Transforming the coconut industry : institutional and policy reforms toward shared development / by Jose V. Romero Jr.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: Manila : University of Asia and the Pacific, 2005.Description: xvi, 216 pages : illustrations ; 28 cmContent type:
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Online resources: Abstract: JOSE V. ROMERO, JR. University of Asia and the Pacific. May 2005. Transforming The Coconut Industry: Institutional and Policy Reforms Toward Shared Development. Thesis Adviser: Dr. Bernardo A. Villegas The general objective of the study is to analyze the impact on the coconut industry in general and small coconut farms in particular, of the COCOFED and crony capitalists’ influenced policy initiatives in the sixties through the early eighties. Specifically, the study seeks to: (a) establish a direct link between a powerful sector of the oligarchy - the COCOFED/CRONY capitalists group - and the underdevelopment of the coconut industry during the patrimonial regime of a dictatorial president which persists to this day; (b) determine the specific impact of the set of policies inspired and influenced by the above group on the coconut industry as a whole and on the livelihood and quality of life of the small coconut farmers, using economic analysis and policy review; and © recommend a comprehensive plan to maximize the productivity, income and employment of small coconut farmers, promote a level playing field for the coconut industry in a free and competitive market, and promote optimum government policy intervention. The study used policy research to trace the causal relationship between the policy interventions in the seventies and early eighties and the influence of the industry players in the formulation of these policies. The COCOFED/crony capitalists’ influence on policies agricultural policy (i.e., policies related to programs designed to increase productivity and improve farm technology, e.g., hybridization (Bugsuk project), monocropping, intercropping, etc).; industrial Policy (ie., programs geared toward value adding and forward integration (e.g. UNICOM); financial policy (i.e., financial structuring of the industry (e.g. UCPB, CIIF); fiscal policy (i.e., the incidence of coconut levies and tariffs and their impact on coconut farmer income; and commercial policy (ie., the effect of trade policies on the industry (e.g. export ban, UNICOM monopoly). The study also used nominal protection rates to determine the economic impact of the coconut levies. The results of the study showed that through the undue influence of the COCOFED/crony capitalists, the Marcos government embarked on a vertical integration program which systematized the development of the coconut industry through the integration of different aspects from production and processing to exportation. This allowed the group to reap the benefit from processed production which commanded a better price in the world market.
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Thesis (Ph.D.) University of Asia and the Pacific.

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JOSE V. ROMERO, JR. University of Asia and the Pacific. May 2005. Transforming The Coconut Industry: Institutional and Policy Reforms Toward Shared Development.
Thesis Adviser: Dr. Bernardo A. Villegas

The general objective of the study is to analyze the impact on the coconut industry in general and small coconut farms in particular, of the COCOFED and crony capitalists’ influenced policy initiatives in the sixties through the early eighties. Specifically, the study seeks to: (a) establish a direct link between a powerful sector of the oligarchy - the COCOFED/CRONY capitalists group - and the underdevelopment of the coconut industry during the patrimonial regime of a dictatorial president which persists to this day; (b) determine the specific impact of the set of policies inspired and influenced by the above group on the coconut industry as a whole and on the livelihood and quality of life of the small coconut farmers, using economic analysis and policy review; and © recommend a comprehensive plan to maximize the productivity, income and employment of small coconut farmers, promote a level playing field for the coconut industry in a free and competitive market, and promote optimum government policy intervention.

The study used policy research to trace the causal relationship between the policy interventions in the seventies and early eighties and the influence of the industry players in the formulation of these policies. The COCOFED/crony capitalists’ influence on policies agricultural policy (i.e., policies related to programs designed to increase productivity and improve farm technology, e.g., hybridization (Bugsuk project), monocropping, intercropping, etc).; industrial Policy (ie., programs geared toward value adding and forward integration (e.g. UNICOM); financial policy (i.e., financial structuring of the industry (e.g. UCPB, CIIF); fiscal policy (i.e., the incidence of coconut levies and tariffs and their impact on coconut farmer income; and commercial policy (ie., the effect of trade policies on the industry (e.g. export ban, UNICOM monopoly). The study also used nominal protection rates to determine the economic impact of the coconut levies.

The results of the study showed that through the undue influence of the COCOFED/crony capitalists, the Marcos government embarked on a vertical integration program which systematized the development of the coconut industry through the integration of different aspects from production and processing to exportation. This allowed the group to reap the benefit from processed production which commanded a better price in the world market.

Submitted to the University Library 01/13/2006 T-3212

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