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Fragmented landholding, productivity, and resilience management

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  • SENGUPTA, NIRMAL

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The operation of a number of non-contiguous parcels of land as a single farming unit is known as land fragmentation. It is a widespread and persistent phenomenon and, at the same time, widely criticized by development agencies. Available evidence clearly suggests that the unqualified faith in the merit of consolidation is not justified; fragmentation may have some rationale. This paper substantiates the latter position with a case study of an irrigated agricultural system. Thereafter, it locates fragmentation within the broader context and analyses its role within a hierarchy of phenomena in the linked social and ecological local system. For this analysis an evolutionary game model is used. It is shown that fragmentation increases the resilience of the system of cooperation. The study concludes by suggesting an appropriate strategy for resilience management.

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  • Sengupta, Nirmal, 2006. "Fragmented landholding, productivity, and resilience management," Environment and Development Economics, Cambridge University Press, vol. 11(4), pages 507-532, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:endeec:v:11:y:2006:i:04:p:507-532_00
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    1. Natalia Boliari, 2017. "Can Partible Inheritance Explain Land Fragmentation? The Case of Bulgaria," Agrarian South: Journal of Political Economy, Centre for Agrarian Research and Education for South, vol. 6(3), pages 334-353, December.
    2. Daniel Ayalew Ali & Klaus Deininger & Loraine Ronchi, 2019. "Costs and Benefits of Land Fragmentation: Evidence from Rwanda," The World Bank Economic Review, World Bank, vol. 33(3), pages 750-771.
    3. Akkaya Aslan, Şerife Tülin, 2021. "Evaluation of land consolidation projects with parcel shape and dispersion," Land Use Policy, Elsevier, vol. 105(C).
    4. Boliari, Natalia, 2013. "Does land fragmentation affect land productivity? Empirical evidence from Bulgaria," Review of Agricultural and Environmental Studies - Revue d'Etudes en Agriculture et Environnement (RAEStud), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), vol. 94(3).
    5. P. Sklenicka & J. Hladík & F. Střeleček & B. Kottová & J. Lososová & L. Číhal & M. Šálek, 2009. "Historical, environmental and socio-economic driving forces on land ownership fragmentation, the land consolidation effect and project costs," Agricultural Economics, Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences, vol. 55(12), pages 571-582.

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