TY - BOOK ID - 137199741 TI - Land Fragmentation and Food Insecurity in Ethiopia AU - Knippenberg, Erwin. AU - Hoddinott, John. AU - Jolliffe, Dean. PY - 2018 PB - Washington, D.C. : The World Bank, DB - UniCat KW - Agriculture KW - Climate Change and Agriculture KW - Crops and Crop Management Systems KW - Food Security KW - Gender KW - Gender and Development KW - Health, Nutrition and Population KW - Land Fragmentation KW - Land Reforms KW - Natural Disasters KW - Nutrition KW - Risk Mitigation KW - Weather Shocks UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:137199741 AB - This paper revisits the economic consequences of land fragmentation, taking seriously concerns regarding the exogeneity of fragmentation, its measurement and the importance of considering impacts in terms of welfare metrics. Using data that are well-suited to addressing these issues, the analysis finds that land fragmentation reduces food insecurity. This result is robust to how fragmentation is measured and to how exogeneity concerns are addressed. Further, the paper finds that land fragmentation mitigates the adverse effects of low rainfall on food security. This is because households with diverse parcel characteristics can grow a greater variety of crop types. ER -