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    The Fertilizer Industry and Philippine Agriculture: Policies, Problems, and Priorities

    Briones, Roehlano M. | June 2017
    Abstract
    The fertilizer policy in the country has evolved from pervasive interventionism in the 1970s to today’s market-oriented regime. Government has abandoned price policies and subsidies, focusing rather on standard setting, quality regulation, and training. Over the same period, domestic demand for fertilizer has continually increased, though recently, resurgent fertilizer prices have reduced total utilization. Evidence suggests that farmers (at least in the case of rice) are underapplying fertilizer, forfeiting efficiency gains at the margin. On the supply side, imports have in the past few decades emerged as the main source of fertilizer, as domestic production has dwindled. With deregulation, numerous private sector players have taken over its distribution; analysis of the supply chain points to low marketing margins. Integration analysis fails to find systematic arbitrage opportunities between the domestic and world markets. Within the domestic market, however, there remain large disparities in prices across regions. Priorities for research and policy are therefore understanding the behavior of farmers in terms of fertilizer application, and addressing internal price disparities, perhaps by improved transport infrastructure and logistics.
    Citation
    Briones, Roehlano M.. 2017. The Fertilizer Industry and Philippine Agriculture: Policies, Problems, and Priorities. © Philippine Institute for Development Studies. http://hdl.handle.net/11540/7658.
    ISSN
    2508-0954
    2508-0849 (electronic)
    Keywords
    Diseases
    Agricultural education
    Sustainable development
    Environmental management
    Safety Education
    Water Quality
    Animal Diseases
    Chemical Fertilizer
    Agriculture
    Sustainable agriculture
    Commercial agriculture
    Fertilizer Industry
    Agricultural diversification
    Agricultural resource
    Farm produce
    Rice farming
    Soil science
    Agricultural information network
    Agricultural landscape management
    Farm management
    Agricultural innovations
    Technological innovations
    Agricultural processing industry
    Alternative agriculture
    Organic dairy farming
    Organic floriculture
    Organic viticulture
    Produce trade
    Crop
    Organic gardening
    Export
    Import
    International competition
    Commercial policy
    International trade
    Farm population
    Agricultural population
    Food
    Food Supply
    Farm supply industry
    Produce trade
    Fertilizers and Manures
    Organic Fertilizers
    Artificial Fertilizers
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    http://hdl.handle.net/11540/7658
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    Theme
    Agriculture
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