The Impact of Migration, Remittances and Public Transfers on Technology Adoption: The Case of Cereal Producers in Rural Kenya

Tshikala, Sam Kaninda; Kostandini, Genti; Fonsah, Esendugue Greg

doi:10.1111/1477-9552.12295

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“…However, the marginal effect of PM‐JDY payments indicates that an additional INR 1000 in PM‐JDY benefits increased the likelihood of purchasing seeds by about 12% immediately after receiving the assistance. Our finding is consistent with other studies (Jack, 2013; Tshikala et al, 2019). Last, Panel C reports the marginal effects of program payments on the procurement of fertilizers and pesticides.…”

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COVID‐19, Government Transfer Payments, and Investment Decisions in Farming Business: Evidence from Northern India

Varshney¹,

Kumar

Mishra

et al. 2021

Applied Eco Perspectives Pol

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Although the COVID‐19 pandemic resulted in about a 24% decline in India's GDP during the April–June 2020 quarter, the nation's agricultural sector, somewhat surprisingly, seems to have done remarkably well. This paper examines whether the public transfer program Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana (PMGKY), announced immediately after the lockdown, benefited farmers in dealing with the COVID shock. Overall, 95% of the smallholders received support from at least one of PMGKY's four components. Direct cash transfers had significantly more impact than in‐kind transfer schemes. The result shows that farmers receiving cash transfers under PM‐KISAN, one component of PMGKY, were more likely to invest in buying seeds. In contrast, farmers receiving cash transfers under PM‐UY, another piece of PMGKY, were more likely to invest in fertilizer and pesticides. Finally, smallholders who received benefits from all four components of PMGKY were more likely to invest in purchasing seeds, fertilizer, and pesticides. Findings suggest the fungibility of public cash transfers from the recent PMGKY scheme is significant in alleviating credit constraints and increasing future investments in modern inputs.

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confidence: 94%

COVID‐19, Government Transfer Payments, and Investment Decisions in Farming Business: Evidence from Northern India

Varshney¹,

Kumar

Mishra

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“…Currently, numerous studies have found that remittance inflows are another potential source that increases environmental degradation in various economies of the world. The remittance inflows have a vital source of foreign capital which significant positive influence on numerous economies outcomes for example financial development (Olayungbo and Quadri 2019), foreign direct investment (Basnet and Upadhyaya 2014), technological innovation (Tshikala et al 2019), and economic growth (Chowdhury 2016), which are measured as an important indicator for environmental sustainability. The BRICS countries have received a remittance of approximately 1.10$ trillion in 2017; these economies have top remittance receiver's economies among developing countries.…”

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Remittance inflows affect the ecological footprint in BICS countries: do technological innovation and financial development matter?

Yang

Jahanger

Ali

2021

Environ Sci Pollut Res

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This study examines the impact of remittance inflows, technological innovations, and financial development on environmental quality in Brazil, India, China, and South Africa (BICS) economies over 1990-2016. This study employed a comprehensive environment proxy, i.e., ecological footprint for environmental quality, and also considers more advanced and robust econometric (second-generation) techniques. The outcomes of the current study reveal that remittance inflows and financial development significantly deteriorate the environmental quality, while technological innovations are an essential factor for the reduction of ecological footprint level. Furthermore, the results of the interaction terms show a significantly adverse effect on the ecological footprint. Additionally, the findings of country-wise analysis reveal that remittance inflows and financial development worsen the environmental quality in each sample country, while the technological innovations promote the environmental sustainability that is steady with panel results. Besides, the environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) hypothesis was verified across the BICS economies. Consistent with the key findings, an inverted U-shaped relationship exists between economic growth and ecological footprint in the case of Brazil and South Africa. In contrast, the U-shaped EKC hypothesis exists in the case of China and India. For robust policy implication, the findings of this study highlighted the dire need for "green policy tools" that should be linked with the BICS economy policies and driver for sustained growth.

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“…National household survey data from Kenya suggest that low-income households are the greatest beneficiaries of cash remittances. While the remittances literature in Kenya generally focuses on the investment of remittances in agricultural production, there is more general evidence that a primary use of cash remittances in rural areas is food purchasing [33]. One study, for example, argues that many rural dwellers in Africa buy more food than they sell and, as net food buyers, are from low-income households who depend on remittances to access purchased food [34].…”

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Migration, Rural–Urban Connectivity, and Food Remittances in Kenya

2021

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This paper draws on data from a representative city-wide household food security survey of Nairobi conducted in 2017 to examine the importance of food remitting to households in contemporary Nairobi. The first section of the paper provides an overview of the urbanization and rapid growth of Nairobi, which has led to growing socio-economic inequality, precarious livelihoods for the majority, and growing food insecurity, as context for the more detailed empirical analysis of food security and food remittances that follows. It is followed by a description of the survey methodology and sections analyzing the differences between migrant and non-migrant households in Nairobi. Attention then turns to the phenomenon of food remitting, showing that over 50% of surveyed households in the city had received food remittances in the previous year. The paper then uses multivariate logistic regression to identify the relationship between Nairobi household characteristics and the probability of receiving food remittances from rural areas. The findings suggest that there are exceptions to the standard migration and poverty-driven explanatory model of the drivers of rural–urban food remitting and that greater attention should be paid to other motivations for maintaining rural–urban connectivity in Africa.

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The Impact of Migration, Remittances and Public Transfers on Technology Adoption: The Case of Cereal Producers in Rural Kenya

Cited by 20 publications

References 35 publications

COVID‐19, Government Transfer Payments, and Investment Decisions in Farming Business: Evidence from Northern India

COVID‐19, Government Transfer Payments, and Investment Decisions in Farming Business: Evidence from Northern India

Remittance inflows affect the ecological footprint in BICS countries: do technological innovation and financial development matter?

Migration, Rural–Urban Connectivity, and Food Remittances in Kenya

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