This special 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...
This retrospective essay examines six decades of work on rice price stabilization and food security in Asia, emphasizing the critical role of stable rice prices in promoting pro-poor growth, economic development, and political stability. Based on extensive policy engagement in countries such as...
In the last four decades of the 20th century, the world rice market was highly unstable, with price volatility greater than that on world wheat and maize markets. In the 21st century, however, new dynamics (a thicker world rice market, more irrigation, milder export restrictions) have contributed to...
The Philippine economy’s growth has accelerated since 2010, outperforming its Asian peers in the current decade. However, poverty reduction is comparatively weak in response to growth, suggesting that growth has been less inclusive than expected. Poverty in the Philippines is still largely a...
With the world population anticipated to reach over nine billion in 2050, and the majority of whom will live in cities, feeding a predominantly urban population will pose additional challenges to a predominantly rural-based agrifood system. Further, with the focus of economic activity being centered...
Assertions of pervasive inefficiency in the behavior and organization of developing agriculture are found to be based on unsound methodologies. Models apparently based on expected utility theory are theoretically flawed and use highly restrictive assumptions that make them largely irrelevant for...
Transforming the Philippine food system is essential to achieving AmBisyon Natin 2040 and addressing persistent malnutrition. This paper focuses on youth engagement as a pathway to reform by exploring how to inspire interest in agriculture, improve dietary quality, and integrate nutrition into...
Feeding the growing global population and reducing poverty require innovative approaches in agriculture and food systems to sustain the planet’s health and food requirements. Sustainable development can be achieved by generating new knowledge and translating them into use through innovation...
Flooding remains one of the most destructive and recurring natural hazards in the Philippines, exacerbated by climate change and intensified weather events. To address this challenge, the University of the Philippines Resilience Institute (UPRI), through its NOAH Center, developed an...
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