Does Land Fragmentation Increase the Cost of Cultivation? Evidence from India
Although a large literature discusses the productivity effects of land fragmentation, measurement and potential endogeneity issues are often overlooked. This paper uses several measures of fragmentation and controls for endogeneity and crop choice by looking at inherited paddy and wheat plots to show that these issues matter empirically. While crop choice can mitigate effects, fragmentation as measured by the Simpson index increases production cost and fosters substitution of labor for machinery, especially for small and medium farmers. Greater distances between fragments have a smaller effect. Creating opportunities for market-based consolidation could be one step to limit fragmentation-induced cost increases.
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dig-okr-10986206322024-08-08T13:41:15Z Does Land Fragmentation Increase the Cost of Cultivation? Evidence from India Monchuk, Daniel Deininger, Klaus Nagarajan, Hari K. Singh, Sudhir K. ACCOUNTING ADVERSE EFFECTS ADVERSE IMPACTS AGRICULTURAL BUSINESS AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURAL SECTOR AGRICULTURE CENTRALLY PLANNED ECONOMIES CEREALS CHILD LABOR COST FUNCTIONS CREDIT MARKETS CROP CROP INCOME CROP PRODUCTION CROPLAND CROPS CULTIVATION DEVELOPMENT POLICY DIVERSIFICATION ECONOMETRICS ECONOMIC ANALYSIS ECONOMIC HISTORY ECONOMIC RESEARCH ELASTICITY ELASTICITY OF SUBSTITUTION EMPLOYMENT EQUIPMENT EXTERNALITIES FACTOR DEMAND FACTOR MARKETS FAMILY LABOR FARM FARM HOUSEHOLDS FARM SELF-EMPLOYMENT FARM SIZE FARM TECHNOLOGY FARMERS FARMING FARMS FERTILIZER FERTILIZERS FRUITS HARVESTING HIGH WAGES HOUSEHOLD INCOME INCOME INHERITANCE INSURANCE IRRIGATION LABOR COSTS LABOR MARKET LAND ACQUISITION LAND ASSETS LAND LEASING LAND OWNERSHIP LAND PREPARATION LAND PRODUCTIVITY LAND USE PLANNING LANDHOLDINGS LIVESTOCK MAIZE MARGINAL FARMERS MARKET WAGES OILSEEDS ORCHARDS OUTPUTS PADDY PER CAPITA INCOME PEST CONTROL PESTICIDE PESTS POPULATION GROWTH PRICE ELASTICITY PRICE ELASTICITY OF DEMAND PRODUCTION COST PRODUCTION COSTS PRODUCTION FUNCTION PRODUCTION INCREASES PULSES RESOURCE ALLOCATION RETURNS TO SCALE RICE RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL POVERTY SEED SEEDLINGS SEEDS SMALL FARMERS SMALL FARMS TOTAL COSTS TOTAL OUTPUT TUBERS VARIABLE INPUTS VEGETABLES VILLAGE LEVEL WAGE RATES WHEAT Although a large literature discusses the productivity effects of land fragmentation, measurement and potential endogeneity issues are often overlooked. This paper uses several measures of fragmentation and controls for endogeneity and crop choice by looking at inherited paddy and wheat plots to show that these issues matter empirically. While crop choice can mitigate effects, fragmentation as measured by the Simpson index increases production cost and fosters substitution of labor for machinery, especially for small and medium farmers. Greater distances between fragments have a smaller effect. Creating opportunities for market-based consolidation could be one step to limit fragmentation-induced cost increases. 2014-12-03T20:12:56Z 2014-12-03T20:12:56Z 2014-11 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/11/20346301/land-fragmentation-increase-cost-cultivation-evidence-india https://hdl.handle.net/10986/20632 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7085 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ application/pdf text/plain World Bank Group, Washington, DC |
