Farm Size, Tenancy, and Productivity: An Overview

doi:10.34104/ajssls.021.01650171

Abstract

The present study intends to investigate the relationship between farm size and productivity. The objectives of the study are: to investigate the relationship between farm size and productivity, to suggest some policy implications. The study is based on secondary data. Data were collected from different published and unpublished documents. The main findings of the study are: the small farms have the higher productivity of land than the larger ones, there exists the inverse farm size productivity relationship, few studies showed that although there exists an inverse relationship between these two this inverse relationship got weakened or even disappeared in the regions adopting new technology, some cases there also exists the positive relationship between farm size and productivity, the output level of owner cultivator is likely to be higher than the share-cropper. Few researchers pointed out the higher productivity of sharecroppers than the owner cultivators. In view of the above findings, the following policy measures are suggested: emphasis should be given to farm-related research, the assistance of small farmers in order to form associations for enhancing production, absorbing credit, and adopting farm technologies.

Highlights

Land remains the most important asset in Bangladesh
The main findings of the study are: the small farms have the higher productivity of land than the larger ones, there exists the inverse farm size productivity relationship, few studies showed that there exists an inverse relationship between these two this inverse relationship got weakened or even disappeared in the regions adopting new technology, some cases there exists the positive relationship between farm size and productivity, the output level of owner cultivator is likely to be higher than the sharecropper
We have analyzed the relationship between farm size and productivity

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Introduction

Land remains the most important asset in Bangladesh. Land provides income and employment but it represents the vital source of security. In the country land is finite and scarce and largely competitive, “in which violence, speculation, grapping and many other” (Barkat et al, 2017). Excessive pressure of population on limited land is a major constraint to promote agricultural development. Due to high pressure of population on land sub- division and fragmentation of land has occurred. Due to high pressure of population most of the Landholdings are very small. Ownership of land has become more and more concentrated in the hands of a few people in rural Bangladesh since the mid 1960s. Large numbers of households are caught in a process of where those households gradually sell-off their assets including cultivable land in order to finance their debts. Numbers of landless households have doubled during the last four decades (Barkat et al, 2001)

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