Costs and Benefits of Land Fragmentation : Evidence from Rwanda

Panel data from Rwanda allow us to explore costs and benefits from land fragmentation in a non-mechanized setting using two methodological improvements, namely (i) a terrain-adjusted measure of travel time/cost required to visit all parcels to measure fragmentation; and (ii) instrumental variable (I...

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Main Authors:	Ayalew Ali, Daniel, Deininger, Klaus, Ronchi, Loraine
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank 2021
Subjects:	FERTILIZER LAND FRAGMENTATION PRODUCTIVE EFFICIENCY CROP YIELD CROP SHOCK EXPECTATION PRODUCTION INCENTIVE
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35432

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spelling	okr-10986-354322021-04-23T14:02:21Z Costs and Benefits of Land Fragmentation : Evidence from Rwanda Ayalew Ali, Daniel Deininger, Klaus Ronchi, Loraine FERTILIZER LAND FRAGMENTATION PRODUCTIVE EFFICIENCY CROP YIELD CROP SHOCK EXPECTATION PRODUCTION INCENTIVE Panel data from Rwanda allow us to explore costs and benefits from land fragmentation in a non-mechanized setting using two methodological improvements, namely (i) a terrain-adjusted measure of travel time/cost required to visit all parcels to measure fragmentation; and (ii) instrumental variable (IV) approaches that use measures for inherited/allocated parcels and past displacement as instruments. Results suggest that fragmentation as measured by travel cost negatively affect yield, intensity of labor use, and technical efficiency while reducing yield variability. With some 7 percent increase in yields, the size of the estimated impact of potential consolidation remains modest, suggesting that in an unmechanized setting such as the one studied here, the costs of programs to reduce fragmentation may outweigh the benefits. 2021-04-13T14:57:18Z 2021-04-13T14:57:18Z 2019-10 Journal Article World Bank Economic Review 1564-698X http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35432 CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank Publications & Research :: Journal Article Publications & Research Africa Africa Eastern and Southern (AFE) Rwanda
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topic	FERTILIZER LAND FRAGMENTATION PRODUCTIVE EFFICIENCY CROP YIELD CROP SHOCK EXPECTATION PRODUCTION INCENTIVE
spellingShingle	FERTILIZER LAND FRAGMENTATION PRODUCTIVE EFFICIENCY CROP YIELD CROP SHOCK EXPECTATION PRODUCTION INCENTIVE Ayalew Ali, Daniel Deininger, Klaus Ronchi, Loraine Costs and Benefits of Land Fragmentation : Evidence from Rwanda
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description	Panel data from Rwanda allow us to explore costs and benefits from land fragmentation in a non-mechanized setting using two methodological improvements, namely (i) a terrain-adjusted measure of travel time/cost required to visit all parcels to measure fragmentation; and (ii) instrumental variable (IV) approaches that use measures for inherited/allocated parcels and past displacement as instruments. Results suggest that fragmentation as measured by travel cost negatively affect yield, intensity of labor use, and technical efficiency while reducing yield variability. With some 7 percent increase in yields, the size of the estimated impact of potential consolidation remains modest, suggesting that in an unmechanized setting such as the one studied here, the costs of programs to reduce fragmentation may outweigh the benefits.
format	Journal Article
author	Ayalew Ali, Daniel Deininger, Klaus Ronchi, Loraine
author_facet	Ayalew Ali, Daniel Deininger, Klaus Ronchi, Loraine
author_sort	Ayalew Ali, Daniel
title	Costs and Benefits of Land Fragmentation : Evidence from Rwanda
title_short	Costs and Benefits of Land Fragmentation : Evidence from Rwanda
title_full	Costs and Benefits of Land Fragmentation : Evidence from Rwanda
title_fullStr	Costs and Benefits of Land Fragmentation : Evidence from Rwanda
title_full_unstemmed	Costs and Benefits of Land Fragmentation : Evidence from Rwanda
title_sort	costs and benefits of land fragmentation : evidence from rwanda
publisher	Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank
publishDate	2021
url	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35432
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Costs and Benefits of Land Fragmentation : Evidence from Rwanda

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