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Migration, Food Security and Development: Insights from Rural India Choithani Chetan This book examines the role of migration as a livelihood strategy in influencing food access among rural…
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Migration, Food Security and Development: Insights from Rural India Choithani Chetan
This book examines the role of migration as a livelihood strategy in influencing food access among rural households. Importantly, there is now a growing consensus among academics and policymakers on the potential positive effects of migration in promoting human development. Migration forms a key component of livelihoods for an increasing number of rural households in many developing countries.
However, the academic and policy discussions on these two issues have largely proceeded in silos, with little attention devoted to the relationship they bear with each other. Concurrently, the significance of food security as an important development objective has grown tremendously, and the Sustainable Development Goals agenda envisages eliminating all forms of malnutrition. Using the conceptual frameworks of 'entitlements' and 'sustainable livelihoods', this book seeks to fill this gap in the
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