Philippines

Philippine Biosafety Regulatory Gaps and Initiatives

Ryan Lawrence A. Polinag
ABSTRACT The Philippine Biosafety Regulations started out strong in biotechnology and leads the Southeast Asian Region. However, regulatory issues and concerns surfaced that slowed down the progress of the country. Initiatives are currently being done to answer and bridge the gaps. There is a...
Country: Philippines Topic: Food security and safetyOverview
48,735
1554

Climate-Smart Agriculture Initiatives in the Philippines

Fe B. Perlas
ABSTRACT Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) is an approach that helps to guide actions needed to transform and reorient agricultural systems to effectively support development and ensure food security in a changing climate. CSA aims to tackle three main objectives: sustainably increasing...
Country: Philippines Topic: Smart agriculture
14,426
960

Transcending Barriers in Agriculture through Gender and Development

Princess Alma B. Ani, Hezron C. Casasola
ABSTRACT Philippine agriculture has long been fraught with gender issues that made it systematically harder for rural women to have equal access to rural and agricultural resources such as land, farm inputs, and loans. Historically, women do not have enough representation as well in key decision...
Country: Philippines Topic: Farmers' welfare and retirement system
26,066
1387

The Philippine Fight against Agricultural Smuggling: Review of Government Policies and Initiatives

Tessa Lyrene DC. Lantican, Princess Alma B. Ani
ABSTRACT Smuggling is the illegal movement of goods across an international border in violation to custom laws and regulations. This activity exists in countries all over the world and incurs multiple ill effects to the country’s economy. Some of the economic impacts of smuggling include...
Country: Philippines Topic: Agricultural risk management
30,032
785

Initiatives and Implications of Philippine Sugar Liberalization

Annette M. Tobias
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
20,863
709

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