This paper identifies the role of roads in improving agricultural livelihoods and examines the key market mechanisms through which improved connectivity translates into economic gains for agricultural households. I use a rigorous identification strategy based on the rugged terrain that significantly influences the design and costs of constructing roads in Nepal, along with new geospatial data to find a positive impact of roads on farmland values. A 1% decrease in distance to a road raises the market price of an agricultural plot from 0.1% to 0.25%. This increase in land value is underpinned by increased participation by households in agricultural markets and improved farm production and incomes. The results also suggest that a decrease in the distance to a road contributes to the commercialization of agriculture and increases the use of fertilizer in agricultural production, thus reducing the unit cost of fertilizers.

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道路、市场参与和对农户的好处：来自尼泊尔基于地形的公路网络的证据

本文确定了道路在改善农业生计方面的作用，并研究了关键的市场机制，通过这些机制，改善的连通性转化为农业家庭的经济收益。我根据崎岖的地形使用严格的识别策略，该策略对尼泊尔道路建设的设计和成本产生重大影响，并结合新的地理空间数据来发现道路对农田价值的积极影响。与道路的距离每减少 1%，农业用地的市场价格就会从 0.1% 提高到 0.25%。土地价值增加的基础是家庭对农业市场的参与增加以及农业生产和收入的提高。