Moving for Food: Exploring the Linkages Between Rural-Urban Migration, Remittances and Food Security in the Eastern Cape and Limpopo Provinces of South Africa

The study explores the relationship between rural-urban migration, remittances and food security in the Eastern Cape and Limpopo provinces of South Africa. The research questions are: (1) What are the key factors driving rural-urban migration and how do they relate to food security? (2) What kind of remittances flow between the migrants and migrant-sending households and how do the remittances differ between male and female migrants? (3) How do remittances impact the food security of both sending and remittance-receiving households? (4) In what ways were remittances impacted by Covid-19 and how did this impact on the food security of bother sender and migrant-receiving households? (5) What gender-specific coping strategies do rural households adopt to maintain food security? (6) How do migration, remittance and food security dynamics differ between the provinces? The study combines quantitative and qualitative data collection approaches, including a questionnaire survey with 800 households, 50 in-depth interviews and Photovoice studies with 20 participants.