Labour migration and rural transformation in post‐colonial Swaziland

Simelane, Hamilton Sipho

doi:10.1080/02589009508729573

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“…This argument is partially confirmed by empirical evidence from a case study of labor migration in rural southern Swaziland. Simelane (1995) found that present and return labor migrants were more likely than non-migrants to own agricultural tractors. Remittances from male migrant workers to South African mining areas were also used by women to hire tractors, thus compensating for the shortage of labor and increasing agricultural production.…”

Section: Based On An Extensive Literature Review On the Relationship mentioning

confidence: 98%

Labor out-migration and agricultural change in rural China: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Qin

Liao

2016

Journal of Rural Studies

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The relationships between migration and agriculture represents a key aspect of rural restructuring in China and many other developing countries. Previous research largely generated mixed and incomplete findings on the effects of rural out-migration on agricultural change. Meta-analysis is considered as an important research strategy for comparing and integrating results from individual studies. Using a qualitative comparative analysis (QCA) approach, we conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of recent case studies of labor out-migration and agricultural change in rural China. The analysis revealed general contextual patterns of migration impacts on agriculture. Migration-induced agricultural change was mainly conditional upon the specific conjunctural configuration of a rural community's economic development level or geographical locality, its land resources and dependence on agriculture, and whether the period under investigation was post-agricultural tax abolition. Overall, this meta-study provides the big picture of the complex migration-agriculture relationships in rural China, which is often missed in smaller-scale case studies. Such synthetic findings are particularly useful for informing evidence-based rural development planning and policy making.

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Section: Based On An Extensive Literature Review On the Relationship mentioning

confidence: 98%

Labor out-migration and agricultural change in rural China: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Qin

Liao

2016

Journal of Rural Studies

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“…By contrast, Oberai and Bilsborrow (1984) argue that migration leads to technological improvement in rural areas through investment of remittances in more modern technologies and the stimulating effects of the new ideas and knowledge brought back by labor migrants. Other studies also found that labor-migrant households were more likely than non-labor-migrant households to use new farming technologies to improve agricultural productivity (Simelane 1995; Mendola 2008). …”

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Rural-to-Urban Labor Migration, Household Livelihoods, and the Rural Environment in Chongqing Municipality, Southwest China

Qin

2010

Hum Ecol

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Rural migration and its relationship to the rural environment have attracted increasing research interest in recent decades. Rural migration constitutes a key component of human population movement, while rural areas contain most of the world’s natural resources such as land and forests. This study empirically evaluates a conceptual framework incorporating rural household livelihoods as an integrative mediating factor between rural migration and the rural environment in the context of rural-to-urban labor migration in Chongqing Municipality, Southwest China. The analysis draws on data collected through household surveys and key informant interviews from four villages. Results confirm the hypothesis that labor-migrant and non-labor-migrant households differ significantly in livelihood activities including agricultural production, agricultural technology use, income and consumption, and resource use and management. Implications for the subsequent environmental outcomes of rural labor out-migration and corresponding natural resource management and policy in rural origin areas are discussed.

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“…However, when policies are grounded in local needs and build upon the resources provided by migrants, they can play an important role in improving conditions in areas of out-migration. In Swaziland, the combination of remittances from their male relatives, employed in South Africa's mines, and the governmental provision of a tractor-hiring service, has allowed women to increase agricultural productivity despite the lack of male labour (Simelane, 1995).…”

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confidence: 99%