Current Structure and Future Challenges of the Agricultural Sector

Majah-Leah Ravago and Arsenio Balisacan

No 201511, UP School of Economics Discussion Papers from University of the Philippines School of Economics

Abstract: This chapter provides an overview of the patterns, composition, policies and institutional environment that have influenced the performance of the agriculture sector in recent years. The focus is on the changing dynamics of supply and demand for agriculture as a whole and for key commodity groups and livestock in the context of a growing economy, urbanization, and regional market integration. It concludes with a discussion of the policy and institutional challenges to making agriculture a key pillar in the country’s pursuit of inclusive growth, poverty reduction, and sustainable development.

Keywords: Philippine agriculture; structural transformation; poverty (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q10 Q17 Q18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 48 pages
Date: 2015-10
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Published as UPSE Discussion Paper No. 2015-11, October 2015

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