Food security versus rice self-sufficiency: Policy lessons from the Philippines

• Main Authors: Galero, Sealtiel O., So, Steven Alfred Lee Q.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 2013
• Subjects: Food security > Philippines; Agriculture and state > Philippines; Economics
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/5539
• Institution: De La Salle University

In the 2007-2008 rice price crises, the price of rice in the world market suddenly rose. This became a big problem for most of the developing countries, including the Philippines, because the marginalized households in these countries eat rice as their staple food. Before the crisis happened, the ma...