Economic Analysis of Rural Out-Migration and Its Determinants in Resources-Poor Region of Tamil Nadu

By : M. Thilagavathi , T. Alagumani , M. Uma Gowri

Page No: 68-77

Abstract
The present article made an attempt to assess the value loss in agriculture due to soil alkalinity and to article the influence of affected lands on migration of rural sample households in resource-poor regions of Tamil Nadu. The article was based on the cross-section data from 240 numbers of farm households (160 affected and 80 nonaffected) from the resource poor districts (Tuticorin and Ramanathapuram) of Tamil Nadu. The data collection was made through personal interview method and the determinants of migration were examined through probit model. The article resulted that among the major crops the value loss was very high in paddy and coarse cereals followed by pulse crops. To supplement the income loss from agriculture earning members are moving out in seeking employment opportunities at various distant places. Non-farm sources are the major income sources (57.00 percent and 46 percent of total income) followed by on farm income in the sample rural households. The earning members falls in the age group of 20 to 40 years, had education up to secondary level, migrated to nearby areas and short-distance places for seeking employment. The family size, age and education level of potential earners group in the rural families, land quality and wage differentials were the potential factors which determine the probability of migration participation in the rural households.

Authors :
M. Thilagavathi : Professor (Agricultural Economics), Department of Agricultural Economics, CARDS, TNAU, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu.
T. Alagumani : Prof. & Head, Department of Trade and Intellectual Properties, CARDS, TNAU, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu.
M. Uma Gowri : Senior Research Fellow, Department of Agricultural Economics, CARDS, TNAU, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu