Are scarce resources going to the right crops?

Posted on August 11, 2014 08:33:00 PM Are scarce resources going to the right crops?   0  0 Google +0  0 M.A.P. Insights Rolando Dy POLITICIANS, THE MEDIA, and many experts and academics point to irrigation, farm-to-market roads and post-harvest facilities as the answers to agriculture development. This article will specifically look at irrigation.    RELATED

The avoidable tragedy of rural poverty

Posted on June 30, 2014 08:36:23 PM   The avoidable tragedy of rural poverty   48  2 Google +0  0 M.A.P. Insights Rolando Dy HIGH POVERTY afflicts rural communities. Coconut farmers and small fisherfolk are among the poorest of the poor. Something is amiss with agriculture support services in the countryside. I am not referring

So much idle land

Posted on May 26, 2014 08:52:14 PM   So much idle land, so much rural poverty 9  1 Google +0  1 Map Insights Rolando T. Dy WHY IS THERE so much rural poverty in the Philippines compared to ASEAN countries? The main reasons are low farm productivity and lack of diversification, among others. Limited farm

Bangsamoro: The quest for inclusive growth

MAPping the Future Bangsamoro: The quest for inclusive growth By Rolando T. Dy 4:17 am | Monday, April 7th, 2014 Ads by Google   With the Bangsamoro Peace Framework Agreement between the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and the government having been signed, a Transition Commission will be drafting the bill for Congress.  The 40-year war

AEC 2015: Is Agri-Food Sector Ready?

Posted on March 17, 2014 09:09:30 PM AEC 2015: Is agri-food sector ready? Facebook Tweet LinkedIn Google + ShareThis Map Insights Rolando Dy THE LEADERS of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), at their Summit in Kuala Lumpur in December 1997, decided to transform the ASEAN into a stable, prosperous, and highly competitive region with equitable economic development,

Reviving Visayas agriculture and fishery

Posted on January 06, 2014 08:20:08 PM Reviving Visayas agriculture and fishery (a Marshall Plan?) Facebook Tweet LinkedIn Google + ShareThis Map Insights Rolando Dy THE DEVASTATION inflicted by Yolanda on the Visayas region calls for outside-the-box strategic thinking. Millions of coconut trees were toppled. Thousands of small boats and large areas of fishponds were destroyed. Millions of lives