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    Compilation and synthesis of major agricultural value chain analysis in the Philippines

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2014
    This report is an output of a stock-taking of value chain studies and gap analysis for major agricultural commodities. This involves reviewing and synthesizing existing studies, particularly the ones recently completed, as well as the available road maps and master plans, for the strategic commodities relevant for selected ARC (Agrarian Reform Community) clusters.
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    A spatial integration analysis of the regional fertilizer markets in the Philippines

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2014
    Fertilizer, which is an important production input, holds a significant share in total cost of production for some crops. Based on the available fertilizer price data, it can be observed that price levels vary greatly across regions. To help determine whether or not this variability is alarmingly high, a spatial market integration analysis was done.
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    Impact of the rice trade policy reforms on household welfare in the Philippines

    Philippine Journal of Development, 2010
    The effects of rice trade policy reforms on household welfare, as indicated by changes in consumer and producer prices, are analysed in this paper using nonparametric regression and density estimation. Since many households in the Philippines are consumers and producers of rice, the net benefit ratio (NBR) was used to measure the change in household welfare given changes in prices.
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    Incorporating Regional Rice Production Models in a Simulation Model of Rice Importation: A Discrete Stochastic Programming Approach

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2009
    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.
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    Rapid Appraisal of the State of Competition in the Rice Value Chain

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2014
    The rapid appraisal is based on the interview of select players in various levels of the palay/rice value chain from Pangasinan and Nueva Ecija to Metro Manila. It finds that the paddy and rice supply chain is multilayered with many competing players in each layer, and with no evidence of any cartel-like behavior in the areas studied.
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    The ASEAN Economic Community Blueprint: Implementation and Effectiveness Assessment for Philippine Agriculture

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2012
    The ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) Blueprint outlines the plan of countries in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to unify into a single market and production base. A priority focus for integration is the enhancement of trade among ASEAN member-countries and long-term competitiveness of food and agriculture products produced within ASEAN.
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    Rice self-sufficiency: is it feasible?

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2012
    Rice self-sufficiency has long captivated public imagination in the Philippines. This Policy Note assesses whether the rice self-sufficiency target can be attained and sustained at reasonable cost. The assessment is based on two approaches: first is comparison with past trends; second is comparison with projections of demand and supply.
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    Determinants and implications of the growing scale of livestock farms in four fast-growing developing countries

    International Food Policy Research Institute, 2008
    Livestock are among the few commodities that smallholder farmers widely produce that are growing rapidly in demand, and thus the interest for poverty alleviation is strong.
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    The impact of globalisation and liberalisation on agriculture and small farmers in developing countries: the case of the Philippines

    Third World Network, 2006
    This report uses case studies from the Philippines’ vegetable and poultry sector to illustrate the social effects of globalisation and trade liberalisation on rural producers, and on the International Fund for Agricultural Development’s (IFAD’s) involvement in the Cordillera Highland Agricultural Resource Management (CHARM) project.The authors find that trade liberalisation has increased import
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    Forthcoming changes in the EU banana and sugar markets: a menu ofoptions for an effective EU transitional package

    Overseas Development Institute, 2005
    Preferential access under the EU’s Sugar and Banana Protocols has supported large income transfers to a number of ACP countries. These transfers will be reduced under proposed reforms to the EU’s sugar and banana markets which are due to take place at the end of 2005.

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