Measuring sustainability, efficiency and equitability of Philippine agriculture
1998
Cabanilla, L.S. | Paunlagui, M.M. | Umali, M.G. | Calderon, R.P. (Philippines Univ. Los Banos, College, Laguna (Philippines). Coll. of Public Affairs)
This paper seeks to suggest for agriculture, indicators for efficiency, equity and sustainability. These parameters are presumed critical in helping ensure that growth in agriculture would approach what is conceived to be optimal for the society, i.e., that development is truly achieved. In view of the current initiatives to stimulate agricultural growth and the rapidly changing domestic and international economic environment, this exercise is essential. The approach involved a review of the concepts and indicators commonly used to measure efficiency, equity and sustainability. Except for sustainability, there is a common consensus as to what they imply. In general, however, they suggest a unique allocation of resources so that a certain desired result is achieved. In the review of data available and indicators being used, it can be concluded that they suffer from a number of shortcomings. In many instances, the information do not come out regularly and they are not organized in a manner appropriate for the present study. The data sets need to be reorganized and subjected to recalculations before they could become useful for the specific purpose of this study. Proposed recommendations are presented. Recommendations are presented to assure safe agricultural produce
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