The Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (Searca) believes that the adoption of good agricultural practices (GAP) can help corn farmers increase their productivity and income, which will in turn help the government prompt more corn farmers to get crop insurance.
To validate that point, Searca is undertaking the study “Improving the Corn Insurance Program to Enhance Resilience to Climate Change” to analyze how GAP adoption among corn farmers can be implemented to complement the agricultural insurance system in the Philippines. The project is led by Dr. Jose Yorobe Jr., associate professor from the College of Economics and Management of the University of the Philippines-Los Baños. The study covers top corn producing provinces: Pangasinan (Alcala and Bayambang); Isabela (Cauayan City and Ilagan) and Bukidnon (Malaybalay City and Don Carlos).
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