The present study entitled ‘A Study on the Effect of Migration on Farm Families and Agriculture of Nepal had been initiated focusing on effect of migration on farm families and agriculture of Nepal following objectives; Socio-economic profile of the migrant families, effect of migration on the status of farm families, effect of the migrant on agriculture in terms of trends in agriculture situation in selected districts, elicit reasons influencing migration and the status of migrant’s farm families, constraints faced due to migration in continuing farming by farm families in Agriculture, documents few cases of migrant’s farm families. Descriptive research design was adopted for the study, as the variables chosen for the study had already occurred. The present study was conducted in Nepal. Out of 77 districts of Nepal, and 5 development region, Central development region and far-western development region were purposively selected as high migrant farm families were there. In which Chitwan district from central development region and Kailali district from far-western development region were selected. These Central development region (Chitwan) province no 3 and Far- Western development region Kailali district province no 7 of Nepal was selected purposively for the study keeping in view of district having maximum number of migrant farm families. Three villages from Chitwan district and three villages from Kailali district were selected using simple random sampling technique. Thus making total of 6 villages and from each village 20 farmers was selected randomly constituting a sample of 120 respondents. Socio-economic profile of the migrant farm families before migration i.e., 2016 is studied. The variable annual income majority (50.83%) respondents had low annual income (Rs. 30,000-2, 50,000),nuclear family (49.16%).Joint (50.83%) nuclear and joint families they were more or less equal and majority of them were together. Education of father migrant nuclear farm families majority (31.67%) can read and write, while education of mother of migrant farm families majority (33.33%) can read and write, Education of children of migrant nuclear farm families among which sons education most of them were illiterate (29.16%) where as daughter education mostly were illiterate (31.25%) .While education of father in joint migrant farm families majority (36.06%) were illiterate, education of mother of migrant farm families majority (45.90%) were illiterate, education of children of joint migrant farm families among which brothers education majority of them were illiterate (32.78%), where as daughter education majority were illiterate (30.33%). Less than half (40.83%) of the respondents had small land holdings. Regarding Assets 8.33 per cent had house followed by jewels (13.00%), tractor (3.33%), automobile (13.33%), and land (25.83), livestock-dairy animal (20.00%). Material possessions majority (50.83%) had furniture followed by pump set (23.33%), bullock cart (17.50%), radio (16.66%), plough and sprayer (15.00%), cycle (14.16%), t. v. (11.66%), and tractor (3.33%).
Verma et al. (Mon,) studied this question.