Costs and Benefits of Land Fragmentation : Evidence from Rwanda

This paper disentangles different aspects of land fragmentation and its impact on the efficiency of resource use. The paper uses information on the incidence of crop shocks to assess whether fragmentation provides benefits in reducing risk and parc...

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Main Authors:	Ali, Daniel Ayalew, Deininger, Klaus, Ronchi, Loraine
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2015
Subjects:	ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS EQUIPMENT FERTILIZER PRODUCTION TOPOGRAPHY CROPLAND DATA SOURCES EXPECTATIONS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION DATA COLLECTION PESTICIDE INFORMATION CENTRALLY PLANNED ECONOMIES INCENTIVES PRODUCTION COST DISTRIBUTION AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS VARIABLES INPUTS FARM HOUSEHOLDS PLANNING RETURNS TO SCALE QUALITY TREES KNOWLEDGE SOIL TYPE DEVELOPMENT MAIZE PLANNED ECONOMIES CROP PRODUCTION COSTS LABOR COSTS DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DAIRY FARMS TREE CROPS POPULATION GROWTH FLOODS SEEDS PRODUCTIVITY EXTERNALITIES ECONOMETRIC MODELS BIODIVERSITY CROP DIVERSIFICATION SPECIES MARKETS PESTICIDE USE SEED VARIABLE INPUTS VEGETABLES INDICATORS RESEARCH FARMING GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION EXTENSION HISTORY FARMERS PLOTS GRAINS CLASSIFICATION CULTIVATED LAND CROPS LAND USE RANGES MARSH OPPORTUNITY COST STUDIES WAGES CROP PESTS ORCHARDS FAMILY EXTENSION SERVICES LAND USE PLANNING VALUE GENDER CULTIVATION PRODUCTION FUNCTIONS CREDIT CLIMATE TUBERS FIELDS HARVESTERS INEFFICIENCY AGRICULTURE LAND PARCELS AGRICULTURAL LAND RICE PRODUCTION FERTILIZER USE MEASUREMENT SAMPLE SIZE ECONOMICS PRODUCTION FUNCTION MANAGEMENT TRADE LAND LAND PRODUCTIVITY THEORY EDUCATION ANALYSIS OBSERVATIONS FARM WETLAND FARMS PLOT LOCATION WHEAT AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY RICE FUNDING YIELDS ECONOMIC HISTORY CROP MANAGEMENT PASTURES AGRICULTURAL INHERITANCE OUTCOMES RURAL DEVELOPMENT ADVERSE EFFECTS SOIL QUALITY ECONOMIC STATISTICS BENEFITS PRODUCTION COSTS DEVELOPMENT POLICY
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/06/24583162/costs-benefits-land-fragmentation-evidence-rwanda http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22163

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/06/24583162/costs-benefits-land-fragmentation-evidence-rwanda
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22163

Costs and Benefits of Land Fragmentation : Evidence from Rwanda

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