Philippine agriculture is dying—what will it take to save it? (Focus on the Global South)

 Rappler published an opinion  on the state of agriculture in the Philippines. The article reports that Philippine agriculture was not in the best of health when we entered the WTO in 1995, but the cure, import liberalization on our part as the rich countries maintained their highly subsidized trade structures was a cure far worse than the disease. IFPRI warned, “without reform of agricultural trade barriers in industrialized countries, import liberalization in the developing world will perpetuate unfair competition.”  Republished in Focus on the Global South (Thailand).