impact of migration on agriculture

Kuradikeri is 18th km away from Taluk headquarter of Hubli. Kuradideri is in Hubli Taluk and belongs to Dharwad District. It is 18km north of Hubli. The villages around Kurdikeri are Surshettikoppa, Kamplikoppa, Karadikoppa
Demography: Kurdikeri has a population of 3,500 and there are around 450 families. There are 334 children in the whole village. In this village, there is a total of 9 handicapped people. Also, Kurdikeri has one school and two Anganwadies.
Livelihood: Most of the people of Kuradikeri engage in agriculture, and this is main source of their bread-earning. Additionally, landless people work in other people’s land. Some people are doing some other work, like tea shop business, pan shop, or carpentry work. Nowadays, most of the people goes to Hubli for work because they believe earnings from working in the field are not enough for their life. Rather, if they go to Hubli and work, they can earn 100Rs per day. The women’s of Kuradikeri rear cattle, and this earning is helping in their life.
Agriculture land of Kuradikeri: The people of Kuradikeri have 2000 acres of agricultural land, some of which is irrigated. 50% of Kurdikeri land is Black Soil, and other 50% is Stony and Red Soil. 80% of people have their own land, 20% landless. In the village, a total of 100 bore wells are there, as well as five ponds, named Hirekeri, Kirekeri , Kempageri, Unakal, and Kallanchi katti. Main crops are Soya, Maize, Cotton & vegetables. Others crops Alasandi, Paddy, Savi, and black gram. People make livestock for human beings and for the animal also for the animal they use to stock fodder and for human different type of grains like they are maintaining their livestock this stock they are maintaining for one year and this grains they use for next year crop irrigation. Key problem of this village: most of the people goes to Hubli for industry work on daily wages. Every day morning After 8 am no one labor in village.
Impact of migration: Every day farmers faced agricultural labors. They borrow machines to cultivate the land and harvesting crops. Sometimes they change crop which is the less require labors. and they don’t concern income. In the harvesting time they burden lot of problems. They borrow machines from other villages to cultivate the land and harvest crops. Sometimes farmers failed to do seasonal farming.
Cases of the problem: High wages is main reason to migrate the daily. They get daily work it means they get life security. Attraction of cities also on of the reason.