The effect of land fragmentation on farm performance: a comprehensive farm-level study from Denmark

TY - CONF

T1 - The effect of land fragmentation on farm performance

T2 - XV EAAE Congress

AU - Olsen, Jakob Vesterlund

AU - Czekaj, Tomasz Gerard

AU - Henningsen, Arne

AU - Schou, Jesper Sølver

PY - 2017

Y1 - 2017

N2 - This paper analyses the effect of land fragmentation on the performance of Danish farms based on a cross-sectional farm-level data set from 2014. Our measures of land fragmentation indicate the size and shape of the fields as well as inter-field distances and distances between farm buildings and fields. Fragmented land is expected to increase costs and reduce production and, thus, decrease the performance of farms. Preliminary results based on two methodological approaches both indicate no statistically significant effect of field shape, while smaller fieldsizes and longer distances significantly reduce performance.

AB - This paper analyses the effect of land fragmentation on the performance of Danish farms based on a cross-sectional farm-level data set from 2014. Our measures of land fragmentation indicate the size and shape of the fields as well as inter-field distances and distances between farm buildings and fields. Fragmented land is expected to increase costs and reduce production and, thus, decrease the performance of farms. Preliminary results based on two methodological approaches both indicate no statistically significant effect of field shape, while smaller fieldsizes and longer distances significantly reduce performance.

M3 - Paper

Y2 - 28 August 2017 through 1 September 2017

ER -