Costs and Benefits of Land Fragmentation : Evidence from Rwanda

This paper disentangles different aspects of land fragmentation and its impact on the efficiency of resource use. The paper uses information on the incidence of crop shocks to assess whether fragmentation provides benefits in reducing risk and parc...

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Main Authors:	Ali, Daniel Ayalew, Deininger, Klaus, Ronchi, Loraine
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2015
Subjects:	ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS EQUIPMENT FERTILIZER PRODUCTION TOPOGRAPHY CROPLAND DATA SOURCES EXPECTATIONS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION DATA COLLECTION PESTICIDE INFORMATION CENTRALLY PLANNED ECONOMIES INCENTIVES PRODUCTION COST DISTRIBUTION AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS VARIABLES INPUTS FARM HOUSEHOLDS PLANNING RETURNS TO SCALE QUALITY TREES KNOWLEDGE SOIL TYPE DEVELOPMENT MAIZE PLANNED ECONOMIES CROP PRODUCTION COSTS LABOR COSTS DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DAIRY FARMS TREE CROPS POPULATION GROWTH FLOODS SEEDS PRODUCTIVITY EXTERNALITIES ECONOMETRIC MODELS BIODIVERSITY CROP DIVERSIFICATION SPECIES MARKETS PESTICIDE USE SEED VARIABLE INPUTS VEGETABLES INDICATORS RESEARCH FARMING GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION EXTENSION HISTORY FARMERS PLOTS GRAINS CLASSIFICATION CULTIVATED LAND CROPS LAND USE RANGES MARSH OPPORTUNITY COST STUDIES WAGES CROP PESTS ORCHARDS FAMILY EXTENSION SERVICES LAND USE PLANNING VALUE GENDER CULTIVATION PRODUCTION FUNCTIONS CREDIT CLIMATE TUBERS FIELDS HARVESTERS INEFFICIENCY AGRICULTURE LAND PARCELS AGRICULTURAL LAND RICE PRODUCTION FERTILIZER USE MEASUREMENT SAMPLE SIZE ECONOMICS PRODUCTION FUNCTION MANAGEMENT TRADE LAND LAND PRODUCTIVITY THEORY EDUCATION ANALYSIS OBSERVATIONS FARM WETLAND FARMS PLOT LOCATION WHEAT AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY RICE FUNDING YIELDS ECONOMIC HISTORY CROP MANAGEMENT PASTURES AGRICULTURAL INHERITANCE OUTCOMES RURAL DEVELOPMENT ADVERSE EFFECTS SOIL QUALITY ECONOMIC STATISTICS BENEFITS PRODUCTION COSTS DEVELOPMENT POLICY
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/06/24583162/costs-benefits-land-fragmentation-evidence-rwanda http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22163

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spelling	okr-10986-221632021-04-23T14:04:07Z Costs and Benefits of Land Fragmentation : Evidence from Rwanda Ali, Daniel Ayalew Deininger, Klaus Ronchi, Loraine ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS EQUIPMENT FERTILIZER PRODUCTION TOPOGRAPHY CROPLAND DATA SOURCES EXPECTATIONS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION DATA COLLECTION PESTICIDE INFORMATION CENTRALLY PLANNED ECONOMIES INCENTIVES PRODUCTION COST DISTRIBUTION AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS VARIABLES INPUTS FARM HOUSEHOLDS PLANNING RETURNS TO SCALE QUALITY TREES KNOWLEDGE SOIL TYPE DEVELOPMENT MAIZE PLANNED ECONOMIES CROP PRODUCTION COSTS LABOR COSTS DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DAIRY FARMS TREE CROPS POPULATION GROWTH FLOODS SEEDS PRODUCTIVITY EXTERNALITIES ECONOMETRIC MODELS BIODIVERSITY CROP DIVERSIFICATION SPECIES MARKETS PESTICIDE USE SEED VARIABLE INPUTS VEGETABLES INDICATORS RESEARCH FARMING GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION EXTENSION HISTORY FARMERS PLOTS GRAINS CLASSIFICATION