Scientists from the IIT Madras Statistical Department studied data from India Human Development (IDH) and found that the approach to trade in non -Germans and irrigation significantly reduces the migration of rural migration caused by drought, which in turn is caused by climate change.
The IDHS study is a national, multiple panel survey of thousands of households in urban and rural areas across the country. The Indian economic overview was published by the study of the study led by Sabuj Kumar Mandal, Professor of Economics, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Madras and Gauri Sreekumar, researcher Iit Madras.
In an interview with Hindu, Mr. Mandal said that they used Round I (2004-2005) and II for almost 2 years. (2011–2012) on iHD and studied 80,000 households. “The impact of drought on migration between rural farm households was estimated by means of a method of differences in differences, statistical techniques used in economics and quantitative research to study the different effects of the treatment group over the control group in the experiment.
“We used climatic data from the Indian meteorological department for drought and precipitation information. People migrate from one state to another, such as West Bengal and Odisha to Tamil over.
Mrs Sreekumar said that to reduce the risk caused by the drought, the families turn to an activity without a farm to reduce the dependence of household revenues on crop yields. This intake is used to purchase crop and livestock inputs, improve skills and production technologies, increasing agricultural productivity. Income helps to prepare for disasters and compensate for any loss of income.
The study also found that the participation of households in agriculture/milk/other cooperatives, NGOs, credit/savings groups, self -help groups and other such associations could check migration. The government could set up organizations based in agricultural and agricultural extensions.
The team suggested that alternative living, such as unskilled work, would be created near their villages. In the next stage, scientists plan to study behavior and psychological farmers who make farmers for migration and reasons for those who do not do so.
Published – 14 August 2025 04:00
