Why does the Philippines Import Rice? Meeting the challenge of trade liberalization

Contents (iii)......Page 3
Foreword (v)......Page 5
Acknowledgments (vii)......Page 7
Executive summary (ix)......Page 9
Some little-known facts about rice in the Philippines (1)......Page 16
1. Dawe: The Philippines imports rice because it is an island nation (3)......Page 17
2. Cabling & Dawe: Filipino farmers receive high palay prices (9)......Page 22
3. Dawe, Moya, Casiwan, & Cabling: Better banks and paddy wholesale markets are the key to reducing rice marketing margins (13)......Page 25
4. Dawe: Farm laborers, not palay farmers, do the bulk of the work producing the nation’s rice (23)......Page 35
Rice trade liberalization, poverty, and food security (27)......Page 38
5. Casiwan, Cabling, Nievara, Mataia, & Dawe: Rice farmers are better off than many other farmers (29)......Page 39
6. Dawe: Rice trade liberalization will benefit the poor (43)......Page 52
7. Dawe: The world rice market can be trusted (53)......Page 62
Improving productivity in the rice sector: solutions for farmers (61)......Page 69
8. Casiwan - Use of hybrid rice in suitable areas can improve farmers’ yield and income (63)......Page 70
9. Moya & Dawe: Mechanization and saving labor are the keys to making rice more competitive (69)......Page 75
10. Dawe, Moya, Gascon, Valencia, & Jamora: Can nitrogen management in Philippine rice production be improved? (73)......Page 79
11. Cataquiz, Casiwan, & Dawe: Seed subsidies need to be well targeted and of limited duration (77)......Page 82
12. Mataia & Dawe: Lack of credit is not a major constraint to improving the productivity of rice farmers (81)......Page 86
13. A second Green Revolution in the Philippines: insecticide use on rice has declined to low levels (85)......Page 90
Potential for crop diversification (89)......Page 94
14. Dawe, Moya, & Casiwan: The potential for crop diversification among rice farm households: an overview (91)......Page 95
15. The potential for crop diversification in eleven key rice-producing provinces (99)......Page 102
15A. Agusan del Sur (100)......Page 103
15B. Bautista: Bohol (105)......Page 108
15C. Moya & Dawe: Bukidnon (109)......Page 112
15D. Moya: Camarines Sur (113)......Page 116
15E. Olivares: Iloilo (118)......Page 121
15F. Cabling: Isabela (124)......Page 127
15G. Capuno & Canoy: Leyte (129)......Page 132
15H. Jamora: Nueva Ecija (133)......Page 136
15I. Moya & Castillo: Oriental Mindoro (138)......Page 141
15J. Cataquiz: Pangasinan (143)......Page 146
15K. Mataia & Soriano: South Cotabato (147)......Page 150
16A. Jamora, Casiwan, & Funtanilla: Opportunities beyond rice farming: a Luzon farmer’s perspective on diversification (153)......Page 156
16B. Casiwan, Olivares, Mataia, & Cabling: Crop diversification experience of an irrigated rice farmer in Iloilo (157)......Page 159
16C Mataia & Soriano: A Mindanao farmer’s perspective on crop diversification (159)......Page 161
17. References (161)......Page 163