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The cause of dualism within the agriculture sector becomes startlingly obvious - food retail is growing but food exporting countries and their agribusiness allies and not the domestic small producers like Nita Oigoan of Rizal are the ones primarily benefitting from it. (Original photo: Veejay Villafranca)

Back in the Game: Winning strategies for private sector investments on small producers in the Philippines

The towering presence of supermarkets and food retail outlets in almost every major street and district seem to conjure an image of a vibrant agriculture, an encouraging sign of the bright prospects facing this important segment of the economy. It conceals the desperation that pervades in some...