?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Foar.icrisat.org%2F2226%2F&rft.title=An+Empirical+Analysis+of+the+Relationship+between++Land+Size%2C+Ownership%2C+and+Soybean+Productivity-+New+Evidence+from+the+Semi-Arid+Tropical+Region++in+Madhya+Pradesh%2C+India%0D%0A%3A+Natural+Resource+Management+Program+Report+no.+4%0D%0A&rft.creator=Anand+Vadivelu%2C+G&rft.creator=Wani%2C+S+P&rft.creator=Bhole%2C+L+M&rft.creator=Pathak%2C+P&rft.creator=Pande%2C+A+B&rft.subject=Agriculture-Farming%2C+Production%2C+Technology%2C+Economics&rft.description=ICRISAT%E2%80%99s+intervention+in+the+project+%E2%80%9CImproving+Management+of+Natural+Resources+for++Sustainable+Rainfed+Agriculture%E2%80%9D+funded+by+the+Asian+Development+Bank+aims+to+increase+the%0D%0A++++++++productivity+and+sustainability+of+the+medium+and+high-water+holding+capacity+soils+in+the%0D%0Aintermediate+rainfall+ecoregion+in+India%2C+Vietnam%2C+and+Thailand.+The+study+examines+the%0D%0A+productivity+of+soybean+during+the+1999+rainy+season+in+one+of+the+benchmark+sites+in+Lateri%0D%0A+Watershed%2C+Vidisha+district%2C+Madhya+Pradesh%2C+India.+The+productivity+of+the+owner-operated%0D%0A++++++farms+is+marginally+higher+at+0.72+t+ha-1+compared+to+0.68+t+ha-1+among+share+cropper-operated%0D%0A+farms.+The+productivity+of+evaluated+trial+farms+in+Lalatora+micro-watershed%2C+which+is+used+as+a%0D%0A++demonstration+micro-watershed+for+evaluating+improved+management+practice%2C+has+been+high+at%0D%0A+1.1+t+ha-1+due+to+the+adoption+of+better+input+management+practices.+The+profitability+for+the%0D%0A+landlords+and+share+croppers+is+documented+and+evidence+is+presented+on+the+exploitative+nature%0D%0A+of+the+share+cropping+contracts%2C+especially+the+20%3A80+contract.+The+low+productivity+has+been+due%0D%0A+to+waterlogging+which+occurred+due+to+heavy+rains+during+the+sowing+period.+The+implications+of%0D%0A+the+endemic+nature+of+the+low+productivity+under+a+liberalized+trade+regime+is+analyzed+and%0D%0A+suggestions+are+offered+to+the+stakeholders+on+the+future+intervention+strategies+to+tackle+the%0D%0A+problem+of+rainy+season+fallow%2C+exploitative+land+tenancy+arrangements%2C+waterlogging%2C+and%0D%0A+equity+issues.%0D%0A&rft.publisher=International+Crops+Research+Institute+for+the+Semi-Arid+Tropics+&rft.date=2001&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Foar.icrisat.org%2F2226%2F1%2FAn_empirical_analysis_of_the_relationship_between_land_size%252C_ownership%252C_and_soybean_productivity_-_new_evidence_from_the_semi-arid_tropical_region_in_Madhya_Pradesh%252C.pdf&rft.identifier=++Anand+Vadivelu%2C+G+and+Wani%2C+S+P+and+Bhole%2C+L+M+and+Pathak%2C+P+and+Pande%2C+A+B++(2001)+An+Empirical+Analysis+of+the+Relationship+between+Land+Size%2C+Ownership%2C+and+Soybean+Productivity-+New+Evidence+from+the+Semi-Arid+Tropical+Region+in+Madhya+Pradesh%2C+India+%3A+Natural+Resource+Management+Program+Report+no.+4.++Monograph.+International+Crops+Research+Institute+for+the+Semi-Arid+Tropics+%2C+Patancheru%2C+Andhra+Pradesh%2C+India.+++++