By Rolando Dy
Why is rural poverty the Philippines (30 percent) about 2.5 times that of ASEAN peers? The reasons emanate from agriculture growth and exports.... Read More...
By Rolando Dy
2018 was an exacting time in the Philippines. There was a rice “crisis.” The government buffer stock agency – the National Food Authority (NFA)... Read More...
By Rolando Dy
Whenever calamities hit the areas north of Manila, vegetables prices in the NCR go up. Events of 2018 bear this out. Vegetables prices grew fas... Read More...
A so-called high-value crop could be a low-value crop when prices are low due to oversupply or some other reasons.
By Rolando Dy
High-value commercial crops... Read More...
By Rolando Dy
By many metrics, Philippine agriculture trails its ASEAN peers by a mile. The peers are Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam.
What metr... Read More...
By Rolando Dy
Once again, a food price crisis has hit the country. It was so in 1995, in 2015, and this year (2018). What seems to be wrong?
The National ... Read More...
By Rolando Dy
Vegetables are expensive in Manila as observed by Arsenio ‘Toto’ Barcelona, an agribusiness entrepreneur. Quality is also very poor compared to... Read More...
By Rolando T. Dy
Newly appointed Tourism Secretary Berna Romulo-Puyat has advocated farm tourism as a flagship strategy. It is a sound direction.
In a rel... Read More...
How has the Philippines fared in the Global Hunger Index?
By Rolando Dy
The Global Hunger Index (GHI) comprehensively measures and tracks hunger at the gl... Read More...
Let's take time to take a look at the tracking of Global security this 2017 and to have a glimpse to where is the Philippines now.
By Rolando Dy
It examines... Read More...
A new book that calls for action on poverty reduction through a revitalized agribusiness sector was recently launched at the University of Asia and the Pacific ... Read More...
