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Agriculture::
Philippine
Status,
Challenges
&
Status, Trends &
Emerging Trends
Challenges
Dr.
Dr. Danilo
Danilo C.
C. Cardenas
Cardenas
Deputy Executive Director for R & D
DOST - PCARRD
EMERGING TRENDS IN
PHILIPPINE AGRICULTURE
EMERGING TRENDS IN
PHILIPPINE AGRICULTURE
EMERGING TRENDS IN
PHILIPPINE AGRICULTURE
EMERGING TRENDS IN
PHILIPPINE AGRICULTURE
EMERGING TRENDS IN
PHILIPPINE AGRICULTURE
CHALLENGES
z The poor state of local infrastructure
has dampened the positive effects of
increased agricultural productivity on
agricultural commodity prices, kept
transport and post-harvest handling
costs inexorbitantly high and
inhibited agricultural growth from
further stimulating the progress of
the non-aggie sector as it did in most
NICs.
CHALLENGES
z With our ever increasing population,
the amount of arable land suited to
agriculture has declined, water
availability becoming scarce, and the
extent of environmental degradation
is on the rise.
CHALLENGES
z Other set of challenges are also
emerging from a constantly shifting
development scenarios such as trade
liberalization, IPR issues, climate
change, heightened interests on
innovations systems/biofuels, rapid
urbanization associated with land use
conversion & changing food habits/
lifestyles and the appearance of many
players in agricultural R&D are
changing the pattern and nature of
agriculture.
CHALLENGES
z Barriers to change needs to be
surmounted - Given this new