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NARES Capacity in Relation to International Treaties and Conventions on Intellectual Property Rights, Agricultural Biotechnology, and Plant Genetic Resources Management
Significant developments in the scientific front and international policy arena have affected the use and exchange of genetic resources, and the management of intellectual property. These developments are now reshaping public agricultural research and development (R&D) in developing countries...Volume 3 Issue No. 1&2 (December 2006) -
Pig Production in Cambodia, Laos, Philippines, and Vietnam: A Review
In the last two decades, Asia has become the world's fastest economically growing area. Countries in Southeast Asia are growing at an increasing rate. For instance, the average annual income is increasing from 4% to 8%, population from 2% to 3%, urbanization from 4% to 6%, and meat consumption...Volume 3 Issue No. 1&2 (December 2006) -
Biodiversity Research for Sustainable Development: Can It Be Achieved?
Biodiversity is said to be the "heart of sustainable agricultural systems." Biodiversity research is envisioned to provide a better understanding of development issues so that better policy responses, management practices and actions will ultimately redound to a better quality of life for all...Volume 2 Issue No. 1&2 (December 2005) -
Ensuring Food Security – A Case for ASEAN Integration
The ASEAN member countries can be grouped into three sub-groups, each of which exhibits a distinct pattern with respect to food security issues. The first group is made up of the relatively food-secure countries of Singapore and Brunei. The second group consists of Malaysia, Thailand, Philippines...Volume 2 Issue No. 1&2 (December 2005) -
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) -
Reconceiving Food Security and Environmental Protection
The twin issues of food security and environmental protection for the remainder of the century will be defined by expectations that the population will continue to grow to 11 billion, mainly in less developed countries (LDCs), as well as by human behavior. This paper considers conventional analyses...Volume 1 Issue No. 2 (December 2004) -
How I Learned to Stabilize Rice Prices, and Why: A Retrospective Essay
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...Volume 21 20th Anniversary Issue (October 2024) -
Feeding the Future: Knowledge and Perceptions of the Filipino Youth Toward Agriculture
Cognizant of the critical role the youth could play to sustain, develop, and build a sustainable, resilient, and inclusive agriculture industry, this study was conceptualized to establish a thorough understanding of the determinants of the Filipino youth’s intention to enroll in agricultural...Volume 20 Issue No. 2 (December 2023)
