Agricultural production declined 0.3% year-on-year in the primary quarter, driven by lower crop and fisheries output, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said.
The PSA reported that the worth of production in agriculture and fisheries at constant 2018 prices fell to P437.52 billion in the primary quarter from P438.65 billion a yr earlier.
The decline was a turnaround from the two.1% growth in farm output posted in the primary quarter of 2025.
This was also the most important drop in output for the reason that 1.9% decline recorded within the fourth quarter of 2024.
The downturn within the farm sector’s performance was driven by declines in crops (minus 2.4%) and fisheries (minus 6.1%), which offset the expansion in poultry (7.1%) and livestock (5.1%).
At current prices, the worth of production in agriculture and fisheries also fell 2.4% year- on-year to P607.22 billion in the primary quarter.
Crop output, which accounted for 55.7% of the overall value of agricultural production, fell 2.4% to P243.62 billion in the primary quarter. This was a turnaround from the 1% increase in the identical period in 2025.
Fishery output, which accounted for 12% of overall production, fell 6.1% to P52.34 billion in the primary quarter.
Meanwhile, the poultry sector, which accounted for 18.5% of total farm output, jumped 7.1% in the primary quarter to P80.83 billion.
Livestock production grew 5.1% to P60.74 billion. The sector accounted for 13.9% of total output. — Vonn Andrei E. Villamiel