Philippines

Pesticide Residues in Food and the Environment in the Philippines: Risk Assessment and Management

Cristina M. Bajet
ABSTRACT The Philippines as a developing country and with limited resources to implement intense monitoring of pesticide residues has focused on other ways to assess and manage risks.  The top priority of the Philippines is food production/security and in the local market, pesticide residues...
Country: Philippines Topic: Food security and safety
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Improving Marketing Efficiency through Agricultural Cooperatives: Successful Cases in the Philippines

Karen P. Quilloy, Zenaida M. Sumalde
ABSTRACT This paper aims to demonstrate the important role and contribution of agricultural cooperatives in improving marketing efficiency for selected agricultural commodities in the Philippines. It presents evidences from the cases of Sorosoro Ibaba Development Cooperative (SIDC) and Subasta...
Country: Philippines Topic: Agricultural cooperatives and farmers' organizations
21,620
368

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
10,896
366

Farm Land Policy and Financing Program for Young Generation in the Philippines

Marilyn M. Elauria
ABSTRACT  The Philippines is basically an agricultural country with about 30 per cent of the total land area of the country cultivated by almost 5 million farmers. However farm area devoted to agriculture has been decreasing due to land conversion. The basic problem is that Filipino farmers...
Country: Philippines Topic: Agricultural human resources development
61,987
747

Republic Act 10121: An Approach in Strengthening Disaster Risk Reduction and Management in the Philippines

Albert P. Aquino, Carl Rookie O. Daquio, Princess Alma B. Ani
Republic Act 10121: An Approach in Strengthening Disaster Risk Reduction and Management in the Philippines[1]   Princess Alma B. Ani, Carl Rookie O. Daquio, and Albert P. Aquino[2]   Introduction The Philippines as an archipelago is highly exposed to natural hazards...
Country: Philippines Topic: Agricultural risk management
88,005
708

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