Internal Migration and Its Impact on Farm Production and Food Security

Internal migration is considered as an important livelihood strategy for poor people in rural regions of Bangladesh. Although international migration received attention by researchers, internal migration research is still very limited. This study focuses on exploring the farm household level determinants of rural-urban migration and its impact on farm production and food security status of the households. Primary data collected from the 316 farm households in Bangladesh are used for empirical analysis of the study. This book reports on the empirical findings of the reasons for migration from the rural farm households in Bangladesh and the impacts of this kind of migration on farm production and food security of the left behind members of the households. This book also pres- ents an explanation of how migration affecting labour and non-labour input use in farming and thereby on farm production. The results, based on econometric estimation, show that young and active individuals are mostly migrating in to the cities. Farm production is negatively influenced by the migration of one or more members from the farm family. This book also reports that farm households food security status has been improved due to migration of their family member based on the empirical findings. Finally this book come up with some policy recom- mendations for better management of internal migration in order to reduce the negative effects of migration on agriculture as well as on the economy and to opti- mize the benefits from migration.

Shamima Akhter was born in 1984 at Kishoreganj, Bangladesh. She graduated in 2006 with a B.Sc. degree in Agricultural Economics from Bangladesh Agricultural University securing first position with University Award. She completed her M.Sc. in Agricultural Economics from the same university in 2008. Following the successful completion of her studies, she joined as a lecturer in the Department of Agricul- tural Economics, Bangladesh Agricultural University. In 2011, she started her Ph.D. research in the area of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development in the Department of Project and Regional Planning at Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany. The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) provided her a scholarship during the study period. In 2012, she promoted as a Assistant Professor in the Department of Agricultural Economics in Bangladesh Agricul- tural University. She was received her doctoral degree (Dr. agr.) in Agricultural Economics in July 2015 from the University of Giessen /Germany.