1University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
2Department of Agricultural Economics & Extension, Lovely Professional University, Punjab, India
During the COVID-19 pandemic, migrant workers encountered a number of obstacles. As a result of the country’s lockdown, millions of migrant workers have lost their jobs, income, and food. The response of migrant labour to livelihood security during the covid-19 outbreak was explored in North Karnataka. This study looked into the alternative employment options available to migrant workers who went home to avoid the outbreak. The purpose of this study is to apply logistic regression and path analysis to see what factors influenced agricultural migrant households’ livelihood security when they returned home following the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown. The factors impacting livelihood security, according to the results of logistic regression, were family size, household income, and income from non-agriculture, dependency ratio, migrating reason, and average age of migrants. This study looks at the socioeconomic conditions of migrant workers as well as the factors that affect their capacity to earn a living.
• As a result of the country’s lockdown during Covid-19 pandemic, millions of migrant workers have lost their jobs, income, and food.
• Migrants’ livelihood security is impacted significantly by the indirect effects of family size and migration style.
• The factors impacting livelihood security, according to the results of logistic regression, were family size, household income, and income from non-agriculture, dependency ratio, migrating reason, and average age of migrants.
• Non-economic factors were found to be the primary cause of migrants’ concerns.
• Inclusive agrarian transformation solutions should be examined in north Karnataka.
Covid-19, Livelihood security, Migrant labours, Income from agriculture
