Search Results - "remittance"

Empowerment after migration: Exploring the association between migration and the empowerment of women who stay behind by Ceballos, Francisco, Heckert, Jessica, Hernandez, Manuel A., Paz, Florencia

“…Western Europe and the United States receive the most international migrants, and most migrants originate from rural areas, which receive around 40% of international remittances (Food and Agriculture Organization 2018). …”
Get full text

Rural poverty in Pakistan: some recent evidence by Malik, Sohail

“…This growth has been spurred on by a vigorous manufacturing sector, sustained by an innovative agricultural sector, and aided in the 1970s by large-scale remittances from Pakistanis in the Middle East. This is no me~ record considering the high 3 percent per annum growth in population. …”
Get full text

Coping with crisis: Livelihood vulnerabilities and food insecurity in Sudan’s current conflict by Kirui, Oliver K., Rakhy, Tarig Alhaj, Siddig, Khalid, Taffesse, Alemayehu Seyoum, Abushama, Hala

“…Simultaneously, the banking sector has fractured, disrupting remittances, cash transfers, and supply chains across the country. …”
Get full text

Exploring changing rural livelihoods, and woodland use and management in the communal areas of Zimbabwe by Campbell, Bruce M., Mukamuri, B.B., Kowero, G.S.

“…Decreases were noted in cropping area and percentage of households having fallow land, and there was probably a decrease in the level of remittances. Local people perceived deterioration in the quality of natural resources. …”
Get full text

Burial societies in rural Ethiopia by Dercon, Stefan, Hoddinott, John F., Krishnan, Pramila, Woldehanna, Tassew

“…Indeed, the literature on migration and remittances suggests that networks can cross geographic boundaries, with the formation of migrant networks at destination sites affected by shocks in the original locality (Munshi 2003).…”
Get full text

Food expenditure patterns and dietary diversity in Nepal: Is dietary quality improving? by Kumar, Anjani, Thapa, Ganesh B., Joshi, Pramod Kumar

“…Variables positively associated with dietary quality are remittances, social cash transfers, parents’ education, crop diversity, access to markets and paved roads, and ownership of a television and telephone, among others. …”
Get full text

Rural off-farm incomes in Myanmar’s dry zone by Zu, A Myint, Khine, Htet Htet, Win, Khin Zin, Kyaw, Sithu

“…Non-farm enterprises account for 20% of income, and remittances 15%. 2. Agriculture is central to rural employment. …”
Get full text

A gendered analysis of farmers’ access to and willingness to pay for climate information services: Evidence from rice farmers in Mali by Diallo, Aboubacar, Dossou-Yovo, Elliott Ronald

“…Household struggles for food during the farming season, availability of stored seeds, access to irrigation facilities, access to training and radio were the major factors affecting male farmers’ access to CIS while the key predictors of access to CIS by female farmers included availability of stored seeds, access to irrigation facilities, remittances and access to radio. Male farmers’ WTP for CIS was mainly influenced by access to training and radio, while experience in rice farming and social organisation membership were the key determinants for female farmers’ WTP for CIS. …”
Get full text

Digital finance and agri-food value chains: Case studies from Kenya by Wairimu, Edith

“…Tea also contributes around 21 percent of Kenya's export earnings, which makes it the third-largest source of foreign exchange earnings in the nation after diaspora remittances and tourism (Kilimo News, 2024).…”
Get full text

Coronavirus, macroeconomy, and forests: What likely impacts? by Wunder, Sven, Kaimowitz, D., Jensen, S., Feder, S.

“…Economic impacts are transitioned from the global North to the South through trade, tourism, remittances and investment/capital flows. As for impacts on tropical forests, we compare the effects of past economic crises to early indicators for incipient trends. …”
Get full text

TH3.2: Men's rural-to-urban migration in Burundi: effects on on banana farming systems by wives of migrants by Iradukunda, Francois, Rietveld, Anne M., Holvoet, N.

“…At the same time, the migration remittances contribute to the acquisition of land and banana and the wives of migrants play a key role in that process. …”
Get full text

Stressors and resilience within the cassava value chain in Nigeria: preferred cassava variety traits and response strategies of men and women to inform breeding by Nwanze-Olaosebikan, Olamide, Bello, Abolore A., Utoblo, Obaiya, Okoye, Benjamin, Olutegbe, Nathaniel, Garner, Elisabeth, Teeken, Béla, Bryan, Elizabeth, Forsythe, Lora, Cole, Steven M., Kulakow, Peter A., Egesi, Chiedozie N., Tufan, Hale Ann, Madu, Tessa

“…Those employed by women included backyard farming, early harvesting, having preferences for food with fewer processing steps, and depending on remittances. The resilience capacity was higher for men than for women due to their better access to assets, as well as their abilities to relocate their farms and out-migrate in search of other livelihoods. …”
Get full text

Reforestation, livelihoods and income equality: Lessons learned from China's Conversion of Cropland to Forest Program by Moioli, C., Shrestha, A., Roeser, D., Wang, G., Sunderland, T.C.H., Zerriffi, H.

