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Food & Agriculture Panel

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Panel Exit Report14th Congress

COMSTET

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1987Congressional Commission onScience & Technology and Engineering

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Agriculture and Food Panel

Dr. William PadolinaChair

Dr. Arsenio BalisacanTAC Adviser

MEMBERS

Dr. Jose BacusmoDr. Ponciano Batugal

Mr. Nicomedes EleazarDr. Raul Hernandez

Dr. Bart LapusDr. Luis Rey Velasco

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Focus on the Global Fresh

and Processed FoodMarket

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Achievingcompetitiveness by

increasing productivity

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Assessment

Increasing productivity to meetfood security goals, including

sufficiency in basic food items,will require investments in

technology and technologydelivery

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Challenges

Compliance of fresh and processed foodproducts to market requirements is low.This includes lack of understanding and

implementation of market standards anddocumentation, and non-compliance withGood Agricultural Practices and GoodManufacturing Practices

Low investment in the science andtechnology of product development inagriculture and fisheries

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Challenges (continued)

Low quality and numbers of graduatescientists and engineers

Low adoption/commercialization ofavailable improved technologies, alsolack of effective demand

Weak innovation andentrepreneurship cultures

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Opportunities

Production and therefore supply of fresh fruitscan be sustained or even increased in thePhilippines

The country is very close in proximity to theAsian and ASEAN markets for fresh, frozen, andprocessed foods

There is a growing support from the academeand R&D institutes for food industries

Filipino manpower is trainable

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S&T Strategy

A good scan of the global food

market to provide the roadmap for

applying science and technologyto make Philippine agriculture

competitive

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S&T Strategy

Increasing productivity with limited arable land tomeet the needs of a global market, a growingpopulation and changing food habits in order to

maintain adequate supply and affordability ofnutritious and healthy food for the Filipino.

Channel the research and development agendatowards products that the market will desire and

will be able to absorb.

Clear and well-defined application of scienceand technology to create new wealth in rural

areas

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Focus on Development of New FoodProducts for Domestic, Export Market

NOVELFOODS

MARINEPRODUCTS

SPICES FRUITS SPECIALCHARACTER-

ISTICS

BOUTIQUE

FOODS

OCTOPUS &

OTHERSCEPHALO-PODS

PEPPER POMELO HIGH MELTING

POINT CHOCO

CULTUREDGAROUPA

LABUYO OTHERCITRUS

FRUITS

COCONUTSWITH HIGH

LEVELS OFMEDIUM CHAINTRIGLYCERIDES

OYSTERS

MUSSELS

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Management Tools

Improve database Use remote sensing technologies

Improve market intelligence

Establish Product Testing and Analysis Laboratories

Establish Regional Packaging Centers

Improve food engineering, postharvest processingcapability

Increase budgets on R&D institutions FoodDevelopment Center, BIOTECH-UPLB

Financing for Biocommerce ventures - Credit from ruralbanks

Predictable legal environment Review bankruptcylaws, IPR regime

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Private-Public Partnership

The government and the private sectorcan be made to share the investment costand returns of R&D

Intermediaries who can think and performwith the speed of private business but areanalytic as the academe and policy-

oriented as the government must be put inplace to provide a timely response to thedynamic market

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A Technology-Explicit Development Agenda

recognizes the Role of Science and

Technology in the following:

Promote Economic Efficiency

Facilitate Trade Attract investments

Ensure Food Security

Assure Quality of Human Resources

Enhance Environmental Protection

Mitigate Disasters and Hazards

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Thank you