Monica Briones Castillo

Monica Briones Castillo

Join FFTC-AP since 2025
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Affiliation
Socio-Economics Research Division (SERD) Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resourees Research and Development (PCAARRD)
Job Title
Senior Science Research Specialist
E-mail
m.castillo@pcaarrd.dost.gov.ph

Latest Submission from Philippines

2016.02.26
Introduction Rice is one of the most important agricultural crops in the Philippines. In fact, one-third of the country’s more than 10 million hectares (ha) of agricultural land is devoted to rice.  The average farmer owns 2.0 ha of riceland, and although other agricultural commodities...
Country: Philippines Topic: Agriculture
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2016.01.28
1. Introduction True to its title as the tree of life, coconut is considered as the lifeblood of Philippine agriculture. Next to rice, it is the country’s most important agricultural crop as evidenced by its significant contribution to gross domestic product (GDP) posted at 1.14%. It has played...
Country: Philippines Topic: Agriculture
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2015.12.03
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...
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2015.10.07
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...
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2015.06.18
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....
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