Agri growth seen at below 3% in 2023

The agricultural sector is poised to have recorded modest growth below three percent last year, according to an official of the Department of Agriculture (DA).

- CATHERINE TALAVERA

"I have to check the numbers of PSA (Philippine Statistics Authority), but looking at the quarters, there is positive growth. But it's not three to four percent, lower than three to four percent," Agriculture Assistant Secretary and spokesperson Arnel de Mesa said in an interview yesterday.

De Mesa said livestock and poultry remained the growth drivers of the sector last year.

"In the third quarter, corn and sugar fell, but rice production remained high," he said.