LAND
FRAGMENTATION
Land
fragmentation is a situation where a farmer owns a number of small
plots of land that are scattered in different places.
Causes
of land fragmentation
1.
Customary inheritance of property. Land and other assets are shared
out equally among the heirs.
2.
Increasing population pressure on limited land resource.
3.
Accumulation of land as in the case of farmers with limited capital
who wish to increase their land holding , purchasing small pieces of
land in different places at different times.
4.
Government allocation of land to settlers in new area. The government
may decide to divide land among landless people who have been allowed
to settle in area.
5.
Poverty . Lack of enough money to buy large chunks of land.
Disadvantages
of land fragmentation
1.
It is difficult for the farmer to efficiently supervise the
activities being carried out on each of the plots.
2.
The farmer wastes time in traveling from one plot to another.
3.
It is very difficult for a farmer to control disease and pests of
crops and livestock on his / her plots, because neglected plots in
the neighborhood acts as source of infestation.
4.
Agricultural extension is not very easy to carry out because farm
operations cannot be centralized.
5.
It make mechanization difficult as there may be no direct route from
one plot to another.
6.
It is difficult to make and follow a sound farm plan for all plots,
especially when the distances between them are great.
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