Migration Dialogue provides timely, factual and nonpartisan information and analysis of international migration issues through five major activities: the newsletters Migration News and Rural Migration News, Changing Face and other Research & Seminars, and the Sloan West Coast Program on Science and Engineering Workers.
Contact us at migrant@primal.ucdavis.edu.
Agriculture is a unique industry that produces food and fiber in a biological production process. Policies are riddled with contradictions, including the tendency of governments to subsidize wealthier-than-average farmers in industrial countries and tax poorer-than-average farmers in poor countries. One result is multi-generation farmers in industrial countries who aim to keep land wealth within the family and the out-migration of young people from rural areas of developing countries seeking opportunities in cities at home or abroad.
There are questions about the environmental sustainability of agriculture because of its heavy use of fresh water and land. Sustainable agriculture aims to integrate three goals: environmental stewardship, farm profitability and viable rural communities. Sustainable biophysical farming practices maintain soil fertility by avoiding erosion and minimizing water use to minimize the accumulation of salts. Sustainable socioeconomic practices ensure that food is produced in ways that minimize air and water pollution and nonrenewable energy resources.
Food and fiber production have increased via intensification, that is, producing more crops from the same land area and more meat and milk from each cow. The major sustainability question is whether agricultural production can continue to increase without degrading air, soil and water resources.
Migration News is produced with the support of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, and UCB Institute of European Studies. A paper edition is available by mail for $30 domestic and $50 foreign for one year and $55 and $95 for two years. Make checks payable to Migration Dialogue and send to
Philip Martin, Department of Ag and Resource Economics, University of California, Davis, California 95616 USA.
Rural Migration News is produced with the support of the Colcom, Farm, and Giannini Foundations. A paper edition is available by mail for $30 domestic and $50 foreign for one year and $55 and $95 for two-years. Make checks payable to Migration Dialogue and send to
Philip Martin, Department of Ag and Resource Economics, University of California, Davis, California 95616 USA.
This network of researchers hosts seminars on labor and immigration issues affecting science and engineering workers, compiles and distributes information on these issues, and cooperates closely with the NBER's SEWP.
The Changing Face project assesses the effects of immigrant farm workers on agriculture and agricultural communities.
Include Opinion Leader Seminars, the Comparative Immigration and Integration Program, and Transatlantic Migration Policy Issue seminars.
