from last year's 680,500 MT. The top contributor was chicken production, which grew by 8.9 percent annually to 520,480 MT.Chicken egg yield also climbed to 198,040 MT from 181,740 MT in the same period in 2023.
Output Down Dairy Poultry Gain
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