LEDC Rural Migration

Have a little read: ... LEDC Rural Migration Monze Depopulation Monze is a small village situated in the South of Zambia in between the capital Lusaka and Livingstone. Monze is experiencing depopulation, especially with young people leaving, due to shortages f land and economic activity. However rural to urban migration hasn't happened recently in the past people have migrated to towns with copper mines and commercial farming. The reserve areas in Monze were intended to by colonial administration. These would provide cheap labour for farms of the European settlers located in areas call crown land. These areas would provide income for African people. Some European settlers kept commercial farming between 200 to 5,000 hectares, however some were sold to African people with sizes of 2 to 25 hectares. However these areas were neglected as mining was seen as the main economic activity development and agriculture was used for cheap food and a source of labour. Another reasons for depopulation was a lack of economic development, as the small farms had little investment resulting in low productivity and therefore low incomes. This has resulted in young people leaving Monze to look for work in commercial farms and mines, resulting in an ageing population. The migrating people also hope of acquiring leases for commercial farms. However many people who are migrating to urban areas will not find employment because of the numbers of people migrating there. The large numbers of people migrating has also resulted in a lack of work, housing and social infrastructure. This has resulted in the growth of shantytowns lacking sufficient sanitation, health provisions and resulted in a growth of the informal sector, crime, diseases and poverty. The government has managed to slow the rate of rural depopulation down by providing lending and borrowing facilities for small and medium scale farms. They have also supported co-operatives and subsidising farming inputs. With the growth of these farms farmers are seeing the potential benefits from staying and working the land. Increasing population in he Kenya Highlands An area in Africa, which has an increasing population, is the Kenya highlands. This growth has been showing by half of the population being under 15 at the start of the millennium. One of the reasons for this is as people live longer and infant mortality lessens the population grows. This is one of the reasons why Kenya's population double between 1970 and 1990. Other reasons are the co-operative farms and the increase in services like clinics, markets, shops