MAPPING THE FUTURE Would banning mining jeopardize our quality of life? By: Rolando T. Dy – @inquirerdotnet Philippine Daily Inquirer / 12:04 AM March 27, 2017 Anti-mining groups proliferate these days. They want to ban mining because it is anti-environment. Do they really mean what they say? Minerals and metals have been part of our
A new book that calls for action on poverty reduction through a revitalized agribusiness sector will be out soon. Written by Prof. Rolando T. Dy of the University of Asia and the Pacific (UA&P), “Agribusiness and Rural Progress: Actions for Poverty Reduction” contains 86 articles that cover the global and ASEAN fronts, local and regional perspectives,
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The Food and Agri Business Monitor February 2017 issue: * Narratives from Agribusiness Experts * The Flourishing Bakeshop Business
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MAPPING THE FUTURE Benchmarking Asean export drivers: How is PH faring? By: Rolando T. Dy – @inquirerdotnet Philippine Daily Inquirer / 12:56 AM March 06, 2017 Export is a vital cog of development. The country needs foreign exchange to fund imports from food to machinery to raw materials to oil. It has to pay foreign
Opinion Growing agriculture to reduce poverty: The simple math 1 0 Google +0 0 M. A. P. Insights Rolando T. Dy Posted on February 21, 2017 The poverty incidence remained very high in the Philippines at 21.6% in 2015, down from 26.3% in 2010. The Duterte administration wants to bring this level to 14% by 2022. High rural poverty
Narratives from agribusiness experts By: Rolando T. Dy – @inquirerdotnet Philippine Daily Inquirer / 12:12 AM February 13, 2017 There are agribusiness “heroes” in the country. Many succeeded solely by their own efforts, and helped others, too. Here are some of their stories. Mango Rolly is a veteran Chinoy trader (his full name withheld upon request). He has encyclopedic
Opinion Let’s fix our trade statistics 0 0 Google +0 0 M. A. P. Insights Rolando T. Dy Posted on January 24, 2017 There are many stories from the private sector about the unreliability of some export statistics. The latest was about the halving of banana exports in 2015 from 2014. Despite the drought, these numbers were not as