The paper examined the effects of COVID-19 pandemic on the Philippines' MSMEs across the food value chain and the strategies that food-based MSMEs employed to cope with disruptions. A food value chain framework was used toanalyze the food-based MSMEs, focusing on the input and service provision, production/farming, processing, transport and...
Effects of the Small Enterprises Technology Upgrading Program of the Department of Science and Technology–Philippines on the Productivity of Beneficiary Enterprises in CALABARZON
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) initiated the Small Enterprise Technology Upgrading Program (SETUP) to provide assistance to micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) through technological innovations. From 2002 to 2010, 51 projects in CALABARZON availed of the SETUP assistance mainly for the acquisition of production equipment. This study...