Q1 farm output flat; El Niño impact tagged

By Janine Alexis Miguel

May 09, 2024 12:28 am

THE country's farm output remained relatively flat in the first quarter of this year as its three subsectors posted declines, with the El Niño affecting the production of a number of commodities.

Data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) on Wednesday showed that the country's farm output posted an uptick of 0.05 percent in January to March, narrowing from the 2.1 percent growth posted in the same period last year and from the 0.9 percent posted three months earlier.

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