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Although our ability to predict climate conditions has improved significantly, farmers` use of climate information and forecasts in farming decisions ..

Rainfall variability greatly influences corn production. Thus, a skillful forecast is potentially of value to the farmers because it could help them m..

It is ironic how the Philippines, being basically an agricultural country, is one of the top importers of rice in the world. This country is so blesse..

This publication is a compilation of information and research materials on seasonal climate forecast (SCF) produced under the project Bridging the Gap..

This handbook is intended to assist agricultural extension workers in the Philippines in their efforts to collaborate with farmers so that the latter ..

How can our economy withstand the shocks of the recent meltdown caused by the global economic crisis of 2008? In this year’s economic outlook, PIDS ..

For the Philippines, quantitative policy analysis should incorporate regional differences in welfare and economic structure, which arise partly from g..

Seasonal climate forecast (SCF) is one of the tools that could help farmers and decisionmakers better prepare for seasonal variability. However, a clo..

The study aims to assess the impact of rising prices of rice and fuel on poverty in the Philippines. In particular, the variations in the potential ef..

This paper documents the activities of the National Food Authority (NFA), particularly on rice marketing, in realizing its mandates of buying high and..

In a country where poverty is prevalent, a significant number of children are likely to be illiterate, malnourished, and prone to abuse and physical v..

The main feature in this issue points out the importance of recognizing the right of Filipino indigenous children to be culturally different from the ..

How does Dumaguete City in Negros Oriental measure up to the UN-MDG target of having access to safe drinking water available to 86.6 percent of a coun..

There is another kind of crisis that is equally devastating as the global economic and financial crisis, perhaps even more threatening, with mankinds ..

This note shows that unit labor costs, the most widely used measure of competitiveness, are equivalent to the labor share in output multiplied by a pr..