The commonly touted solution to achieve food security has always been articulated as achieving self-sufficiency in rice. Since the 1960s, various government regimes have articulated strategies and executed actions to achieve this much-vaunted goal. It has been over half a century, but we have...

The agriculture and fisheries sector has been expanding over time, albeit within the overall context of structural change in the Philippine economy. However, based on progress made in other similarly situated economies, growth and productivity trends have not been "on track." While considerable...

The study aims to estimate the short-term impact of the recent rounds of food price inflation and the COVID19 crisis by estimating a household food demand system, converted to energy and nutrient intakes. It demonstrates that recent food and nutrition surveys conducted by the Philippine...

The study explores the complex role of Philippine agriculture, both as a contributor to and a victim of climate change. The agriculture sector, responsible for 23 percent of the country's greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, simultaneously faces severe losses from extreme climate events, accounting...