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Eating for a Lifetime: Filling the Policy Gaps in Philippine Fisheries
Briones, Roehlano M. - In: Asian Journal of Agriculture and Development 4 (2007) June, pp. 25-40
The fishery sector has become a large and dynamic contributor to Philippine agriculture. However, the sector confronts the problem of high poverty and alarming threats to its resource base. Policy responses to these problems have been implemented in recent years, but serious gaps remain....
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Assessing Development Strategies to Achieve the MDGs in Asia: Philippines (Final Report)
Briones, Roehlano M.; Quimba, Francis Mark A.; … - Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS), … - 2011
The Philippines is a developing country with strong commitment to the millennium development goals (MDGs). However, it …
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Asia's Underachiever : Deep Constraints in Philippine Economic Growth
Briones, Roehlano M. - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2009
Numerous studies have tried to explain the poor growth performance of the Philippines. This paper critically reviews … related literature on constraints to long-run growth, as it applies to the Philippines. We evaluate several factors, namely …
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Assessment on the Use of Marginal Areas for Cultivation of Feedstock for Biofuel
Briones, Roehlano M. - Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS), … - 2011
The Philippines has made a major push toward development of biofuel, enacting biofuels mandates and subsidies by the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009394599
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Multimarket Modeling of Agricultural Supply when Crop Land Is a Quasi-fixed Input: A Note
Briones, Roehlano M. - Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS), … - 2011
Modeling of crop supply frequently adopts separate treatment of area and yield variables. The advantage of this approach is that it conveniently imposes the property of land being a quasi-fixed factor, at least on the aggregate. Given an agricultural land frontier, total supply of land may be...
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Enhancing Supply Chain Connectivity and Competitiveness of ASEAN Agricultural Products: Identifying Choke Points and Opportunities for Improvement
Israel, Danilo C.; Briones, Roehlano M. - Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS), … - 2014
This study examines "choke points" in the supply chain of two selected commodity groups that are of interest to the ASEAN region; within the HS15 group the study focuses on crude coconut oil (CNO); for HS03 the study covers fish and crustacean, mollusks, and other aquatic invertebrates (HS 03)....
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The Role of Mineral Fertilizers in Transforming Philippine Agriculture
Briones, Roehlano M. - Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS), … - 2014
Fertilizer policy in the country has evolved from pervasive interventionism in the 1970s to today`s market-oriented regime. Government has abandoned price policies and subsidies, focusing rather on standard setting, quality regulation, and training. Over the same period domestic demand for...
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Disasters, Poverty, and Coping Strategies: The Framework and Empirical Evidence from Micro/Household Data - Philippine Case
Israel, Danilo C.; Briones, Roehlano M. - Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS), … - 2014
strategies used by households in response to natural disasters in the Philippines. It used data from the 2011 CBMS Household … strategies; b) some empirical studies have been done in the Philippines analyzing the aforementioned interactions; c) relevant … interactions between natural disasters and household poverty in the Philippines. …
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Impact Assessment of the Agricultural Production Support Services of the Department of Agriculture on the Income of Poor Farmers/Fisherfolk: Review of the Evidence
Briones, Roehlano M. - Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS), … - 2013
Expenditures on agriculture have been rising over time, as expression of the state`s commitment to reduce poverty, raise rural incomes and household welfare, and promote food security. However, agriculture continues to exhibit disappointing performance, namely, laggard growth, lack of...
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Impacts of Natural Disasters on Agriculture, Food Security, and Natural Resources and Environment in the Philippines
Israel, Danilo C.; Briones, Roehlano M. - Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS), … - 2012
, and droughts, on agriculture, food security, and the natural resources and environment in the Philippines. It aimed to …
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