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Analyzing Supply Chains with Pluralistic and Agribusiness Systems Frameworks
Special problems arise when analyzing supply chains because of the complexity of the relationships in the system. In addressing this concern for a research project on a vegetable supply chain in Mindanao, the authors of this paper use a pluralistic methodology. A soft-systems framework was used to...Volume 1 Issue No. 2 (December 2004) -
Analysis of the Strawberry Value Chain in the Philippines
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) -
Productivity and Competitiveness of Garlic Production in Pasuquin, Ilocos Norte, Philippines
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...Volume 18 Issue No. 1 (June 2021) -
The Microeconomics of Agricultural Development: Risk, Institutions, and Agricultural Policy
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) -
Rice Value Chain Analysis in the Philippines: Value Addition, Constraints, and Upgrading Strategies
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)
