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Bibliothèque Impact of agricultural landholding size on the land fragmentation

Impact of agricultural landholding size on the land fragmentation

Impact of agricultural landholding size on the land fragmentation

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Date of publication
Décembre 2015
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ISBN / Resource ID
AGRIS:LV2016000413
Pages
301-306

Land fragmentation is a problem in Europe, and Estonia is not an exception in this respect. Parcel size is widespread characteristic to describe the level of fragmentation. The aim of the study is to find out if there is difference of fragmentation among different groups of landholdings by size. In order to characterise land fragmentation, were calculated the Januszewski and Schmook indexes, average parcel size and average distance from the gravity centre of each landholding to its parcels. Results showed a high level of fragmentation of Estonian agricultural landholdings. There is a high variety of fragmentation inside and among the investigated groups. The average value of Januszewski index for all groups is 0.626, and the average value of Schmook index for all groups is 0.462. The average parcel size for all groups is 7.02 hectares and average distance from the gravity centre of each landholding to its parcels for all groups is 1.57 kilometres.

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Sikk, K., Estonian Univ. of Life Sciences, Tartu (Estonia)
Maasikamaee, S., Estonian Univ. of Life Sciences, Tartu (Estonia)

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