Agriculture - Matches

Leakages and “exclusions” were found in the government’s database of farmers and fishermen, making it difficult to provide help the ..

MANILA, Philippines - State-run think tank Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) is pushing for the regular review of the Registry Servi..

This volume is significant for two reasons. First, it introduces the new Editorial Board members who will be providing direction and guidance to the P..

A well-known indicator of comparative advantage is domestic resource cost (DRC). This study provides updated estimates of DRC for major agricultural c..

The commonly touted solution to achieve food security has always been articulated as achieving self-sufficiency in rice. Since the 1960s, various gove..

The government needs to reduce costs of agricultural lending and smallholder finance to make environment more conducive to increased private sector pa..

The national government is a “poor creditor” for smallholder farmers, according to a study released by state-owned think tank Philippine I..

This paper looks at the existing credit programs for smallholders, including agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs). It also assesses the Agrarian Produ..

Crop insurance can be an effective safety net that can significantly reduce poverty among agricultural households. This is according to a study by sta..

Rice is the most important agricultural commodity in Western Visayas, being one of the top producers of rice in the country. Rice production, however,..

In 2017, the special treatment in rice granted to the Philippines that allows the country to maintain its import monopoly will expire. This lifting is..

This study implements an updated set of projections for Philippine agriculture, which addresses the following key issues: (1) the proper modeling of l..

With the onset of prolonged drought brought by the El Nino phenomenon, irrigation also becomes more important for cultivating crops, especially rice. ..

The Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS), the primary socioeconomic research arm of the Philippine government, and Central Luzon State ..