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 … investment in irrigation, making it by far the largest single item for public spending on agriculture. Such investment plans …

, progress in implementing market reform for agriculture was largely moribund until 2019, with the enactment of the Rice … support for agriculture should move away from market price support in favor of expenditure support; ii) Expenditure support …

major constraint in achieving rice self-sufficiency. The available literature on fertilizer application in the Philippines …Inadequate application of nitrogen (N) fertilizer has been identified by the Food Staples Sufficiency Program as a … estimation using FAO Fertibase data confirms the finding of inadequate N application by rice farmers in the Philippines …