Does Land Fragmentation Increase the Cost of Cultivation?: Evidence from India

doi:10.1080/00220388.2016.1166210

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Does Land Fragmentation Increase the Cost of Cultivation?: Evidence from India

dc.contributor.author	Deininger, Klaus
dc.contributor.author	Nagarajan, Hari K.
dc.contributor.author	Singh, Sudhir K.
dc.date.accessioned	2016-05-10T17:54:39Z
dc.date.available	2016-05-10T17:54:39Z
dc.date.issued	2016-04-28
dc.description.abstract	To appreciate overall impacts of fragmentation, underlying channels, and potential heterogeneity by holding size, we distinguish average fragment size and mean inter-fragment distance as two aspects of this phenomenon. Estimating a cost function with associated input demand equations on a large nationally representative Indian survey, robust to endogeneity, suggests that fragmentation’s main impact is to reduce mean plot size below the threshold for mechanization. Higher inter-fragment distances increase costs for larger holdings, but by a much smaller magnitude. Implications as to when programs to consolidate holdings may make sense and ways to ensure their sustainability are discussed.	en
dc.identifier.citation	The Journal of Development Studies
dc.identifier.doi	10.1596/24263
dc.identifier.issn	0022-0388
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10986/24263
dc.language.iso	en_US
dc.publisher	Taylor and Francis
dc.rights	CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder	World Bank
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo
dc.subject	fragmentation
dc.subject	inheritance
dc.subject	land ownership
dc.subject	agricultural productivity
dc.subject	scale economies
dc.subject	endogeneity
dc.title	Does Land Fragmentation Increase the Cost of Cultivation?	en
dc.title.subtitle	Evidence from India	en
dc.type	Journal Article	en
dc.type	Article de journal	fr
dc.type	Artículo de revista	es
dspace.entity.type	Publication
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okr.associatedcontent	https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/20632 Working paper version (pre-print)
okr.crossref.title	Does Land Fragmentation Increase the Cost of Cultivation?: Evidence from India
okr.date.disclosure	2017-10-28
okr.doctype	Publications & Research::Journal Article
okr.doctype	Publications & Research
okr.externalcontent	External Content
okr.identifier.doi	10.1080/00220388.2016.1166210
okr.identifier.doi	10.1596/24263
okr.identifier.report	105354
okr.language.supported	en
okr.peerreview	Academic Peer Review
okr.region.country	India
okr.topic	Rural Development::Rural Land Policies for Poverty Reduction
okr.topic	Agriculture::Agricultural Sector Economics
okr.topic	Rural Development::Agricultural Growth and Rural Development
okr.unit	Agriculture and Rural Development Team, Development Research Group (DECAR)
okr.volume	(Forthcoming 2016)
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