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| Provedor de dados: |
AgEcon
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| País: |
United States
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| Título: |
Labour Migration in Indo-Gangetic Plains: Determinants and Impacts on Socio-economic Welfare
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| Autores: |
Singh, N.P.
Singh, R.P.
Kumar, Ranjit
Padaria, R.N.
Singh, Alka
Varghese, Nisha
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| Data: |
2012-01-05
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| Ano: |
2011
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| Palavras-chave: |
Labour migration
Feminization of agriculture
Farm-women empowerment
Impact on farm socio-economy
Agricultural and Food Policy
J61
J23
J31
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| Resumo: |
In India, male out-migration from rural to urban areas has increased in recent years, especially in the Indo- Gangetic regions of the country. This indicates that most of the developed regions of India are utilizing labour force of backward areas. The paper has investigated on labour out-migration from the states of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar to find its determinants and its impacts on farm economy. The analysis of determinants shown that the number of members in a family and their educational status have a positive impact on migration. As a result of male out-migration, the women left behind in the villages assume a major role in various farm activities resulting in the so-called ‘feminization of agriculture’. It has also empowered the female members of the migrant households in terms of enhancing their decision-making role in various activities. The study has observed some policy implications in terms of formation of self-help groups or labour societies to help out-migrants, organization of training programmes for capacity building of women, more thrust on education a girl-child and development of infrastructure in the rural areas.
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| Tipo: |
Article
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| Idioma: |
Inglês
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| Identificador: |
http://purl.umn.edu/119396
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| Relação: |
Agricultural Economics Research Review> Conference Number, 2011
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| Formato: |
10
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