creates jobs, draws the majority into the economic and social mainstream, and continuously reduces mass poverty. Employment … conditions in Philippine rural labor markets and agriculture can be characterized as casual or informal, with low skill … agricultural livelihood. Development involves the change in economic structure, anchored on productivity growth in agriculture …

This discussion paper presents an analysis of the performance of national (NIS) and communal irrigation systems (CIS … that there is value in looking at subnational trends. Using secondary data from the central and regional offices of the … National Irrigation Administration (NIA) and the systems, complemented by key informant interviews and ocular inspections, this …

inclusive growth in the Philippines through employment generation for the poor. The manufacturing sector can provide employment … opportunities for the poor and can offer relatively higher wages. However, expected high-productivity employment opportunities from … more competitive and, at the same time, productivity in the agriculture sector (the major employer of poor) has to be …

the employment of labor and the production of laborintensive goods. Subjecting Philippine data, from 1991 to 2021 to …Under the assumption of full employment, we probed the impact of labor emigration on wages, employment, and production … in the capital- and labor-intensive sectors of the Philippines, represented by manufacturing and agriculture …

Valuing climate information is now an important discourse in mainstream economic thinking with the development of the … important in valuing weather information and climate-related decision support, particularly among agricultural stakeholders. The … need to understand better the use and value of climate information and climate-sensitive decisions among smallholder …

Inclusive growth requires boosting incomes of workers currently in agriculture, either by shifting them to better …‐paying jobs outside agriculture, or raising wages within agriculture. A comprehensive socioeconomic profile of agricultural … undertakes a review of secondary data towards such a profile. The review synthesizes a set of stylized facts about agricultural …

This study aims to address a gap in existing data and literature regarding the socio-economic profile of agricultural … workers within rural households. It implemented a survey collecting panel data on the full range of labor and economic … activities of rural households with agricultural workers, including patterns of employment and seasonality; other relevant worker …

There are many and varied government programs that target the agriculture and fisheries sector, especially the poor … Service for Basic Sectors in Agriculture (RSBSA), a list of farmers, farm workers, and fisherfolk in the 75 provinces of the … Department of Budget and Management to target beneficiaries of various government agencies implementing agricultural support …

incorporates benefits only from incremental rice output. Rather than invalidating the government's irrigation planning and …A comprehensive assessment of irrigation investment should examine not just the benefits, but also make a systematic …-2016. Across various assessment frames, the findings converge around the following: Costs of irrigation investment are simply too …

objective is to evaluate the policy, programmatic, and institutional framework governing irrigation development and management … governing irrigation development and management for the main purpose of improving irrigation performance and productivity of … adequate water supply, among others. To improve performance of irrigation systems, good watershed management is needed as a …