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Soil Investments on Rented versus Owned Plots: Evidence from a Matched Tenant-Landlord Sample in Malawi

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  • Jacob Ricker-Gilbert
  • Jordan Chamberlin
  • Joseph Kanyamuka

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We use a unique data set on matched tenant-landlord pairs in Malawi to compare decisions on smallholder plots that were rented versus those that were owner-operated. Controlling for household and rental-pair fixed effects, we found that some input use (e.g., hybrid maize seed) and soil fertility investments (e.g., manure, compost, minimum tillage) were higher on tenants’ owner-operated plots than on their rented-in plots. Tenants were also less likely to use compost than their landlords. Landlords were less likely to rent out plots with fruit trees. Our results suggest that the expansion of farmland rental markets may exacerbate soil fertility maintenance concerns.

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  • Jacob Ricker-Gilbert & Jordan Chamberlin & Joseph Kanyamuka, 2022. "Soil Investments on Rented versus Owned Plots: Evidence from a Matched Tenant-Landlord Sample in Malawi," Land Economics, University of Wisconsin Press, vol. 98(1), pages 165-186.
    • Handle: RePEc:uwp:landec:v:98:y:2022:i:1:p:165-186
    Note: DOI: 10.3368/le.98.1.062619-0084R1
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    • D63 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
    • O12 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development

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