Template-type: ReDif-Paper 1.0 Author-Name: Mukherjee, Manisha Author-workplace-name: RS: GSBE MGSoG, Maastricht Graduate School of Governance, RS: UNU-MERIT Title: Climate change and migration: Reviewing the role of access to agricultural adaptation measures Abstract: This study examines the moderating role of access to agricultural adaptation measures in how climate change is affecting human migration in the middle- and low-income countries. The literature on the association between climate change, agricultural production, and migration has seen a dramatic expansion in the past decade and highlighted the complexity of the process. Yet, a crucial link that is missing in the discussions is the inter-linkage between migration responses and access to in-situ agricultural adaptation measures. To address this gap, I build this study on an emerging approach that treats adaptation to climate change as an additional component of sustainable economic development. I systematically review 81 quantitative and qualitative studies on the nexus of climate change, migration, and agriculture in the middle- and low-income countries and investigate the migration responses of agricultural households in conjunction with access to agricultural adaptation measures. I find a significant overlap between the social class of farmers, their capabilities to adapt in situ, and their migration decisions. The migration responses vary across agricultural households based on access to in-situ adaptation measures.
Additionally, this interaction is heavily moderated by other local contextual factors- such as easy access to credit, participation in social networks, ethnic and social fractionalization, presence of conflicts, and social structures. Based on the findings, I propose a conceptual framework that could aid in deconstructing the migration responses of agricultural households in less-developed countries.
Furthermore, I highlight critical policy gaps in building climate-resilient rural economies and suggest future research agendas with regard to climate change, migration, and agricultural adaptation measures.
Classification-JEL: o13,q01,o15,q15,r20 Series: UNU-MERIT Working Papers Creation-Date: 20221122 Number: 2022-039 File-URL: https://cris.maastrichtuniversity.nl/ws/files/114350780/wp2022_039.pdf File-Format: application/pdf File-Size: 1545406 Handle: Repec:unm:unumer:2022039 DOI: