Agropastoralism and international labor migration are livelihood strategies that are interconnected as dominant ways of life across rural Kyrgyzstan. A prevalent rural livelihood strategy—agropastoralism—is closely tied to agrarian semi‐nomadic ways of life that link families and communities to the surrounding mountain environment. Another livelihood strategy—international labor migration—links or telecouples communities and income streams to transnational family structures, international labor markets, and distant economies. This article examines four hypothetical relationships between key elements of these two livelihood strategies. The relationship between remittances, pasture access, and livestock holdings is examined by analyzing 1,815 household surveys from southern rural Kyrgyzstan. We find remittances and livestock holdings have a significant positive relationship when a household is receiving a large amount of remittances, but not when the remittances received are modest. We also find that access to more distant, productive pastures is positively associated with the receipt of any amount of remittances. These findings demonstrate the ways in which migration and remittances can impact livestock management and agropastoral livelihoods at different levels of remittance reception.

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吉尔吉斯斯坦农村农牧家庭的汇款和牲畜管理：全球化的远程耦合影响☆


农牧业和国际劳务移民是生计战略，它们是吉尔吉斯斯坦农村地区的主要生活方式，相互关联。普遍的农村生计策略——农牧业——与将家庭和社区与周围山区环境联系起来的农业半游牧生活方式密切相关。另一种生计策略——国际劳务移民——将社区和收入流与跨国家庭结构、国际劳动力市场和遥远的经济体联系起来或远程连接。本文探讨了这两种生计策略的关键要素之间的四种假设关系。通过分析吉尔吉斯斯坦南部农村地区的 1,815 份家庭调查，研究了汇款、牧场使用权和牲畜持有量之间的关系。我们发现，当一个家庭收到大量汇款时，汇款和牲畜饲养量之间存在显着的正相关关系，但当收到的汇款不多时，则不然。我们还发现，获得更遥远、生产力更高的牧场与收到任何数额的汇款呈正相关。这些研究结果表明，移民和汇款可以在不同的汇款接收水平上影响牲畜管理和农牧民生计。