Effects of land fragmentation and sub-division
-Difficult to supervise all scattered holdings
-Waste of time traveling form one holding to another
-Difficult of following a sound farm plan arising form the small size of fragments
-Difficult of weed and pest control
-Difficult in carrying out soil conservation measures
-Difficult of offering agricultural extension advice
-Parcels may be small for mechanizations
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