Could the debate be over ? errors in farmer-reported production and their implications for the inverse scale-productivity relationship in Uganda (English)

Based on a two-round household panel survey conducted in Eastern Uganda, this study shows that the analysis of the inverse scale-productivity relationship is highly sensitive to how plot-level maize production, hence yield (production divided by GPS-based plot area), is measured. Although farmer-reported production-based plot-level maize yield regressions consistently lend support to the inverse scale-productivity relationship, the comparable regressions...

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Gourlay,Sydney;

Kilic,Talip;

Lobell,David;
Document Date
2017/09/12
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS8192
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Uganda,
Region
Eastern and Southern Africa,
Disclosure Date
2017/09/12
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
Could the debate be over ? errors in farmer-reported production and their implications for the inverse scale-productivity relationship in Uganda
Keywords
gross domestic product per capita

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Gourlay,Sydney; Kilic,Talip; Lobell,David.

Could the debate be over ? errors in farmer-reported production and their implications for the inverse scale-productivity relationship in Uganda (English). LSMS|Policy Research working paper|no. WPS 8192 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/242721505231101959

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