Paraguas, F.Elazegui, Dulce D.Chupungco, A.Paunlagui, M.Balansag-Bagares, I.Tambien, C.Rola, Agnes C.Coxhead, Ian2016-04-192016-04-192001971200483X442_Chapter_204.pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/65505In 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.application/pdfen-USEconomic growthSoil degradationSoil erosionEconomic impactsNatural resource managementEnvironmental lawRural-rural migrationLand degradationEconomic developmentEmployment trendsNon-farm employmentSustainable resource managementUpland communitiesSoil conservation techniquesLabor market trendsEcosystem Farm/Enterprise Scale GovernanceBook