Land Rental in Ethiopia Marshallian Inefficiency or Factor.pptVIP

Land Rental in Ethiopia Marshallian inefficiency or factor market imperfections and tenure insecurity as binding constraints? Klaus Deininger, Daniel Ayalew, Tekie Alemu Motivation Land is a key productive asset and source of income the livelihood of more than 80% of the population depends on subsistence agriculture Scarce land endowment under the threat of degradation high level of climatic shocks Productive use of land land markets important for poverty alleviation – directly indirectly Objectives To explore the efficiency of sharecropping in the context of state-controlled land ownersh