Which statement describes the impact of land fragmentation in less developed countries?

• A. It increases yields on small plots
• B. It makes land easier to market
• C. It leads to smaller, scattered plots reducing efficiency
• D. It ensures uniform land quality

Answer: (C)

Fragmentation creates many small, scattered plots, which hurts farming efficiency. When plots are tiny and spread out, it's hard to use machinery, you spend more time and fuel traveling between fields, and coordinating irrigation, inputs, and labor becomes costly. In less developed countries, land is often divided among heirs or generations, producing numerous small parcels, so farmers face higher costs and more complexity in managing their fields. Marketing and selling becomes harder as well since the land isn’t centralized, and variations in soil and conditions across plots mean uneven productivity. All of this makes the description of smaller, scattered plots reducing efficiency the best way to capture the impact.