Ronchi, LoraineAli, Daniel AyalewDeininger, Klaus2015-07-142015-07-142015-06https://hdl.handle.net/10986/22163This paper disentangles different aspects of land fragmentation and its impact on the efficiency of resource use. The paper uses information on the incidence of crop shocks to assess whether fragmentation provides benefits in reducing risk and parcel coordinates and terrain-adjusted travel times between parcels to more precisely account for the associated costs in 2010/11 data from Rwanda. While fragmentation increases the time required to move between a household’s parcels, this does not appear to affect overall technical efficiency on the farm. Fragmentation rather reduces the incidence of crop shocks and increases yields and productive efficiency. In Rwanda’s setting, interventions to reduce fragmentation may, therefore, be ineffective or counterproductive.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONSEQUIPMENTFERTILIZERPRODUCTIONTOPOGRAPHYCROPLANDDATA SOURCESEXPECTATIONSAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONDATA COLLECTIONPESTICIDEINFORMATIONCENTRALLY PLANNED ECONOMIESINCENTIVESPRODUCTION COSTDISTRIBUTIONAGRICULTURAL ECONOMICSVARIABLESINPUTSFARM HOUSEHOLDSPLANNINGRETURNS TO SCALEQUALITYTREESKNOWLEDGESOIL TYPEDEVELOPMENTMAIZEPLANNED ECONOMIESCROP PRODUCTIONCOSTSLABOR COSTSDEVELOPMENT ECONOMICSDAIRY FARMSTREE CROPSPOPULATION GROWTHFLOODSSEEDSPRODUCTIVITYEXTERNALITIESECONOMETRIC MODELSBIODIVERSITYCROP DIVERSIFICATIONSPECIESMARKETSPESTICIDE USESEEDVARIABLE INPUTSVEGETABLESINDICATORSRESEARCHFARMINGGEOGRAPHIC INFORMATIONEXTENSIONHISTORYFARMERSPLOTSGRAINSCLASSIFICATIONCULTIVATED LANDCROPSLAND USERANGESMARSHOPPORTUNITY COSTSTUDIESWAGESCROPPESTSORCHARDSFAMILYEXTENSION SERVICESLAND USE PLANNINGVALUEGENDERCULTIVATIONPRODUCTION FUNCTIONSCREDITCLIMATETUBERSFIELDSHARVESTERSINEFFICIENCYAGRICULTURELAND PARCELSAGRICULTURAL LANDRICE PRODUCTIONFERTILIZER USEMEASUREMENTSAMPLE SIZEECONOMICSPRODUCTION FUNCTIONMANAGEMENTTRADELANDLAND PRODUCTIVITYTHEORYEDUCATIONANALYSISOBSERVATIONSFARMWETLANDFARMSPLOT LOCATIONWHEATAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITYRICEFUNDINGYIELDSECONOMIC HISTORYCROP MANAGEMENTPASTURESAGRICULTURALINHERITANCEOUTCOMESRURAL DEVELOPMENTADVERSE EFFECTSSOIL QUALITYECONOMIC STATISTICSBENEFITSPRODUCTION COSTSDEVELOPMENT POLICYWorking PaperWorld Bank10.1596/1813-9450-7290