The introduction of new rice technology in the irrigated lowland areas of the Province of Laguna has induced labor migration from non-irrigated upland areas. Labor migration to the lowland areas has been associated with a major change in labor contracts ...

In this paper, we seek a possible route for accelerating the agricultural growth in tropical monsoon Asia in the face of increasing population pressure on limited land resources. According to a postulate of classical economists like Ricardo [18], population pressure on limited land resources...