Agriculture - Matches

Irrigation systems undergo rehabilitation to maintain developed irrigation service areas and close the gap between service areas and actual areas irri..

This Policy Note presents the highlights of a component study of the rapid appraisal of the government`s irrigation program commissioned by the Nation..

Irrigation is a key component of the government`s strategy to improve agricultural productivity and attain food self-sufficiency. In recent years, the..

Blaming rice cartels for price manipulation cannot be considered a definitive explanation of last year's rice price hike. Sharp drop in imports is a m..

Recently, the agricultural sector in the Philippines has enjoyed robust growth driven by rapid price increases in key subsectors, namely, rubber, suga..

Fertilizer, which is an important production input, holds a significant share in total cost of production for some crops. Based on the available ferti..

The rice price spike experienced in the third quarter of 2013 alarmed the public. Speculations spread about the cause of the spike, the most popular o..

This Policy Note summarizes a study by Roehlano Briones titled "Small farmers in high-value chains: Binding or relaxing constraints to inclusive growt..

The rapid appraisal is based on the interview of select players in various levels of the palay/rice value chain from Pangasinan and Nueva Ecija to Met..

This Policy Note discusses the rice value chain and how the policy on restricting rice imports impacts the various stakeholders in the chain. It is ba..

In the Philippines, every president has promised to achieve rice self-sufficiency within his or her term. Sadly, this promise has been repeatedly brok..

Linking small farmers to modern markets, whether domestically or for export, increasingly entails participation in modern supply chains coordinated by..

A new book by state think tank Philippine Institute for Development Studies and the Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic, and Natural Resources..

The declining enrollment in agriculture, forestry, and natural resources (AFNR) courses is an alarming phenomenon given the unbridled expansion of sta..

Your work does not end in the publication of a research paper; rather, it is just the beginning, was how Agriculture Secretary Luis Lorenzo began his ..