Assessing benefits and costs of commercial banana production in the Philippines

dc.contributor.authorCalderon, R.en
dc.contributor.authorRola, Agnes C.en
dc.contributor.departmentSustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebaseen
dc.coverage.spatialThe Philippinesen
dc.coverage.spatialCosta Ricaen
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-19T18:08:59Zen
dc.date.available2016-04-19T18:08:59Zen
dc.date.issued2003en
dc.description.abstractThe Philippine banana industry is currently one of the top agricultural export earners. The increasing demand worldwide has resulted in greater expansion of area planted to banana, including those in environmentally critical places. Current high chemical input technologies used in banana production have been documented to have significant environmental and public health costs. In this paper, we assess the social costs and private benefits of banana production by commercial growers. We used primary data in Bukidnon to argue that government policies can provide incentives and promote environmental stewardship to achieve a net positive outcome from banana production.en
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier65en
dc.identifier.citationISSPS Working Paper no. 03-03en
dc.identifier.other65_AssessingBenefits.pdfen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/65595en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherLaguna, Philippines: University of the Philippines Los Baños. Institute of Strategic Planning and Policy Studiesen
dc.subjectDeforestationen
dc.subjectIncome generationen
dc.subjectSoil degradationen
dc.subjectEnvironmental impactsen
dc.subjectInternational tradeen
dc.subjectLocal policyen
dc.subjectTropical zonesen
dc.subjectPesticide poisoningen
dc.subjectPest managementen
dc.subjectEconomic impactsen
dc.subjectHealth impactsen
dc.subjectWater pollutionen
dc.subjectExportsen
dc.subjectBananasen
dc.subjectHorticultureen
dc.subjectEnvironmental degradationen
dc.subjectThe Philippinesen
dc.subjectCosta Ricaen
dc.subjectEnvironmental stewardshipen
dc.subjectOrganic wasteen
dc.subjectEcosystem Governanceen
dc.titleAssessing benefits and costs of commercial banana production in the Philippinesen
dc.typeTechnical reporten
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten

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