2022
09
Jun
Labour migration and contours of agricultural change in Africa, Asia and Eastern Europe
Since 2019, the University of Birmingham has been involved in two parallel research projects on the relationship between migration and agricultural change. The first is [...]
07
Jun
Sharing AGRUMIG Findings with Aki-Press
Asel Murzakulova, UCA research fellow, shared the findings of the AGRUMIG study in an interview with Aki-Press the largest media agency in Kyrgyzstan. In the [...]
29
May
Fourth project meeting in Chiang Mai
The consortium held their fourth project meeting in Chiang Mai, Thailand, hosted by Raks Thai, between the 29th May and 4th June. The meeting kicked [...]
12
Apr
Collective agricultural and agro-processing models: A new pathway for agricultural intensification and rural cottage industries, Kolkata, India
AGRUMIG steering group member, Fraser Sugden, was involved in the co-organisation of a workshop in Kolkata to explore the opportunities for collective agricultural systems to [...]
2021
11
Oct
Project Meeting 3: Planning for the completion of AGRUMIG
The third AGRUMIG project meeting took place in Chisinau, Republic of Moldova between 11-15 October 2021.
28
Jun
Polis Asia research center roundtable 'Social Aspects of Migration' in Bishkek
Speakers emphasized that education promotes higher-quality migration, although many migrants had trouble obtaining work in their field based on their university credentials.
21
Jun
IWMI-Nepal Radio programmes ‘Voices of youths in agriculture’
Under the MARIS-AGRUMIG project - Youth migration, gender, and rural transformation - IWMI-Nepal researchers collaborated with Radio Sagarmatha (102.4Mhz) to broadcast "Voice of youths in agriculture" on June 21 and 28.
17
Jun
CGIAR Webinar: ‘Is climate-induced migration a threat to socio-political security?’
The CGIAR FOCUS Climate Security team hosted a global climate security webinar series between June and November 2021
11
May
Paving Rough Roads: The role of policy in the nexus between climate change, rural development and migration, Bologna, Italy
The first part of the 11 May seminar covered a theoretical analysis of the drivers of rural migration and their impacts on rural areas.
2020
18
Dec
Migration and Covid-19: disruptions and policy impacts
Join the webinar here. Join us for a webinar exploring the impact of Covid-19 on global migration to mark International Migrants Day. Building on a [...]