Sunday, May 6, 2007

Growth in Philippine Farm Output Slows to 3.6 Percent in the First Quarter

(Bloomberg) -- Philippine agriculture output, which accounts for about a fifth of the country's economy, grew 3.6 percent in the first quarter compared with 3.9 percent a year earlier, Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap said.

Fisheries output gained 8.5 percent, unmilled rice expanded 1.69 percent and corn grew 11.4 percent, Yap told reporters in Manila today, without immediately providing volumes.


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