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    Contractual arangements in agriculture (Northern and Central Luzon Component)

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2007
    This study aims to characterize and analyze the various contractual arrangements in selected agricultural commodities in parts of Central and Northern Luzon, Philippines.
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    Contractual arrangements in Philippine fisheries

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2007
    Economists have begun the quest for explanations of contractual choices in developing countries and especially for pervasiveness of informal credit and insurance arrangements and interlinkages observed in agricultural and fishing contracts.
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    The determination of contracts in agricultural economies

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2007
    This paper aims to analyse how contracts are determined and modified given diverse agricultural settings and to examine the implications of these changes with respect to their efficiency, distribution and sustainability.
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    Agricultural contracts in Mindanao: the case of banana and pineapple

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2007
    Contract growing has been defined as an agreement between farmers and processing and/or marketing firms under forward agreements, usually at predetermined prices for the production and supply of agricultural products (Eaton and Shepherd 2001). As such, it offers a solution to a number of production and marketing problems that lead to low farm productivity and profitability.
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    Fruits program area research planning and prioritization: background analysis

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2000
    This study addresses the Fruits Program Area research allocation concerns.
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    Determinants of locating R&D activity in the Philippines: policy implications

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2010
    Research and development (R&D) is an important resource for sustained economic growth. New knowledge created by a firm has spillover effects that improve the productivity of other firms and even other sectors. This is the heart of endogenous growth theory.
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    The cost of redistributive land reform in the Philippines: assessment of PD 27 and RA 6657 (CARL)

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2010
    This paper examines the cost of implementing redistributive land reform in the Philippines. Land redistribution has become the core feature of land reform in the country since 1972 with the approval of PD 27. The coverage of the program was expanded to all agricultural lands under RA 6657 or CARL of 1988.
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    Property rights reform in Philippine agriculture: framework for analysis and review of recent experience

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2000
    This paper constructs a framework for and reviews studies on property rights reforms in the agricultural and natural resources sector.
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    Innovations in financing food security

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2010
    Food production will have to increase by 70% in 2050 to keep up with a global population that is projected to grow from 6 billion to 9 billion (UN, 2009). Given the physical and environmental constraints on increasing land and water use for food production and other economic activities, agricultural productivity will have to substantially improve to meet increasing demand for food.
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    Review and evaluation of publicly funded research and development in agro processing

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2000
    This paper starts off with a review and evaluation of publicly funded agro research and development. It also discusses the role of public and private sectors in the management of research institutions. In addition, it identifies public research programs on specific agricultural commodities that will assist the private sector in the government's research and development program.

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