Fragmentation of peasant land in Malaysia: transmission mechanisms and role of institutions

The paper discusses aspects of traditional informal credit system and inter-generational land transfers and how they affect landholding structure in the Malaysian rural areas. The formal and informal institutions that supported them inevitably produce various layers of transaction costs and marke...

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Main Author:	Khalid, Haniza
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Ministry of Rural Development, National Institute of Rural Development, India 2018
Subjects:	HC94 By region or country HD1401 Agriculture HD72 Economic growth, development, planning HJ9011 Local finance
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/63467/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/63467/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/63467/12/63467%20Fragmentation%20of%20peasant%20land%20in%20Malaysia.pdf

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spelling	iium-634672018-12-28T08:16:55Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/63467/ Fragmentation of peasant land in Malaysia: transmission mechanisms and role of institutions Khalid, Haniza HC94 By region or country HD1401 Agriculture HD72 Economic growth, development, planning HJ9011 Local finance The paper discusses aspects of traditional informal credit system and inter-generational land transfers and how they affect landholding structure in the Malaysian rural areas. The formal and informal institutions that supported them inevitably produce various layers of transaction costs and market imperfections in the peasant land market; such that land fragmentation is often the most rational and convenient outcome for the peasant household. The implication of this microlevel decisions is today apparent in the pattern of land-use and land values that Malaysia sees today. In its entirety, the paper should be useful in allowing one to map the right questions to explain today’s agricultural land market while answering yet others such as why current policy measures, in particular those relating to agriculture, fail to effectively address the issue of land fragmentation and decline in agricultural production and hectarage. In addition, we argue that challenges to preservation of economic land sizes vary depending on the land ownership structure i.e. private holdings, group agrarian schemes, land settlement schemes Ministry of Rural Development, National Institute of Rural Development, India 2018-07 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/63467/12/63467%20Fragmentation%20of%20peasant%20land%20in%20Malaysia.pdf Khalid, Haniza (2018) Fragmentation of peasant land in Malaysia: transmission mechanisms and role of institutions. Journal of Rural Development, 37 (3 (July-September)). pp. 457-477. ISSN 0970-3357 http://nirdprojms.in/index.php/jrd/article/view/139517
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topic	HC94 By region or country HD1401 Agriculture HD72 Economic growth, development, planning HJ9011 Local finance
spellingShingle	HC94 By region or country HD1401 Agriculture HD72 Economic growth, development, planning HJ9011 Local finance Khalid, Haniza Fragmentation of peasant land in Malaysia: transmission mechanisms and role of institutions
description	The paper discusses aspects of traditional informal credit system and inter-generational land transfers and how they affect landholding structure in the Malaysian rural areas. The formal and informal institutions that supported them inevitably produce various layers of transaction costs and market imperfections in the peasant land market; such that land fragmentation is often the most rational and convenient outcome for the peasant household. The implication of this microlevel decisions is today apparent in the pattern of land-use and land values that Malaysia sees today. In its entirety, the paper should be useful in allowing one to map the right questions to explain today’s agricultural land market while answering yet others such as why current policy measures, in particular those relating to agriculture, fail to effectively address the issue of land fragmentation and decline in agricultural production and hectarage. In addition, we argue that challenges to preservation of economic land sizes vary depending on the land ownership structure i.e. private holdings, group agrarian schemes, land settlement schemes
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author	Khalid, Haniza
author_facet	Khalid, Haniza
author_sort	Khalid, Haniza
title	Fragmentation of peasant land in Malaysia: transmission mechanisms and role of institutions
title_short	Fragmentation of peasant land in Malaysia: transmission mechanisms and role of institutions
title_full	Fragmentation of peasant land in Malaysia: transmission mechanisms and role of institutions
title_fullStr	Fragmentation of peasant land in Malaysia: transmission mechanisms and role of institutions
title_full_unstemmed	Fragmentation of peasant land in Malaysia: transmission mechanisms and role of institutions
title_sort	fragmentation of peasant land in malaysia: transmission mechanisms and role of institutions
publisher	Ministry of Rural Development, National Institute of Rural Development, India
publishDate	2018
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/63467/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/63467/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/63467/12/63467%20Fragmentation%20of%20peasant%20land%20in%20Malaysia.pdf
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Fragmentation of peasant land in Malaysia: transmission mechanisms and role of institutions

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