Overview of the Philippine livestock industry

摘要

Agriculture recorded a 4.01 percent growth in 2001. All the subsectors expanded their respective outputs. The upward trend in palay and sugarcane production and the accelerated output increases in the poultry and fishery subsectors boosted the performance of agriculture during the year. The sector's gross value of production amounting to P621.4 billion at current prices was 5.57 percent higher than the previous year's level. Livestock production was up by 2.87 percent. For 2001, the subsector postedgross receipts of P106.4 billion at current prices, up by 5.60 percent compared to the previous year. The poultry subsector generated 7.8 percent more output in 2001. the gross value of poultry production amounted to 85.9 billion at current prices, indicating a 14.17 percent increase this year.