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Agricultural Reforms and Grain Production in China
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher McMillin Pub Llc
Publication date November 1, 1994
Binding Hardcover
Book category Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13 9780312123703
ISBN-10 0312123701
Dimensions 1.25 by 5.75 by 9 in.
Weight 1.15 lbs.
Availability§ Out of Print
Published in Great Britain
Original list price $105.00
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This book explains how policy changes affect farmers' production incentives and efficiency of resource allocation within and outside agriculture in modern China. It analyses two different development periods: Mao's period and the reforming post-Mao period. Simple econometric models are employed to examine the impact of modern inputs on land productivity of grain over time and across regions. A spatial equilibrium model is also used to test the effects of different policy alternatives on allocative efficiency and to identify the optimal spatial patterns of crop production.

The book concludes that the pursuit of local self-sufficiency, lack of farmers' incentives, national resource allocation and underinvestment were the main factors restricting grain production and agricultural growth during Mao's period. Institution and price reforms aimed to increase farmers' production incentives, and market reforms aimed to improve allocative and marketing efficiency, were two important factors boosting production in the earlier stage of agricultural reforms in the 1979-84 period. Long-term tendency to undermine the role of agriculture, lack of state investment and inconsistency in market reforms explained the stagnation of grain production in the late 1980s, and still remain the major threats to sustained grain production and agricultural growth in China.


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Hardcover
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from McMillin Pub Llc (November 1, 1994)
9780312123703 | details & prices | 5.75 × 9.00 × 1.25 in. | 1.15 lbs | List price $105.00
About: This book explains how policy changes affect farmers' production incentives and efficiency of resource allocation within and outside agriculture in modern China.
from Palgrave Macmillan (June 1, 1994)
9780333583463 | details & prices | List price $79.95
About: This is an explanation of how policy changes affect farmers' production incentives and efficiency of resource allocation within and outside agriculture in modern China.
Paperback
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from Palgrave Macmillan (January 14, 2014)
9781349235551 | details & prices | List price $109.00
About: 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.

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