Large Farm Establishment, Smallholder Productivity, Labor Market Participation, and Resilience : Evidence from Ethiopia

Ali, Daniel ; Deininger, Klaus ; Harris, Anthony

World Bank, Washington, DC

关键词: large-scale commercial farms;    externalities;    productivity;    resilience;    employment;   

DOI  :  10.1596/1813-9450-7576
RP-ID  :  WPS7576

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

Although the nature and magnitude of (positive or negative)spillovers from large farm establishment are hotlydebated, most evidence relies on case studies. Ethiopia’slarge farms census together with 11 years of nation-widesmallholder surveys allows examination and quantificationof spillovers using intertemporal changes in smallholders’proximity and exposure to large farms, generally orgrowing the same crop, for identification. The resultssuggest positive spillovers on fertilizer and improved seeduse, yields, and risk coping, but not local job creation,for some crops, most notably maize. Most spillovers arecrop-specific and limited to large farms’ immediate vicinity.The implications for policy and research are drawn out.