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Agricultural Policies and Support: New Policy Direction and the Role and Influence of Professional Organizations in Public Policy in the Philippines

Ernesto O. Brown, Meliza A. Festejo-Abeleda
INTRODUCTION While the Philippines is traversing a higher growth path following its recent overall economic success, the agriculture sector is still underperforming. The share of agriculture in the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) in 2016 was a mere 9% which translates into PHP 711...
Country: Philippines Topic: Overview
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Transformation of Vegetable Industry through Policy Intervention and Technology Transfer

Noorlidawati Ab Halim, Rozhan Abu Dardak
Introduction The vegetable industry is one of the important industries in Malaysia. It provides food for people, creates jobs for rural community and generates revenue for economic development. In general, the vegetable industry in Malaysia is carried out by small-holder farmers. Farmers manage...
Country: Malaysia Topic: Overview
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Historical Perspective of Korea’s Agricultural Policy Research – A Case Study of KREI

Jeong-bin Im
History of Agricultural Policy Study In Korea, agricultural policy research has been conducted by public research institutes since the establishment of Agricultural Management Research Center (AMRC) under the Rural Development Administration (RDA) in 1967. This was the first research center for...
Country: Korea Topic: Overview
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Promoting New Agriculture Innovation Act for 2017 to 2020 in Taiwan

I Han, Min-Hsien Yang
Source: Council of Agriculture http://www.coa.gov.tw/ws.php?id=2506092) The Council of Agriculture (COA) established new paradigm for agricultural development in response to trade liberalization, climate change, consumption structural change, and fundamental shift of agricultural land and labor....
Country: Taiwan Topic: Overview
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Work Plan 2017 for Developing Agri-food Industry into High Value-added Future Growth Engine

Jeong-bin Im
Link to the original document: http://www.mafra.go.kr/list.jsp?&newsid=155448978§ion_id=b_sec_1&pageNo=17&year=2017&listcnt=10&board_kind=C&board_skin_id= C3&depth=1&division=B&group_id=3&menu_id=1125&reference=&parent_code=3&popup_yn=&...
Country: Korea Topic: Overview
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