Policy Articles

Initiatives and Implications of Philippine Sugar Liberalization

Annette M. Tobias
2020.03.23
ABSTRACT The Philippine sugarcane industry is contributing an annual revenue of about PhP 70 billion (IS$1.3billion). Close to 700,000 Filipinos are directly employed in sugar production and about 5-6 million more are indirectly employed (SRA, 2019). It can be found in many regions covering...
Country: Philippines Topic: Trade liberalization and countermeasures
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Revisiting the State of Philippine Biodiversity And The Legislation on Access and Benefit Sharing

Princess Alma B. Ani, Monica B. Castillo
2020.03.18
ABSTRACT  As a megadiverse country, the Philippines is recognized with its rich biodiversity. It has the most diverse life forms on a per unit area. Its biodiversity, composed of various flora and fauna, provides resources to meet basic needs for human survival, promotes economic...
Country: Philippines Topic: Eco-friendly agriculture (satoyama and satoumi)
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Trend Analysis of Processed Food Consumption Based on POS Data

Sanghyo Kim, Seong-Yoon Heo, Wook-Jik Lee
2020.03.10
Introduction POS (point of sale) system was developed in the U.S to prevent a merchant from calculated-mistake and cheating. It is being used as an important data for understanding the market situation as the value of the structured data is recognized. By using POS data from Nielsen Korea in...
Country: Korea Topic: Agribusiness
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Mangroves-dependent Traditional Farming System in Yambye Township, Rakhine State

Cho Cho San
2020.03.06
The local people in Yanbye Township, Rakhine State have been practicing the conversion of mangroves for rice production since primordial times. World Bank, the Asian Development Bank and the Japanese Government supported funding for the conversion of mangrove areas for rice production in 1979 and...
Country: Myanmar Topic: Eco-friendly agriculture (satoyama and satoumi)
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Japan’s Farmland Policy for Photovoltaic Power Generation

Yoshihisa Godo
2020.02.27
ABSTRACT In 2012, the Japanese government launched a new program, under which those who generate electric power from natural energy sources, such as sunlight, are given the privilege to sell it to major electric power companies at favorable prices fixed by the government. This program, known as...
Country: Japan Topic: Agricultural science policies
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