The Philippines agriculture sector produced less yield in the first three months of the year or just as the entire country began bearing the brunt of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Philippines agriculture sector produced less yield in the first three months of the year or just as the entire country began bearing the brunt of the COVID-19 pandemic.
A data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) showed that the agriculture sector went down by 1.2 percent in the first quarter of this year on the weight of lower output both in crops and fisheries.
As a result, prices inched up, pushing the value of agricultural production to P441.2 billion, up by 3.4 percent from the previous years level.
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