Beschreibung
Migration is an important livelihood strategy followed by the farm households in the hills of Nepal. When labour forces migrate from the farm sector it is expected to impact not only the farm production but also the household food security and the farm lifestyles. This book investigates empirically the factors determining international migration decision of farm households and their impact on farm production, household food security and the lives of those left behind. The research focuses on two distinctly different regions with different migration portfolios. It uses various econometric tools in its empirical analysis. The results show that migration on its own is unable to commercialize the farming sector. And its impact on subsistence farming in the two regions under study differed based on the remittances that the migrant households receive. When the remittances are high, it has negative impact on the subsistence farming practices of the households and vice versa. However, migration has an overall positive impact on the household food security situation irrespective of the amount of remittances received. The book also highlights some important policies towards migration-development interlinkages.
