Institutional Perspective in Supply Chain Management: The Cases of Abaca, Vegetable and Bamboo Supply Chains in the Philippines

Albert P. Aquino, Christian L. Abeleda, Ernesto O. Brown, Jennifer C. Puntanar, Rocalyn C. Gayagay
ABSTRACT A globally competitive Philippine agribusiness sector is a must in a fast emerging borderless trade regime. For a sector saddled perennially with numerous problems, globalization poses yet another set of challenges which conventional and logistics-based solutions seem unable to address....
Country: Philippines Topic: Agricultural marketing policy
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Overview of Rural Development Administration (RDA)

Jeong-bin Im
The Korean Rural Development Administration (RDA) has played a vital role in the development and dissemination of agricultural technologies to improve agricultural productivity and increase farm income.   Table 1. Major changes of rural development administration (RDA) by period...
Country: Korea Topic: Rural development
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Korean Policy for Enhancing Agricultural Productivity

Jeong-bin Im
During the 1960s, in the early stage of economic development in Korea, famine was a serious problem. Thus, the focus of the Korean government’s agricultural policy in the 1960s and 1970s was improvements in food production. The Korean government had to support a large population within a limited,...
Country: Korea Topic: Agriculture
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Strategic Direction in Developing Taiwan’s Innovative Agriculture

I Han, Min-Hsien Yang
The development of innovative agriculture is a mainstream strategy towards the enchancement of overall competitiveness under the globalization of free economies. It is critical to position innovative agriculture in technological, management, and humanity innovations, with supplement of value-added...
Country: Taiwan Topic: Overview
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Family Farming and Farmland Policy in Vietnam: Current Situation and Perspective

Dao The Anh, Nguyen Dang Minh Chanh
ABSTRACT The surveyed results showed that Vietnam's 2003 Land Law still imposes strict ceilings on land ownership so that opportunities to consolidate and expand farming operations through the land sale market are very limited. In 2009 there were 150,102 commercial farms throughout the country,...
Country: Vietnam Topic: Agricultural human resources development
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