EARWG attends the Consensus-Colloquium on Securing Food in ASEAN; Food Security in the World , Singapore. Students of the Lee Kuan Yew (LKY) School of Public Policy (National University of Singapore) initiated a consensus-colloquium on Securing Food in ASEAN; Food Security in the World on April 15-17, 2010. The colloquium brought together various... Read More
DEVELOPING LOCAL ECONOMIES
SOME BASIC CONCEPTS AND PRINCIPLES USEFUL IN DESIGNING AND
FOCUSING OUR ECONOMIC PROGRAM, What constitutes an economy?
Economics is the branch of social science that deals with
the production, distribution and consumption of goods and
services and their management. Scarcity is central to the
study of economics. Economic analysis examines how people
choose to use limited or scarce resources in an attempt to
satisfy their unlimited needs and wants in a very finite
world. Read More
China's ODA to the Philippines, Aid giving is no
longer the monopoly of the very rich countries. In fact, new
players tagged as non-DAC (Development Assistance Committee)
donors have recently established their foothold in some
areas of the development sphere such as large scale
infrastructure projects...
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Farmers' Group prod Congress to enact CARP Extension with
Reforms Bill, Hundreds of farmers and advocates belonging to
the Reform CARP Movement (RCM), a broad coalition calling
for the extension and reform of the Comprehensive Agrarian
Reform Program (CARP), held a picket-rally last Wednesday at
the House of Representatives during the House Committee on
Agrarian Reform's public hearing on proposed bills to extend
the agrarian reform program. Read More
Palay Sufficiency Outlook: First Quarter 2010 DA Performance Report
In 2009, the Department of Agriculture targeted palay production to
hit 17.8 million metric tons (MT), up from 16.8 million MT in 2008.
With 2009’s actual production at only 16.3 million MT, it was 8.7
per cent off the original target. The DA attributed the shortfall to
typhoons Ondoy and Pepeng that hit the country last year.
Just before the country was hit by two consecutive typhoons last
year, Ondoy and Pepeng, the Bureau of Agricultural Statistics (BAS)
projected a lower palay production of 17.4 million MT in its
presentation during the meeting of the National Agriculture and
Fisheries Council… Read More
Bulletin Articles
Massive
Imports for 2010: Another Case of Over-Acting?
Three
million tons of rice import for 2010! This is a record even for the
Philippines. Read More
Newly
Released Climate Change-Adapted Varieties
Climate is a
primary determinant of agricultural productivity as it greatly
affects rice production. Read More
El
Niño of 2009-2010
On September 11, 2009, PAGASA issued its
first El Niño advisory. Read More
MODE, Inc is an independent resource and development institution that serves the rural sector. Read More
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