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Volume 36, Number 1

This issue explores key economic and policy challenges shaping the Philippine economy. One study examines the shift from constant 1985...

An Analysis of Fertilizer Policies in the Philippines

The Philippines does not have a comparative advantage in the domestic production of fertilizer. This is one of the thoughts...

Sector Sources of Philippine Postwar Economic Growth: The Over-all Record in Comparative Perspective

This paper looks at the Philippine postwar growth within a comparative framework, utilizing the record and experience of ASEAN countries...

An Impact Assessment Report on the Multiple-Cropping Project (KABSAKA), Sta. Barbara, Iloilo

This article is a product of a nine-month training and application program implemented by the micro component of the Economic...

Foreign Investments in Philippine Agriculture

This article measures the amount of foreign participation, direct and indirecin Philippine agriculture. However, due to insufficient time and inadequate...

A Review of Past, Present and Proposed Mechanization Strategies in the Philippines

This article is part of the seminar-workshop on the “Consequences of Small Farm Mechanization on Production, Employment and Incomes in...

The Effects of Small Farm Mechanization on Employment and Output in Selected Rice-Growing Areas in Nueva Ecija, Philippines

This article is part of the seminar-workshop on the "Consequences of Small Farm Mechanization on Production, Employment and Incomes in...

Changes in Harvesting-Threshing Arrangements and Landless Laborers

This article is part of the seminar-workshop on the “Consequences of Small Farm Mechanization on Production, Employment and Incomes in...

Comparative Evaluation of Tractor and Carabao Use in Rice Land Preparation, Nueva Ecija, Philippines, 1980

This article is part of the seminar-workshop on the “Consequences of Small Farm Mechanization on Production, Employment and Incomes in...

The Private and Social Profitability of Mechanical Threshing

This article is part of the seminar-workshop on the “Consequences of Small Farm Mechanization on Production, Employment and Incomes in...

The Impact of Mechanization on Agricultural Production in Selected Villages of Nueva Ecija

This article is part of the seminar-workshop on the “Consequences of Small Farm Mechanization on Production, Employment and Incomes in...

Effects of Agricultural Mechanization on Farm Income Patterns

This article is part of the seminar-workshop on the “Consequences of Small Farm Mechanization on Production, Employment and Incomes in...

A History of Credit Programs Supporting Agricultural Mechanization in the Philippines

This article is part of the seminar-workshop on the “Consequences of Small Farm Mechanization on Production, Employment and Incomes in...

MA-IRRI Industrial Extension Program for Small Farm Equipment

This article is part of the seminar-workshop on the “Consequences of Small Farm Mechanization on Production, Employment and Incomes in...

Economic and Social Impact Analysis of an Upland Development Project in Nueva Ecija, Philipines

This article documents the following objective: the processes through which pilot agro-forestation development projects (AFDPs) implementors seek to achieve their...

The Macroeconomic Policy Environment of Philippine Agricultural Performance

A sustained healthy growth in agriculture requires an equally sustained healthy growth in the macroeconomy. It is towards this end...

Methods for Agricultural Policy Analysis: An Overview

This article summarizes the articles that have been presented at the Workshop on Methods for Agricultural Policy Analysis held at...

Regional Total Factor Productivity Change in Philippine Agriculture

This article has been presented at the Workshop on Methods for Agricultural Policy Analysis held at the UP Los Baños...

Infrastructure, Output Supply and Input Demand in Philippine Agriculture: Provisional Estimates

This article has been presented at the Workshop on Methods for Agricultural Policy Analysis held at the UP Los Baños...

Production Analysis: Econometric Issues

This article has been presented at the Workshop on Methods for Agricultural Policy Analysis held at the UP Los Baños...

Methods in Consumption Analysis: Consumer Theory, Econometric Issues and Philippine Estimates

This article has been presented at the Workshop on Methods for Agricultural Policy Analysis held at the UP Los Baños...

Markets, Institutions and Family Size in Rural Philippine Households

This article has been presented at the Workshop on Methods for Agricultural Policy Analysis held at the UP Los Baños...

Size, Supervision and Patterns of Labor Transactions

This article has been presented at the Workshop on Methods for Agricultural Policy Analysis held at the UP Los Baños...

Block-Recursiveness of the Household Production Model Under Risk

This article has been presented at the Workshop on Methods for Agricultural Policy Analysis held at the UP Los Baños...

Impact Multiplier Policy Models for the Agricultural Sector: An Application to India

This article has been presented at the Workshop on Methods for Agricultural Policy Analysis held at the UP Los Baños...

A General Equilibrium Model for Philippine Agricultural Policy Analysis

This article has been presented at the Workshop on Methods for Agricultural Policy Analysis held at the UP Los Baños...

Technical Change and the Structure of Informal Credit Markets in Philippine Agriculture

The role of informal credit markets in the promotion of new technology has become significant given the shortcomings of the...

