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Evaluating Policies for the Philippine Rice Market: Applications of the REMEDIOS Model
For agriculture, market conditions change rapidly, whereas agricultural policies tend to follow with a lag. Debates are prolonged in the absence of sufficient information about the potential impact of policies across different groups and on society in general. When policies do adjust, changing...Volume 23 Issue No. 1 (June 2026) -
Policy Comment: Unraveling the Rice Varietal Dilemma within the EU-Vietnam Trade Agreement
The EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA), effective on 1 August 2020, provides Vietnam with a tax-free quota of 80,000 t of rice annually. However, a significant portion of Vietnam’s rice exports to the EU fail to qualify for this quota because the outdated varietal list in the EVFTA does not...Volume 22 Issue No. 2 (December 2025) -
Developing a National Agri-Food Composition Database to Support Nutrition, Trade, and Rural Development in Vietnam
Reliable and up-to-date food composition data are vital for nutrition policy, public health programs, and sustainable agricultural planning. Yet, Vietnam has lacked such a comprehensive and standardized national resource. This study developed Vietnam’s first agri-food composition database by...Volume 22 Issue No. 2 (December 2025) -
Development of the Malaysian Dairy Goat Value Chain: Farm-to-Glass and Productivity Perspectives
This study provides a comprehensive overview of Malaysia’s dairy goat industry from a supply chain perspective, focusing on productivity performance and value chain integration. Despite Malaysia’s favorable agroclimatic conditions, the national goat population remains small, totaling 439,667...Volume 23 Issue No. 1 (June 2026) -
Youth Engagement in Transforming the Food System to Address Malnutrition in the Philippines
Transforming the Philippine food system is essential to achieving AmBisyon Natin 2040 and addressing persistent malnutrition. This paper focuses on youth engagement as a pathway to reform by exploring how to inspire interest in agriculture, improve dietary quality, and integrate nutrition into...Volume 21 20th Anniversary Issue (October 2024) -
How I Learned to Stabilize Rice Prices, and Why: A Retrospective Essay
This retrospective essay examines six decades of work on rice price stabilization and food security in Asia, emphasizing the critical role of stable rice prices in promoting pro-poor growth, economic development, and political stability. Based on extensive policy engagement in countries such as...Volume 21 20th Anniversary Issue (October 2024) -
New Dynamics in the World Rice Market
In the last four decades of the 20th century, the world rice market was highly unstable, with price volatility greater than that on world wheat and maize markets. In the 21st century, however, new dynamics (a thicker world rice market, more irrigation, milder export restrictions) have contributed to...Volume 21 20th Anniversary Issue (October 2024) -
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) -
Unpacking the Climate Change Adaptation "Toolbox" of Rice Communities in Central Luzon, Philippines
Agriculture is among the sectors that severely suffer from the impacts of climate change. Hence, climate change adaptation (CCA) mechanisms must be in place to ensure that food production will not be compromised. This study used a “toolbox” approach to assess the adaptive capacity of rice...Volume 22 Issue No. 2 (December 2025) -
Unveiling Socioeconomic Factors Shaping Global Food Prices and Security: A Machine Learning Approach
Global concern over food prices and security has intensified due to armed conflicts such as the Russia–Ukraine war, the recent COVID-19 pandemic, and climate change. Traditional analysis of global food prices and their associations with socioeconomic factors has relied on static linear regression...Volume 21 Issue No. 2 (December 2024)