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The impact of crop rotation and land fragmentation on farm productivity in Albania

CIAIAN, Pavel and RAJCANIOVA, Miroslava and GURI, Fatmir and ZHLLIMA, Edvin and SHAHU, Edmira (2018): The impact of crop rotation and land fragmentation on farm productivity in Albania. Studies in Agricultural Economics, 120 (3). pp. 116-125. ISSN 2063 0476

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Abstract

In this study, we estimate the impact of land fragmentation and crop rotation on farm productivity in rural Albania. We employ a stochastic production frontier estimation approach to survey data collected among farm households in Albania in 2013. Our estimates suggest that land fragmentation improves farm efficiency, probably because it permits a better use of household labour during the production seasons. Our estimates also suggest that crop rotation increases farm efficiency. However, the impact of land fragmentation on on farm efficiency is far more pronounced.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: land fragmentation, crop rotation, stochastic production frontier, farm efficiency
Subjects: Q - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics – Environmental and Ecological Economics
Q - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics – Environmental and Ecological Economics > Q1 - Agriculture > Q12 - Micro Analysis of Farm Firms, Farm Households, and Farm Input Markets
Q - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics – Environmental and Ecological Economics > Q1 - Agriculture > Q15 - Land Ownership and Tenure – Land Reform – Land Use – Irrigation – Agriculture and Environment
Depositing User: István Ady
Date Deposited: 20 Nov 2018 10:50
Last Modified: 07 Jan 2019 13:46
URI: http://repo.aki.gov.hu/id/eprint/3276

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