Abstract
The Grain for Green (GfG) is the largest reforestation program of the world. It involved payments to farmers to convert their marginal farmland. Many farmers decided to migrate. This paper looks at some of the household features associated with migration by GfG-participants, and the importance of remittances to those who remained behind. Fieldwork for this research was carried out in Pengshui County in Chongqing Municipality. Several variables affect migration, including education, land ownership and household size. For most households, remittances consist of over 90 percent of all household incomes, but the amount remitted tends to level offwhen it reaches a certain size, regardless of the number of household members who migrated.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 117-141 |
| Number of pages | 25 |
| Journal | Economia Agraria y Recursos Naturales |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2018 |
Scopus Subject Areas
- Geography, Planning and Development
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)
- Environmental Science(all)
User-Defined Keywords
- China
- Emigración
- Grain for Green program
- Migration
- Programa "Grain for Green"
- Remesas
- Remittances
