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

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

To appreciate overall impacts of fragmentation, underlying channels, and potential heterogeneity by holding size, we distinguish average fragment size and mean inter-fragment distance as two aspects of this phenomenon. Estimating a cost function with associated input demand equations on a large nati...

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Main Authors: Deininger, Klaus, Monchuk, Daniel, Nagarajan, Hari K., Singh, Sudhir K.
Format: Journal Article
Language:en_US
Published: Taylor and Francis 2016
Subjects:
fragmentation
inheritance
land ownership
agricultural productivity
scale economies
endogeneity
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24263
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spelling okr-10986-242632021-05-26T09:05:19Z Does Land Fragmentation Increase the Cost of Cultivation? : Evidence from India Deininger, Klaus Monchuk, Daniel Nagarajan, Hari K. Singh, Sudhir K. fragmentation inheritance land ownership agricultural productivity scale economies endogeneity To appreciate overall impacts of fragmentation, underlying channels, and potential heterogeneity by holding size, we distinguish average fragment size and mean inter-fragment distance as two aspects of this phenomenon. Estimating a cost function with associated input demand equations on a large nationally representative Indian survey, robust to endogeneity, suggests that fragmentation’s main impact is to reduce mean plot size below the threshold for mechanization. Higher inter-fragment distances increase costs for larger holdings, but by a much smaller magnitude. Implications as to when programs to consolidate holdings may make sense and ways to ensure their sustainability are discussed. 2016-05-10T17:54:39Z 2016-05-10T17:54:39Z 2016-04-28 Journal Article The Journal of Development Studies 0022-0388 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24263 en_US CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Taylor and Francis Publications & Research :: Journal Article Publications & Research India
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topic fragmentation
inheritance
land ownership
agricultural productivity
scale economies
endogeneity
spellingShingle fragmentation
inheritance
land ownership
agricultural productivity
scale economies
endogeneity
Deininger, Klaus
Monchuk, Daniel
Nagarajan, Hari K.
Singh, Sudhir K.
Does Land Fragmentation Increase the Cost of Cultivation? : Evidence from India
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description To appreciate overall impacts of fragmentation, underlying channels, and potential heterogeneity by holding size, we distinguish average fragment size and mean inter-fragment distance as two aspects of this phenomenon. Estimating a cost function with associated input demand equations on a large nationally representative Indian survey, robust to endogeneity, suggests that fragmentation’s main impact is to reduce mean plot size below the threshold for mechanization. Higher inter-fragment distances increase costs for larger holdings, but by a much smaller magnitude. Implications as to when programs to consolidate holdings may make sense and ways to ensure their sustainability are discussed.
format Journal Article
author Deininger, Klaus
Monchuk, Daniel
Nagarajan, Hari K.
Singh, Sudhir K.
author_facet Deininger, Klaus
Monchuk, Daniel
Nagarajan, Hari K.
Singh, Sudhir K.
author_sort Deininger, Klaus
title Does Land Fragmentation Increase the Cost of Cultivation? : Evidence from India
title_short Does Land Fragmentation Increase the Cost of Cultivation? : Evidence from India
title_full Does Land Fragmentation Increase the Cost of Cultivation? : Evidence from India
title_fullStr Does Land Fragmentation Increase the Cost of Cultivation? : Evidence from India
title_full_unstemmed Does Land Fragmentation Increase the Cost of Cultivation? : Evidence from India
title_sort does land fragmentation increase the cost of cultivation? : evidence from india
publisher Taylor and Francis
publishDate 2016
url http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24263
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