From distress migration to selective migration: Transformative effects of agricultural development on seasonal migration

Inga Mareike Nienkerke, Amit Thorat and Anthony Patt

World Development Perspectives, 2023, vol. 29, issue C

Abstract: Mostly for survival rather than wellbeing or profit, seasonal migration is a deeply entrenched but burdensome coping strategy among the rural poor who face seasonal livelihood insecurity, trapping many in a vicious cycle of chronic poverty and seasonal migration. Can rural agricultural development programs effectively transform these livelihoods and places of seasonal migration?

Keywords: Seasonal migration; Chronic poverty; Rural development; Mixed farming; Smallholder; Land use change; Sustainable intensification (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1016/j.wdp.2022.100483

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