Sustainable Agriculture as an E-Cube Approach to Alleviating the Urban and Rural Poverty Problem
This paper defines E3 or E-cube (Efficient x Equitable x Environmental-Friendly) as an equivalent way of viewing sustainable shared growth. It provides a preliminary survey of studies which show that sustainable agriculture could be considered as a feasible alternative to conventional agriculture. In particular, these studies support the following theses: that sustainable agriculture could be as efficient if not more efficient than conventional agriculture, that sustainable agriculture could be more equitable than conventional agriculture when the former is targeted towards the rural poor; that sustainable agriculture could be more environmentally-friendly than conventional agriculture given the former’s tendency to significantly reduce the use of agro-chemical inputs, irrigation, and fossilized fuels, and to promote biodiversity. Based on the premise that urban poverty could be traced in no small measure to migration from the rural sector, particularly the rural poor, the promotion of sustainable could be considered as one way to alleviate the urban poverty problem, when sustainable agriculture presents to the rural poor a viable alternative to the migration strategy.
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Dr. Ferdinand C. Maquito (nickname: Max)
Senior Lecturer in the School of Labor and Industrial Relations, University of the Philippines
Researcher, Sekiguchi Global Research Association
Through the above institutions, he pursues his research and advocacy for sustainable shared growth in the Philippines through manufacturing and the empowerment of poor rural communities
Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Tokyo (1996)
M.S. in Industrial Economics, Center for Research and Communication (1986)
B.S. Mechanical Engineering from the University of the Philippines (1982)
Some recent publications/presentations
· “Mega Toushi Manira ni Okeru Kankyouteki ni Jisoku Kanou na Koutsu he no Chouzen: EDSA wo Chuushin ni” (Challenging Environmentally Sustainable Transportation in Mega City Manila: Focus on EDSA” , Proceedings of the 38th SGRA Forum in Tateshina, Japan (held July 3, 2010) SGRA Report No. 55, December 15, 2010
· “KyouyuuGata Seichou Toshiteno Higashi Ajia Tougou” (An East Asian Integration as Shared Growth), Chapter 21 (co-authored with Hitoshi Hirakawa) in “Higashi Ajia no Shin Sangyou Shuseki: Chiiki Hatten to Kyouryoku/Kyousei” (New Industrial Agglomeration of East Asia: Regional Development in Copperation and Symbiosis), Hitoshi Hirakawa, Makoto Tawada, Ryuhei Okumura, Nobuyoshi Yamori, Jong-He Seo (eds.), Tokyo: Gakujutsu Shuppankai, November 2010
· “East Asian Integration and Shared Growth: Some Preliminary Results of a Center for Buoyancy Approach” (co-authored with Hitoshi Hirakawa) in Proceedings of “International Conference: Industrial Agglomeration, Regional Integration and Durable Growth in East Asia” sponsored by the Faculty of Banking and Finance, and the Faculty of International Economics of the Foreign Trade University (Hanoi, Vietnam) and the Graduate School of Economics and the Economic Research Center of Nagoya University, October 28 – 29, 2010, Hanoi, Vietnam, pp. 250-267
· “Rediscovering Japan’s Leadership in “Shared Growth” Management”, Rikkyo Business Review Number 3, July 2010, pp. 20-38 (co-authored with Henrietta Carbonel)
· “A Roadmap for Shared Growth through the Philippine Auto Industry”, August 1, 2008, mimeo, 132 pages (submitted to a major Japanese automotive firm and the Philippine Department of Trade and Industry)
· “A Comparative Economic Analysis of Japanese-Style Labor Contracts from a Shared Growth Perspective” submitted to National Industrial Relations Conference of the Philippine Industrial Relations Society under the theme “The Philippine Employment Relations Initiatives: Carving a Niche in the Philippine and Asian Setting”, held on August 24-25, 2011 at the SOLAIR Auditorium, Bonifacio Hall, UP Diliman, Philippines
· “Some Preliminary Thoughts on Sustainable Shared Growth in Industry”, presented in the Workshop on Industry and Economy in East Asia (“Towards Sustainable Shared Growth in Industrial Asia”) March 12, 2011, School of Economics, Nagoya University