Journal
INTERNATIONAL LABOUR REVIEW
Volume -, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/ilr.12375
Keywords
subsistence agriculture; fallow land; international labour migration; technology adoption; livelihood diversification; Nepal; agricultural technology
Categories
Ask authors/readers for more resources
This article investigates the impact of temporary international labor migration on farmland fallowing, adoption of agricultural intensification technologies, and livelihood diversification. The study finds that households with international migrants are more likely to engage in fallow land and also experience increased adoption of agricultural intensification technologies. Additionally, temporary international migration encourages rural households to diversify their livelihoods.
This article investigates the effect of temporary international labour migration on farmland fallowing, adoption of agricultural intensification technologies and livelihood diversification. Using nationally representative data, combined with empirical methods that allow causal inference, the authors find that households with international migrants are over 50 per cent more likely (based on propensity score matching estimates) to have fallow land than those without. Temporary international migration promotes the adoption of some agricultural intensification technologies and causes rural households to diversify their livelihoods. Land fallowing may increase food insecurity, while agricultural intensification may improve it, for an uncertain net effect.
Authors
I am an author on this paper
Click your name to claim this paper and add it to your profile.
Reviews
Recommended
No Data Available