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ACCOUNTING ADVERSE EFFECTS ADVERSE IMPACTS AGRICULTURAL BUSINESS AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURAL SECTOR AGRICULTURE CENTRALLY PLANNED ECONOMIES CEREALS CHILD LABOR COST FUNCTIONS CREDIT MARKETS CROP CROP INCOME CROP PRODUCTION CROPLAND CROPS CULTIVATION DEVELOPMENT POLICY DIVERSIFICATION ECONOMETRICS ECONOMIC ANALYSIS ECONOMIC HISTORY ECONOMIC RESEARCH ELASTICITY ELASTICITY OF SUBSTITUTION EMPLOYMENT EQUIPMENT EXTERNALITIES FACTOR DEMAND FACTOR MARKETS FAMILY LABOR FARM FARM HOUSEHOLDS FARM SELF-EMPLOYMENT FARM SIZE FARM TECHNOLOGY FARMERS FARMING FARMS FERTILIZER FERTILIZERS FRUITS HARVESTING HIGH WAGES HOUSEHOLD INCOME INCOME INHERITANCE INSURANCE IRRIGATION LABOR COSTS LABOR MARKET LAND ACQUISITION LAND ASSETS LAND LEASING LAND OWNERSHIP LAND PREPARATION LAND PRODUCTIVITY LAND USE PLANNING LANDHOLDINGS LIVESTOCK MAIZE MARGINAL FARMERS MARKET WAGES OILSEEDS ORCHARDS OUTPUTS PADDY PER CAPITA INCOME PEST CONTROL PESTICIDE PESTS POPULATION GROWTH PRICE ELASTICITY PRICE ELASTICITY OF DEMAND PRODUCTION COST PRODUCTION COSTS PRODUCTION FUNCTION PRODUCTION INCREASES PULSES RESOURCE ALLOCATION RETURNS TO SCALE RICE RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL POVERTY SEED SEEDLINGS SEEDS SMALL FARMERS SMALL FARMS TOTAL COSTS TOTAL OUTPUT TUBERS VARIABLE INPUTS VEGETABLES VILLAGE LEVEL WAGE RATES WHEAT ACCOUNTING ADVERSE EFFECTS ADVERSE IMPACTS AGRICULTURAL BUSINESS AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURAL SECTOR AGRICULTURE CENTRALLY PLANNED ECONOMIES CEREALS CHILD LABOR COST FUNCTIONS CREDIT MARKETS CROP CROP INCOME CROP PRODUCTION CROPLAND CROPS CULTIVATION DEVELOPMENT POLICY DIVERSIFICATION ECONOMETRICS ECONOMIC ANALYSIS ECONOMIC HISTORY ECONOMIC RESEARCH ELASTICITY ELASTICITY OF SUBSTITUTION EMPLOYMENT EQUIPMENT EXTERNALITIES FACTOR DEMAND FACTOR MARKETS FAMILY LABOR FARM FARM HOUSEHOLDS FARM SELF-EMPLOYMENT FARM SIZE FARM TECHNOLOGY FARMERS FARMING FARMS FERTILIZER FERTILIZERS FRUITS HARVESTING HIGH WAGES HOUSEHOLD INCOME INCOME INHERITANCE INSURANCE IRRIGATION LABOR COSTS LABOR MARKET LAND ACQUISITION LAND ASSETS LAND LEASING LAND OWNERSHIP LAND PREPARATION LAND PRODUCTIVITY LAND USE PLANNING LANDHOLDINGS LIVESTOCK MAIZE MARGINAL FARMERS MARKET WAGES OILSEEDS ORCHARDS OUTPUTS PADDY PER CAPITA INCOME PEST CONTROL PESTICIDE PESTS POPULATION GROWTH PRICE ELASTICITY PRICE ELASTICITY OF DEMAND PRODUCTION COST PRODUCTION COSTS PRODUCTION FUNCTION PRODUCTION INCREASES PULSES RESOURCE ALLOCATION RETURNS TO SCALE RICE RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL POVERTY SEED SEEDLINGS SEEDS SMALL FARMERS SMALL FARMS TOTAL COSTS TOTAL OUTPUT TUBERS VARIABLE INPUTS VEGETABLES VILLAGE LEVEL WAGE RATES WHEAT |
