The Effect of Land Tenure Practices on Paddy Production in Nuwaragam Palatha East, Anuradhapura District

Abstract

The objective of the study was to study the impact of security of land tenure on use of agriculture inputs and land productivity This study was examined the paddy land use in Nuwaragam Palatha East Divisional Secretarial Area of Anuradhapura district, Sri Lanka. It provides both qualitative and quantitative information about the prevailing paddy land in the study area. The survey covered from the random sample of 100 farmers from 29 Grama Niladhari Division. The multiple liner regression technique was used to identify the factors affecting the yield. This study confirmed that the productivity of owner cultivated paddy land is significantly greater than that statutory tenant cultivated paddy land and higher tenure security of agriculture land leads to higher productivity. It implied that the owner get 14.133 bushel per acre more than the statutory tenant cultivators when other factor was constant It was found that the fertilizer was most important input in paddy cultivation. Owner cultivator applied large quantity of fertilizer per acre (133kg) than that of the statutory tenant cultivator (111kg). Keywords: Land Tenure, Paddy Productivity, Tenure Security