The Division of Public Policy (PPOL) is pleased to announce the publication of a new book chapter by Dr. Nicolo Ludovice, Research Assistant Professor at HKUST. His chapter, entitled “Dairying Dependence: Industrialization and Ecological Change During the Postwar Philippines,” appears in the forthcoming volume Halo-Halo Ecologies: The Emergent Environments Behind Filipino Food, edited by Alyssa Paredes and Marvin Joseph Montefrio and published by the University of Hawai‘i Press in 2025.
This edited volume presents an interdisciplinary exploration of Filipino food through the lens of environmental change, cultural history, and political economy. Dr. Ludovice’s chapter offers a critical examination of the postwar Philippines’ push for dairy industrialization and its ecological consequences, shedding light on how agricultural policy, state-led modernization, and international development efforts reshaped the country’s food systems and natural landscapes.
This publication underscores Dr. Ludovice’s continued contributions to the intersections of environmental studies, agrarian change, and Southeast Asian policy history.
To learn more about the book, please visit: https://lnkd.in/gxAUq454