Agricultural Land Lease Pattern in Uttar Pradesh: Implications for Landless, Marginal and Small Households

1. Agricultural Land Lease Pattern in Uttar Pradesh: Implications for Landless, Marginal and Small Households Dr. Jabir Ali Assistant Professor Agriculture Management Centre Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow – 226 013

2. Background • Under the Uttar Pradesh Zamindari Abolition and Land Reform Act, 1950, lease has been banned except by defence personnel, disabled person of various categories and students. • Leasing-in and leasing-out is common in reality and visible among all categories of households with no records and safeguards. • Liberalization of tenancy may benefit marginalized community • Proper utilization of land resources Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow

3. Objectives • This paper focuses on: • Land use pattern and fallow land • The magnitude of land ownership among various categories of households • Gini Ratio:(varies between 0 to 1; 0 being perfect equality and 1 perfect inequality) • Lorenz Curve:(The diagonal line represents perfect equality, while area under the curve as proportion to total area under the diagonal line represents degree of inequality) • Implications of lease pattern in improving agricultural practices and providing livelihood support to landless, marginal and small farmers by enhancing operational holdings. Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow

4. Landuse Pattern in Uttar Pradesh Other Fallow/NCA=4.0%, Current Fallow/NCA=6.1% Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow

5. Area under current fallow reported by the sample households Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow

6. Landholdings in Uttar Pradesh Average size of landholdings in Uttar Pradesh Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow

7. Distribution of Landholdings in Uttar Pradesh Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow

8. Inequality in Land Distribution (Gini Ratio) Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow

9. Inequality in Land Distribution (Lorenz Curve) Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow

10. Percent of Households reporting leasing out and leasing in by category, 1992 Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow

11. Distribution of Leased in area by terms of Lease in Uttar Pradesh Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow

12. Lease Pattern and Operational Holdings in Uttar Pradesh Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow

13. Land Lease-in Pattern in Selected Households Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow

14. Conclusion and Suggestions • Active lease market has positive impact on improving the operational landholdings of landless, marginal and small households. • But due to lack of legislative support farmers are reluctant to participate in lease market and rather prefer to leave their land fallow instead of leasing it out. • Therefore, proper policy support for lease land may enhance the utilization pattern of agricultural land and better livelihood support to landless, marginal and small households. Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow

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