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Benchmarking 5.2.8 Benchmarking corn yield levels among selected Asian countries indicated that the Philippines lags far behind China, Thailand, and Indonesia although it has overtaken India in 2004. Philippine yield performance from 1993-1998 was lowest at 1.3% but its yield growth improved from 1999-2004 with 4.8% following Malaysia and Vietnam. The growth can probably be attributed to the expanded plantings of hybrid corn seeds. Table 5.2.1. CORN: Comparative Yields of Selected Asian Countries, 1993, 1998 and 2004 Country Yield (ton/ha) 1993 1998 2004 China 4.96 5.27 5.12 India 1.60 1.80 2.00 Indonesia 2.20 2.65 3.34 Malaysia 1.90 1.85 3.00 Philippines 1.52 1.62 2.14 Thailand 2.73 3.34 3.87 Viet Nam 1.78 2.48 3.49 Source of basic data: FAO 5.2.9 In terms of producer prices, the Philippines came out to be the most expensive corn producer among selected Asian countries which was $40 more expensive than Indonesia. There was a significant decrease in Philippine prices which saw the country with lower prices than Indonesia in 2002. Table 5.2.2. CORN: Comparative Producer Prices of Selected Asian Countries, 1993, 1998 and 2002 Country Price ($/ton) 1993 1998 2002 China 97.01 131.90 108.86 India 108.06 112.17 116.64 Indonesia 130.97 86.77 141.41 Philippines 170.72 144.54 124.41 Thailand 109.00 95.02 96.42 Source of basic data: FAO and IFS Competitiveness analysis 5.2.10 The results of parity price ratio estimation showed that corn production systems in Isabela and South Cotabato were not price competitive with corn exports. The export parity/domestic price ratios across different levels of technology and exchange rates were all less than one implying noncompetitiveness with the corn export price (UA&P Foundation, 2000) 5- 14
5.2.11 The import parity/domestic price ratios across three corn producing provinces (Isabela, Nueva Ecija, South Cotabato) were greater than one implying that the domestic production of corn in these provinces was price competitive. It was noted that the higher the exchange rate, the more price competitive domestic corn becomes in these provinces. (UA&P Foundation, 2000) 5.2.12 The analysis of corn cost competitiveness showed that the domestic corn production systems in Isabela and South Cotabato were not competitive in the export market (UA&P Foundation, 2000) 5.2.13 The estimates showed that domestic corn production across production technology and province was more efficient than corn imports. Resource cost ratios (RCR) were less than one for high technology production system in South Cotabato as well as low technology hybrid in Isabela implying global competitiveness. (UA&P Foundation, 2000) SWOT Analysis 5.2.14 A strength of the corn industry is the availability of high yielding varieties, Bt corn and modern technologies together with the presence of input suppliers and seed producers. However, inputs are relatively expensive and some areas have limited access to good quality seeds. 5.2.15 For the new technologies to be adopted in the farmers’ field, financing is very important. Farmers often seek the very active informal sector for credit. Though this could be counted as a weakness due to high interest rates of 5% per month, at least there is some source of credit for the farmers who cannot afford to borrow from formal lending institutions due to their basic inability to comply with the usual requirements. 5.2.16 One opportunity where farmer can afford to borrow from formal institutions is through the integration of production of high value crops and/or livestock to diversify the sources of income. But there may be hesitation from banks and government financing institutions (GFIs) to grant loans in such areas unless the basic issue of loan payment, which is in turn related to market, is addressed. For this to happen, the private sector and the government should unite and resolve to act together to help the farmers in such area and condition. 5.2.17 Looking at the national picture, there is a surplus of white corn but when it comes to the regional level especially in the consumption areas, there are deficiencies. As previously cited, this is because of general separation of areas of corn production from that of consumption (Table 5.2.3). 5.2.18 Corn’s productivity level has been increasing at slower pace and this can be attributed to low usage of higher yielding varieties, low level of inputs application and planting in more marginal areas. About 70% of area devoted to 5- 15
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Trade 5.9.4 Imports of chicken meat
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Table 5.9.2. BROILER: Comparative P
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Table 5.9.3. BROILER INDUSTRY: SWOT
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5.10.4 Chicken egg is produced main
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5.10.9 During 1993 to 2002, India h
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5.11 MILKFISH Production 5.11.1 Mil
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SOCCSK- SARGEN Source of basic data
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Table 5.11.2. MILKFISH INDUSTRY: SW
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Figure 5.12.2. TILAPIA: Production
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5.12.10 Meanwhile, the Philippines
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5.13 TUNA Production 5.13.1 Total p
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Trade 5.13.5 Total export earnings
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Processing 3. Presence of canneries
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Korea 240,002 194,882 194,853 Phili
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Marketing 7. Established marketing
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