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- Agricultural economy of an upland community: Twelve-year (1994-2006) trend in Bukidnon, PhilippinesRola, Agnes C.; De Mesa, J. P. A.; Bagares, I. B. (Laguna, Philippines: University of the Philippines Los Baños, 2008)This paper chronicles the trends in the indicators of the agricultural economy in the upland community of Lantapan, Bukidnon, which was the site of a long term study investigating agricultural sustainability. Collection of the panel data started in 1994; the latest data set collected refers to 2006. From 1994 to 2002, the focus of the surveys was to understand the environmental effect of economic policies. The 2006 survey aimed at further monitoring these impacts especially from a climate vulnerability perspective. The crop year 2006 was characterized as a La Nina period in the Philippines.
- Coping with El Nino, 1998: An investigation in the upland community of Lantapan, Bukidnon, PhilippinesRola, Agnes C.; Tabien, C.; Bagares, I. B. (Laguna, Philippines: University of the Philippines Los Baños. Institute of Strategic Planning and Policy Studies, 1999)This report contains the results of the survey of households in Lantapan, Bukidnon, Philippines that captured the production and other household data for the first half of 1998.The focus of this paper is to learn more about the impact of the drought on the upland farmers' land use and other production decisions. The sources of alternate incomes and the coping mechanisms employed by the households in the light of the El Niño are also investigated. Such knowledge could guide policy and technology intervention in future unfavorable weather spells.
- Do non-farm jobs affect soil conservation decisions? A ten-year (1996-2006) study in Bukidnon, PhilippinesRola, Agnes C.; De Mesa, J. P. A.; Bagares, I. B. (Laguna, Philippines: University of the Philippines Los Baños, 2008)Using time series data of an upland community in the Philippines, this paper aims to understand whether soil conservation practices by upland farmers is affected by opportunities for non-farm jobs. The paper first analyzes the national trends in economic growth and the structural change in employment by industry origin as a result of wage trends in both farm and non farm jobs. Municipal trends in the study site on agricultural and non agricultural wages, farm and non farm employment are also presented. The factors that affect the propensity to participate in non farm jobs are identified through a logit model. A logit model is also estimated to establish relationship between the propensity to practice soil conservation and the participation in non farm employment.
- Economic development in the Philippines' uplands: Who wins? Who loses?Rola, Agnes C.; Coxhead, Ian; Bagares, I. B.; Villavelez, E. (Laguna, Philippines: University of the Philippines Los Baños. Institute of Strategic Planning and Policy Studies, 2003)Both trade liberalization and decentralization hastened economic development in the uplands. Upland dwellers are seen to be increasingly integrated in crop and labor markets. But this economic encroachment on peoples way of lives has differential impacts on various groups of people in the uplands. This paper examines those differential impacts. By using the data from surveys of the SANREM-CRSP Project based in Bukidnon, we find that, in general, the older members of the population and the females are negatively affected by economic development. Social policies at the local level of governance should be in place to secure safety nets for these vulnerable groups. Livelihood opportunities for women and the ageing population could minimize the inequities that economic development brings.
- Gender and conservation agriculture: Constraints and opportunities in the PhilippinesHarman Parks, M.; Christie, Maria Elisa; Bagares, I. B. (2014)This research addresses the gender-based constraints and opportunities in the Philippines for conservation agriculture productions systems (CAPS) with smallholder farmers. Men and women have different access to assets including land, information, and livelihood opportunities which can impact CAPS adoption. Men and women also have a gendered division of labor which needs to be taken into consideration when introducing CAPS to stakeholders. This paper also discusses how CAPS activities could influence gender relations in this site if farmers were to adopt the practice. It provides recommendations for increasing the likelihood of adoption as well as gender equity.
- Vegetable-Agroforestry Systems in the PhilippinesCatacutan, Delia C.; Mercado, Agustin R. Jr.; Chiong-Javier, M. E.; Ella, Victor B.; Espaldon, Maria Victoria O.; Rola, Agnes C.; Palada, Manuel C.; Duque-Piñon, Caroline; Saludadez, J. A.; Penaso, A. M.; Nguyen, M. R.; Pailagao, C. T.; Bagares, I. B.; Alibuyog, N. R.; Midmore, David J.; Reyes, Manuel R.; Cajilig, R.; Suthumchai, W.; Kunta, K.; Sombatpanit, Samran (Beijing, China: World Association of Soil and Water Conservation (WASWAC), Nairobi, Kenya: the World Agroforestry Center (ICRAF), 2012)