Upland agriculture in the Philippines: Issues and directions towards the attainment of the AFMA goals

College

College of Liberal Arts

Department/Unit

Political Science

Document Type

Article

Source Title

Ecosystems & Development Journal

Volume

4

Issue

1

First Page

17

Last Page

26

Publication Date

2013

Abstract

This paper focuses on the different issues that confront the upland agriculture sector in the Philippines. It analyzes the impacts of State policies and programs in agriculture and in natural resources vis-a-vis the upland agriculture sector, and evaluates these in the light of how such issues enable or retard the attainment of the Agriculture and Fisheries Modernization Act (AFMA) goals namely poverty alleviation, agricultural sustainability, and global competitiveness. The paper points out certain flaws in the governance mechanisms of the uplands for agricultural purposes, where territorial and jurisdictional issues between the agriculture and the environmental natural resources (ENR) sectors exist, and where the real value of upland agriculture and its contribution to the national economy is not adequately measures. Thus, creative and innovative solutions are required in the form of key policy interventions to enable the Philippine uplands to become a template upon which the agenda of poverty alleviation, sustainable agriculture, and global competitiveness can be realized. This would require changing both policies and practices.

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Disciplines

Agriculture

Keywords

Agriculture--Philippines

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