Records from the Philippines Department of Agriculture (DA) show that the poultry subsector registered a 3.46 output gain in 2009, even with the production of chicken and chicken eggs decreasing by 3.21% and 6.33%, respectively, according to the Sun Star, a newspaper based in the Philippines.
The subsector's 2009 share in total agricultural output was 14.09%, and gross receipts of the subsector was P100.3B, an increase of 11.38% over 2008.
San Miguel Foods Inc. projects that the demand for chicken will grow from 16.5 million birds in 2007 to reach 24.1 million birds in 2011, according to the newspaper.
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