Land Fragmentation and Consolidation in Dry Semi-Arid Tropics of India

Ballabh, Vishwa; Walker, Thomas S.

doi:10.21648/arthavij/1992/v34/i4/116155

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“…The number of small farms has increased by about 6% since 1991-92. Because of increasing fragmentation of land holdings, land leasing is an essential practice for improving access to land (Ballabh & Walker, 1992;Bell, 1990;Melmed-Sanjak, 1998;Sadoulet, Murgai, & de Janvry, 1998;Vaidyanathan, 1994). Although land tenancy has fallen considerably since the land reforms, according to the 2010-11 census of the Government of India, 10.4% of rural households lease land.…”

Section: Land Tenure and The Question Of Access To Landmentioning

confidence: 99%

Enabling Smallholder Prosperity through Commercialization and Diversification

Pingali

Aiyar

Abraham

et al. 2019

Transforming Food Systems for a Rising India

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As India becomes the world’s most populous nation, the two central concerns for food security is how to increase and diversify food production. Although this is an opportunity for income growth for small farms, rectifying disadvantages owing to low economies of scale and poor access to capital, technology, and mechanization is critical to leverage it. In this chapter, we look at the scope of institutional interventions such as aggregation models in the form of cooperatives and farmer producer organizations in addressing the scale and access disadvantages. We also touch upon the need to revisit the issue of land reforms to enable land tenure systems to improve access to land and access to mechanization and credit.

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Section: Land Tenure and The Question Of Access To Landmentioning

confidence: 99%