Agriculture growth likely fell in the third quarter due to a recent typhoon and the outlook for the rest of the year isn’t particularly upbeat given the extensive damage caused by the storm, a Cabinet official said on Wednesday.

“This year we’re expecting that we won’t do very well because of Typhoon “Ompong” which actually caused damage amounting to about P26 billion,” Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol told reporters.

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