Large Farm Establishment, Smallholder Productivity, Labor Market Participation, and Resilience : Evidence from Ethiopia

Large Farm Establishment, Smallholder Productivity, Labor Market Participation, and Resilience : Evidence from Ethiopia

Although the nature and magnitude of (positive or negative) spillovers from large farm establishment are hotly debated, most evidence relies on case studies. Ethiopia’s large farms census together with 11 years of nation-wide smallholder surveys allows examination and quantification of spillove...

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Main Authors: Ali, Daniel, Deininger, Klaus, Harris, Anthony
Format: Working Paper
Language:en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2016
Subjects:
large-scale commercial farms
externalities
productivity
resilience
employment
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23932
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spelling okr-10986-239322021-04-23T14:04:18Z Large Farm Establishment, Smallholder Productivity, Labor Market Participation, and Resilience : Evidence from Ethiopia Ali, Daniel Deininger, Klaus Harris, Anthony large-scale commercial farms externalities productivity resilience employment Although the nature and magnitude of (positive or negative) spillovers from large farm establishment are hotly debated, most evidence relies on case studies. Ethiopia’s large farms census together with 11 years of nation-wide smallholder surveys allows examination and quantification of spillovers using intertemporal changes in smallholders’ proximity and exposure to large farms, generally or growing the same crop, for identification. The results suggest positive spillovers on fertilizer and improved seed use, yields, and risk coping, but not local job creation, for some crops, most notably maize. Most spillovers are crop-specific and limited to large farms’ immediate vicinity. The implications for policy and research are drawn out. 2016-03-10T17:02:58Z 2016-03-10T17:02:58Z 2016-02 Working Paper http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23932 en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7576 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 Ethiopia
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topic large-scale commercial farms
externalities
productivity
resilience
employment
spellingShingle large-scale commercial farms
externalities
productivity
resilience
employment
Ali, Daniel
Deininger, Klaus
Harris, Anthony
Large Farm Establishment, Smallholder Productivity, Labor Market Participation, and Resilience : Evidence from Ethiopia
geographic_facet Africa
Ethiopia
relation Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7576
description Although the nature and magnitude of (positive or negative) spillovers from large farm establishment are hotly debated, most evidence relies on case studies. Ethiopia’s large farms census together with 11 years of nation-wide smallholder surveys allows examination and quantification of spillovers using intertemporal changes in smallholders’ proximity and exposure to large farms, generally or growing the same crop, for identification. The results suggest positive spillovers on fertilizer and improved seed use, yields, and risk coping, but not local job creation, for some crops, most notably maize. Most spillovers are crop-specific and limited to large farms’ immediate vicinity. The implications for policy and research are drawn out.
format Working Paper
author Ali, Daniel
Deininger, Klaus
Harris, Anthony
author_facet Ali, Daniel
Deininger, Klaus
Harris, Anthony
author_sort Ali, Daniel
title Large Farm Establishment, Smallholder Productivity, Labor Market Participation, and Resilience : Evidence from Ethiopia
title_short Large Farm Establishment, Smallholder Productivity, Labor Market Participation, and Resilience : Evidence from Ethiopia
title_full Large Farm Establishment, Smallholder Productivity, Labor Market Participation, and Resilience : Evidence from Ethiopia
title_fullStr Large Farm Establishment, Smallholder Productivity, Labor Market Participation, and Resilience : Evidence from Ethiopia
title_full_unstemmed Large Farm Establishment, Smallholder Productivity, Labor Market Participation, and Resilience : Evidence from Ethiopia
title_sort large farm establishment, smallholder productivity, labor market participation, and resilience : evidence from ethiopia
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2016
url http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23932
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