“…Moreover, data showed that the main driver of inequality was households' income deriving from remittances, both before and after the Program implementation (with concentration coefficient equal to 1.1 and 1.0, respectively) but its effect decreased over time suggesting an increase in out-migration opportunities for lower-income households. …”
Get full text

Agricultural transformation in Nepal: Trends, prospects, and policy options by Thapa, Ganesh, Kumar, Anjani, Joshi, Pramod Kumar

“…Table of Contents: 1 Introduction Part I Macro-issues in Agriculture 2 Structural Transformation and Growth: Whither Agriculture in Nepal 3 The Role of Agriculture in Poverty Reduction in Nepal 4 Household Food Expenditure, Dietary Diversity, and Child Nutrition in Nepal 5 Food Inflation in Nepal and Its Implications 6 Climate Change Impact on Agricultural Sector of Nepal: Implications for Adaptation and Resilience Building Part II Productivity Growth and Its Drivers 7 Food Demand System and Projections to 2035: Nepal 8 Seed Sector Development in Nepal: Opportunities and Options for Improvement 9 Use of Chemical Fertilizers in Nepal-Issues and Implications 10 Agricultural Mechanization in Nepal-Patterns, Impacts, and Enabling Strategies for Promotion 11 Agricultural Research and Extension System in Nepal: An Organizational Review Part III Agricultural Diversification 12 Agricultural Diversification in Nepal 13 Non-timber Forest Products (NTFP) and Agro-forestry Subsectors: Potential for Growth and Contribution in Agriculture Development 14 Impact of Migration and Remittances on Agriculture: A Micro-Macro-analysis Part IV Agricultural Trade and Marketing 15 Trends, Structure and Drivers of Nepal’s Agricultural Trade 16 Agricultural Marketing and High-Value Chains: Enhanced Role for Private Sector Towards Value Chain Integration Part V Agricultural Trade and Marketing 17 Agrarian Relations, Institutions, and Land Reform in Nepal 18 Agricultural Credit and Insurance in Nepal: Coverage, Issues, and Opportunities 19 Nepal’s Changing Governance Structure and Implications for Agricultural Development Part VI The Policy Agenda 20 Concluding Chapter: The Policy Agenda…”
Get full text

COVID-19 and food (in)security in Africa: Review of the emerging empirical evidence by Tabe-Ojong, Martin Paul Jr., Nshakira-Rukundo, Emmanuel, Gebrekidan, Bisrat Haile

“…Going further, we additionally review the mitigating role of social protection and remittances in reducing the negative effects of COVID-19 on food insecurity. …”
Get full text

Short‐term impacts of COVID‐19 on food security and nutrition in rural Guatemala: Phone‐based farm household survey evidence by Ceballos, Francisco, Hernandez, Manuel A., Paz, Cynthia

“…We place special emphasis on changes in agricultural and nonagricultural income sources, including remittances, and changes in dietary diversity, including consumption of animal source foods (ASF) and fruits and vegetables (F&V). …”
Get full text

Impacts of the triple global crisis on growth and poverty in Yemen by Breisinger, Clemens, Collion, Marie-Helen, Diao, Xinshen, Rondot, Pierre

“…The financial crisis in 2009 impacts Yemen mainly through the drop in oil prices and a reduction in remittances and thereby sharply slows growth, including agricultural growth. …”
Get full text

Impact of conflict on employment, income, and household welfare in Sudan by Ahmed, Mosab O. M., Kirui, Oliver K., Taffesse, Alemayehu Seyoum, Abushama, Hala, Siddig, Khalid

“…The conflict has strained household welfare systems and exacerbated food insecurity, with many families increasingly reliant on remittances and humanitarian aid to meet basic needs. …”
Get full text

Testing the impact of social forces on the evolution of Sahelian farming systems: a combined agent-based modeling and anthropological approach by Saqalli, M., Gerard, Bruno G., Bielders, Charles L., Defourny, Pierre

“…Results from simulations with no social transition processes show that villages specialize themselves into different economic activities according to natural resource specificities: A decreasing intensification gradient is observed from the most favoured site, with more local productions and good ecological indicators, to the less-favoured site, with a growing proportion of the population wealth coming from migration remittances and “off-shore” livestock. Two family transition processes were implemented, following field observations and literature-based hypotheses: family organizations evolve between a patriarchal mode and a non-cooperative mode following tensions due to income redistribution. …”
Get full text

Village Baseline Study: Site Analysis Report for Lawra – Jirapa, Ghana (GH0108) by Onyango, Leah, Iddrisu Y, Mango, Joash, Kurui, Zena, Wamubeyi, B., Bawayelaaza Nyuor A, Naab, Jesse B.

“…To survive, people depend on remittances. Trees are communally managed with community sanctions against those who break the accepted practice. …”
Get full text