Going bananas and more

Going bananas and more By: Rolando T. Dy – @inquirerdotnet Philippine Daily Inquirer / 02:11 AM December 05, 2016 Banana is the only crop in many decades that reached $1.14 billion in exports in 2014 and $963 million in 2013. In 2015, it dipped to about $900 million, contrary to the government statistics of $440 million. More of this

Agribusiness Corridors

Opinion Agribusiness corridors 0  0 Google +0  0 M. A. P. Insights Rolando T. Dy Posted on November 29, 2016 Economic corridors are not new but their potential as engines of sustainable development has been largely untapped, according to economist Eva Gálvez Nograles of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). In a report, “Making economic corridors work for the

Lagging Pacific Provinces

Lagging Pacific provinces By: Rolando T. Dy – @inquirerdotnet Philippine Daily Inquirer / 12:02 AM November 14, 2016 The Philippine Pacific coast comprises 17 provinces from Batanes in the north to Davao Occidental in the south, out of 81 provinces. The total population was 13.2 million in 2015, or 13 percent of the country’s  population and 24 percent of

Philippine Provincial Trading Hubs

Philippine provincial trading hubs By: Rolando T. Dy – @inquirerdotnet Philippine Daily Inquirer / 02:01 AM October 24, 2016 Philippine regions have capital cities. So does each province. For instance, Koronadal, popularly known as Marbel, is the regional capital of Soccsksargen, and it is also the capital of South Cotabato. However, the trading hub of the region is General

Benchmarking Asean Food Exports

Benchmarking Asean food exporters By: Rolando T. Dy – @inquirerdotnet Philippine Daily Inquirer / 01:47 AM October 03, 2016 HOW DOES the Philippines compare with its Asean counterparts in food exports? In 2014 (the latest data), the country exported a total of $6.7 billion as compared to Indonesia’s $40.9 billion, Malaysia’s $27.8 billion, Thailand’s $37.4 billion and Vietnam’s $19.7

Sources of Agriculture Growth

Opinion Sources of Agriculture Growth 0  0 Google +0  0 M. A. P. Insights Rolando T. Dy Posted on September 20, 2016 How did agriculture perform under Presidents Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and Benigno S. C. Aquino III? Observers found that rural poverty has not fallen in the past decade. During 2001-2010 (January-December), agricultural growth averaged 2.8% a year under Arroyo,

Agriculture research and development revisted

Agriculture research and development revisited By: Rolando T. Dy – @inquirerdotnet Philippine Daily Inquirer / 12:00 AM September 12, 2016 Agriculture research is a driver of competitiveness and product diversification. In my long years as observer of developments in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, I’ve seen how agriculture research and development (R&D) became a major force for productivity