Are Mega-Farms the Future of Global Agriculture? Exploring the Farm Size-Productivity Relationship for Large Commercial Farms in Ukraine

Are Mega-Farms the Future of Global Agriculture? Exploring the Farm Size-Productivity Relationship for Large Commercial Farms in Ukraine

With farms cultivating tens or hundreds of thousands of hectares, Ukraine is often used to demonstrate the existence of economies of scale in modern grain production. Panel data analysis for all the country's farms with more than 200 hectares...

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Main Authors:	Deininger, Klaus, Nizalov, Denys, Singh, Sudhir K.
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, D.C. 2013
Subjects:	AGRIBUSINESS AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AGRICULTURAL LAND AGRICULTURAL MARKETS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURE ANIMALS ATTRITION BARLEY BARRIERS TO ENTRY CAPITAL COSTS COLLUSION COMMODITY COMMUNISM COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COMPETITIVE MARKETS CONSTANT RETURNS TO SCALE COOPERATIVES CORN CROP CROP PRODUCTION DEMAND FOR FOOD DEMOCRACY DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT POLICY DRIVERS DUAL ECONOMY ECONOMETRICS ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC OUTCOMES ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ECONOMICS ECONOMIES OF SCALE EMPLOYMENT EQUIPMENT EXPORT GROWTH FACTOR MARKETS FACTORS OF PRODUCTION FAO FARM FARM GROWTH FARM STRUCTURES FARMERS FARMING FARMS FERTILIZER FINANCIAL SECTOR FIXED COSTS FOOD PRICES FOOD SECURITY FRUITS GRAIN GRAIN PRODUCTION GRAINS HUMAN CAPITAL INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCREASING RETURNS INCREASING RETURNS TO SCALE INCUMBENT INSURANCE INTEGRATION LABOR INTENSIVE TECHNOLOGIES LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKETS LAND DISTRIBUTION LAND REFORM LIVESTOCK MACROECONOMICS MAIZE MANAGERIAL EFFICIENCY MARGINAL PRODUCT MARGINAL VALUE NEGATIVE EXTERNALITIES OILSEED PRICES OILSEEDS OLIGARCHY OPPORTUNITY COST PATTERNS OF SETTLEMENT PLANTATIONS POLITICAL ECONOMY POLITICAL PARTICIPATION POULTRY PRICE CONTROLS PRODUCTION FUNCTION PRODUCTION PROCESS PRODUCTIVITY PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PUBLIC GOODS R&AMP;D REGIONAL PRODUCTIVITY RENT SEEKING RENTS ROOT CROPS RURAL DEVELOPMENT SECURE PROPERTY RIGHTS SEED SMALL FARMERS SMALL PRODUCERS SMALLHOLDER AGRICULTURE SOCIAL COST SOCIAL STRUCTURE SOIL FERTILITY SOIL QUALITY SOILS SOYBEAN STRUCTURAL CHANGE SUGAR SUGAR BEET SUNFLOWER SURPLUS LABOR TAX TILLAGE TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY TRADE POLICY UNSKILLED LABOR VALUE OF OUTPUT VEGETABLES WAGES WEALTH WHEAT YIELDS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/07/18030279/mega-farms-future-global-agriculture-exploring-farm-size-productivity-relationship http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15909

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/07/18030279/mega-farms-future-global-agriculture-exploring-farm-size-productivity-relationship
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15909

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