Farm household typologies and mechanization patterns in Nepal Terai: Descriptive analysis of the Nepal living standards survey
Although Nepal formulated an agricultural mechanization promotion policy in 2014, there is still much to learn about tailoring mechanization policies to different types of farm households. The Terai belt in Nepal has seen steady growth in tractor use in the past 20 years, but heterogeneity exists am...
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| author | Takeshima, Hiroyuki Adhikari, Rajendra Prasad Poudel, Mahendra Nath Kumar, Anjani |
| author_browse | Adhikari, Rajendra Prasad Kumar, Anjani Poudel, Mahendra Nath Takeshima, Hiroyuki |
| author_facet | Takeshima, Hiroyuki Adhikari, Rajendra Prasad Poudel, Mahendra Nath Kumar, Anjani |
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| description | Although Nepal formulated an agricultural mechanization promotion policy in 2014, there is still much to learn about tailoring mechanization policies to different types of farm households. The Terai belt in Nepal has seen steady growth in tractor use in the past 20 years, but heterogeneity exists among farm households. In this study, we use Nepal Living Standards Survey data to analyze such heterogeneity from a farm typology perspective. We characterize farm households based on use of external agricultural inputs, including tractors. Growth of tractor use in the Terai is associated with input use intensification per cultivated area, rather than significant expansion of cultivated area. Tractor use in the Terai appears to have grown as part of such land-saving intensification, although larger farm owners do hire in more tractors. We find that differences in household income portfolios are not straightforward between tractor renters and nonrenters, without clear differences in specialization of economic activities as well as farming systems. Tractor renters consist of various types, including the power-intensive mechanizer, intensive labor hirer, and fertilizer-based intensifier. Such heterogeneity recommends the use of tailored mechanization policy options. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1493632025-11-06T05:37:07Z Farm household typologies and mechanization patterns in Nepal Terai: Descriptive analysis of the Nepal living standards survey Takeshima, Hiroyuki Adhikari, Rajendra Prasad Poudel, Mahendra Nath Kumar, Anjani gender households typology mechanization Although Nepal formulated an agricultural mechanization promotion policy in 2014, there is still much to learn about tailoring mechanization policies to different types of farm households. The Terai belt in Nepal has seen steady growth in tractor use in the past 20 years, but heterogeneity exists among farm households. In this study, we use Nepal Living Standards Survey data to analyze such heterogeneity from a farm typology perspective. We characterize farm households based on use of external agricultural inputs, including tractors. Growth of tractor use in the Terai is associated with input use intensification per cultivated area, rather than significant expansion of cultivated area. Tractor use in the Terai appears to have grown as part of such land-saving intensification, although larger farm owners do hire in more tractors. We find that differences in household income portfolios are not straightforward between tractor renters and nonrenters, without clear differences in specialization of economic activities as well as farming systems. Tractor renters consist of various types, including the power-intensive mechanizer, intensive labor hirer, and fertilizer-based intensifier. Such heterogeneity recommends the use of tailored mechanization policy options. 2015-12-11 2024-08-01T02:49:17Z 2024-08-01T02:49:17Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/149363 en https://hdl.handle.net/10568/151363 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Takeshima, Hiroyuki; Adhikari, Rajendra Prasad; Poudel, Mahendra Nath; and Kumar, Anjani. 2015. Farm household typologies and mechanization patterns in Nepal Terai: Descriptive analysis of the Nepal living standards survey. IFPRI Discussion Paper 1488. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/149363 |
| spellingShingle | gender households typology mechanization Takeshima, Hiroyuki Adhikari, Rajendra Prasad Poudel, Mahendra Nath Kumar, Anjani Farm household typologies and mechanization patterns in Nepal Terai: Descriptive analysis of the Nepal living standards survey |
| title | Farm household typologies and mechanization patterns in Nepal Terai: Descriptive analysis of the Nepal living standards survey |
| title_full | Farm household typologies and mechanization patterns in Nepal Terai: Descriptive analysis of the Nepal living standards survey |
| title_fullStr | Farm household typologies and mechanization patterns in Nepal Terai: Descriptive analysis of the Nepal living standards survey |
| title_full_unstemmed | Farm household typologies and mechanization patterns in Nepal Terai: Descriptive analysis of the Nepal living standards survey |
| title_short | Farm household typologies and mechanization patterns in Nepal Terai: Descriptive analysis of the Nepal living standards survey |
| title_sort | farm household typologies and mechanization patterns in nepal terai descriptive analysis of the nepal living standards survey |
| topic | gender households typology mechanization |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/149363 |
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