In the first quarter of 2024, the volume of crops production was recorded at 25.07 million metric tons. This reflects an annual increment of 4.9 percent from 23.89 million metric tons output in the same period of the previous year. The annual increase in the volume of crops production during the quarter was mainly brought about by the annual increase noted in the production of sugarcane at 17.2 percent. (Figure 1)   
 

       
The volume of livestock production from January to March 2024 was registered at 523.78 thousand metric tons. This indicates an annual decrease of 3.4 percent relative to the same quarter of the previous year with production level of 542.31 thousand metric tons. The top contributor to this decrement was hog production, which dropped by 4.3 percent annually. (Figure 2)

In the first quarter of 2024, poultry production was estimated at 705.30 thousand metric tons, reflecting an increase of 6.0 percent from the previous year’s same period level of 665.54 thousand metric tons. Chicken production, with a 71.8 percent share to the total volume of poultry production, grew by 7.7 percent. This primarily contributed to the annual increment of poultry production during the period. (Figure 3)

The volume of fisheries production was posted at 987.19 thousand metric tons during the first quarter of 2024. It decreased by 0.5 percent from the 992.33 thousand metric tons output in the same quarter of 2023. The decline in the volume of fisheries production during the period was mainly brought about by the annual reductions in bali sardinella (tamban) and milkfish (bangus) at 29.9 percent and 7.6 percent, respectively. (Figure 4)

CLAIRE DENNIS S. MAPA, PhD  
Undersecretary  
National Statistician and Civil Registrar General