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    Agriculture and Fisheries Financing Program (AFFP): why a second look at its implementing guidelines is a must

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2015
    The Philippines Agriculture and Fisheries Financing Program (AFFP) is a PHP 1 billion flexible credit facility that is intended for farmers and fisherfolk who are nonagrarian reform beneficiaries and are engaged in priority commodities identified by the Department of Agriculture in the 20 poorest provinces of the country.
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    Agricultural Credit and Policy Council (ACPC): performing more than it should

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2015
    The Agricultural Credit and Policy Council (ACPC) has the mandate of coordinating all credit policies and programs in support of the Department of Agriculture’s policy and program priorities. It is also the administrator of the Agro-Industry Modernization Credit and Financing Program (AMCFP).
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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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    Improving the readiness of A&F industries to the ASEAN integration

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2015
    This Policy Note presents the results of interviews with private stakeholders in the agriculture and fisheries sector to get their perception of the sector's readiness to the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC). Their overriding message is for the government to provide stronger and more effective support to local producers to better prepare them for the AEC.
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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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    Growing inclusive businesses in the Philippines: the role of government policies and programs

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2016
    Inclusive business (IB) is a private sector approach to providing goods, services, and livelihoods on a commercially viable basis, either at scale or scalable, to people at the base of the pyramid by making them part of the value chain of companies' core business as suppliers, distributors, retailers, or customers.
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    Study of alternative mechanisms for rural credit delivery

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 1994
    This study aims to identify possible alternative mechanisms of extending credit to agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARB) and to assess the effectiveness, viability and sustainability of the alternative mechanisms for delivering credit assistance to ARBs.
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    Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) and the fisheries, livestock and crop sectors: adjustments in the pasture leases

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 1994
    This study focuses on the responses of pasture leases to the possibility of agrarian reforms by using the survey of 145 pasture leases in Masbate, Bukidnon and South Cotabato where pasture leases where concentrated. This paper relies mainly on the descriptive method of analysis.
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    Land issues in poverty reduction strategies and the development agenda: Philippines

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2002
    Access to land and productive inputs is a strong predicate for poverty alleviation. In the Philippines, the poor are strongly dependent on access to land for their livelihood and welfare.
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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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