Rural-rural Migration And Its Impact To Crop Production Commercialization And Asset Possession In North Gondar North Western Ethiopia

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Migration is one of the livelihood strategy for the rural farm household that supports thernfarm agricultural household in different ways. Among the various types of migration,rninternal migration took the leading which is 10 percent of the world population. InrnEthiopia, migration is a part and parcel of the livelihood of rural farmers. The historicalrnaccounts of migration in Ethiopia, though was attached with political motive; it has beenrnformally recognized since 1950s and 1960s now as an economic motive following the widerrndevelopment of commercial agriculture in the country. Since then, rural-rural migration isrna leading phenomenon in Ethiopia exceeding rural-urban migration. Evidences suggestedrnthat rural to rural migration since 1999 to 2013 shows, 37.4 percent 46 percent, and 34.6rnpercent respectively that still witness its dominance over other patterns of migration.rnHowever, the emphasis for rural-rural migration has been given very low in therndevelopment discourses in the context of poor countries. Unless obsessed by the urban biasrnmigration literature, the rural-urban migration is not like what the majority of thernliteratures arguing in developing countries. In Ethiopia, rural to rural migration continuesrnto lead the internal migration pattern. In this study, one of the prime purpose is to showrnhow migration income affected the use of agricultural inputs and thereby influencernsmallholder commercialization which is the critical to transform the agriculture as well asrnthe overall rural economy. On top of that, there are studies currently that suggest the needrnto delve deeper into the impact of migration on agricultural production and assetrnpossession. Cognizant to these gaps, the study has delve deeper into the impact of ruralrnto rural migration on three important outcomes (crop production, crop outputrncommercialization and asset possession) in North Western part of Ethiopia. The study usedrnthe combination of quantitative and qualitative research approach in which quantitativernanalysis such as econometric models (Like Endogenous Switching Regression Model,rnPropensity Score Matching Model, and Seemingly Unrelated Regression Model) as wellrnas descriptive analysis with qualitative data from focused group discussions and keyrninformant interviews. The findings of study revealed that rural to rural migration hasrnpositive and statistically significant impact on values of crop output production.rnSpecifically, we found that migration has showed positive impact on the migrant householdrnwhich is an equivalent to 235.96 kg or 2.35 quintal of Teff that dominantly grown in thernarea. On the other hand, we found no effect on the technical efficiency of the migrantrnhouseholds. On the reverse, had the non-migrants migrated the study confirmrnimprovements in technical efficiencies. With the same vein, labour migration had positivernand statistically significant impact on crop output commercialization and overall assetrnpossession. As a way forward, this study points the need to examine the synergies that existrnwithin the rural economy itself and also rethink the implication of rural-rural migration asrnhow it reinforces each other for the success of rural development through mainstreamingrnrural-rural migration into development policies, strategies and plans at various levels.

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