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There are a variety of factors that affect <strong>the</strong> adoption of crop diversification. Theseare <strong>the</strong> biotic (soil and k<strong>in</strong>d of crop), environmental (climate), socio-economic and<strong>in</strong>stitutional factors. For emphasis, <strong>the</strong> socio-economic and <strong>in</strong>stitutional factors werediscussed more than <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r two.Four important government policies that directly or <strong>in</strong>directly affect cropdiversification were presented. These are, pric<strong>in</strong>g policy, tax and tariff policies, policy onpublic expenditure, and agrarian reform.Past, present and future programmes and projects on crop diversification are,likewise, presented. Present and future programmes largely depend on <strong>the</strong> activeparticipation of <strong>the</strong> private sector with <strong>the</strong> government provid<strong>in</strong>g technical and <strong>in</strong>frastructuresupport.REFERENCESAdriano, M.S. 1989. Implications for policy of <strong>the</strong> studies on profitability of irrigated nonricecrop production: A syn<strong>the</strong>sis. Proc. National workshop on <strong>Crop</strong> <strong>Diversification</strong><strong>in</strong> Irrigated Agriculture <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> Philipp<strong>in</strong>es. IIMI, Sri Lanka, 134-142.Adriano, M.S. and V.E. Cabezon. 1993. Economic policies affect<strong>in</strong>g crop diversification <strong>in</strong><strong>the</strong> Philipp<strong>in</strong>es. Proc. National Workshop on <strong>Crop</strong> <strong>Diversification</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> Philipp<strong>in</strong>es,IIMI, Sri Lanka, 134-142.Agulto, I. C. 1993. On-farm water management practices for upland crops. Proc. NationalWorkshop on <strong>Crop</strong> <strong>Diversification</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> Philipp<strong>in</strong>es, IIMI, Sri Lanka, 56-64.Bureau of Agricultural Research. 1999. The Philipp<strong>in</strong>e National Agenda for Research andDevelopment. BAR, Quezon City, Phil.Bureau of Agricultural Statistics. 1994, 1997, 1998 and 1999. Selected statistics onagriculture. DA-BAS, Quezon City, Phil.Bureau of Agricultural Statistics. 2000. Report on <strong>the</strong> performance of agriculture, January-December 1999.Cablayan, D. and A. Valera. 1993. Irrigated diversified cropp<strong>in</strong>g constra<strong>in</strong>ts <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong>Philipp<strong>in</strong>es: A prelim<strong>in</strong>ary study. IIMI Annual Report, 197-231.Felizardo, B. C. 1988. Status and prospects of coconut-based farm<strong>in</strong>g systems <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong>Philipp<strong>in</strong>es. Coconut R&D Book Series no 59/88, PCARRD, Los Baños, Phil. 170-177.Gonzales, L.A. 1989. The economics of diversify<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>to irrigated non-rice crops <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong>Philipp<strong>in</strong>es. Proc. National workshop on <strong>Crop</strong> <strong>Diversification</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> Philipp<strong>in</strong>es,IIMI, Sri Lanka, 203-208.103

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