Internal migration and agricultural labor mobility issues and policies in Ethiopia
Ethiopia’s economy is dominated by agriculture, contributing 45% to 50% of gross domestic product (GDP) and employing 70% of the active workforce. Most farming remains characterized by smallholder plots, with rainfed systems predominating, yet increasingly vulnerable because of uncertain rainfall an...
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University of London
2023
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| author | Dessalegn, Mengistu |
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| description | Ethiopia’s economy is dominated by agriculture, contributing 45% to 50% of gross domestic product (GDP) and employing 70% of the active workforce. Most farming remains characterized by smallholder plots, with rainfed systems predominating, yet increasingly vulnerable because of uncertain rainfall and temperature patterns. In addition, due to a complex of factors, farmland frequently suffers from the depletion of soil nutrients. As a result of too few new jobs and the rapidly expanding economically active population, about two million more people are added annually to the labor market. As a result, there is considerable international migration to the Gulf States, South Africa, Europe and North America. Internal rural-to-urban migration is also common, mainly to major cities and towns, especially to Addis Ababa and other major centers in south and southwest Ethiopia. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1318022024-01-08T18:54:14Z Internal migration and agricultural labor mobility issues and policies in Ethiopia Dessalegn, Mengistu migration governance agriculture labour mobility policies rural areas households employment remittances decision making livestock Ethiopia’s economy is dominated by agriculture, contributing 45% to 50% of gross domestic product (GDP) and employing 70% of the active workforce. Most farming remains characterized by smallholder plots, with rainfed systems predominating, yet increasingly vulnerable because of uncertain rainfall and temperature patterns. In addition, due to a complex of factors, farmland frequently suffers from the depletion of soil nutrients. As a result of too few new jobs and the rapidly expanding economically active population, about two million more people are added annually to the labor market. As a result, there is considerable international migration to the Gulf States, South Africa, Europe and North America. Internal rural-to-urban migration is also common, mainly to major cities and towns, especially to Addis Ababa and other major centers in south and southwest Ethiopia. 2023-09-05 2023-09-08T10:49:20Z 2023-09-08T10:49:20Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/131802 en Open Access University of London Dessalegn, Mengistu. 2023. Internal migration and agricultural labor mobility issues and policies in Ethiopia. [Policy Brief of the Migration Governance and Agricultural and Rural Change (AGRUMIG) Project]. London, UK: SOAS University of London. 4p. (AGRUMIG Policy Brief Series 17) |
| spellingShingle | migration governance agriculture labour mobility policies rural areas households employment remittances decision making livestock Dessalegn, Mengistu Internal migration and agricultural labor mobility issues and policies in Ethiopia |
| title | Internal migration and agricultural labor mobility issues and policies in Ethiopia |
| title_full | Internal migration and agricultural labor mobility issues and policies in Ethiopia |
| title_fullStr | Internal migration and agricultural labor mobility issues and policies in Ethiopia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Internal migration and agricultural labor mobility issues and policies in Ethiopia |
| title_short | Internal migration and agricultural labor mobility issues and policies in Ethiopia |
| title_sort | internal migration and agricultural labor mobility issues and policies in ethiopia |
| topic | migration governance agriculture labour mobility policies rural areas households employment remittances decision making livestock |
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