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ACCOUNTING ADVERSE EFFECTS ADVERSE IMPACTS AGRICULTURAL BUSINESS AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURAL SECTOR AGRICULTURE CENTRALLY PLANNED ECONOMIES CEREALS CHILD LABOR COST FUNCTIONS CREDIT MARKETS CROP CROP INCOME CROP PRODUCTION CROPLAND CROPS CULTIVATION DEVELOPMENT POLICY DIVERSIFICATION ECONOMETRICS ECONOMIC ANALYSIS ECONOMIC HISTORY ECONOMIC RESEARCH ELASTICITY ELASTICITY OF SUBSTITUTION EMPLOYMENT EQUIPMENT EXTERNALITIES FACTOR DEMAND FACTOR MARKETS FAMILY LABOR FARM FARM HOUSEHOLDS FARM SELF-EMPLOYMENT FARM SIZE FARM TECHNOLOGY FARMERS FARMING FARMS FERTILIZER FERTILIZERS FRUITS HARVESTING HIGH WAGES HOUSEHOLD INCOME INCOME INHERITANCE INSURANCE IRRIGATION LABOR COSTS LABOR MARKET LAND ACQUISITION LAND ASSETS LAND LEASING LAND OWNERSHIP LAND PREPARATION LAND PRODUCTIVITY LAND USE PLANNING LANDHOLDINGS LIVESTOCK MAIZE MARGINAL FARMERS MARKET WAGES OILSEEDS ORCHARDS OUTPUTS PADDY PER CAPITA INCOME PEST CONTROL PESTICIDE PESTS POPULATION GROWTH PRICE ELASTICITY PRICE ELASTICITY OF DEMAND PRODUCTION COST PRODUCTION COSTS PRODUCTION FUNCTION PRODUCTION INCREASES PULSES RESOURCE ALLOCATION RETURNS TO SCALE RICE RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL POVERTY SEED SEEDLINGS SEEDS SMALL FARMERS SMALL FARMS TOTAL COSTS TOTAL OUTPUT TUBERS VARIABLE INPUTS VEGETABLES VILLAGE LEVEL WAGE RATES WHEAT ACCOUNTING ADVERSE EFFECTS ADVERSE IMPACTS AGRICULTURAL BUSINESS AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURAL SECTOR AGRICULTURE CENTRALLY PLANNED ECONOMIES CEREALS CHILD LABOR COST FUNCTIONS CREDIT MARKETS CROP CROP INCOME CROP PRODUCTION CROPLAND CROPS CULTIVATION DEVELOPMENT POLICY DIVERSIFICATION ECONOMETRICS ECONOMIC ANALYSIS ECONOMIC HISTORY ECONOMIC RESEARCH ELASTICITY ELASTICITY OF SUBSTITUTION EMPLOYMENT EQUIPMENT EXTERNALITIES FACTOR DEMAND FACTOR MARKETS FAMILY LABOR FARM FARM HOUSEHOLDS FARM SELF-EMPLOYMENT FARM SIZE FARM TECHNOLOGY FARMERS FARMING FARMS FERTILIZER FERTILIZERS FRUITS HARVESTING HIGH WAGES HOUSEHOLD INCOME INCOME INHERITANCE INSURANCE IRRIGATION LABOR COSTS LABOR MARKET LAND ACQUISITION LAND ASSETS LAND LEASING LAND OWNERSHIP LAND PREPARATION LAND PRODUCTIVITY LAND USE PLANNING LANDHOLDINGS LIVESTOCK MAIZE MARGINAL FARMERS MARKET WAGES OILSEEDS ORCHARDS OUTPUTS PADDY PER CAPITA INCOME PEST CONTROL PESTICIDE PESTS POPULATION GROWTH PRICE ELASTICITY PRICE ELASTICITY OF DEMAND PRODUCTION COST PRODUCTION COSTS PRODUCTION FUNCTION PRODUCTION INCREASES PULSES RESOURCE ALLOCATION RETURNS TO SCALE RICE RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL POVERTY SEED SEEDLINGS SEEDS SMALL FARMERS SMALL FARMS TOTAL COSTS TOTAL OUTPUT TUBERS VARIABLE INPUTS VEGETABLES VILLAGE LEVEL WAGE RATES WHEAT Monchuk, Daniel Deininger, Klaus Nagarajan, Hari K. Singh, Sudhir K. Does Land Fragmentation Increase the Cost of Cultivation? Evidence from India |
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Although a large literature discusses
the productivity effects of land fragmentation, measurement
and potential endogeneity issues are often overlooked. This
paper uses several measures of fragmentation and controls
for endogeneity and crop choice by looking at inherited
paddy and wheat plots to show that these issues matter
empirically. While crop choice can mitigate effects,
