Soil conservation decisions and non-farm economic conditions: A study of the rural labor market in the Philippine uplands of Bukidnon
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2001
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Los BaƱos, Philippines: Philippine Council for Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Resources Research and Development
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In Chap. 4 the authors hypothesize that non-farm opportunities will reduce family labor input in farm operations even in a relatively remote upland area. This, we hypothesize, will occur because rising wages or earnings opportunities make farm work less remunerative relative to non-farm. Households will respond by cultivating less land, mechanizing some tasks, or shifting to crops or techniques that are less management and laborintensive.
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Economic growth, Soil degradation, Soil erosion, Economic impacts, Natural resource management, Environmental law, Rural-rural migration, Land degradation, Economic development, Employment trends, Non-farm employment, Sustainable resource management, Upland communities, Soil conservation techniques, Labor market trends, Ecosystem Farm/Enterprise Scale Governance