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An Empirical Analysis of the Relationship between Land Size, Ownership, and Soybean Productivity- New Evidence from the Semi-Arid Tropical Region in Madhya Pradesh, India : Natural Resource Management Program Report no. 4

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Title An Empirical Analysis of the Relationship between Land Size, Ownership, and Soybean Productivity- New Evidence from the Semi-Arid Tropical Region in Madhya Pradesh, India
: Natural Resource Management Program Report no. 4
 
Creator Anand Vadivelu, G
Wani, S P
Bhole, L M
Pathak, P
Pande, A B
 
Subject Agriculture-Farming, Production, Technology, Economics
 
Description ICRISAT’s intervention in the project “Improving Management of Natural Resources for Sustainable Rainfed Agriculture” funded by the Asian Development Bank aims to increase the
productivity and sustainability of the medium and high-water holding capacity soils in the
intermediate rainfall ecoregion in India, Vietnam, and Thailand. The study examines the
productivity of soybean during the 1999 rainy season in one of the benchmark sites in Lateri
Watershed, Vidisha district, Madhya Pradesh, India. The productivity of the owner-operated
farms is marginally higher at 0.72 t ha-1 compared to 0.68 t ha-1 among share cropper-operated
farms. The productivity of evaluated trial farms in Lalatora micro-watershed, which is used as a
demonstration micro-watershed for evaluating improved management practice, has been high at
1.1 t ha-1 due to the adoption of better input management practices. The profitability for the
landlords and share croppers is documented and evidence is presented on the exploitative nature
of the share cropping contracts, especially the 20:80 contract. The low productivity has been due
to waterlogging which occurred due to heavy rains during the sowing period. The implications of
the endemic nature of the low productivity under a liberalized trade regime is analyzed and
suggestions are offered to the stakeholders on the future intervention strategies to tackle the
problem of rainy season fallow, exploitative land tenancy arrangements, waterlogging, and
equity issues.
 
Publisher International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
 
Date 2001
 
Type Monograph
NonPeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
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Anand Vadivelu, G and Wani, S P and Bhole, L M and Pathak, P and Pande, A B (2001) An Empirical Analysis of the Relationship between Land Size, Ownership, and Soybean Productivity- New Evidence from the Semi-Arid Tropical Region in Madhya Pradesh, India : Natural Resource Management Program Report no. 4. Monograph. International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics , Patancheru, Andhra Pradesh, India.