Agricultural Insurance in the Philippines

Fezoil Luz C. Decena
Introduction Insurance is an instrument that is used to manage risks. In agriculture, insurance is a tool used to manage risks arising from the production of commodities, price variability, as well as climate and weather uncertainties. Risks from production is normally addressed by technological...
Country: Philippines Topic: Agricultural risk management
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Overview of Agriculture Policy in Myanmar

Thanda Kyi
INTRODUCTION   As agriculture plays a crucial role in the economy of Myanmar, sustainable agriculture is a prerequisite for achieving sustainable development objectives. Sustainable agriculture requires the integration of environmental considerations with agricultural policy analysis and...
Country: Myanmar Topic: Overview
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Conditions for China’s Agricultural Development

Zhen Zhong
Inrtoduction In 2013, China’s grain output recorded its 10th consecutive year of growth, and the farmers’ income registered the 10th consecutive year of rapid increase. The agricultural sector and the rural economy made new progress while maintaining stability, and played an important...
Country: China Topic: Overview
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Reform and Construction of Grassroots-level Agro-tech Popularization System

Zhen Zhong
INTRODUCTION To implement The Law on Agro-Technical Popularization of the People`s Republic of China and other CPC Central Committee documents to advance Reform and Construction of Grass-roots-level Agro-tech Popularization, in 2013, the central finances allocated 2.6 billion yuan to launch...
Country: China Topic: Agricultural science policies
3,069
125

Improving Rural Financial Reforms in China

Zhen Zhong
INTRODUCTION The CPC Central Committee’s Document No.1 asked to improve rural financial services，increase national support and guidance to rural financial reform，increase commercial financial support to farmers，and give full play to the role of policy and cooperation finance，and to ensure...
Country: China Topic: Agricultural finance
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