FARM output fell in the third quarter, with bad weather and swine fever outbreaks having led to contractions in the crops, livestock and fisheries sectors.
The value of agricultural and fisheries production, the Philippine Statistics Authority reported on Wednesday, fell to P397.4 billion in July-September from the previous quarter's P414.4 billion and the year-earlier P412.7 billion.The 3.7-percent drop worsened from the second quarter's -3.2 percent and -0.2 percent recorded a year ago.The result will have weighed on economic growth for the period, data for which will be released by the PSA today.
Sugarcane accounted for the biggest drop of 83.8 percent at P392 million.Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. said the combined effects of El Niño and La Niña had weighed on palay production, which had an 18.4-percent share of total output during the quarter.'We're implementing changes to the rice cropping calendar and building infrastructure like water impounding dams to mitigate the impact of climate change on the farming sector,' he said.Livestock, with a 15.
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