The Department of Agriculture (DA) formally opened the third week of the 2023 National Farmers’ and Fisherfolk’s Month (NFFM) celebration featuring the livestock and poultry subsectors on May 15, 2023.

DA Undersecretary for Administration and Finance Agnes Catherine T. Miranda highlighted that for the 1st quarter of the current year the country’s  livestock industries contributed a total of Php 61.66 billion or 14.4 percent to the overall value of production, while poultry shared Php 64.95 billion or 15.1 percent of the total value of production for the same period as per the latest PSA data. (photos by Gian Carlo P. Luague, DA-AFID)