Does Land Fragmentation Increase the Cost of Cultivation? Evidence from India

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...

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Main Authors: Deininger, Klaus, Monchuk, Daniel, Nagarajan, Hari K., Singh, Sudhir K.
Format: Publications & Research
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank Group, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:
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
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/11/20346301/land-fragmentation-increase-cost-cultivation-evidence-india
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20632

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/11/20346301/land-fragmentation-increase-cost-cultivation-evidence-india
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20632

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