TY - GEN AU - Rola, Agnes. AU - Coxhead, Ian. TI - Does non farm job growth encourage or retard soil conservation in Philippines uplands? / T2 - Vol. 29 No. 1 First Sem 2002 KW - Non farm employment (NFE) KW - Agricultural household labor supply KW - Interprovincial migration patterns KW - Lantapan farmers KW - Sloping Agricultural Land Technology (SALT) KW - Soil Conservation N2 - If land-degrading agricultural intensification in uplands is driven by labor migration, what will be the effect of nonfarm employment growth? On one hand, a higher opportunity cost of farm labor should reduce labor-intensive cultivation methods. On the other hand, there may also be a reduction in labor-intensive soil conservation practices. This paper investigates this question using data from an upland watershed in Bukidnon, Philippines. Findings suggest that while off-farm employment growth will in general support environmental improvements in the long run, there is a continuing need for agricultural and environmental policies to buttress this trend UR - http://dirp4.pids.gov.ph/ris/pjd/pidspjd02-1nonfarm.pdf ER -