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    2016 Global Food Policy Report: How We Feed the World is Unsustainable

    International Food Policy Research Institute, 2016
    The annual IFPRI Global Food Policy Report provides an in-depth look at major food policy developments and events in the past year, and examines key challenges and opportunities for the coming year.
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    Hatchery-bred milkfish fry: a must for fisheries development

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2000
    Milkfish is the national fish of the Philippines not only because it is a favorite viand of the population. The milkfish industry has also been contributing about 10 percent, on average, to total fisheries production for the past two decades (Israel 2000).
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    Defining the agricultural biotechnology policy of the Philippines

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2000
    Agricultural biotechnology offers a whole new range of possibilities to solving the problems that impinge on the productivity of the agriculture sector and its ability to feed the growing human population.
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    Agricultural biotechnology research and development in the Philippines: the need for a strategic approach

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2000
    This paper examines the capacity of the Philippines to join and benefit from the biotechnological revolution.
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    Revisiting RP's Hybrid Rice Program

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2005
    The United Nations General Assembly declared 2004 the International Year of the Rice (IYR). The IYR is a venue to promote improved production and development of sustainable rice-based systems that will contribute to environmental conservation and a better life for present and future generations.
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    How effective are our postharvest facilities?

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2015
    Losses from postharvest are one of the most common problems in agriculture. This Policy Note summarizes the key findings of an evaluation of postharvest facilities (PHFs) in the Philippines.
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    Technical assessment of communal irrigation systems in Luzon

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2015
    Communal irrigation systems (CIS) are a category of irrigation systems that are typically small scale and constructed with the participation of farmer-beneficiaries through their irrigators association.
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    Examining processes in research and development at the department of science and technology

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2016
    Research and development (R&D) activities have long been recognized as one of the critical components to improve a country's productivity and competitiveness as well as people's well-being.
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    Research and development and technology in the Philippines

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2002
    Research and development (R&D) and technology are analysed from the perspective of Philippine economic growth in the paper. It examines the productivity performance of the economy and analyzes how it has been affect ed by developments in R&D and technology. General R&D and technology policies and ins titutional structure and arrangements are examined.
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    The Philippine National Innovation System: structure and characteristics

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2003
    Industrial development requires technological capability in industry. National innovation system is anchored on the theory that industrial development requires technological capability in industry, and that exploitation of technology is most critical at the firm level.

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