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Credit, Tenancy Choice and Agricultural Efficiency: Evidences from the Northern Region of Bangladesh

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  • Bidisha, Sayema Haque
  • Hossain, Amzad
  • Hasan, Mehedi
  • Alam, Rubaiyat

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Using both household level and plot level data of Northern Bangladesh, this paper analyzes the difference in agricultural productivity across different contractual arrangements among ultra-poor households. Employing fixed effect model on the Pseudo panel data the paper finds evidence of sub-optimal use of inputs and the consequent lower productivity for lands cultivated under share-cropping contract. The inefficiency on part of the sharecroppers is also evidenced by Stochastic Frontier Model. Although the paper finds no direct impact of credit on productivity, results of Logit estimates suggest that availability of credit induces households to opt for fixed rental contract.

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  • Bidisha, Sayema Haque & Hossain, Amzad & Hasan, Mehedi & Alam, Rubaiyat, 2017. "Credit, Tenancy Choice and Agricultural Efficiency: Evidences from the Northern Region of Bangladesh," 2017 ASAE 9th International Conference, January 11-13, Bangkok, Thailand 284820, Asian Society of Agricultural Economists (ASAE).
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:asae17:284820
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.284820
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    • Q15 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Land Ownership and Tenure; Land Reform; Land Use; Irrigation; Agriculture and Environment
    • Q12 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Micro Analysis of Farm Firms, Farm Households, and Farm Input Markets
    • C51 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric Modeling - - - Model Construction and Estimation

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