Agricultural Diversification in Philippine Development Strategy

Harry T. Oshima
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Harry T. Oshima: University of the Philippines School of Economics

Philippine Review of Economics, 1987, vol. 24, issue 3&4, 159-198

Abstract: This paper discusses the significant role of agricultural diversification in the Philippine recovery program. It tackles certain aspects which were not taken up in the Medium-Term Philippine Development Program, I987-I992. The urgent need for developing agricultural diversification in the Philippines is presented as a way of solving problems of growing rural underemployment particularly in the drier months, low peasant incomes, and poor nutrition among the low-income groups. Also, it examines the potentials for diversification as well as the obstacles confronting it. The Philippine experience is compared with those of other Southeast Asian countries to provide a broader perspective for policies and their implementation.

Date: 1987
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