Migration and agriculture

B.Sc. Fadzai Vukomba, BSc

Diplomová práce

Abstract:

Migration has become rife in most parts of the world with people moving in search of better livelihoods. This study identifies factors behind rural to urban migration in Zimbabwe mainly focusing on the Provinces of Harare, Manicaland, Midlands and Masvingo. The provinces were purposively chosen and from all provinces the author captured three groups of samples; non-migrants, return migrants and current migrants. Pilot testing was first done with 15 questionnaires and then latter the questionnaires were distributed to the “real” respondents. Data was collected through simple random sampling method, quota sampling method and snowball sampling method. The total number of questionnaires collected and used in the study were 294. Data was captured, cleaned and the descriptive tests were conducted to capture the socio demographic aspect of the study sample. The SPSS Software Analysis tool was used to run the multi factorial regression analysis tests (Ordered probit model and Linear regression analysis). Other tests used included the Kruskal Wallis test and Mann Whitney U test.The results showed that the main factors affecting rural to urban migration are Growth and Development, Job Searching, Income Differences and Educational Opportunities. Problems highly faced by migrants in the study included Lack of jobs, Cause for divorce and Higher living costs. The study also showed that migrants are happier as compared to non-migrants. The study also showed that migrants are happier as compared to non-migrants. There is a lot of migration with young man especially between the ages of 31 to 40 years old. To keep those people in the rural area, the rural districts could provide further education such as entrepreneurship workshops. These can assist them to develop more skills which could be of good use to create businesses and jobs in the rural areas and diminish migration.

Keywords

rural, urban, migration, non-migrant, current migration, return migrant

Jazyk práce: angličtina

Datum vytvoření / odevzdání či podání práce: 15. 5. 2020

Obhajoba závěrečné práce

• Vedoucí: doc. Ing. Miroslava Bavorová, Ph.D.
• Oponent: Anastasios Michailidis, externi

Česká zemědělská univerzita v Praze

Fakulta tropického zemědělství

Magisterský studijní program / obor:
Tropické zemědělství / International Development and Agricultural Economics