China's New Farm Subsidies

Gale, Fred; Lohmar, Bryan; Tuan, Francis C.

doi:10.2139/ssrn.759444

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“…In fact, the results in this study are quite different from those found by Chen and Ding (2011), but rather supporting the situation found by Gale et al (2005) studied nearly a decade ago. The government has left the SS system unchanged for a long time.…”

Section: Resultscontrasting

confidence: 95%

“…The first category is explaining and generally evaluating the policy. Gale et al (2005) utilizing the general production and average subsidy determined that the SS may encourage planting of certain crop varieties, but the effect on yield is uncertain. The second category is carrying out an analysis on policy practice and effects.…”

Section: Ajeba Table 1 Evolution Of Seed Subsidies (Ss) Pilot Programentioning

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Analysis on Characteristics of Corn Farmers on Selecting Seeds Under the Seed Subsidy in China: A Case Study in Liaoning and Hebei Provinces, China

Sun¹,

Ito²,

Gao³

et al. 2012

American Journal of Economics and Business Administration

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The Seed Subsidy (SS) is the direct subsidy to encourage farmers cultivate with high quality seeds, which was introduced to nationwide farmers by Chinese government since 2004. China is the second biggest corn producer in the world and the government has provided SS for the corn producers since 2004. As the government allocated an increasing amount of budgets on SS during the last decades, this study attempts to investigate the effectiveness of the SS from the social and demographic aspects of grain farmers associated with their seed choices under the allocation of SS. A descriptive analysis and OLS model are adopted to analyze including the demographic factors of grain farmers as well on selecting seeds under the circumstance of receiving SS. We found that the larger the land area endowment and the higher the income from vegetable and fruits, the higher the seed quality they apply in Gaizhou. In Yangyuan, the same situation for the land area endowment but a contrary situation for off-farm income, the more off-farm income, the lower the seed quality they apply. What's more interesting is the estimated coefficients of the awareness of the SS were statistically insignificant in both regions. In order to stimulate the use of high quality seeds, the government should set another policy system in a different way.

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Section: Ajeba Table 1 Evolution Of Seed Subsidies (Ss) Pilot Programentioning

confidence: 99%

Analysis on Characteristics of Corn Farmers on Selecting Seeds Under the Seed Subsidy in China: A Case Study in Liaoning and Hebei Provinces, China

Sun¹,

Ito²,

Gao³

et al. 2012

American Journal of Economics and Business Administration

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“…The Ministry of Finance realized that impacts on the agricultural sector have changed dramatically in terms of direction and quantity, as has the nature of payments to farmers. To address these issues, the government established several policies intended to increase the benefits to the farmer, reversing its centuries-old practice of taxing agriculture [20,21]. In recent years, the government has raised subsidies for the agricultural sector several times to reduce negative impacts on farmers [22].…”

Section: Agricultural Subsidiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Previous studies have found significant results from the establishment of new policies and have provided new direction to governments. Gale et al [21] found that subsidies are spread thinly over a substantial agricultural population and thus have had only a minor impact on rural incomes. Huang et al [24] and Huang et al [23] administered a household-level survey to explore the influence of China's subsidy program on household behavior and found that although agricultural subsidies per farm are low, the subsidies per unit of cultivated area and the total budget amount are high and that all producers received subsidies.…”

Section: Agricultural Subsidiesmentioning

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Exploring a Novel Agricultural Subsidy Model with Sustainable Development: A Chinese Agribusiness in Liaoning Province

Cui

Tseng

2016

Sustainability

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Abstract:To improve the incomes of farmers in China, the Chinese government is paying increased attention to the reform of its agricultural subsidy policy. However, the effectiveness of the subsidy remains insufficient and thus fails to encourage farmers to cultivate their land and develop sustainability. Thus, there is a need for a novel model that will improve the effectiveness and efficiency of subsidies. The proposed novel agricultural subsidy model comprises four major actors: farmers, specialized farmers' cooperatives, agribusiness and government. Furthermore, the subsidy in this novel model would no longer go directly to farmers but to the agribusiness. To develop the model, the empirical data for this study are obtained from a Chinese agribusiness in Liaoning Province that was selected as a benchmark. With this novel model, farmers receive triple rebates: the price received when the rice is initially sold; a share of the profits of the specialized farmers' cooperatives; and a share of the profits of the agribusiness. Accordingly, exploring the optimal subsidy rate for agribusinesses is the critical task of this study, and the results demonstrate that agribusinesses must use the government subsidy policy as the basis for a dynamic subsidy model that ensures the income of farmers and encourages sustainable development.