fragmentation as measured by the Simpson index increases
production cost and fosters substitution of labor for
machinery, especially for small and medium farmers. Greater
distances between fragments have a smaller effect. Creating
opportunities for market-based consolidation could be one
step to limit fragmentation-induced cost increases. |
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ACCOUNTING ADVERSE EFFECTS ADVERSE IMPACTS AGRICULTURAL BUSINESS AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURAL SECTOR AGRICULTURE CENTRALLY PLANNED ECONOMIES CEREALS CHILD LABOR COST FUNCTIONS CREDIT MARKETS CROP CROP INCOME CROP PRODUCTION CROPLAND CROPS CULTIVATION DEVELOPMENT POLICY DIVERSIFICATION ECONOMETRICS ECONOMIC ANALYSIS ECONOMIC HISTORY ECONOMIC RESEARCH ELASTICITY ELASTICITY OF SUBSTITUTION EMPLOYMENT EQUIPMENT EXTERNALITIES FACTOR DEMAND FACTOR MARKETS FAMILY LABOR FARM FARM HOUSEHOLDS FARM SELF-EMPLOYMENT FARM SIZE FARM TECHNOLOGY FARMERS FARMING FARMS FERTILIZER FERTILIZERS FRUITS HARVESTING HIGH WAGES HOUSEHOLD INCOME INCOME INHERITANCE INSURANCE IRRIGATION LABOR COSTS LABOR MARKET LAND ACQUISITION LAND ASSETS LAND LEASING LAND OWNERSHIP LAND PREPARATION LAND PRODUCTIVITY LAND USE PLANNING LANDHOLDINGS LIVESTOCK MAIZE MARGINAL FARMERS MARKET WAGES OILSEEDS ORCHARDS OUTPUTS PADDY PER CAPITA INCOME PEST CONTROL PESTICIDE PESTS POPULATION GROWTH PRICE ELASTICITY PRICE ELASTICITY OF DEMAND PRODUCTION COST PRODUCTION COSTS PRODUCTION FUNCTION PRODUCTION INCREASES PULSES RESOURCE ALLOCATION RETURNS TO SCALE RICE RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL POVERTY SEED SEEDLINGS SEEDS SMALL FARMERS SMALL FARMS TOTAL COSTS TOTAL OUTPUT TUBERS VARIABLE INPUTS VEGETABLES VILLAGE LEVEL WAGE RATES WHEAT |
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Monchuk, Daniel Deininger, Klaus Nagarajan, Hari K. Singh, Sudhir K. |
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Monchuk, Daniel Deininger, Klaus Nagarajan, Hari K. Singh, Sudhir K. |
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Monchuk, Daniel |
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Does Land Fragmentation Increase the Cost of Cultivation? Evidence from India |
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Does Land Fragmentation Increase the Cost of Cultivation? Evidence from India |
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Does Land Fragmentation Increase the Cost of Cultivation? Evidence from India |
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Does Land Fragmentation Increase the Cost of Cultivation? Evidence from India |
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Does Land Fragmentation Increase the Cost of Cultivation? Evidence from India |
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does land fragmentation increase the cost of cultivation? evidence from india |
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World Bank Group, Washington, DC |
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2014-11 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/11/20346301/land-fragmentation-increase-cost-cultivation-evidence-india https://hdl.handle.net/10986/20632 |
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