The origin and distribution of cassava in Asia is discussed. The other topics covered include: agronomy and utilization; area, production and yield; cassava trade in Asia; and cassava industry in the Asia-Pacific Region (i.e. Thailand, Indonesia, India, China, Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Sri...

An examination was made of the way in which the introduction of lowland irrigation systems, a form of technical progress, has affected the demand for labour and, by extension, farmers' activities near the forest margins in Palawan. Agricultural outcomes are compared in two adjacent and similar...

An ex ante evaluation of factors affecting farmers' land use is presented, using surveyed data gathered from low-income maize and vegetable farmers in a southern Philippines watershed at the forest margin to measure how land and labour allocations for various crops respond to changes in expected...

Results of the collaborative research activities of the IRRI and Philippine Rice Research Institute to study rice diversity and its management by farmers in the Cagayan Valley are presented. In addition, the opportunities to involve farmers in the overall framework of rice genetic resources...

This paper deals with an applied research activity, conducted by the International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management, which explored opportunities for the improvement of existing pond management practices, mainly through integration with other farm enterprises and through the...

This chapter examines the potential of genetics-based technologies to enhance the livelihoods of poor people in developing countries, in the context of current development paradigms. Issues related to impacts on production and producers, fish consumers, and on employment opportunities, are...

Scientific collaboration between crop scientists and developing-world farmers is a growing, but still far too rare, occurrence. Reductionism and the privileging of certain forms of 'scientific' discourse typically produce ontological, epistemological and sociological 'exclusions' by which farmer...

This chapter examines the plant variety protection (PVP) regimes emerging throughout Asia. The overview provided includes China, Indonesia, Korea, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Pakistan, Thailand and Vietnam. With particular emphasis on the Philippines, it analyses the introduction of PVP from an...

Light industry and agriculture dominate the Philippine economy. There are well-developed industries in food processing, textile, clothing, wood-forest products and home appliances. Key areas of science and technology identified by the government are biotechnology, materials science, information...

We review the development of an approach to integrate biodiversity conservation and agroforestry development through the active involvement of communities and their local governments near the Kitanglad Range Natural Park in the Manupali watershed, central Mindanao, Philippines. Agroforestry...