7 articles found for keyword search: self-sufficiency
-
Self-Sufficiency and International Trade Policy Strategies in the Malaysian Rice Sector: Approaches to Food Security Using Spatial Partial Equilibrium Analysis
While the status quo of the national rice economy remains ambiguous, the Malaysian rice policy stand and tendency is more likely to move to a self- sufficiency strategy. Despite this, Malaysia has made an extreme policy decision to pursue an autarky economy in its primary staple, i.e., rice, thus...Volume 16 Issue No. 1 (June 2019) -
Growth, Poverty, and Food Policy in the Philippines: Lessons for the Post-COVID-19 Era
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...Volume 21 20th Anniversary Issue (October 2024) -
Economic Transformation of Agriculture in Asia: Past Performance and Future Prospects
As an economy develops, agriculture faces distinctly different problems: food insecurity, sectoral income inequality, and food trade deficits associated with declining comparative advantage. Fear of widespread famine was Asia's major agricultural problem in the 1960s, which was subsequently...Volume 9 Issue No. 1 (June 2012) -
Technological and Institutional Changes in the Indonesian Rice Sector: From Intensification to Sustainable Revitalization
Agricultural development in Indonesia has been changing dynamically since the country's independence. This paper reviews the rice sector as part of agricultural development in Indonesia. It is remarkable that the agricultural sector was ignored when the oil boom benefited Indonesian economy. As...Volume 6 Issue No. 2 (December 2009) -
Social Capital and the Local Food Movement in Japan: The Case of the Chiba Prefecture
This study investigates the relationship between social capital and local food movements in rural Japan, with the latter factor markedly leaning towards the goal, "Local Production for Local Consumption" (LPLC). Promoted by the central and local governments in Japan since the 1990s, LPLC...Volume 6 Issue No. 1 (June 2009) -
Sustainability and Governance of Microfinance Institutions: Recent Experiences and Some Lessons for Southeast Asia
Microfinance has become an important tool for poverty reduction in many parts of the world, including Asia and the Pacific region. Microfinance institutions (MFIs) target the poor through innovative approaches which include group lending, progressive lending, regular repayment schedules, and...Volume 3 Issue No. 1&2 (December 2006) -
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)
