The future of small farms in Asia

Otsuka, Keijiro; Liu, Yanyan; Yamauchi, Futoshi

doi:10.1111/dpr.12159

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“…IFAD (2013) reported that supporting smallholders financially could help to lift more than 5% of people in Asia out of poverty. However, the production efficiency of small farms in many Asian countries has decreased relative to large farms, and hence they are likely to lose comparative advantage (Otsuka, Liu, and Yamauchi 2016).…”

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confidence: 99%

Agro-clusters and Rural Poverty: A Spatial Perspective for West Java

Wardhana

Ihle

Heijman

2017

Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies

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Neighbouring economies are likely to influence one another. The concentration of farming activities referred to as an 'agro-cluster' generates opportunities for income and employment in a given region and its surrounding area. We analyse the link between poverty rates and agro-clusters by accounting for spatial spillovers. To quantify agroclusters, we employ one input-oriented and one output-oriented measure. Our analysis applies six spatial econometric specifications and focuses on 545 subdistricts of West Java, where about 10% of the population live in poverty. We find that the concentration of agricultural employment substantially reduces poverty in a subdistrict as well as in neighbouring subdistricts. We also find that specialisation in crop outputs has positive impacts on poverty reduction and that localisation externalities are fundamental to agriculture's success. These findings imply that policy interventions may be applied in a spatially selective manner because they will generate spatial-spillover effects on poverty reduction in surrounding areas.

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Section: Control Variablesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Agro-clusters and Rural Poverty: A Spatial Perspective for West Java

Wardhana

Ihle

Heijman

2017

Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies

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“…Due to the limiting effect of sharecrop on the tenant's efforts, the "Marshall's conventional theory" considers sharecrop as incompetent, unless production risks and farmer pose more risk aversion [4,5]. Reforms of agriculture land, which offer assurance (secure rights) of farmland, may enhance productivity [6].…”

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Impact of Land Use Rights on the Investment and Efficiency of Organic Farming

Akram

Wang

et al. 2019

Sustainability

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This study investigated the impact of three land tenure arrangements on organic farming (OF) in terms of increment of efficiency, yield, and investment in soil-improving activities by using farm-level data gathered from three districts located at Punjab, Pakistan. A multivariate tobit model that captured the probable substitute and investment choices, as well as the endogenous nature of land tenure arrangements, has been employed in this analysis. The empirical outcomes displayed that rights of land use affected the decisions made by farmers to invest in land and to improve efficiency. In detail, owner-farmers with secure rental arrangements invested more in improving their land and productivity compared to those with unsecured lease agreements. The yield per hectare was the highest for owner cultivation farm, while sharecropper output seemed the lowest, which are in agreement with the hypothesis of Marshallian inefficiency.

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“…In general, aquaculture has the potential to reduce poverty directly or indirectly (De Janvry & Sadoulet, ; Edwards, ; Kassam, ) not only through establishing and strengthening food consumption linkages, but also through “income linkages” and “employment linkages” (Ahmed & Lorica, ; Belton, Ahmed & Murshed‐e‐Jahan, ; Belton et al., ). Reducing poverty in low‐income countries through smallholder development remains compelling where the majority of people live in rural areas, and agriculture remains the largest single source of employment (Hazell, Poulton, Wiggins & Dorward, ; Otsuka, Liu & Yamauchi, ; Wiggins, Kirsten & Llambi, ). In Bangladesh, direct benefits from aquaculture are largely determined by the availability and access to assets and thus, the capacity of poor people to benefit from aquaculture occurs mostly through indirect food consumption linkages (Belton & Little, ; Bogard et al., ; Roos, Wahab, Chamnan & Thilsted, ; Toufique & Belton, ).…”

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The impacts of integrated homestead pond-dike systems in relation to production, consumption and seasonality in central north Bangladesh

Karim¹,

Little

2017

Aquac Res

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The roles of homestead ponds and surrounding dike production of vegetables on farms in peri-urban and rural communities in central north Bangladesh were assessed.A baseline survey sought to characterize actively managed ("active") pond-dike systems, producing fish and vegetables, in terms of productivity and impact compared to less intensively integrated ("passive") and control, no-pond households. A longitudinal survey was carried out over 12 months to explore the relationship between seasonality and livelihood outcomes in relation to location and well-being status. Active homestead pond operators tended to have greater access to information and credit compared to passive and non-pond households; this was likely linked to their greater literacy and greater social connectedness. They enjoyed higher incomes through fish sales and consumed more fish than passive households, which was related to their higher production, in turn explained mainly by the use of more inputs. All active, 50% passive and 38% non-pond households were involved in vegetable cultivation; however, significantly more vegetables were produced by active households than others.The impacts of pond-dike production were more critical for food-vulnerable, rural households than peri-urban households prior to monsoon rice harvest; worse-off households suffered more prior to the "irrigated rice" harvest. Fish and vegetables raised on farm were most important during lower income months. The study supports the view that small homestead ponds can contribute to the wider food supply, and that such "quasi-peasant" forms of aquaculture contribute to reduced poverty and enhanced dietary diversity and food security in the broader population. K E Y W O R D Sconsumption, integrated agriculture-aquaculture, location, pond-dike, productivity, seasonality, well-being

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The future of small farms in Asia

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Cited by 80 publications

References 41 publications

Agro-clusters and Rural Poverty: A Spatial Perspective for West Java

Agro-clusters and Rural Poverty: A Spatial Perspective for West Java

Impact of Land Use Rights on the Investment and Efficiency of Organic Farming

The impacts of integrated homestead pond-dike systems in relation to production, consumption and seasonality in central north Bangladesh

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