Backyard production of hogs decreased in Eastern Visayas, with Leyte province ranking at the top of swine production, according to latest statistics.
TACLOBAN CITY – THE province of Leyte led in swine production in Eastern Visayas during the fourth quarter of 2020.
A report from the Philippine Statistics Authority - Regional Statistical Services Office 8 (PSA-RSSO-8) said that among the provinces, Leyte recorded the highest swine population with 122,472 pheads, which accounted for 48.1 percent of the total swine population in the region.
Northern Samar ranked second with 46,876 heads accounting for 18.4 percent of the region’s total swine inventory, while Eastern Samar registered the lowest inventory of swine with 9,733 heads (3.8 percent).
PSA-8 Regional Director Wilma Perante said the swine production in Eastern Visayas increased by 7.6 percent from 22,812 metric tons (MT) in the 4th quarter of 2019 to 24,537 MT in the same quarter of 2020.
However, Eastern Visayas ranked eighth among the regions with low swine production in the country.
It accounted for 4.8 percent of the country’s total swine production.
Swine population in the region as of January 1, 2021 stood at 254,706 heads.
“This figure was lower by 4.4 percent compared with the 266,320 heads as of January 1, 2020. All provinces contributed to the decrease in the region’s swine population except for Samar, which posted an increase of 1.7 percent,” Perante said.
Accordingly, by farm type, swine population raised in backyard farms posted a decrease by 4.5 percent, from 250,954 heads as of January 1, 2020 to 239,725 heads as of January 1, 2021. Leyte’s swine population raised in backyard farms exhibited the biggest decrease of 7.5 percent, from 129,050 heads as of January 1, 2020 to 119,362 heads as of January 1, 2021.
Eastern Samar, Southern Leyte and Biliran also decreased by 5.0 percent, 4.3 percent, and 1.3 percent, respectively.
On the contrary, Samar and Northern Samar’s swine population raised in backyard farms slightly increased by 0.2 percent from 33,200 heads on January 1, 2020 to 33,268 heads a year later and 41,931 heads on January 1, 2020 to 42,033 heads after a year, respectively.
On the other hand, swine population raised in commercial farms went down by 2.5 percent from 15,366 heads as of January 1, 2020 to 14,981 heads as of January 1, 2021.
Among the provinces, Northern Samar registered the biggest decrease in number of swine raised in commercial farms by 15.8 percent from 5,750 heads on January 1, 2020 to 4,843 heads on January 1, 2021.
Biliran came next which registered a decrease by 13.7 percent from 1,252 heads on January 1, 2020 to 1,081 heads on 1 January 2021. Leyte registered the smallest decrease by 9.9 percent from 3,450 heads on January 1, 2020 to 3,110 heads on January 1, 2021.
Meanwhile, Southern Leyte recorded the highest increase in swine population raised in commercial farms by 25.8 percent from 1,946 heads as of January 1, 2020 to 2,448 heads a year later. (RC)
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