date:May 29, 2014
6 per cent contribution to the total agricultural growth registered a 1.33 per cent improvement compared with last year. Chicken meat with its 2.50 per cent growth led the improvement, followed by duck meat at 0.10 per cent. Chicken egg production however posted 2.36 per cent decrease.
The poultry subsector grossed P45.7 billion at current prices, a 5.29 per cent improvement from last year.
With Typhoon Yolanda destroying thousands of fishing boats in the Eastern Visayas region which produces