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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

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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
 
Creator Vadivelu, G A
Wani, S P
Bhole, L M
Pathak, P
Pande, A B
 
Subject Agriculture-Farming, Production, Technology, Economics
 
Description The intervention of the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
(ICRISAT) at the benchmark site in Madhya Pradesh, India is part of a larger project –
“Improving Management of Natural Resources for Sustainable Rainfed Agriculture”
funded by the Asian Development Bank (ADB). The main aim of the project is to
increase the productivity and sustainability of the medium and high water-holding
capacity soils in the intermediate rainfall ecoregions in India, Vietnam, and Thailand.
This study examines the relationship between land size and various variables including
the soybean productivity relationship among owner-operated and share cropper-operated
farms. Primary data was collected using an interview schedule from the villages of Jaoti,
Kundhankhedi, Kherkhedi, and Lalatora in Vidisha district, Madhya Pradesh for the 1999
rainy season crop. The productivity of evaluated owner-operated farms is marginally
higher at 0.72 t ha-1 compared to 0.68 t ha-1 in case of share cropped 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
higher at 1.1 t ha-1. The inverse-relationship between land size and productivity is found
for both owner-operated (r = 0.27) and share cropper-operated farms (r = 0.30). The
average profit is higher among owner-operated farms at Rs. 2045 ha-1 compared to Rs.
1773 ha-1 among share cropped farms. The profitability for the landlords and share
croppers is documented and evidence is presented on the exploitative nature of the
emerging 20:80 crop sharing contract. The low productivity has been due to waterlogging
which occurred due to heavy rains during the sowing period.
 
Date 2006
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
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Language en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/2480/1/Empirical_Analysis_of_the_Relationship_between.pdf
Vadivelu, G A and Wani, S P and Bhole, L M and Pathak, P and Pande, A B (2006) 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. Journal of SAT Agricultural Research, 2 (1). pp. 1-44.