CULTIVATED LAND CROPS LAND USE RANGES MARSH OPPORTUNITY COST STUDIES WAGES CROP PESTS ORCHARDS FAMILY EXTENSION SERVICES LAND USE PLANNING VALUE GENDER CULTIVATION PRODUCTION FUNCTIONS CREDIT CLIMATE TUBERS FIELDS HARVESTERS INEFFICIENCY AGRICULTURE LAND PARCELS AGRICULTURAL LAND RICE PRODUCTION FERTILIZER USE MEASUREMENT SAMPLE SIZE ECONOMICS PRODUCTION FUNCTION MANAGEMENT TRADE LAND LAND PRODUCTIVITY THEORY EDUCATION ANALYSIS OBSERVATIONS FARM WETLAND FARMS PLOT LOCATION WHEAT AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY RICE FUNDING YIELDS ECONOMIC HISTORY CROP MANAGEMENT PASTURES AGRICULTURAL INHERITANCE OUTCOMES RURAL DEVELOPMENT ADVERSE EFFECTS SOIL QUALITY ECONOMIC STATISTICS BENEFITS PRODUCTION COSTS DEVELOPMENT POLICY This paper disentangles different aspects of land fragmentation and its impact on the efficiency of resource use. The paper uses information on the incidence of crop shocks to assess whether fragmentation provides benefits in reducing risk and parcel coordinates and terrain-adjusted travel times between parcels to more precisely account for the associated costs in 2010/11 data from Rwanda. While fragmentation increases the time required to move between a household’s parcels, this does not appear to affect overall technical efficiency on the farm. Fragmentation rather reduces the incidence of crop shocks and increases yields and productive efficiency. In Rwanda’s setting, interventions to reduce fragmentation may, therefore, be ineffective or counterproductive. 2015-07-14T22:14:50Z 2015-07-14T22:14:50Z 2015-06 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/06/24583162/costs-benefits-land-fragmentation-evidence-rwanda http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22163 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7290 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Africa Rwanda
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topic	ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS EQUIPMENT FERTILIZER PRODUCTION TOPOGRAPHY CROPLAND DATA SOURCES EXPECTATIONS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION DATA COLLECTION PESTICIDE INFORMATION CENTRALLY PLANNED ECONOMIES INCENTIVES PRODUCTION COST DISTRIBUTION AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS VARIABLES INPUTS FARM HOUSEHOLDS PLANNING RETURNS TO SCALE QUALITY TREES KNOWLEDGE SOIL TYPE DEVELOPMENT MAIZE PLANNED ECONOMIES CROP PRODUCTION COSTS LABOR COSTS DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DAIRY FARMS TREE CROPS POPULATION GROWTH FLOODS SEEDS PRODUCTIVITY EXTERNALITIES ECONOMETRIC MODELS BIODIVERSITY CROP DIVERSIFICATION SPECIES MARKETS PESTICIDE USE SEED VARIABLE INPUTS VEGETABLES INDICATORS RESEARCH FARMING GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION EXTENSION HISTORY FARMERS PLOTS GRAINS CLASSIFICATION CULTIVATED LAND CROPS LAND USE RANGES MARSH OPPORTUNITY COST STUDIES WAGES CROP PESTS ORCHARDS FAMILY EXTENSION SERVICES LAND USE PLANNING VALUE GENDER CULTIVATION PRODUCTION FUNCTIONS CREDIT CLIMATE TUBERS FIELDS HARVESTERS INEFFICIENCY AGRICULTURE LAND PARCELS AGRICULTURAL LAND RICE PRODUCTION FERTILIZER USE MEASUREMENT SAMPLE SIZE ECONOMICS PRODUCTION FUNCTION MANAGEMENT TRADE LAND LAND PRODUCTIVITY THEORY EDUCATION ANALYSIS OBSERVATIONS FARM WETLAND FARMS PLOT LOCATION WHEAT AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY RICE FUNDING YIELDS ECONOMIC HISTORY CROP MANAGEMENT PASTURES AGRICULTURAL INHERITANCE OUTCOMES RURAL DEVELOPMENT ADVERSE EFFECTS SOIL QUALITY ECONOMIC STATISTICS BENEFITS PRODUCTION COSTS DEVELOPMENT POLICY
