Agricultural Entrepreneurship among Female-headed Remittance Receiving Households in Nepal

2023 Fiscal Year Annual Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 17K17917
• Research Institution: Hiroshima University
• Principal Investigator: PIYA LUNI 広島大学, 人間社会科学研究科(国), 研究員 (60761377)
• Project Period (FY): 2017-04-01 – 2024-03-31
• Keywords: Entrepreneurship / Migration / Remittance / Current Migrants / Non-Migrants / Return Migrants / Peri-urban Nepal

Outline of Annual Research Achievements

This research contributes in understanding the entrepreneurial behavior of households depending on the migration status of its members. Entrepreneurship behavior exhibited by households with no migrants (HNM) was compared to households with returnee migrants (HRM) and households with current migrants (HCM). Entrepreneurship was found to be the highest among HRM, as they have better financial resources (savings), skills, and social networks. Although HCM also have financial resources (remittances), they lagged behind in entrepreneurship due to lack of human resources and skills among left behind members.
Results dissemination seminars were held at district and village levels in Nepal to share the findings with the relevant stakeholders. These seminars were helpful to bridge the gap that usually exists between researchers and policy-makers. Both the district and village level representatives acknowledged that such seminars are helpful in evidence-based policy formulations.
The results were also disseminated to the academia through conference presentation at the 33rd Annual Conference Program of the Japanese Association for South Asian Studies (JASAS). The inputs received at the conference presentation is being incorporated to develop a journal article which will be soon submitted for publication.