(Dis)connections between youth migration and food security in a rural community of the Sierra de Santa Marta, Veracruz, Mexico

Jiménez-Moreno, Marcela; Lazos‐Chavero, Elena; Balvanera, Patricia

doi:10.1016/j.jrurstud.2023.103028

Journal of Rural Studies

2023

DOI: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2023.103028

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(Dis)connections between youth migration and food security in a rural community of the Sierra de Santa Marta, Veracruz, Mexico

Marcela Jiménez-Moreno

Elena Lazos‐Chavero

Patricia Balvanera

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Impact of land transformation, management and governance on subjective wellbeing across social–ecological systems

Santillán-Carvantes,

Tauro,

Balvanera

et al. 2024

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Recognizing and understanding the subjective wellbeing (SWB) of individuals is essential for designing effective policies that promote human development and the sustainable management of social-ecological systems (SES). This is particularly important for smallholders, critical stewards of biodiversity who face acute livelihood challenges. This article explores how smallholders inhabiting tropical dry forests in Mexico perceive their SWB and how it changes across a spectrum of SES that undergo different land transformations, management intensities, and governance dynamics. Our aims are to identify the dimensions of SWB that smallholders perceive, understand how these dimensions change across SES, and examine how smallholders’ perceptions of fulfilled material and non-material dimensions vary across SES. We analyzed the content of 25 in-depth interviews with farmers and identified 48 SWB items belonging to six categories: (1) social capital, (2) economic capital, (3) agency, (4) nature, (5) pleasant non-work activities, and (6) governmental services, and two additional dimensions referred to obstacles and enablers. We found two prevailing visions of SWB: ‘living well’ prevails especially in areas with communal governance and medium management intensity, and ‘need to earn more’ prevails in areas with individual governance and intensified land management. As management is intensified and governance fosters individualism, the lower the self-perceived material and non-material satisfaction. We discuss the different SWB found per SES, as well as strategies that can foster smallholder’s SWB and SES dynamics that can motivate different conservation goals and sustainable uses of nature, especially in biodiverse areas.

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Impact of land transformation, management and governance on subjective wellbeing across social–ecological systems

Santillán-Carvantes,

Tauro,

Balvanera

et al. 2024

Sustain Sci

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The political economy of income diversification and food security in Northern Ghana

Salifu,

Salifu

2024

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Effects of Off-Farm Employment on the Eco-Efficiency of Cultivated Land Use: Evidence from the North China Plain

Zhang,

Li,

Yuan

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The effective allocation of labor and cultivated land resources to ensure food security is a global concern. Understanding the relationship between rural labor off-farm employment and the eco-efficiency of cultivated land use (ECLU) is critical, yet current research in this area remains insufficient. This study explores the dynamics between off-farm employment and ECLU using the North China Plain as a case study, analyzing panel data from 2001 to 2020 through spatial econometric models. The findings reveal significant temporal expansion and spatial differentiation in off-farm employment, with growth rates gradually slowing and spatial disparities diminishing. The average ECLU initially declined from 2001 to 2003, followed by fluctuating increases, with a notable acceleration in growth after 2017. A “U-shaped” relationship between off-farm employment and ECLU was identified, with a turning point at an off-farm employment ratio of 40.73%, occurring around 2003–2004 based on regional averages. Before this threshold, off-farm employment negatively impacted ECLU, while beyond this point, the impact became positive. The study also observed significant spatial spillover effects of off-farm employment on ECLU in the North China Plain. These findings underscore the complex interplay between rural labor migration and agricultural productivity. To maximize the benefits of off-farm employment, policies should encourage the reinvestment of income into sustainable agricultural practices. Furthermore, the significant spatial spillover effects call for enhanced regional coordination and tailored policy interventions to optimize labor allocation and improve ECLU.

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(Dis)connections between youth migration and food security in a rural community of the Sierra de Santa Marta, Veracruz, Mexico

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Impact of land transformation, management and governance on subjective wellbeing across social–ecological systems

Impact of land transformation, management and governance on subjective wellbeing across social–ecological systems

The political economy of income diversification and food security in Northern Ghana

Effects of Off-Farm Employment on the Eco-Efficiency of Cultivated Land Use: Evidence from the North China Plain

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