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Title Do Large Estates Benefit Smallholder Neighbours? Evidence from Malawi
Full text https://research.wur.nl/en/publications/do-large-estates-benefit-smallholder-neighbours-evidence-from-mal
Date 2023
Author(s) Joseph, Julian; van Dijk, Michiel; Krisztin, Tamás
Abstract We examine spillovers from agricultural estates to Malawian smallholders within an econometric counterfactual framework. We consider economic spillovers such as income, as well as agrarian spillovers such as yields, harvests, and crop diversity. We identify long-run effects of large agricultural investments on small-scale farmers. For the location of large estates, we use a novel OpenStreetMap dataset, while data on smallholder's stems from a household survey. We provide evidence for the importance of the distance threshold for spillovers, and explore multiple thresholds. In proximity to estates we find higher groundnut and pigeon pea yields and increased crop diversity. In very close proximity, incomes are also higher. Area under cultivation in total and for maize are smaller for nearby households, while maize yields are not significantly different. Overall, our results suggest that policies should aim to leverage the increased crop diversity and groundnut yields while mitigating potential detrimental effects arising from reduced cultivated land.
Subject(s) Life Science
Language en
Relation https://edepot.wur.nl/630621
Type of publication info:eu-repo/semantics/article; Article/Letter to editor; info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Format text/html
Source Journal of Development Studies 59 (2023) 4; ISSN: 0022-0388
Rights info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/; Wageningen University & Research
Identifier 10.1080/00220388.2022.2147831
Repository Wageningen - University of Wageningen
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