Philippines Q1 farm output up 1.9% from a year ago

May 7, 2025 - 1:46 PM
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Farmers harvest onions at a farm in Bongabon, Nueva Ecija province, Philippines, January 27, 2023. (Reuters/Lisa Marie David/File Photo)

 The Philippines’ agricultural output grew by 1.9% in the first quarter of the year from a year earlier, the statistics agency said on Wednesday.

Crop output, which accounted for 57% of total farm production, grew 1% from a year earlier, the Philippine Statistics Authority said.

—Reporting by Mikhail Flores; Editing by John Mair