Withdrawing from Agrarian Livelihoods: Environmental Migration in Nepal

作     者：Binod CHAPAGAIN Popular GENTLE 

作者机构：School of Archaeology and Anthropology the Australian National University School of Environmental Sciences Charles Sturt University 

出 版 物：《Journal of Mountain Science》 (山地科学学报（英文）)

年 卷 期：2015年第12卷第1期

页      面：1-13页

核心收录：

学科分类：12[管理学] 0202[经济学-应用经济学] 02[经济学] 1203[管理学-农林经济管理] 020205[经济学-产业经济学] 

主　　题：Agriculture Environment Migration Human mobility Nepal Water hazards 

摘      要：Although about two-thirds of Nepalese families depend on agriculture as their major source of income, the agriculture is mostly rain-fed and it has been adversely affected by water hazards and the subsequent degradation of resources. Based on case studies from three different geographical regions in Nepal, this research examines how environmental factors cause decreasing crop production and push people to abandon agriculture and accept emigration for employment. The research findings suggest a chain of push factors starting from drought or erratic rainfall causing water hazards, which impacts on depletion of crops and livestock, losses in income and employment and increased human mobility and emigration. The paper argues that the Government of Nepal and development partners can be more effective in enabling agrarian families to cope with the water hazards and shocks by formulating pro-poor mitigation and adaptation policies and strategies,focusing both on ‘rapid-onset and ‘slow-onset water hazards.