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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okr-10986-159092021-04-23T14:03:26Z Are Mega-Farms the Future of Global Agriculture? Exploring the Farm Size-Productivity Relationship for Large Commercial Farms in Ukraine Deininger, Klaus Nizalov, Denys Singh, Sudhir K. 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&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 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 in 2001-2011 suggests that higher yields and profits are due to unobserved factors at rayon (district) and farm level rather than economies of scale. Productivity growth was driven not by farm expansion but by exit of unproductive and entry of more efficient farms. Higher initial shares of area under farms with more than 3,000 or 5,000 hectares at the rayon level significantly reduce subsequent exit, suggesting that land concentration reduces productivity growth. The paper draws implications for global evolution of farm structures. 2013-09-27T18:33:30Z 2013-09-27T18:33:30Z 2013-07 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 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No.6544 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, D.C. Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research Europe and Central Asia Ukraine |
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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&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 |
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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&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 Deininger, Klaus Nizalov, Denys Singh, Sudhir K. Are Mega-Farms the Future of Global Agriculture? Exploring the Farm Size-Productivity Relationship for Large Commercial Farms in Ukraine |
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Europe and Central Asia Ukraine |
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Policy Research Working Paper;No.6544 |
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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 in
2001-2011 suggests that higher yields and profits are due to
unobserved factors at rayon (district) and farm level rather
than economies of scale. Productivity growth was driven not
by farm expansion but by exit of unproductive and entry of
more efficient farms. Higher initial shares of area under
farms with more than 3,000 or 5,000 hectares at the rayon
level significantly reduce subsequent exit, suggesting that
land concentration reduces productivity growth. The paper
draws implications for global evolution of farm structures. |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
| author |
Deininger, Klaus Nizalov, Denys Singh, Sudhir K. |
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Deininger, Klaus Nizalov, Denys Singh, Sudhir K. |
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Deininger, Klaus |
| title |
Are Mega-Farms the Future of Global Agriculture? Exploring the Farm Size-Productivity Relationship for Large Commercial Farms in Ukraine |
| title_short |
Are Mega-Farms the Future of Global Agriculture? Exploring the Farm Size-Productivity Relationship for Large Commercial Farms in Ukraine |
| title_full |
Are Mega-Farms the Future of Global Agriculture? Exploring the Farm Size-Productivity Relationship for Large Commercial Farms in Ukraine |
| title_fullStr |
Are Mega-Farms the Future of Global Agriculture? Exploring the Farm Size-Productivity Relationship for Large Commercial Farms in Ukraine |
| title_full_unstemmed |
Are Mega-Farms the Future of Global Agriculture? Exploring the Farm Size-Productivity Relationship for Large Commercial Farms in Ukraine |
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are mega-farms the future of global agriculture? exploring the farm size-productivity relationship for large commercial farms in ukraine |
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World Bank, Washington, D.C. |
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2013 |
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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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