Land Productivity and Plot Size

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dc.creatorDesiere, Sam
dc.creatorJolliffe, Dean
dc.date2017-11-13T16:04:26Z
dc.date2017-11-13T16:04:26Z
dc.date2018-01
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-01T00:41:56Z
dc.descriptionThis paper revisits the decades-old puzzle of the inverse plot-size productivity relationship (IR), which states that land productivity decreases as plot size increases. While existing studies define land productivity or yields as self-reported production divided by plot size, we consider an alternative approach to estimating yields based on crop cuts. The crop-cut method entails measuring and harvesting randomly selected subplots by trained technicians, and is recommended by the Food and Agricultural Organization for the accurate measurement of crop production. Using data of rural Ethiopia, our analysis indicates that the IR is strong when based on self-reported production, but disappears when based on crop-cut estimates. Our inference from these findings is that the IR is an artifact of systematic over-reporting of production by farmers on small plots, and under-reporting on larger plots. We also discuss how rejecting the inverse plot-size productivity relationship has significant implications for the inverse farm-size productivity relationship.
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dc.identifierJournal of Development Economics
dc.identifier0304-3878
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/28786
dc.identifier10.1596/28786
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/409401
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.rightsCC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo
dc.rightsWorld Bank
dc.subjectCROP CUTTING
dc.subjectSMALL-SCALE FARMING
dc.subjectMEASUREMENT ERROR
dc.subjectINVERSE SCALE-PRODUCTIVITY RELATIONSHIP
dc.subjectPLOT SIZE
dc.titleLand Productivity and Plot Size
dc.titleIs Measurement Error Driving the Inverse Relationship?
dc.typeJournal Article
dc.typeArticle de journal
dc.typeArtículo de revista

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