Land Tenure System and Agricultural Productivity in a Selected Area of Bangladesh

Nasrin, Mahmuda; Uddin, MT

doi:10.3329/pa.v22i1-2.16479

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“…1). Nasrin and Uddin (2011) observed that a large number of sharing agreements under the pure share tenancy in Bangladesh mostly dependent on the proportion of cost sharing. Islam and Maharjan (2015) observed that in most of the cases the landowner takes 50 percent of the produced crops without sharing any portion of production costs and in less than 5 percent of the cases the sharing pattern was more than 50%.…”

Section: Patterns Of Crop Sharing Under the Tenancy Contractsmentioning

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“…The existing sharing system is not always fairly balance the distribution of crop between tenants and landowners (Akanda et al, 2008;Zaman, 1973). Nasrin and Uddin (2011) concluded that the land tenancy structure significantly influences the use of inputs and production cost, which in turn affect the productivity. Banerjee et al (2002) found that relatively more land rights that lead to improved crop shares and higher security of tenure for tenants may have a positive effect on productivity.…”

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Impact of sharecropping on rice productivity in some areas of Khulna district

Ahmed

Billah

2018

Bangladesh J. Agric. Res

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The study reveals the effect of sharecropping on rice productivity in some selected areas of Khulna District in the South-West region of Bangladesh. Access to land for the landless farmer is governed by informal land tenure arrangement, which in turn affects the productivity of the rice farm. In exploring the debate on sharecropping and farm efficiency, the present study has been conducted to assess the effect of sharecropping on rice productivity. During June 2014, a field survey was conducted by using a semi-structured questionnaire in two villages of Khulna District where sharecropping is one of the dominant land tenure arrangements in rice farming. A Cobb-Douglas production function estimation showed that type of land ownership, use of fertilizers, human labor, and modern variety (MV) including hybrid seed and high yielding varieties (HYVs) of seed had the positive and significant influence on rice production. There was a significant mean difference between the sharecroppers and the owner farmers regarding their volume of rice production. The production volume of the owner farmers was significantly higher by around 781 kg ha-1. The study result from the production function revealed that on an average owner farmers’ output was significantly higher by 10% than that of the sharecroppers. The study also observed that higher land rent in form of a fixed amount of cash or a higher crop share demotivated the sharecroppers to supply the optimum level of input and to use the land intensively. The result implied that the sharecroppers are inefficient compared to the landowners. Therefore, it is recommended that sharing an equitable production cost and a justifiable crop sharing structure might be the better options to motivate the sharecropper to become more efficient concerning their volume of production.Bangladesh J. Agril. Res. 43(3): 417-430, September 2018

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Section: Patterns Of Crop Sharing Under the Tenancy Contractsmentioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Impact of sharecropping on rice productivity in some areas of Khulna district

Ahmed

Billah

2018

Bangladesh J. Agric. Res

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“…Land tenure agreements largely affect/influence the efficiency of farm inputs and the adoption of modern technologies, which in turn affect agricultural productivity. Keeping in view the scarcity of land and related resources, the distribution and tenure arrangements are regarded as key issues in the nation's development strategy (Nasrin and Uddin 2011). The term tenure connotes the bundle of rights an individual, household or community may have with respect to land or water or other resources for that matter (ibid).…”

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“…FAO (1993) defines land tenure as the relationship (whether legally or customarily defined) among people, as individuals or groups, with respect to land. In simple words, land tenure systems determine the ownership (who can use what resource), time (for how long) and conditions of use of the land and related resources (Nasrin and Uddin 2011).…”

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Land Ownership and Catastrophic Risk Management in Agriculture: The Case of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province of Pakistan

Ullah

Shivakoti

Kamran

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International Journal of the Commons

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The agricultural sector faces numerous threats arising mainly due to adverse weather conditions. These climatic risks are usually beyond the control of farmers and are mostly uncertain. Managing these risks and uncertainties is crucial in an effort to alleviate poverty and ensure food security for the masses who depend on farm sector for their livelihoods. Land tenure agreements along with other socioeconomic factors play an important role in farmers' decisions to adopt risk coping tools. This study is aimed at investigating the effect of tenure agreements on farmers' decisions to adopt three risk coping tools, namely off-farm diversification, precautionary savings and credit reserves, to mitigate climatic risks in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province of Pakistan. The results revealed that the adoption of traditional risk coping tools is relatively higher among landless tenants when compared with owner-cum-tenant farmers and owner farmers. However, for formal risk coping tools (credit reserves) tenant farmers have significantly lower access when compared with owner farmers. Owner farmers, on the other hand, can access financial institutions to lessen their burden of risks. The findings of the logit models also indicated the significant role of land ownership status, along with perceptions of risk sources and attitude towards risk, on farmers' decisions of adopting off-farm diversification and credit reserves. Therefore, it is suggested that financial institutions should facilitate tenant farmers' access to credit facilities by simplifying and shortening the credit sanction procedure.

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“…The average farm size in Bangladesh is declining rapidly and land fragmentation is increasing [35] with 12.84% of households owning no land according to the 2008 census [26]. Average farm size declined from 0.81 ha in 1996 to 0.49 ha in 2005 [38]. Therefore, tenurial reform aimed at the smooth operation of the land-rental market along with effective implementation of the tenancy act will enable more households to enter farming as well as increase farm-operation size, which in turn will improve cattle-raising per household and contribute to supporting farming and milk and meat production.…”

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Agroecological, Land-Elevation and Socioeconomic Determinants of Raising Livestock in Bangladesh

Rahman

2018

Agriculture

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This paper determines the influence of agroecological, land-elevation and socioeconomic factors in the raising of different types of livestock in Bangladesh using nationwide sub-district level data from two Agriculture and Livestock Censuses of 1996 and 2008, by applying a simultaneous equations model. Results reveal that socioeconomic, land-elevation and agroecological factors exert significant but varied influence on the type of livestock raised by householders. The number of cattle, goat/sheep and poultry raised per household are significantly higher for medium and small farms as well as for wage-labour households. Cattle raised per household is significantly higher for non-farm households, whereas poultry raised is significantly lower. Gross-cropped area, literacy rate and research and development (R&D) investment significantly influence the number of cattle raised per household, whereas population density negatively influences the number of goat and poultry raised per household. The number of cattle and goat/sheep raised per household is significantly higher in the Old Himalayan Floodplain, whereas poultry-raising is significantly higher in the Eastern Hills and seven other agroecologies. Raising all types of livestock is significantly lower in low-lying areas. The number of cattle raised per household is significantly higher at high land elevation, but significantly lower in medium-low land and low-lying areas. On the other hand, the number of goat/sheep and poultry raised per household is significantly higher in medium-high land areas and significantly lower in low-lying areas. The policy implications of these results will be relevant to investments in R&D, education, tenurial reform and measures to promote different types of livestock suited to specific agroecology and land-elevation levels.

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Land Tenure System and Agricultural Productivity in a Selected Area of Bangladesh

Cited by 10 publications

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Impact of sharecropping on rice productivity in some areas of Khulna district

Impact of sharecropping on rice productivity in some areas of Khulna district

Land Ownership and Catastrophic Risk Management in Agriculture: The Case of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province of Pakistan

Agroecological, Land-Elevation and Socioeconomic Determinants of Raising Livestock in Bangladesh

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