Can group farms outperform individual family farms? Empirical insights from India



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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2018.03.010
DOI: 
10.1016/j.worlddev.2018.03.010
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Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial (CC BY-NC)
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journal article
Journal: 
World Development
Number: 
August 2018
Pages: 
57-73
Volume: 
108
Author(s): 
Agarwal B.
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Existing studies which have examined the impact of group farming on farm productivity have focused predominantly on former socialist regimes, usually comparing production under various types of collectivised/cooperatized farms with farm enterprises that emerged in the post-reform period, or after decollectivisation. Given this specificity, their experience is at best indicative; it cannot provide substantive lessons on the potential outcomes of group farming in today’s developing countries. This paper seeks to do so.

Publication year: 
2018
Keywords: 
Group farming
Women's groups
Small family farms
Agricultural productivity and profitability
Asia
India