spellingShingle	ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS EQUIPMENT FERTILIZER PRODUCTION TOPOGRAPHY CROPLAND DATA SOURCES EXPECTATIONS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION DATA COLLECTION PESTICIDE INFORMATION CENTRALLY PLANNED ECONOMIES INCENTIVES PRODUCTION COST DISTRIBUTION AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS VARIABLES INPUTS FARM HOUSEHOLDS PLANNING RETURNS TO SCALE QUALITY TREES KNOWLEDGE SOIL TYPE DEVELOPMENT MAIZE PLANNED ECONOMIES CROP PRODUCTION COSTS LABOR COSTS DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DAIRY FARMS TREE CROPS POPULATION GROWTH FLOODS SEEDS PRODUCTIVITY EXTERNALITIES ECONOMETRIC MODELS BIODIVERSITY CROP DIVERSIFICATION SPECIES MARKETS PESTICIDE USE SEED VARIABLE INPUTS VEGETABLES INDICATORS RESEARCH FARMING GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION EXTENSION HISTORY FARMERS PLOTS GRAINS CLASSIFICATION CULTIVATED LAND CROPS LAND USE RANGES MARSH OPPORTUNITY COST STUDIES WAGES CROP PESTS ORCHARDS FAMILY EXTENSION SERVICES LAND USE PLANNING VALUE GENDER CULTIVATION PRODUCTION FUNCTIONS CREDIT CLIMATE TUBERS FIELDS HARVESTERS INEFFICIENCY AGRICULTURE LAND PARCELS AGRICULTURAL LAND RICE PRODUCTION FERTILIZER USE MEASUREMENT SAMPLE SIZE ECONOMICS PRODUCTION FUNCTION MANAGEMENT TRADE LAND LAND PRODUCTIVITY THEORY EDUCATION ANALYSIS OBSERVATIONS FARM WETLAND FARMS PLOT LOCATION WHEAT AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY RICE FUNDING YIELDS ECONOMIC HISTORY CROP MANAGEMENT PASTURES AGRICULTURAL INHERITANCE OUTCOMES RURAL DEVELOPMENT ADVERSE EFFECTS SOIL QUALITY ECONOMIC STATISTICS BENEFITS PRODUCTION COSTS DEVELOPMENT POLICY Ali, Daniel Ayalew Deininger, Klaus Ronchi, Loraine Costs and Benefits of Land Fragmentation : Evidence from Rwanda
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relation	Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7290
description	This paper disentangles different aspects of land fragmentation and its impact on the efficiency of resource use. The paper uses information on the incidence of crop shocks to assess whether fragmentation provides benefits in reducing risk and parcel coordinates and terrain-adjusted travel times between parcels to more precisely account for the associated costs in 2010/11 data from Rwanda. While fragmentation increases the time required to move between a household’s parcels, this does not appear to affect overall technical efficiency on the farm. Fragmentation rather reduces the incidence of crop shocks and increases yields and productive efficiency. In Rwanda’s setting, interventions to reduce fragmentation may, therefore, be ineffective or counterproductive.
format	Working Paper
author	Ali, Daniel Ayalew Deininger, Klaus Ronchi, Loraine
author_facet	Ali, Daniel Ayalew Deininger, Klaus Ronchi, Loraine
author_sort	Ali, Daniel Ayalew
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	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2015
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/06/24583162/costs-benefits-land-fragmentation-evidence-rwanda http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22163
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Costs and Benefits of Land Fragmentation : Evidence from Rwanda

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