The Structure of Rural Household Income and Its Implications on Rural Poverty in Bicol, Philippines

Against the background of weak agricultural sector and the resulting poverty in the rural sector, this study looks at the...

Thirty-Three Facts About Philippine Agricultural Credit

This paper is an edited and expanded version of PIDS Staff Paper 87-02. It provides a number of facts and...

Comparative Saving Behavior of Rural and Urban Households in the Philippines

Marginal saving rates for the Philippine households are estimated, distinguishing between rural and urban households, by region and by income...

Impact of Public Policies on Rural Informal Credit Markets in the Philippines: Synthesis of Survey Results and Lessons for Policy

In the nonperformance of the formal financial sector to cater to the needs of some groups, informal measures have been...

Interlinked Credit Arrangements

This article is a review attempting to provide the background for a more detailed and rigorous examination, both theoretical and...

The Impact of Technical Change on Rural Labor Markets in the Philippines

Analysis of micro-level data confirms the effects of differential technical change on both the demand and the supply side of...

Agricultural Growth and Rural Performance: A Philippine Perspective

Usual indicators of intertemporal rural performance are technically flawed mainly because of the “shifting” of the physical area of the...

Dynamics of Rural Development: Analytical and Policy Issues

This article aims to contribute to the understanding of the links among conceptual, empirical and policy issues relating to agricultural...

GATT-UR and Philippine Agriculture: Facts and Fallacies

GATT-UR provisions on agriculture have been most controversial. Its ratification depends on the establishment of adequate “safety nets” to protect...

Targeting Transfers to the Poor: the Case of Food Subsidies

Provision of safety nets for the poor is a popular call in development policies especially in light of the government’s...

Old Images and New Challenges: Rethinking the Mission of Agricultural Support Systems in Asia

To speak of rethinking the mission of the agricultural support system is no easy task. It has already played crucial...

Philippine Rice Supply and Demand: Prospects and Policy Implications

Over the past three decades, the level and nature of government interventions and the relative importance of policy objectives have...

Simulating the Effects of GATT-UR/WTO on the Philippine Economy

The GATT/WTO may affect the Philippine economy in three ways: through changes in tariff structure resulting from the country’s commitment...

Constraints to Food Security: The Philippine Case

Over the past two decades, the Philippine economic growth has been erratic and lower than most developing countries in Asia....

Agricultural Biotechnology: Opportunities and Challenges for the Philippines

Developing countries, still heavily dependent on agriculture, must now harness biotechnology to modernize agricultural production and diversify product outputs. The...

How Do Research Projects Influence the Design of Local Policies for Environmental and Natural Resource Management?

This paper documents and analyzes interactions between environmental and natural resource (ENR) management research and local governance. It draws from...

Avoiding Anomalies of Gross Domestic Product in Constant Prices by Conversion to Chained Prices

Changing the base year (1985) of Philippine gross domestic product (GDP) in constant prices could change the growth rate and...

Agricultural Diversification and the Fruits and Vegetables Subsector: Policy Issues and Development Constraints in the Philippines

Fruits and vegetables comprise a large and dynamic subsector within Philippine agriculture. However, the country`s agricultural development strategy continues to...

Incorporating Regional Rice Production Models in a Simulation Model of Rice Importation: a Discrete Stochastic Programming Approach

In the Philippines, importation has remained as one of the most feasible options for the government to meet the growing...

Addressing Land Degradation: Benefits, Costs, and Policy Directions

Land degradation in the Philippines is a serious environmental problem with long-term implications for the sustainability of agricultural production. Protection...

The ASEAN Economic Community Blueprint: Implementation and Effectiveness Assessment for Philippine Agriculture

The ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) Blueprint outlines the plan of countries in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to...

Sustaining the Competitiveness of Philippine Services

Competitive services are necessary for attaining inclusive and sustainable growth. Although the Philippines has notably succeeded in developing several globally...

Domestic Resource Cost in Philippine Agriculture: Measuring Global Competitiveness of Key Commodities

A well-known indicator of comparative advantage is domestic resource cost (DRC). This study provides updated estimates of DRC for major...

The Fertilizer Industry and Philippine Agriculture: Policies, Problems, and Priorities

The fertilizer policy in the country has evolved from pervasive interventionism in the 1970s to today's market-oriented regime. Government has...

Chronic Food Poverty and Weather Variability in the Philippines

This study examines the effects of weather variability on food poverty dynamics in the Philippines. Among others, it finds that...

Boosting the Productivity of Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries through Parcelization of Collective Certificate of Land Ownership Awards

This paper identifies the benefits and problems in the subdivision of collective land titles in the Philippines. In particular, it...

The Philippine Journal of Development in the Early 21st Century (2002–2023)

As the Philippine Journal of Development (PJD) celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2024, this paper reviews all articles...