The Philippine Statistics Authority reported that agriculture declined by 1.2 percent, with losses recorded in fisheries and crops. | kocampoINQ
On top of that was the extended implementation of the enhanced community quarantine, which has affected every facet of the agricultural value chain. Despite exemptions drawn up by the Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases that would allow farmers and fisherfolk to continue their livelihood, the limited movement of raw materials and goods impeded the free flow operation of the sector.
Crop production, which accounted for 54.9 percent of the total farm output, shrank by 2.1 percent during the quarter, while fisheries contracted by 5.2 percent. Only livestock and poultry were able to inch up by 0.5 percent and 3.9 percent, respectively. The two subsectors accounted for 21.8 percent of the country’s agrifishery production.
At current prices, the value of the country’s total farm output amounted to P441.2 billion, up by 3.4 percent from the previous year’s level. Dar said the agency remained hopeful of a rebound in the second quarter, noting that strategic interventions under the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund were expected to bear fruit and closed fishing season lifted in rich fishing grounds.
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