In recent years, labour use in rice cultivation has been declining dramatically in the Philippines. The authors argue that the adoption of labour-saving changes in Philippine rice cultivation despite falling or constant real wages is the result of a combination of factors: price inputs of...

Like many LDCs, the Philippines pursued a food security strategy in which self-sufficiency and price stabilisation feature prominently. In addition to their widely debated welfare effects, food policies based on price and trade restrictions may also accelerate land degradation by promoting...