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“…Grain prices increased gradually in the period from 1980 to 1993, very rapidly from 1993 to 1997, and then decreased between 1997 (Statistics Bureau of Jiangxi Province, 2004. In response to the recent decrease, the central government exempted farmers from agricultural taxes in 2004 to encourage farmers' activity in grain production (Gale, 2005). In the transitioning economy, the trend has also been toward greater and more rapid economic growth and urbanization, including rural farming and wetland areas.…”

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Land-cover Change and Vulnerability to Flooding near Poyang Lake, Jiangxi Province, China

Jiang¹,

Bergen²,

Brown³

et al. 2008

photogramm eng remote sensing

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Inhabitants near Poyang Lake, in the Central Yangtze River Basin, China, are vulnerable to loss of life and livelihood because of the interactions of flooding and land-use policies and decisions. We analyzed implications of land-cover patterns for vulnerability to flooding in the Poyang LakeRegion. Land-cover and change were mapped using multitemporal Landsat TM/ETMϩ images at high and low water levels from 1987, 1993, 1999, and 2004 IntroductionTo support China's population, which grew from 540 million in 1949 to 1.3 billion in 2006, agricultural self-sufficiency, especially in grain production, has been one of the central goals of the Chinese government. Because of a limited area of farmland per capita and inefficient farming methods historically, the primary means of increasing the total amount of agricultural yield has been to enlarge the farmland area. One consequence of this has been the conversion of large areas of natural wetlands in fertile areas, such as those in the Central Yangtze Basin, to farmland (wetland reclamation). During the past twentieth century, many levees were built to encircle new farmland in low elevation areas adjacent to lakes and rivers, forming polders that are protected against flooding (Zhao et al., 2003 Chinese government declared that agricultural grain selfsufficiency had been reached and certain land-use policies were reconsidered (Rozelle et al., 1997). Beginning in 1986, wetland reclamation was banned, and laws have promoted restoring some reclaimed farmland back to natural wetland (wetland restoration). In addition to the policies and laws regulating the conversion of wetlands and farmlands, grain markets have also had an impact on land-use. Beginning in the early 1990's, China has transitioned from a planned economy, where grain prices were fixed by the government, to a market economy, where prices have been determined mainly by the grain market. Grain prices increased gradually in the period from 1980 to 1993, very rapidly from 1993 to 1997, and then decreased between 1997 (Statistics Bureau of Jiangxi Province, 2004. In response to the recent decrease, the central government exempted farmers from agricultural taxes in 2004 to encourage farmers' activity in grain production (Gale, 2005). In the transitioning economy, the trend has also been toward greater and more rapid economic growth and urbanization, including rural farming and wetland areas. Over time, intense land-use and human settlement in the floodplains of the Central Yangtze Basin have exposed millions of people to flooding hazards in that region. We used the distribution and changes of natural (e.g., wetlands and water) and human-managed land covers (e.g., urban and agriculture) over an approximate 20-year period to evaluate the vulnerability of a population and how it has changed as a result of these recent policy and economic changes.The Poyang Lake Region (PLR) in the Central Yangtze River Basin in Jiangxi Province is an important regional example of such interactions between government policies...

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China's New Farm Subsidies

Cited by 74 publications

References 2 publications

Analysis on Characteristics of Corn Farmers on Selecting Seeds Under the Seed Subsidy in China: A Case Study in Liaoning and Hebei Provinces, China

Analysis on Characteristics of Corn Farmers on Selecting Seeds Under the Seed Subsidy in China: A Case Study in Liaoning and Hebei Provinces, China

Exploring a Novel Agricultural Subsidy Model with Sustainable Development: A Chinese Agribusiness in Liaoning Province

Land-cover Change and Vulnerability to Flooding near Poyang Lake, Jiangxi Province, China

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