Does nonfarm job growth encourage or retard soil conservation in Philippine uplands?

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dc.contributor.authorRola, Agnes C.en
dc.contributor.authorCoxhead, Ianen
dc.contributor.departmentSustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebaseen
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-19T18:07:27Zen
dc.date.available2016-04-19T18:07:27Zen
dc.date.issued2002en
dc.descriptionMetadata only recorden
dc.description.abstractThis paper examines the impacts that growth in nonfarm job opportunities may have on agricultural practices in the Philippine uplands. One possible scenario is that the increased opportunity cost of farm labor would decrease the use of labor-intensive cultivation. However, this could also cause decrease the use of labor-intensive conservation techniques. The authors use the upland of the Manupali watershed in Bukidnon, Philippines to assess these potential impacts. They find that nonfarm job growth will have the positive long term net impacts on the upland environment. However, they suggest that it is still necessary to support this trend with appropriate agricultural and environmental policies.en
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dc.identifier247en
dc.identifier.citationPhilippine Journal of Development 29(1): 55-84en
dc.identifier.issn0115-9143en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/65310en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherMakati City, Philippines: Philippine Institute for Development Studiesen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.holderLantapan, Manupali watershed, Bukidnon, Mindanao, the Philippinesen
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectEconomic growthen
dc.subjectSoil conservationen
dc.subjectEnvironmental impactsen
dc.subjectIntensive farmingen
dc.subjectAgricultureen
dc.subjectRural-rural migrationen
dc.subjectUpland agricultureen
dc.subjectLabor migrationen
dc.subjectNon-farm employmenten
dc.subjectOff-farm employmenten
dc.subjectAgricultural policiesen
dc.subjectEnvironmental policyen
dc.subjectLabor marketsen
dc.subjectAgricultural expansionen
dc.titleDoes nonfarm job growth encourage or retard soil conservation in Philippine uplands?en
dc.typeAbstracten
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