Food - Matches

Education and learning depend on good health and nutrition, especially among young children. Thus, investments have been made for these two forms of h..

The Philippines, one of the world’s top rice consumers, may need to import as much as 2 million tons of the grain in 2014 as it looks set to miss se..

While the food manufacturing industry has generally adjusted to upcoming Asean integration, other industries such as the automotive and sugar sectors ..

BURDEN TO THE POOR: Dr. Roehlano Briones, a senior economist working with the government think-tank Philippine Institute for Development Studies, poin..

The developments surrounding the pork barrel scam instigated by Janet Lim Napoles have opened a can of worms, particularly in the Department of Agricu..

For Philippine exporters to benefit from the economic partnership between the Philippines and Japan, Philippine negotiators should push for the inclus..

The principal target the government has set in its Food Staples Sufficiency Program (FSSP) is zero rice importation by 2013. Whether or not this targe..

This study quantitatively and qualitatively analyzed the impacts of natural disasters, particularly typhoons, floods, and droughts, on agriculture, fo..

Rice is regarded not merely as a source of food and livelihood, but also a political commodity and barometer of state legitimacy. Intervention in rice..

This Policy Note assesses whether the rice self-sufficiency target can be attained and sustained at reasonable cost. The assessment is based on two ap..

This study examines the performance of the National Food Authority (NFA) with respect to its function of price stability and implications for public f..

This paper tries to characterize the current situation in the Philippines with respect to the goal of the Aquino administration to be food secure and ..

Food is a fundamental biological need. Everyone must consume a certain amount of food everyday to maintain physical well-being and daily functioning. ..

Are the Philippines` policies for rice self-sufficiency still appropriate at this time? Are they tenable? This Policy Note provides some answers.

The Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS), being true to its mandate of conducting policy research in aid of planning and policymaking, ..