Status and highlights of socio-economics and policy research on riverine ecosystem in the Philippines
1999
De Jesus, C.C. (Philippine Council for Aquatic and Marine Research and Development, Los Banos, Laguna (Philippines))
The paper presented an overview of the status of socio-economic and policy research in the fishery sector. Three hundred fifty studies were reviewed. Most of them were socio-economic benchmark information (24%), production economics (25%) and marketing/processing/utilization prices (20%) type of studies. Policy studies constituted 9% while resource economics represented 5% of the total. Least studied areas were on credit and extension, bio-economics, technology adoption and impact studies. A scarcity of socioeconomic and policy researches on riverine ecosystems was noted. Priority R & D [research and development] areas included: 1) identification and characteristics of the beneficiaries; 2) assessment of present uses of riverine ecosystem; 3) ascertaining economic potential of riverine ecosystems on sustainable basis, marketing studies and policy research on assessment of management and development activities in riverine ecosystems; and 4) studies on the politics of the use of riverine ecosystem
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