Rural out-migration and water governance: Gender and social relations mediate and sustain irrigation systems in Nepal

Stephanie Leder, Rachana Upadhyaya, Kees van der Geest, Yuvika Adhikari and Matthias Büttner

World Development, 2024, vol. 177, issue C

Abstract: Rural out-migration is changing agrarian political economies and natural resource governance worldwide, and gender and social relations play an important mediating role. The aim of this study is to investigate the impact of rural out-migration on collective action in farmer-managed irrigation systems, with a particular focus on household structure and gender relations.

Keywords: Migration; Gender; Water; Irrigation; Small-scale farming; Agriculture (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2024.106544

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