Impact of Rural Out-Migration on Agricultural Technology Adoption of Rural Households in Southern Ethiopia

Q2 Economics, Econometrics and Finance

Agris On-line Papers in Economics and Informatics Pub Date : 2023-03-30 DOI:10.7160/aol.2023.150101

F. Eshetu, J. Haji, M. Ketema, A. Mehare

{"title":"Impact of Rural Out-Migration on Agricultural Technology Adoption of Rural Households in Southern Ethiopia","authors":"F. Eshetu, J. Haji, M. Ketema, A. Mehare","doi":"10.7160/aol.2023.150101","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Using the new economics labor migration theory as a theoretical framework and the multinomial treatment effects negative binomial regression as an analytical model in southern Ethiopia, this study investigated the effects of rural out-migration on the intensity of agricultural technology adoption. In the year 2021, data were collected from 415 sample houses using stratified random sampling. Regression analysis showed that while the influence of migration from rural to urban areas is negligible, participation in international migration greatly increases the likelihood of technology adoption in rural families by 38.9%. The intensity of agricultural technology adoption by rural households is negatively and significantly correlated with male-headed households and household age, while the frequency of extension visits, non-farm participation, saving, membership in cooperatives, sales of livestock, and tropical livestock unit are positively and significantly related to the intensity of agricultural technology adoption. The outcome is consistent with the labor migration theory's risk and credit hypotheses. To encourage the adoption of agricultural technology and stop the recent surge of rural out-migration in southern Ethiopia, policymakers should provide access to capital, public services, and viable off-farm employment in rural areas.","PeriodicalId":38587,"journal":{"name":"Agris On-line Papers in Economics and Informatics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2023-03-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Agris On-line Papers in Economics and Informatics","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.7160/aol.2023.150101","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"Economics, Econometrics and Finance","Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 0

Abstract

Using the new economics labor migration theory as a theoretical framework and the multinomial treatment effects negative binomial regression as an analytical model in southern Ethiopia, this study investigated the effects of rural out-migration on the intensity of agricultural technology adoption. In the year 2021, data were collected from 415 sample houses using stratified random sampling. Regression analysis showed that while the influence of migration from rural to urban areas is negligible, participation in international migration greatly increases the likelihood of technology adoption in rural families by 38.9%. The intensity of agricultural technology adoption by rural households is negatively and significantly correlated with male-headed households and household age, while the frequency of extension visits, non-farm participation, saving, membership in cooperatives, sales of livestock, and tropical livestock unit are positively and significantly related to the intensity of agricultural technology adoption. The outcome is consistent with the labor migration theory's risk and credit hypotheses. To encourage the adoption of agricultural technology and stop the recent surge of rural out-migration in southern Ethiopia, policymakers should provide access to capital, public services, and viable off-farm employment in rural areas.

查看原文本刊更多论文

埃塞俄比亚南部农村人口外迁对农户农业技术采用的影响

本研究以新经济学劳动力迁移理论为理论框架，以多项处理效应负二项回归为分析模型，考察了埃塞俄比亚南部农村外出迁移对农业技术采用强度的影响。在2021年，采用分层随机抽样的方法从415个样本房收集数据。回归分析表明，虽然从农村向城市地区迁移的影响可以忽略不计，但参与国际移徙使农村家庭采用技术的可能性大大提高了38.9%。农户农业技术采用强度与男性户主家庭和家庭年龄呈显著负相关，而推广访问频率、非农参与、储蓄、合作社成员、牲畜销售和热带牲畜单位与农业技术采用强度呈显著正相关。研究结果与劳动力迁移理论的风险和信用假设相一致。为了鼓励采用农业技术并阻止埃塞俄比亚南部最近农村人口向外迁移的激增，政策制定者应在农村地区提供获得资本、公共服务和可行的非农就业机会的途径。

本文章由计算机程序翻译，如有差异，请以英文原文为准。

求助全文

约1分钟内获得全文求助全文

来源期刊

Agris On-line Papers in Economics and Informatics Economics, Econometrics and Finance-Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous)

CiteScore

2.20

自引率

0.00%

发文量

期刊介绍： The international journal AGRIS on-line Papers in Economics and Informatics is a scholarly open access, blind peer-reviewed by two reviewers, interdisciplinary, and fully refereed scientific journal. The journal is published quarterly on March 30, June 30, September 30 and December 30 of the current year by the Faculty of Economics and Management, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague. AGRIS on-line Papers in Economics and Informatics covers all areas of agriculture and rural development: -agricultural economics -agribusiness -agricultural policy and finance -agricultural management -agriculture''s contribution to rural development -information and communication technologies -information and database systems -e-business and internet marketing -ICT in environment -GIS, spatial analysis and landscape planning The journal provides a leading forum for an interaction and research on the above-mentioned topics of interest. The journal serves as a valuable resource for academics, policy makers and managers seeking up-to-date research on all areas of the subject. The journal prefers scientific papers by international teams of authors who deal with problems concerning the focus of our journal in the world-wide scope with relation to Europe.