Agrarian Exodus, Reverse Migration and Rural Livelihoods in Highlands of Kerala, India
Taha Sheik
Introduction Migration involves a shift from ”low-paying, low-productivity” agricultural work to ”more productive” (and presumably better-paying) employment in industrial or non-farm sectors.1 Migration is not driven by economic factors alone; environmental change has also emerged as a significant and increasingly studied driver of population movement. Both sudden and gradual environmental changes have historically triggered various […]