Is There a Farm-Size Productivity Relationship in African Agriculture? Evidence from Rwanda

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dc.creatorAli, Daniel Ayalew
dc.creatorDeininger, Klaus
dc.date2014-03-18T20:01:10Z
dc.date2014-03-18T20:01:10Z
dc.date2014-02
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-01T00:35:12Z
dc.descriptionWhether the negative relationship between farm size and productivity that is confirmed in a large global literature holds in Africa is of considerable policy relevance. This paper revisits this issue and examines potential causes of the inverse productivity relationship in Rwanda, where policy makers consider land fragmentation and small farm sizes to be key bottlenecks for the growth of the agricultural sector. Nationwide plot-level data from Rwanda point toward a constant returns to scale crop production function and a strong negative relationship between farm size and output per hectare as well as intensity of labor use that is robust across specifications. The inverse relationship continues to hold if profits with family labor valued at shadow wages are used, but disappears if family labor is rather valued at village-level market wage rates. These findings imply that, in Rwanda, labor market imperfections, rather than other unobserved factors, seem to be a key reason for the inverse farm-size productivity relationship.
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dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/02/18910978/farm-size-productivity-relationship-african-griculture-evidence-rwanda
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/17304
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.1596/1813-9450-6770
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/406711
dc.languageEnglish
dc.languageen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relationPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 6770
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectADVERSE EFFECTS
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL GROWTH
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL LAND
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL PLOTS
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL PRACTICE
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL SECTOR
dc.subjectAGRICULTURE
dc.subjectCHEMICAL FERTILIZER
dc.subjectCLASSIFICATION
dc.subjectCLIMATE
dc.subjectCLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subjectCLIMATIC CONDITIONS
dc.subjectCOMPETITIVE LABOR MARKETS
dc.subjectCONSERVATION
dc.subjectCONSOLIDATION
dc.subjectCROP
dc.subjectCROP CHOICE
dc.subjectCROP MIX
dc.subjectCROP OUTPUT
dc.subjectCROP PRODUCTION
dc.subjectCROP TYPE
dc.subjectCROPS
dc.subjectDATA COLLECTION
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES
dc.subjectECONOMETRIC EVIDENCE
dc.subjectECONOMICS
dc.subjectEMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectEMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
dc.subjectEROSION
dc.subjectEXTENSION
dc.subjectFACTOR MARKETS
dc.subjectFAMILY LABOR
dc.subjectFARM
dc.subjectFARM EMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectFARM FAMILY
dc.subjectFARM HOUSEHOLD
dc.subjectFARM MANAGEMENT
dc.subjectFARM SIZE
dc.subjectFARMERS
dc.subjectFARMING
dc.subjectFARMS
dc.subjectFERTILIZER
dc.subjectFERTILIZER USE
dc.subjectFINANCIAL MARKETS
dc.subjectFIXED COSTS
dc.subjectFLOODING
dc.subjectGENDER
dc.subjectGROSS PROFIT
dc.subjectGROSS REVENUE
dc.subjectINCOME
dc.subjectINNOVATIONS
dc.subjectINSURANCE
dc.subjectINTEGRATION
dc.subjectLABOR DEMAND
dc.subjectLABOR MARKET
dc.subjectLABOR MARKETS
dc.subjectLABOUR
dc.subjectLABOUR SUPPLY
dc.subjectLAND REFORM
dc.subjectLAND RESOURCES
dc.subjectLAND USE
dc.subjectLAND VALUE
dc.subjectLAND YIELDS
dc.subjectMARKET WAGE
dc.subjectMARKET WAGES
dc.subjectNATURAL RESOURCES
dc.subjectNET PROFIT
dc.subjectOUTPUTS
dc.subjectPERFECT MARKETS
dc.subjectPESTICIDE USE
dc.subjectPESTS
dc.subjectPH
dc.subjectPLANTATION
dc.subjectPLOTS
dc.subjectPOLITICAL ECONOMY
dc.subjectPRODUCTION PROCESS
dc.subjectPRODUCTIVITY
dc.subjectPROFITABILITY
dc.subjectPROPERTY RIGHTS
dc.subjectPUBLIC SERVICES
dc.subjectR&D
dc.subjectRANGES
dc.subjectRESOURCE ALLOCATION
dc.subjectRICE
dc.subjectRURAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectRURAL LABOR
dc.subjectSAND
dc.subjectSKILLED LABOR
dc.subjectSOIL CONSERVATION
dc.subjectSOILS
dc.subjectTOPOGRAPHY
dc.subjectTRANSACTION COSTS
dc.subjectWAGE RATES
dc.subjectWAGES
dc.subjectWETLAND
dc.subjectWORKING CAPITAL
dc.titleIs There a Farm-Size Productivity Relationship in African Agriculture? Evidence from Rwanda

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