Impact of land fragmentation, farm size, land ownership and crop diversity on profit and efficiency of irrigated farms in India

Manjunatha, A.V.; Anik, Asif Reza; Speelman, Stijn; Nuppenau, E.A.

doi:10.1016/j.landusepol.2012.08.005

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“…Otherwise, the above three dummy variables are equal to zero. The forestland fragmentation variable is also included in the model since previous literature indicates that it affects production [33]. According to Tan et al [34], the fragmentation level is indexed by the forestland size per plot.…”

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“…Therefore, the positive sign of average plot size indicates that forestland fragmentation has a negative effect on forestland rent-in. The underlying reason may be that fragmentation increases production costs, hampers technical efficiency, thereby diminishing the profitability of land cultivation [33,34]. Note: The average partial effects are calculated based on the data of households with positive observations on dependent variables.…”

Section: Determinants Of Forestland Rent-inmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The Effect of Off-Farm Employment on Forestland Transfers in China: A Simultaneous-Equation Tobit Model Estimation

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China's new round tenure reform has devolved collective forests to individuals on an egalitarian basis. To balance the equity-efficiency dilemma, forestland transfers are highly advocated by policymakers. However, the forestland rental market is still inactive after the reform. To examine the role of off-farm employment in forestland transfers, a simultaneous Tobit system of equations was employed to account for the endogeneity, interdependency, and censoring issues. Accordingly, the Nelson-Olson two-stage procedure, embedded with a multivariate Tobit estimator, was applied to a nationally representative dataset. The estimation results showed that off-farm employment plays a significantly negative role in forestland rent-in, at the 5% risk level. However, off-farm activities had no significant effect on forestland rent-out. Considering China's specific situation, a reasonable explanation is that households hold forestland as a crucial means of social security against the risk of unemployment. In both rent-in and rent-out equations, high transaction costs are one of the main obstacles impeding forestland transfer. A remarkable finding was that forestland transactions occurred with a statistically significant factor equalization effect, which would be helpful to adjust the mismatched labor-land ratio and improve the land-use efficiency.

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The Effect of Off-Farm Employment on Forestland Transfers in China: A Simultaneous-Equation Tobit Model Estimation

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“…It means that rural households with contractual rights of land give certain land management rights to other rural households or economic organizations through sub-contracting, leasing, and investment through shares. Land redistribution policy has to some extent been successful in reducing the poverty and land inequity [7]. In 2014, the area of transferred farmland in China reached 2687 × 10 4 ha, 30.4%…”

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The Effect of Urbanization and Farmland Transfer on the Spatial Patterns of Non-Grain Farmland in China

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Rapid urbanization has accelerated farmland transfer in China, which in turn has increased the cultivation intensity of non-grain farmland (NGF). The aim of this paper was to analyze the spatial patterns of non-grain farmland (NGF) at municipal-level cities in China from 2000 to 2014, and explore the influence of urbanization and farmland transfer on the spatial patterns of non-grain farmland (NGF). The study found that both NGF area and share have a consistent variation trend which increased first, then decreased, and increased again. There were great differences between NGF area and share, which had various spatial patterns. Global Moran's I of NGF area and share had strong positive spatial autocorrelations in 2000, 2005, 2010, and 2014, and revealed remarkable clustered spatial patterns. Local spatial autocorrelation analysis found that the spatial agglomeration pattern of the NGF area and the share changed significantly from 2000 to 2014. The spatial patterns of NGF were significantly influenced by regional differences in urbanization and farmland transfer. These results provide critical insights for formulating differential farmland transfer policies and policies for sustainable development of agriculture and rural economy in China.

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“…In Pakistan, Parikh and Shah (1994) found that fragmented holdings are one of the causes of inefficiency. Manjunatha et al (2013) concluded that land fragmentation in India is positively and significantly associated with inefficiency. These findings confirmed those of Deininger et al (2014), who determined that fragmentation increases production costs and fosters the substitution of labour for machinery, especially for small and medium farmers in India.…”

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Land fragmentation and efforts to prevent it in Slovak legislation

Lazíková¹,

Rumanovská²,

Takáč³

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Lazikova J., Rumanovska L., Takac I., Lazikova Z. (2017): Land fragmentation and eff orts to prevent it in Slovak legislation. Agric. Econ. -Czech, 63: 559-568.Abstract: Agricultural land represents a country's natural heritage. Th erefore, land protection is an issue that is the subject of various legislative measures, also including those that aff ect land fragmentation. Land fragmentation is a problem that hinders the eff ective use of land. In 1995, Slovak lawmakers adopted Law 180/1995 Coll., which prevents the fragmentation of land under a minimum size. Th e aim of this paper was to determine whether Slovak legislation concerning land fragmentation is eff ective and prevents this phenomenon. We compare the Slovak legislation with the legislations of other countries, and, further, we describe the existing situation with respect to land fragmentation in the individual regions of the country according to the requirements of Slovak legal regulations. Th e results include proposals for the potential amendment of the legal regulation to ensure the eff ective prevention of land fragmentation.

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Impact of land fragmentation, farm size, land ownership and crop diversity on profit and efficiency of irrigated farms in India

Cited by 269 publications

References 28 publications

The Effect of Off-Farm Employment on Forestland Transfers in China: A Simultaneous-Equation Tobit Model Estimation

The Effect of Off-Farm Employment on Forestland Transfers in China: A Simultaneous-Equation Tobit Model Estimation

The Effect of Urbanization and Farmland Transfer on the Spatial Patterns of Non-Grain Farmland in China

Land fragmentation and efforts to prevent it in Slovak legislation

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