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  • An Impact-Based Flood Forecasting System for Citizen Empowerment

    Alfredo Mahar Francisco Lagmay, Gerry Bagtasa, Dinnah Feye Andal, Fritz Dariel Andal, Janice Aldea, Dianne Charmaine Bencito, Kenneth Liporada, and Patricia Anne Delmendo
    This work addresses the critical issue of flooding, a significant natural hazard, consistently ranked highest in the 2023 World Risk Index. The annual onslaught of tropical cyclones and the associated abnormal rainfall threaten lives, and destroy crops and property, thereby causing great economic...
    Volume 21 20th Anniversary Issue (October 2024)
  • The Microeconomics of Agricultural Development: Risk, Institutions, and Agricultural Policy

    James A. Roumasset
    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...
    Volume 21 20th Anniversary Issue (October 2024)
  • Unveiling Socioeconomic Factors Shaping Global Food Prices and Security: A Machine Learning Approach

    Shan Shan
    Global concern over food prices and security has intensified due to armed conflicts such as the Russia–Ukraine war, the recent COVID-19 pandemic, and climate change. Traditional analysis of global food prices and their associations with socioeconomic factors has relied on static linear...
    Volume 21 Issue No. 2 (December 2024)
  • Analysis of the Strawberry Value Chain in the Philippines

    Mar B. Cruz, Clarizel Joy Jamille R. Gomez, and Janelle Ayne C. Sarmiento
    This study analyzes the strawberry value chain in the Cordillera Administrative Region of the Philippines in light of longstanding supply chain inefficiencies and the disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Using a two-phase framework, the research first mapped the value chain—from input...
    Volume 21 Issue No. 1 (June 2024)
  • Economic and Profitability Analysis of Walnut Production in Kashmir Valley, India

    Fayaz Ahmad Lone, M. Imran Ganaie, Showkat A. Ganaie, Javeed Ahmad Rather, and M. Shafi Bhat
    The Jammu and Kashmir union territory is the largest producer of walnuts in India, and this crop provides an important source of livelihood for many farmers. This study aims to measure the economic efficiency and profitability of walnut orchards and explore constraints in cultivation in the Kashmir...
    Volume 20 Issue No. 2 (December 2023)
  • Climate-Smart Villages in Southeast Asia: The Pivotal Role of Seed Systems in Rice-Based Landscapes

    Reiner Wassmann, Julian Gonsalves, Peter Sprang, Bui Tan Yen, Jerome Villanueva, Phalida Nelakhom, and Bernard Okumu
    Given the aggravating nature of climate change impacts, rice farming will increasingly rely on improved resilience to climate variability and extremes. To this end, the climate-smart village (CSV) approach was developed to address specific challenges of smallholder farmers. Within Southeast Asia...
    Volume 19 Issue No. 1 (June 2022)
  • Sustainability of Microfinance Institutions in Thailand

    Wittawat Hemtanon and Christopher Gan
    Microfinance programs play a vital role in poverty alleviation in developing countries; however, most microfinance institutions (MFIs) face the challenge of maintaining financial sustainability. While several studies have investigated factors affecting MFI financial sustainability, only a few focus...
    Volume 19 Issue No. 1 (June 2022)
  • Productivity and Competitiveness of Garlic Production in Pasuquin, Ilocos Norte, Philippines

    Ceptryl S. Mina, Salvador P. Catelo, and Carolyn D. Jimenez
    A total of 124 garlic farmers were selected and interviewed to evaluate the productivity and competitiveness of garlic farming in Pasuquin, Ilocos Norte, Philippines. The Technical efficiency (TE) was estimated using a stochastic frontier analysis or SFA based on the Cobb-Douglas production...
    Volume 18 Issue No. 1 (June 2021)
  • Rice Value Chain Analysis in the Philippines: Value Addition, Constraints, and Upgrading Strategies

    Alice Mataia, Jesusa Beltran, Rowena Manalili, Betzaida Catudan, Nefriend Francisco, and Adrielle Flores
    Using the value chain analysis (VCA) framework, this research analyzed the rice value chain (RVC) in the Philippines, examined the value additions, identified constraints, and proposed upgrading strategies to enhance the competitiveness of the rice industry and the specific segments in the RVC...
    Volume 17 Issue No. 2 (December 2020)
  • Contract Farming through Tea-Horticulture Intercropping System: A Case Study of Gambung Estate and Horticultural Farmers in Bandung, Indonesia

    Kralawi Sita, Achmad Imron Rosyadi, and Tri Maruto Aji
    Contract farming is becoming a viable form of partnership between tea plantation companies and local farmers in the management of tea plantations. This study aimed to: (1) describe a contract farming pattern through the system of intercropping tea-horticulture, (2) analyze the efficiency of the...
    Volume 15 Issue No. 1 (June 2018)
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