Recently, the agricultural sector in the Philippines has enjoyed robust growth driven by rapid price increases in key … subsectors, namely, rubber, sugarcane, and coconut. The largest subsectors, however, namely, rice and corn, relatively …

This paper documents the activities of the National Food Authority (NFA), particularly on rice marketing, in realizing … of paddy rice to procure from farmers to be able to defend its support price; how much volume of rice to maintain in … order to achieve stability in the supply and consumer price; and how much volume of rice, as well as when is the best time …

The study aims to assess the impact of rising prices of rice and fuel on poverty in the Philippines. In particular, the … study confirm that the impact of increasing prices of rice and fuel vary across different groups of households depending on … gainers from the recent increases in the prices of rice and fuel. In response to higher prices, households adopted different …

market. If the Philippines is to achieve sustained, stable rice supply at low prices and at the same time promote rice …Using a political economy perspective, this paper establishes the strong relationship between rice and politics and … explains recent developments in the Philippine rice landscape. Results of the analysis show that the price of rice has been a …

In the Philippines, importation has remained as one of the most feasible options for the government to meet the growing … demand for rice. It is thus imperative for the government to develop a strategy that would ensure adequate supply and minimum … importation costs. One of the critical factors in import decisionmaking is rice production. The Inter-Agency Committee on Rice and …

Rice innovations are technologies and practices extensively adopted so as to change production practices and … productivity. This paper documents the changes in rice productivity, policy and institutions in the last 100 years and identifies … the technological change that may have affected rice productivity. One hundred years has totally changed rice production …

Philippines. RMFP aimed to support efforts of the Government of the Philippines to strengthen rural financial institutions by …

The paper describes the current decisionmaking structure for trade policy formulation in the Philippines and compares …

In the last twenty years, the Philippines has gained a good progress in poverty reduction. However, compared to other … countries in the region, the Philippines is still behind. In the early years of the 21st century, more than a third of the … pro-poor. Furthermore, opportunity costs and their unfavorable outcomes in labor markets prevent further improvements of …