's poverty reduction strategy (MKUKUTA 2005-2010) has not translated into the expected reduction in poverty, as there has been a … rise in one million people living in poverty over the period 2001 to 2007. The official response has been a call for broad …-based growth by stepping up efforts to green revolutionise agriculture through an Agriculture First (Kilimo Kwanza) strategy …

focuses on agriculture because it plays a central role in the poverty condition that continues to persist despite recent …Poverty incidence in the Philippines is rising based on the national official data released by the National Statistical … Coordination Board. Poverty incidence among population rose from 24.9 percent in 2003 to 26.4 percent in 2006 and then inched up …