{"id":15185,"date":"2026-06-20T12:41:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:41:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.iita.org\/news-item\/making-a-case-for-migrants-originating-households-in-malawi\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T20:50:57","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T20:50:57","slug":"making-a-case-for-migrants-originating-households-in-malawi","status":"publish","type":"news-item","link":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/news-item\/making-a-case-for-migrants-originating-households-in-malawi\/","title":{"rendered":"Making a case for migrants\u2019 originating households in Malawi"},"content":{"rendered":"Selon\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/rodakar.iom.int\/sites\/default\/files\/LHD%20Strategy.pdf\">research<\/a>, \u00a0migration for employment is a key feature of youth mobility in certain parts of Africa. Individuals migrate primarily to improve their social status and learn new skills and trades. Internal migration\u2014both rural to urban and rural to rural\u2014of youth is also increasing due to lack of employment opportunities and other factors, including environmental and climate changes, demographic pressure, and political crises.\n\n\u201cThe world is experiencing a higher rate of migration than ever, which is dominated by rural-urban migration arising from various developments, particularly among the youth,\u201d reveals\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/care.iita.org\/index.php\/2018\/08\/16\/tolani-emmanuel\/\">Emmanuel Tolani<\/a>, an\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/\">IITA<\/a>\u2013<a href=\"http:\/\/care.iita.org\/\">SOIN<\/a>\u00a0awardee, researching welfare effects on migrants\u2019 originating households in Malawi.\n<div id=\"attachment_7542\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Making-a-case-1.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7542\" src=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Making-a-case-1.jpg\" alt=\"Making a case for migrants\u2019 originating households in Malawi\" width=\"820\" height=\"411\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7542\" \/><\/a>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7542\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Migration for employment is a mainstay of youth mobility across Africa.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\nAccording to his\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/care.iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Emmanuel-Tolani_Policy-Brief_.pdf\">\u00e9tudier<\/a>, developing countries constitute a large proportion of people living in rural areas globally, and these countries are experiencing an increased urban population growth rate. While most households in developing countries depend on farming as their primary source of livelihood, with family labor as the main labor source, migration of family members from rural to urban areas might impact the household members left behind.\n\n\u201cMigration is common in most sub-Saharan African countries, and Malawi is no exception. In Malawi, migration dates back to the 1960s after attaining independence. People have been moving from rural to urban areas within the country looking for better living conditions\u2014to earn income to supplement what they get from agricultural production. This is predominant among the youth,\u201d states Tolani.\n\nDespite government interventions to address migration challenges in Malawi, there is a dearth of information on the determinants of rural\u2012urban youth migration and how rural\u2012urban youth migration affects the welfare of originating households in the country. Looking at these determinants and their impact on influencing policies, Tolani developed scientifically based evidence during a study funded by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ifad.org\/en\/\">FIDA<\/a>.\n\nThe research carried out under the IITA-CARE project found that rural households faced with agricultural shocks are more likely to send their youth household members to urban areas. \u201cThese shocks include floods, droughts, prolonged dry spells, pests, and diseases,\u201d states Tolani.\n\nTolani revealed that the migration of family members from rural to urban areas often has implications on the household left behind, such as labor loss for agricultural production. Households with urban youth migrants were producing less maize per hectare than their non-urban youth migrant counterparts.\n\nDespite efforts to make remittances available for family members left behind in rural areas, it is often not enough to compensate for productive family labor lost due to migration. As part of policy interventions, the study recommends that the government in Malawi explore more and better employment opportunities, such as revising the minimum wage rate that will enable youth to improve their living standards and remit enough to their household members in rural areas.\n\nThe IITA-CARE project is building young researchers\u2019 capacity across 10 countries in Africa to generate and disseminate evidence-based results to inform future action plans related to youth participation in the rural sector for policymakers.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to research,  migration for employment is a key feature of youth mobility in certain parts of Africa.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":15186,"template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"tags":[1209],"science-area":[],"program":[],"location":[39],"news-type":[],"hub":[62],"crop":[],"impact-areas":[],"item-year":[199],"class_list":["post-15185","news-item","type-news-item","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-climate-changeiita-news-no-2575rural-urban-migrationyouthyouth-unemployment","location-malawi","hub-eastern-africa","item-year-199"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - 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