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  The impact of Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) on the crop sector

  Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 1994

  Several studies have shown that land reform has a positive impact on rice and corn productivity. However, the same cannot be said in sugar and coconut areas. This paper attempts to verify the effect of the implementation of CARP on the productivity of sugar and coconut farms.
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  Household perceptions of the long-term impact of coastal resources management in Panguil Bay

  Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2004

  Coastal resources management (CRM) has flourished as a management approach for coastal areas in the Philippines. This development is reflected by the phenomenal growth of CRM and CRM-type activities over the past two decades or so.
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  Prospects and problems of expanding trade with Japan: a survey of Philippine exporters

  Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2004

  This paper looks at firm-level factors that affect Philippine exports to Japan with the main objective of recommending provisions for the proposed Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA) that will enable existing and prospective Philippine exporters to fully exploit the potential of the Japanese market.
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  Rice reforms and poverty in the Philippines: a CGE analysis

  Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2004

  The quantitative restriction (QR) on rice will last until the end of 2004. The paper employs a computable general equilibrium (CGE) model to analyze the possible poverty and distributional effects of the rem oval of QR and the reduction in tariff on rice imports.
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  Evidence and gaps in evidence on the principle political economy constraints and opportunities to successful investment in inclusive agribusiness in Asia

  Evidence on Demand, 2016

  This report pays particular reference to Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Kyrgyz Republic, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan and Tajikistan. The purpose is to inform a more detailed call down piece of work for DFID to scope the potential establishment of one or more investment platforms through which it would deploy investment capital in order to catalyse private investment in south and central Asia.
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  Rice that Filipinos grow and eat

  Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2005

  The culture of dryland rice in the Philippines, as in the case of mainland Southeast Asia, is believed to be older than the wetland system of cultivation. Rice was originally grown under upland condition as a component of shifting and subsistence farming. Not long after, lowland rice culture began to spread along coastal areas and riverbanks.
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  A century of rice innovations

  Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2005

  Rice innovations are technologies and practices extensively adopted so as to change production practices and productivity. This paper documents the changes in rice productivity, policy and institutions in the last 100 years and identifies the technological change that may have affected rice productivity. One hundred years has totally changed rice production practices and improved productivity.
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  The evolution of rice production practices

  Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2005

  This paper presents a summary of the evolution of major practices in rice production over the last 100 years in the country. These practices essentially evolved out of the changes in the varieties introduced and planted by Filipino farmers, which have to change the manner by which production and postharvest operations have to be done in order to maximize productivity and reduce costs.
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  Philippine agriculture: Its path to modernization

  1995

  Philippine agriculture has performed poorly despite its performance being relatively better than other Asian countries. This paper argues that misguided and inadequate government policies and programs have contributed to the erosion of the country’s competitive advantage in the sector.
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  Economic policies and agricultural incentives: The Philippine case

  Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 1995

  Despite implementation of structural adjustment programs in the Philippines, the agriculture sector has been continuously exhibiting a dismal performance. This paper analyses the impact of economic policies on agricultural incentives from 1960-1992. Public expenditures for agricultural support services are also investigated.

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