MANILA, May 10 (Reuters) - Philippine agricultural and
fisheries production by value rose 2.1% in the first quarter of
2023 from a year earlier, the government said on Wednesday,
ahead of Thursday's GDP report.
Crops, which accounted for 57.8% of the sector's overall
output, grew 1.7%, led by paddy rice which increased 5.2%.
Livestock output rose 4.1%, poultry increased 3.2%, and
fisheries expanded 0.3%.
(Reporting by Enrico Dela Cruz and Neil Jerome Morales; Editing
by Martin Petty)
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