WITHDRAWN: Rural-urban Labor Migration, Remittances and its Effect on Agricultural Production in Migrant Sending Households: Evidence from Rural areas of East Gojjam Zone, Ethiopia.
Abstract:In this study the effect of the rural-urban labor migration and remittances on agricultural production in rural areas of East Gojjam Zone, Amhara, Ethiopia is examined. A total of 480 households are used as the sample size for the study by using multi-stage sampling technique. The descriptive statistics shows that migrant sending households suffer labor shortage in peak seasons but they are benefited from rural-urban migrants since the income they receive from migrants enables them to pay back their loan and p… Show more
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