Agricultural Reforms and Grain Production in China

ISBN-13: 9781349235551 / Angielski / Miękka / 1994 / 326 str.

Shujie Yao

Opis

This book explains how policy changes affect farmers' production incentives and efficiency of resource allocation within and outside agriculture in modern China, paying particular attention to the effects of technical inputs on yield and efficiency of spatial crop production pattern. Drawing experiences of agricultural development in different periods after independence and employing two different quantitative techniques, it concludes that government's long term tendency to undermine the role of agriculture, lack of state investment and the inconsistency of market reforms are three major threats to sustained grain production and agricultural growth in China.

Spis treści

Acknowledgements - Preface - PART 1: AGRICULTURAL POLICIES AND ECONOMIC REFORMS - Agricultural Policies before Reforms - Agricultural Reforms - Policy Changes during Economic Reforms - Problems and Prospects of Grain Production - PART 2: THEORETICAL ANALYSIS OF AGRICULTURAL POLICIES - Agriculture's Role in the Chinese Economy - Policy Objectives, Instruments and Mechanisms - Empirical Results and Future Grain Policies - Appendix: Empirical Results and Mathematical Models - Geometric Analysis of Selected Policies - Policy Models for the Chinese Grain Sector - Data Processing - Results and Policy Implications - Notes - References - Index