The ambivalent links between internal migration and food security in Uganda
This study examines the drivers for and consequences of internal migration to household food security in Uganda. Based on the Ugandan National Panel Surveys conducted between 2010/11 and 2015/16, we estimate differences in food energy adequacy of households receiving internal migrants from elsewhere...
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| author | Mekonnen, Daniel A. Soma, Katrine Ruben, Ruerd |
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| description | This study examines the drivers for and consequences of internal migration to household food security in Uganda. Based on the Ugandan National Panel Surveys conducted between 2010/11 and 2015/16, we estimate differences in food energy adequacy of households receiving internal migrants from elsewhere. Besides food energy consumption, this study applies household food consumption score (FCS) and looks at vulnerability in terms of household’s expenditures on food. This enables to explore (a) the extent to which food insecurity is driving internal migration, and (b) whether remittances can reduce food security of the remitter. We find that households are usually worse-off when migrants join the receiving family. This seems a departure from previous studies that tend to find welfare gains to internal migration, mostly due to changes in expenditures or dietary consumption without considering any thresholds for achieving food security. Based on these findings and responding to rising youth employment challenges associated with rapidly growing urban slums in Uganda, policies that simultaneously support employment creation in both urban and rural areas are urgently needed to enable better steering of the flow of voluntary migration and to help ensuring food security. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1714732025-10-26T12:54:49Z The ambivalent links between internal migration and food security in Uganda Mekonnen, Daniel A. Soma, Katrine Ruben, Ruerd food security migration remittances households rural areas urban areas diet food consumption migrants This study examines the drivers for and consequences of internal migration to household food security in Uganda. Based on the Ugandan National Panel Surveys conducted between 2010/11 and 2015/16, we estimate differences in food energy adequacy of households receiving internal migrants from elsewhere. Besides food energy consumption, this study applies household food consumption score (FCS) and looks at vulnerability in terms of household’s expenditures on food. This enables to explore (a) the extent to which food insecurity is driving internal migration, and (b) whether remittances can reduce food security of the remitter. We find that households are usually worse-off when migrants join the receiving family. This seems a departure from previous studies that tend to find welfare gains to internal migration, mostly due to changes in expenditures or dietary consumption without considering any thresholds for achieving food security. Based on these findings and responding to rising youth employment challenges associated with rapidly growing urban slums in Uganda, policies that simultaneously support employment creation in both urban and rural areas are urgently needed to enable better steering of the flow of voluntary migration and to help ensuring food security. 2022-10 2025-01-29T12:58:13Z 2025-01-29T12:58:13Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/171473 en Open Access SAGE Publications Mekonnen, Daniel A.; Soma, Katrine; and Ruben, Ruerd. The ambivalent links between internal migration and food security in Uganda. Migration and Development 11(3): 917-936. https://doi.org/10.1080/21632324.2020.1845489 |
| spellingShingle | food security migration remittances households rural areas urban areas diet food consumption migrants Mekonnen, Daniel A. Soma, Katrine Ruben, Ruerd The ambivalent links between internal migration and food security in Uganda |
| title | The ambivalent links between internal migration and food security in Uganda |
| title_full | The ambivalent links between internal migration and food security in Uganda |
| title_fullStr | The ambivalent links between internal migration and food security in Uganda |
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| topic | food security migration remittances households rural areas urban areas diet food consumption migrants |
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