Analysis of micro-level data confirms the effects of differential technical change on both the demand and the supply side of rural labor markets. Technical change affects to a certain extent rural migration. However, due to the inability of nonagricultural sector to absorb the increasing labor...

Analysis of micro-level data confirms the effects of differential technical change on both the demand and the supply side of rural labor markets. Technical change affects to a certain extent rural migration. However, due to the inability of nonagricultural sector to absorb the increasing labor...

In the nonperformance of the formal financial sector to cater to the needs of some groups, informal measures have been its substitute. The informal credit system becomes a vital channel of credit to small and poor borrowers and in the mobilization of rural savings through innovative mechanisms....

To achieve the objectives of agroforestry development projects, this study has identified several conditions such as input provision to agriculture and forestry components, organization building, land tenure security, human resource development, technology extension, production and marketing....

For quite some time, community organizers from the Institute of Social Work an Community Development have been dealing with various aspects of the coconut industry. This research output is intended to help those in the Institute to broaden their perspectives and familiarize themselves with...

This paper aims to contribute to the understanding of the links among conceptual, empirical and policy issues relating to agricultural growth, rural development and overall economic growth in the Philippines. Specifically, it aims to provide a broad analytical guidance and policy perspectives...

Drawing from the country-specific analyses of the structure and growth of agricultural protection in the four largest ASEAN countries, this paper analyzes the changes in agricultural protection and structural change in the ASEAN economies from 1960 to 1982. Analysis shows that the comparative...

The Dynamics of Rural Development is a three–year research program implemented by the Philippine Institute for Development Studies that addresses issues on rural financial markets. Recently, its has included in its thrusts not only the extension of the research program to agrarian reform and...

Fruits and vegetables comprise a large and dynamic subsector within Philippine agriculture. However, the country’s agricultural development strategy continues to emphasize traditional crops. Evidence points to a significant role for fruits and vegetables in agricultural diversification and...

In the context of sustainable development, environmentally preferable products (EPPs) are desirable because they leave no unwelcome impacts on natural resources and environment. This study has found that though several EPPs can be produced, consumed and traded by the Philippine government, there...