Laravel 5 - Transfer MySQL data from Dev to Staging/Production

I am having this question that I have been scratch my head for hours... I have build a Laravel 5.4 app that's ready to be tested on staging. I am able to create the database and run migration. So the question is how do I transfer the data from Dev to Staging, and later to Production?

I have a table called "regions" that lists out all regions in the area, such as "San Francisco", "East Bay", "South Bay" and so on. I know there are work around like importing sql file or Laravel Seeding, but I just want to know the proper way to do it.

Thanks in advance.

via Chebli Mohamed