@article{icrisat2407,
           title = {Labour Migration in Indo-Gangetic Plains: Determinants and Impacts on Socio-economic Welfare},
       publisher = {Agricultural Economics Research Association},
          author = {N P Singh and R P Singh and R Kumar and R N Padaria  and A Singh and N Varghese},
           pages = {449--458},
            year = {2011},
          volume = {24},
            note = {The authors thank ICAR AP Cess Fund for
sponsoring this collaborative research at the Division
of Agricultural Economics, Indian Agricultural Research
Institute, New Delhi},
         journal = {Agricultural Economics Research Review},
        keywords = {Labour migration, Feminization of agriculture, Farm-women empowerment, Impact on farm socio-economy.},
             url = {http://oar.icrisat.org/2407/},
        abstract = {In India, male out-migration from rural to urban areas has increased in recent years, especially in the Indo-Gangetic regions of the country. This indicates that most of the developed regions of India are utilizing labour force of backward areas. The paper has investigated on labour out-migration from the states of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar to find its determinants and its impacts on farm economy. The analysis of determinants shown that the number of members in a family and their educational status have a positive impact on migration. As a result of male out-migration, the women left behind in the villages assume a major role in various farm activities resulting in the so-called ?feminization of agriculture?. It has also empowered the female members of the migrant households in terms of enhancing their decision-making role in various activities. The study has observed some policy implications in terms of formation of self-help groups or labour societies to help out-migrants, organization of training programmes for capacity building of women, more thrust on education a girl-child and development of infrastructure in the rural areas.

}
}