MAPPING THE FUTURE US-Asean agri-food trade: Who is faring better? By: Rolando T. Dy – @inquirerdotnet Philippine Daily Inquirer / 12:01 AM January 05, 2015 The United States is one of the largest trade partners of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. In agri-food products, the total two-way trade in 2013 was $29 billion: $10.2
Posted on January 05, 2015 09:36:00 PM Rule of law and poverty reduction 1 0 Google +0 0 M.A.P Insights Rolando T. Dy “Poverty can be reduced in societies which are governed by the rule of law,” said Samuel Gregg of Acton Institute, writing for Public Discourse and re-published by MercatorNet. The US-based Acton Institute is a think
Posted on November 17, 2014 09:56:00 PM The economic sub-regions in our backyard: What do we know? 2 0 Google +0 0 M.A.P. Insights Rolando T. Dy THE BRUNEI Darussalam-Indonesia-Malaysia-Philippines East ASEAN Growth Area (BIMP-EAGA) and Indonesia-Malaysia-Thailand Growth Triangle (IMT-GT) held their second joint conference in Davao City on October 23-26. The sub-regions belong to the ASEAN. The
Posted on October 27, 2014 09:42:00 PM Momentum and inertia in rural development 0 0 Google +0 0 M.A.P. Insights Rolando Dy IN MY TOUGH physics class at the University of the Philippines in Diliman many moons ago, I learned that the momentum of an object depends on how heavy the object is
Posted on October 13, 2014 09:04:00 PM Farmers need to look far into the horizon 0 0 Google +0 1 M.A.P. Insights Rolando T. Dy PRICE VOLATILITY is a common phenomenon among traded commodities. Prices are market signals of supply and demand. Supply is affected by production and stock levels. Production is influenced by
Posted on September 22, 2014 09:43:00 PM Why institutions are key to inclusive growth 3 1 Google +0 0 M.A.P. Insights Rolando T. Dy WHY are some countries successful in giving their people better lives while others are not? Why are there different levels of poverty in Southeast Asia? We will try to answer
MAPPING THE FUTURE AEC: How the Philippines fares against Asean agri-food players By: Rolando T. Dy – @inquirerdotnet 12:00 AM September 08, 2014 A country’s global competitiveness is reflected in the list of companies in the global stage. Among these are: ADM, Bunge, Cargill and Dreyfus (the ABCD) for commodities; and Pepsico, Coca Cola, Mondelez
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
Posted on July 14, 2014 08:48:53 PM Saving our coco farmers by using our coconuts 0 0 Google +0 0 M.A.P. Insights Rolando Dy IN BUSINESS, there is a dictum: Don’t fall in love with your product. If you don’t innovate, your product will become obsolete sooner than later. In the corporate world,
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