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AJAD@20

"Asian Agriculture and Development in a Dynamic and Volatile Landscape of Demands, Peoples, and Risks"

AJAD 20th Anniversary Issue
(October 2024)

The Asian Journal of Agricultural Development (AJAD) 20th Anniversary Issue, with the theme "Asian Agriculture and Development in a Dynamic and Volatile Landscape of Demands, Peoples, and Risks," features articles from three senior members of our Editorial Board, namely C. Peter Timmer, James Roumasset, and David Dawe, who take both a retrospective and forward-looking view at agriculture in Asia. Five more papers from other prominent experts complete this special AJAD issue, with which we hope to provide our readers and subscribers an engaging variety of relevant, useful, and even practical knowledge to students, educators, researchers, practitioners, advocates, and policymakers alike.

AJAD’s First Twenty Years: Evolving Knowledge and Practice in Asian Agriculture and Rural Development

Cielito F. Habito
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How I Learned to Stabilize Rice Prices, and Why: A Retrospective Essay

C. Peter Timmer
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New Dynamics in the World Rice Market

David Dawe
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Growth, Poverty, and Food Policy in the Philippines: Lessons for the Post-COVID-19 Era

Majah-Leah V. Ravago, Arsenio M. Balisacan, and Enrico G. Trinidad
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Urban Agriculture and Food Security in Development Planning

Paul Teng
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The Microeconomics of Agricultural Development: Risk, Institutions, and Agricultural Policy

James A. Roumasset
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Youth Engagement in Transforming the Food System to Address Malnutrition in the Philippines

Howarth E. Bouis, Ma. Cristina B. Sison, and John Carlo L. Navasero
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Re-engineering Agricultural Innovation in Southeast Asia (RAISE-Asia)

Evangelyn C. Alocilja
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An Impact-Based Flood Forecasting System for Citizen Empowerment

Alfredo Mahar Francisco Lagmay, Gerry Bagtasa, Dinnah Feye Andal, et al
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AJAD's First Twenty Years: Evolving Knowledge and Practice in Asian Agriculture and Rural Development

As AJAD looks to its next 20 years, we aim to cast an even wider net across the region to gather and share broader and deeper perspectives toward building a stronger knowledge base to propel agriculture and rural development in Asia and beyond, for the benefit of all.

Asian Agriculture and Development in a Dynamic and Volatile Landscape of Demands, Peoples, and Risks

3 February 2025
9:30 a.m. (GMT +8:00)

AJAD, an internationally peer-reviewed scientific journal of SEARCA, celebrates two decades of contributing to the knowledge base of Asian agriculture and development through a paper seminar, featuring the presentation and discussion of two published articles in the AJAD 20th Anniversary Issue released in October. Read more.

Speakers:

Dr. C. Peter Timmer

Thomas D. Cabot Professor of Development Studies
Emeritus, Harvard University
Cambridge, MA, USA

Dr. Alfredo Mahar Francisco Lagmay

Executive Director
UP Resilience Institute
University of the Philippines
Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines

Discussants:

Dr. Bruce Tolentino

Former Monetary Board Member
Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas
and SEARCA Senior Fellow

Dr. David Dawe

Independent Economist
Formerly with UN FAO

AJAD 20th Anniversary Ceremony

3 February 2025, 9:30 a.m.–12:00 noon (GMT +08:00)
SEARCA Umali Auditorium, Los Baños, Laguna

Watch the Ceremony Here
SEAMEO colors and song

AVP

9:30–9:35 a.m.
Welcome remarks

Dr. Glenn B. Gregorio
SEARCA Center Director

9:35–9:45 a.m.
Message

Dr. Arsenio M. Balisacan
Secretary, National Economic and Development Authority, and Former SEARCA Director (2003–2009) and Founder of AJAD

9:45–9:55 a.m.
Presentation of the AJAD 20th Anniversary Issue

Dr. Cielito F. Habito
AJAD Editor and Former Secretary of Socio-economic Planning, National Economic and Development Authority

9:55–10:10 a.m.
Formal launching of the AJAD 20th anniversary issue and handing of copies to authors and guests

Group photos

Dr. Gregorio, Dr. Balisacan, and Dr. Habito

10:05–10:15 a.m.
Intermission

Philippine High School for the Arts

10:15–10:20 a.m.
Paper seminar: "How I Learned to Stabilize Rice Prices and Why"

Dr. C. Peter Timmer
Thomas D. Cabot Professor of Development Studies, Emeritus, Harvard University

10:20–10:40 a.m.
Discussants and Q&A
(on the floor and online)

Dr. V. Bruce J. Tolentino
Former Monetary Board Member, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas and SEARCA Senior Fellow

Dr. Samarendu Mohanty
Vice President, The Rice Trader

Q&A

10:40–11:10 a.m.
Paper seminar: "An Impact-Based Flood Forecasting System for Citizen Empowerment"

Dr. Alfredo Mahar Francisco Lagmay
Executive Director, University of the Philippines Resilience Institute

Q&A

11:10–1:45 a.m.
Closing remarks

Dr. Nur Azura Binti Adam
SEARCA Deputy Director for Programs

11:45–11:50 a.m.
SEARCA song

Philippine High School for the Arts

11:50–11:55 a.m.
Opening of AJAD@20 exhibit

SEARCA Officials and AJAD editor

11:55 a.m.–12:00 noon

Master of Ceremonies:
Assoc. Prof. Joselito G. Florendo
SEARCA Deputy Director for Administration