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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..

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

State think tank Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS), in partnership with the Central Luzon State University (CLSU), will conduct a fo..

Inadequate application of nitrogen (N) fertilizer has been identified by the Food Staples Sufficiency Program as a major constraint in achieving rice ..

Communal irrigation systems (CIS) are a category of irrigation systems that are typically small scale and constructed with the participation of farmer..

The Agricultural Credit and Policy Council (ACPC) has the mandate of coordinating all credit policies and programs in support of the Department of Agr..

The Agriculture and Fisheries Financing Program (AFFP) is a PHP 1 billion flexible credit facility that is intended for farmers and fisherfolk who are..

Access to postharvest facilities (PHFs) can increase rice farmers` income as using modern technology allows them to produce good-quality milled rice a..

Under the World Trade Organization, the Philippines has maintained special treatment for rice, which expires on July 2017. Tariffication will involve ..

Losses from postharvest are one of the most common problems in agriculture. This Policy Note summarizes the key findings of an evaluation of postharve..

The ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) transforms the ASEAN region into a single market and production base by 2015. This promotes greater competition for..

The situation of the poor who participate in the country`s agricultural sector has been exacerbated by the increasingly prevalent natural calamities, ..

The rice sector is regulated by the National Food Authority, with imports under a statutory monopoly. Consistent with previous studies done on the ric..

Several elicitation techniques were employed to gauge the attitudes to risk of smallholder high-value crop farmers in the southern Philippines. Result..

A study by state think tank Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) has identified some serious technical problems and issues in the count..