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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